Since the dawn of time‚ the earth has provided protection and nourishment to its inhabitants; the ozone layer providing protection from the sun’s harmful rays‚ the vast forests providing oxygen and shelter‚ the rivers and oceans providing life sustaining water. Until the industrial age‚ man’s relationship with his environment had been a beneficial one‚ in which only what was needed‚ was taken. However‚ with the advent of technology and machines‚ mankind has slowly sunk deeper into the recesses
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To view one’s own culture as the universal by which all others are judged would be ultimately subjective‚ as our perceptions of cultural differences are shaped largely by our immersion in our own culture. An ethnocentric approach stems from judging an alternate culture in relation to one’s own pre-conceived cultural values‚ held to be superior; the parallax phenomenon‚ the inability to escape our own biases‚ prevents objective analysis of different cultures. A cultural relativist maintains the post-modernist
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Women Protection in India Women Protection in India In recent years the criminal law of the land have undergone radical changes to provide protection to women‚ more emphasis have been provided to existing laws (DP Act‚ 498A‚ 406 IPC etc) and new enactments have been made (DV Act)‚ but unfortunately the remedy is becoming worse than the ailment‚ which is now a well known fact as the stringent dowry laws have failed to stop the gruesome crimes for dowry/dowry deaths. The henious nature of
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4/20/11 Crime & Delinquency Dr. Shirley I. Williams Term Paper Juvenile Sexual Offender As we all know‚ throughout the years‚ we’ve heard of many sad stories of juvenile sex offenders ad offenses. So what is a juvenile sex offender? “A juvenile sex offender is defined as a youth‚ from puberty to the legal age of majority‚ who commits any sexual act with a person of any age‚ against the victims will‚ without consent
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reported‚ people jumped to the action of creating harsher laws and sentencing. The “tough on crime” political atmosphere surrounding the time and even today helped pushed through an escalation of punishment for sex offenders. By the 1990s‚ people began to term these individuals as “sex offender” and even worse “sexual predator” (Lynch‚
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Career Path in Criminal Justice Brandi N. Thomas Bryant & Stratton College CRJU 100: Introduction to Criminal Justice Mrs. Anderson March 7‚ 2013 Abstract This paper is about which career path interest me the most in the criminal justice field. When I first thought about this question I was interested in paroling now I’m interested in criminal counselor. This career path interests me for so many reasons. I would love to counsel criminals and help them through their time of need. Most
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The advantages of a credit card are that you don’t have to have the money available at that time to pay for your purchase. You will usually have at least 30 days to pay for the item and even then‚ based on the terms of your card‚ may not even have to pay the whole balance. The disadvantages of a credit card is that it becomes way too easy to use them and run up large balances. Then when it comes time to even pay partial payments it can be very difficult to make those payments. Add to that the
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Lokpal bill or Ombudsman Bill came in to existence in 1960’s when the corruption went rampant in the several administrations and systems in India. The idea of Ombudsman Bill originated in Sweden in 1809. Ombudsman is a Swedish word which mean ‘an officer appointed by the legislature to handle complaints against administrative and judicial action’. In layman terms a person or body appointed to keep check on public servants. So‚ The Administrative Reforms Commission ARC set up 1966 came up with the
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child in the world regardless of race‚ culture‚ gender‚ age deserves to be loved‚ cared for and kept free from harm and abuse. Children have a right to enjoy their childhood free from violence‚ injury or abuse at the hands of adults. This right is preserved in law‚ from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child down to national laws and guidelines which cover all children not just those that are abused and neglected. In 1987 the Department of Health introduced the Child Abuse guidelines because
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Prompt: "That which we obtain too easily‚ we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value."-Thomas Paine Assignment: Do we value only what we struggle for? Plan your response‚ and then write an essay to explain your views on this issue. Be sure to support your position with specific points and examples. (You may use examples from your reading‚ observations‚ or‚ knowledge of subjects such as history‚ literature‚ science.) Thomas Paine once said‚ “That which we obtain
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