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    individuals self segregate themselves into populations that are most similar to their belief system or values. As a result‚ it is not shocking that sectioned areas of high populous cities having varying socio- economic statuses and crime rates. The work of Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay explains crime rates as determinant depending where an individual resides. The theorists create ecological maps to determine criminal “ hot spots” due to patterns of continued deviance in specific areas. Shaw and McKay direct

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    girls in the United States.Journal of School Violence‚ 1(2)‚ 51–71. Burgess-Proctor‚ A.‚ Patchin‚ J. W.‚ & Hinduja‚ S. (2009). Cyberbullying and online harassment: Reconceptualizing the victimization of adolescent girls. In V. Garcia and J. Clifford [Eds.]. Female crime victims: Reality reconsidered. Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Prentice Hall. In Print.

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    animals?) ‚ while 2 is culture We are not the world; we represent it Where does the line (cane) mediate us form the world? – open to interpretation Balinese Cock fight (Geertz): - Participation leads to acceptance form society. He was not acting as an observer but was taking part in the experience. - Clifford Geertz definition of culture: we have these things which are all interconnected like kinship and religion and these are all affecting how you are as an individual Rosaldo:

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    those in charge of collecting taxes (Clifford 7). Had he Church been using the skimmed/scammed money for legitimate Church purposes‚ it may not have been so insulting. However‚ it was blatantly obvious that the cash was going to the clergy‚ who were becoming worldlier by the day. Even the papacy‚ the highest representative of God ’s church on Earth‚ had become almost mortally corrupted. Pope Clement VI ’s "luxurious court and gorgeous retinue

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    Mental Health Care and the American Social System American history is littered with tails of reform and revolution. Earlier on in America’s young life‚ revolution included war‚ struggle for basic human rights and dignity as well as radical tactics taken by the public. As time went on Americans learned that revolution and reform could occur through the government systems that our forefathers had put in place. The battle for human rights has all but ended but the way in which Americans wage war

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    On Key Symbols Author(s): Sherry B. Ortner Reviewed work(s): Source: American Anthropologist‚ New Series‚ Vol. 75‚ No. 5 (Oct.‚ 1973)‚ pp. 1338-1346 Published by: Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Anthropological Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/674036 . Accessed: 05/09/2012 09:42 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service

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    References: 24-7 PressRelease. (April 12‚ 2012). Car Accidents Due to Cell Phone Use [Press Release] Clifford‚ C. (2008‚ March 5). U.S. Car Accident Cost: $164.2 Billion. CNNMoney. Retrieved from http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/05/news/economy/AAA_study/ Hands-Free Info. (2012a). California: Cell Phone Laws‚ Legislation. Retrieved from http://handsfreeinfo

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    passage also mentions that as result of our brains having limits‚ when multi-tasking we end up doing neither tasks as well as we should. This goes for household tasks as well‚ I can only imagine how cooking and cleaning at the same time would turn out. Clifford Nass‚ a professor of communication at Stanford University quoted “A tremendous amount of evidence shows that the brain does better when its performing tasks in sequence rather than all at once”. To know that there is evidence that continually shows

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    three and four were both very interesting chapters. Both chapters discuss criminal theories that were derived from methodological explanations. To begin‚ chapter two focuses on the Chicago school of criminology‚ and its two inspiring criminologist Clifford Shaw and Henry Mckay. During the 1920’s and 1930s researches began to view crime differently. Criminologist no longer believed that crimes were led by pathology alone; but was a result of social problems that exist around the world. Because of

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    Dr. Keel English 1301 10 September 2012 Journal-Carey 1. Kevin Carey researches higher education matters for a group called Education Sector. Carey has done many publications for big time newspapers such as The Washington Post‚ and the Los Angeles Times. He was the Indiana State budget director‚ and currently teaches education policy at Johns Hopkins University. 2. Carey discusses the crunching debt for-profit schools bring to their students and their practically worthless degrees in

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