EFFECT OF CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS ON HIRING EX-OFFENDERS* Judicious criminal justice policy strikes a balance that maximizes both public safety and the rights and liberties of individual citizens. When new technologies or innovations tip the balance in one direction or another‚ policy makers consider taking measures to recalibrate the scales. As the following three pieces in this issue make clear‚ we have reached such a critical policy juncture in the area of criminal background checks. As Michael
Premium Sociology Crime Criminal law
said that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. Sometimes‚ finding that beauty requires looking deeply beneath the surface. Never before has this sentiment seemed so relevant as when one first observes Gray and Gold by John Rogers Cox. Gray and Gold by John Rogers Cox‚ currently hanging in the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland‚ Ohio‚ is nestled unassumingly in the American Modern section of the museum‚ and even just a quick glance can confirm that this painting has earned its home. This
Premium Art English-language films Painting
The Impact of a Disadvantage Socioeconomic Background There are some concerns here at the Prestigious School of Atlanta regarding the behavior of an eight grade student who is now the subject of disciplinary actions which has yet to be determined. The student comes from a disadvantage socioeconomic background; he is very active and can be difficult to quiet down at times. He was caught beating up another student and the principal has determined the student best interest is to remain at the school
Premium Sociology Sibling Psychology
Turing against beauty: An Informative Summary of Rogers Scruton’s “why Beauty Matters” Roger Scruton’s documentary‚ “Why Beauty Matters.” Gives us an insight on what art is‚ why it is considered art‚ and the meaning of art and its true beauty it brings. Roger Scruton’s documentary shows us how art and what we consider “beautiful” has changed so drastically over the centuries. During the last century the art‚ music and architecture seemed to all be ugly. Going further and further away from what
Premium Art Modernism Dada
Roger Williams’ A Key Into the Language of America During American colonial times‚ the native peoples of the new world clashed often with the English settlers who encroached upon their lifestyle. Many horror stories and clichés arose about the natives from the settlers. As one might read in Mary Rowlandson’s Narrative‚ often these disputes would turn to violence. To maintain the process of the extermination of the natives alongside Christian moral beliefs‚ one of the main tenets of colonial
Premium Human migration English people Morality
Person-centered theory is regarded as one of the most popular theories of counseling and therapy since its development in the 1940s. Its originator‚ Carl Rogers originally labeled it as nondirective. The theory was intended to offer a distinctive option to the behavioral and psychoanalytic theories that subjugated psychology during the period. At a later time‚ Rogers expanded the concepts of the process and renamed it client-centered to de-emphasize the nondirective nature and emphasize a full understanding
Premium Perception Psychology Psychotherapy
Background of Northern University of Malaysia. Northern University of Malaysia is also known as “Universiti Utara Malaysia”. Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) was incorporated on 16 February 1984 for the pursuit and development of management education that focuses on management‚ accountancy‚ economics‚ Information Technology‚ public management‚ human resource management‚ entrepreneurial development‚ tourism management‚ social development‚ bank management‚ finance‚ education management‚ and international
Premium Malaysia University
MARKETING FOR DESIGNERS -Understanding the Company Written by: Crystal Ham (Suet Mui) 1004273G Understanding the Company – Part 1 COMPANY PROFILE The company I have selected is The Agnès b Group. It was founded in Paris‚ French by Agnès Andrée Marguerite Troublé in 1975. Since then‚ the designer has been offering fashions that match and reflect the spirit of the age‚ a wardrobe that adapts to every personality and can be worn for a very long time. Agnès b designs all these lines
Premium Marketing Management Clothing
Schema Theory – A Quick Background Axelrod’s schema theory suggests that a message is sent and then received by the audience‚ the audience evaluates this message based on information currently available to the audience e.g. past experience‚ redundancy‚ and relationship to currently understood “truths”. This application of audience knowledge compares what the audience perceives to what the audience knows to be true of the message. This theory is one of many that explains and helps us interpret messages
Premium Media studies
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION GENERAL BACKGROUND Information system (IS) is the study of complementary networks of hardware and software that people and organizations use to collect‚ filters‚ and process‚ create‚ and distribute data. The study bridges business and computer science using the theoretical foundations of information and computation to study various business models and related algorithmic processes within a computer science discipline. Computer information system (CIS) is a field studying
Premium Computer Software engineering Computer graphics