Structured Questions 1. The sale and purchase of narcotics are illegal. Both buyers and sellers are subject to punishment in many countries. What would the effects be on the supply of narcotics if their sale becomes legal? (3 marks) What would the effects be on the demand for narcotics if their purchase becomes legal? (3 marks) What would the changes in the price and quantity consumed of narcotics be if legal controls
Premium Supply and demand
Why I want to be a Social Worker On a normal day in my life‚ I intermingle with the most dangerous and devious criminal minds in Jamaica! Yet these same individuals‚ have proven to be so naturally creative‚ it is rather uncanny! Being a correctional officer for just over a decade‚ I have seen the same individuals who plotted robberies; committed murders and major in general mayhem create beautiful art in paintings‚ music‚ and poetry! While I am a firm believer that people can and do change
Premium Prison Penology
some problems in life where they needed the support of others. In life we need people but not everyone has some one to lean on. This is where a social worker comes in‚ they are the support system for anyone who needs it. My ideal job includes being able to help families‚ having a supervisor to help with decisions‚ and being able to work all day. Being a social worker has all those aspects. Rather it is being in the office helping people work through issues or going out in the community to help a family
Premium Sociology Social work Psychology
The Con team was very persuasive because they presented more evidence as to why “Employment-at-Will” is not a good social policy. One strong point is that they gave credible data by going into the history of employment and the laws derived from it. They also presented how employment laws differ in other countries. We find that methodology to be excellent because they took extra steps to give the class the background information necessary to defend their position. The first argument they presented
Premium Management Employment Organizational studies and human resource management
Why Bullying is a Social Issue? Harassment is a major issue for children and young people that experience it. It thumps their self-regard and makes them lose their confidence‚ and can make them fear going to class every day. In extreme cases‚ children can get to be suicidal as a consequence of tormenting. It’s also a huge problem for parents and teachers‚ in light of the fact that stopping harassing is a hard thing to do and they frequently don’t have any idea about the most ideal way to go about
Premium Education Abuse Bullying
Immigration is a way to move from one country to another country to live and to work. Nowadays‚ many people decide to immigrate to have a better life. Immigrants increase economic efficiency by reducing labor shortages in low- and high-skilled markets because their educational backgrounds fill holes in the native-born labor market.There are many causes of immigration‚ but we put the scope on two causes of immigration. There are the employment and the education. First‚ employment opportunities
Premium Emigration Immigration Immigration to the United States
same sex relationships cannot be granted privileges (health care‚ survivor benefits‚ social security) like those of traditional couples since it is not recognized at the federal level. Gender role and sexual orientation also plays a factor in discrimination in the professional setting since ones gender role is based upon ones sex which is determined anatomically. Society assigns ones roles and sexual orientation based upon these factors and if one veers off the common perception of society‚ then one
Premium Gender Gender role Homosexuality
Module code and title- FC005 Introduction to Social Science Type of assignment- Essay Assignment question- ‘Why is religion important for social scientists? Explain and refer to theories and cases from different countries.’ Word Count- 1074 Tutor’s name- Ernesto Gallo City University student number- none Submission date- 19th November 2014 In a world where political unrest has been witnessed since 2925 B.C (Dijournal‚ 2012)‚ war and aggression have been proven to be prominent. People
Free Islam
According to the Cambridge dictionary‚ race is defined as “any group into which humans can be divided according to their shared physical or genetic characteristics.” It is important to know that society focuses on physical characteristics rather than the genetic makeup of these characteristics; for this reason‚ race exists indeed as a social construct. The impact of social construction of race can be felt in different ways including but not limited to housing‚ educational experiences and outcomes
Premium Education School High school
at race through a social construction approach would mean that race is not constructed biologically‚ but through social‚ cultural‚ and economic forces (Klement 1). According to Ian Lopez‚ race is socially constructed (27). Looking throughout history‚ it should be noted that race is a human invention (Lopez 27)‚ but the idea was that external differences also equated to internal differences. Therefore‚ according to the Race: The Power of an Illusion films‚ the fundamental notion was that race was
Premium Race Racism Black people