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    Significance of Film Film is a series of still pictures that tells a story. Film incorporates a lot of elements such as drama‚ movement‚ visual art‚ and etc. A lot of things could be seen in a film but one of the best points of film is that it tells a story. But making a film is not just storytelling. You have to mind other elements such as cinematography‚ lighting‚ editing‚ location and etc. to make a film. Every single detail in the film should be well thought of. It is one way of letting the

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    Assess subcultural explanation of crime and deviance Subcultural theories are used as an attempt to understand the cause of crime and deviance‚ they state that people who commit crime share different values from the mass law abiding members of society. They argue that these crime-committing people do not completely oppose to mainstream values; rather they have amended certain values forming ‘subcultures’. Theorists Albert Cohen believes that status frustration is the motive behind delinquent

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    The biographical film Blow (2001)‚ directed by Ted Demme‚ depicts the life of American cocaine smuggler George Jung and his involvement with Pablo Escobar in the Medellín Cartel. During the 1970s and early 1980s‚ Jung was responsible for the majority of the cocaine that was trafficked into the United States. Narrated by George himself (Johnny Depp)‚ the film follows a chronological sequence of events beginning with his childhood growing up in Massachusetts up until his final arrest as a result of

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    people to “repent:” “Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turn to God” (3:8 Matthew). In this passage‚ Prophet John the Baptist is preparing people for redemption. If anyone returns from their evil ways‚ there will be a redemption and peace for the rest of their lives. These concept of redemption is seen in the movie‚ The Kite Runner‚ which takes place in the late 70s in Kabul‚ Afghanistan. Director Marc Forster tells the story of a friendship between Amir and Hassan‚ two

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    Caponong‚ Erika T. CF-1 Love’s Pain is Its Own Redemption: A reaction “What is love?” According to Joseph Rey F. Celestino‚ M.A‚ this is a question that excites and stirs a thousand fold of other questions in our minds. That’s a verbatim of what he had said in an article he made‚ called Love’s Pain is It’s Own Redemption. It is an article that opened my eyes to the reality of love. It’s an article that never seizes to amaze me‚ to amuse me‚ to make me question my beliefs‚ and change my views

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    Running head: POLICE ETHICS AND DEVIANCE ASSIGNMENT Police Ethics and Deviance Assignment Axia College Police Ethics and Deviance Assignment Police officers live by a specific code of ethics that helps them to their chosen profession in the noblest means possible. The problem is that officers are human and as humans‚ they sometimes give in to temptation and bad judgment while trying to fulfill the completion of those duties. A few of the deviant behaviors that officers succumb to are

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    struggles to gain redemption from his past sins‚ as well as gain the acceptance of his father‚ Baba. Hosseini shows us the death of a child’s innocence when Amir horrifically witnesses his best friend‚ Hassan‚ getting raped and does nothing to stop it because society’s social rankings hold him back. This death of Amir’s innocence propels the story forward by pushing Amir to come to extreme measures in order to rid himself of the guilt pressing down on him‚ and allows the theme of redemption to be displayed

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    Police deviance may be viewed as a very controversial topic by some and most people hold an opinion about it because of the nature of the policing profession. Using the positivist perspective involving empirical knowledge deviance can be defined as “a determined behaviour‚ a product of causation; hence‚ casual‚ explanatory theory can be developed” (Thio 2010:11). As a result of this view‚ police deviance in regards to breaking the law can be justifiable because police work can be stressful. Decades

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    decades later‚ and must face them for him to reach redemption. People can change‚ even if they have committed monstrous sins‚ and that is what ultimately saves someone‚ according to Hosseini‚ is attoning for so within themselves. “I was afraid that I’d let the waters carry me away from what I had to do. From Hassan. From the past that had come calling. And from this one last chance at redemption. So I

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    Organizational explanations of deviance has various or numerous elements that might cause misconduct since small work groups have their own influences while isolated work groups develop their own climate that might not conform or go along with the organizational ethics. From what I understand a group of individuals in some sort of organization that are using the power that they have in an unethical way. An example of an organizational explanation or defiance is employees using company vehicles for

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