Social research methods vary according to the particular area that is in need of further study. And within this narrowed down viewpoint of the ways of arriving at statistics, data, finding answers, calculating and collecting data, questions are answered and…
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Indiana Jones is bad for archeology in the respect that he represents an era when rampant thievery, destruction of delicate artifacts and archeological sites, along with a complete lack of respect for the governments and peoples of many nations resulted…
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The role of the insurance company in society today is the role of tormentor, criminal, scam artist, fill in the blank. A teacher once explained to my class that buying insurance was a gamble: the customer is betting that he…
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When I was a young man I was absolutely convinced that I knew what a criminal was. Twenty five years later, I’m not so sure I can answer that question as simply and as righteously as I used to. Calling…
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Religion has an effect on different areas of life, if the religious person allows that to happen. One of these areas is the area of social values. Many people choose to have very moral, social values and their reasoning has…
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Human populations have long been divided into the privileged and the exploited. Today, on earth, reporters and human rights organizations insist there are more slaves than have ever existed in all of human history. In America, people are rightly proud…
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There are many paths up the mountain – and in the end they ALL reach the summit … these words signify the attitude of the Buddhist religion about all the spiritual paths that exist in this world. So this shows…
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Sociology of law, also known as legal sociology, is a sub-discipline of law that involves looking at law and the legal system from a sociological perspective. Those studying law from a sociological perspective look at why laws are made, changed…
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What is a criminal? Most of us don’t want to hear the true answer to that question. Lawbreaker, malefactor, offender, any way you spell it, a person who has committed a crime is a criminal. Perhaps we think of hardened…
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Philosophical anthropology is a branch of philosophy which examines interpersonal relationships and the nature of being human. It was developed as a specific response to the presuppositions of Aristotle, who viewed man as a rational animal, and Thomas Hobbes, who…
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