valued stimuli. Crime is a more likely response to strain when it results in negative affect (anger and frustration). Asks the question‚ “Why don’t people commit crime?” They assume that criminal motivation is widespread. They key factor in crime causation is thus the presence or absence of control. These controls or containment might be rooted in relationships (e.g.‚ social bonds) or be internal (e.g.‚ self-control). Exposure to control also might differ by social
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Week 9 3/05/13 • Europet Class Lecture Sales = f (advertising‚ etc) o y = a1 + b1*x1 o a = intercept o b = beta coefficient o x = $ spent Presentations • does adv pay for itself? • R2 low = low correlation • Needs more relevant variables • Increased R2 to 85% • Tv > radio beta coeff for radio <2 so insignificant • Sales vs volume r2 < .85 no relationship between variables • Second regression sales vs tv and radio grps – r2 < .85 no relationship Spreadsheet • GRP: gross rating points tv adv budgets evaluated in terms of ratings
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perceiving the thought as the cause of action… Believing that our conscious thoughts cause our actions is an error based on the illusory experience of will ...” (italics added; pp. 490) Reference: Wegner‚ D. M. & Wheatley‚ T. (1999). Apparent Mental Causation: Sources of the Experience of Will. American Psychologist‚ 54‚ 480-492. Read this paper‚ and briefly discuss whether the phenomena of consciousness discussed
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Poverty’s Effects on Delinquency Lakeisha D. Mitchell Grand Canyon University: JUS-452 March 11‚ 2012 Poverty’s Effects on Delinquency Many criminal theorists‚ sociologists and researchers alike have developed several ideas in regards to what exactly causes juvenile delinquency. For example‚ social learning theory‚ strain theory and control theory‚ just to name a few‚ are typically postulated for being directly related to juvenile delinquency. In dealing with all of these effects and how
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Courtroom Observation Liberty University presented a case of White v. Gibbs which is about Mrs. Debbie White and Patrick Gibbs under the civil provisions of Indiana’s Dram Shop Act‚ Indiana Code 7.1-5-10-15.5. In this case Mrs. Debbie White sued Patrick Gibbs and O’Malley’s Tavern. Because White and Gibbs do not live in the same states‚ the suit was brought in diversity in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. However‚ the suit will be decided under Indiana state
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Rationalism vs. Empiricism – History and Summary What is reality really like? A current running through much of the philosophical thinking around the time of Socrates and Plato was that there is a difference between how the world appears and how it is. Our senses reveal one layer of reality but it is our minds that penetrate deeper. The world of appearances is a world in flux but underneath there must be a stable reality. For there is much that is unchanging. We recognise kinds of things – badgers
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In this leaflet I will describe the law of negligence and occupier’s liability‚ economic loss and psychiatric loss. Negligence is when somebody has a duty of care and that duty is breached. Negligence is split into 3 parts. Duty of Care In certain situations‚ a duty of care is owed to another person. For example‚ a surgeon owes a duty of care to whoever they operate on. The existence of a duty of care is established by the Neighbour Test which was brought in by Lord Aitken after the Donoghue
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CHAPTER ASSIGNMENTS Chapter One 1. Explain the purposes or rationales for punishment and the arguments in favor of each rationale. Include a discussion about current trends in punishment. Two main purposes: Retribution & Prevention. Retribution looks back to past crimes and punishes individuals for committing them‚ because it’s right to hurt them. Prevention looks forward and inflicts pain‚ not for its own sake‚ but to prevent future crimes. There are four kinds: General deterrence‚ Special
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BKAA3023 Take Home Exercise 1 1. Kenny recently joined the public accounting firm of Hamid‚ Krishnan & Co. as an audit assistant after obtaining an accounting degree. He quickly established a reputation for thoroughness and a steadfast dedication to following prescribed auditing procedures to the letter. On his third audit for the firm‚ Kenny examined the supporting documentation for 200 disbursements as a test of acquisitions‚ receiving‚ vouchers payable and cash disbursement procedures. In
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