If one article could answer the question as to how people become criminals we would be one our way to solving crime. After a career in law enforcement these are the reasons I saw as to how someone becomes a…
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“Before the Gilded Age, individuals had looted society. But the most characteristic economic institution of the Gilded Age no longer was the individual. Instead it was a collection of individuals together called the corporation.”(!) In 1886, the Santa Clara County…
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Deviant behavior is of interest to social scientists because it represents a departure from the norm. Humans, as animals, behave with similarity; however, this is only true in generalities and there are many factors which direct the thoughts and behaviors…
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There are a whole number of reasons as to why people become criminals. Some of these reasons may make no sense at all to the common man or woman on the street. For instance, somebody may become a criminal even if…
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The true costs of crime are sometimes hard to really get your hands around. There are many ways in which the entire community suffers when a crime is committed. It isn’t just the victims, or the criminals that have to…
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Anthropology is one of the most widely misunderstood scientific disciplines. This might be expected, since the word anthropology means “the study of man”. That is quite an ambitious discipline! Because of this, anthropology often intersects and is informed by a…
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In the event of a crime, accountability is everything. Although society dictates that people are all responsible for our own actions, the same does not hold true in the eyes of the law. Individual responsibility is inherent when a crime…
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While there is much debate regarding this subject, it is statistically accurate that individuals who are released from prison after a lengthy period of time, return to a life of crime rather quickly. In many cases their inability to get hired does have something to…
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Trying to find information about Gogo Falls, Kenya, is like sifting through a sandbank for a lost ring. Apparently it is that difficult for the archaeologists trying to study the area as well. Due to political and some social issues,…
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Much, if not most thoughts about the BP Oil Spill of 2010 go to the plant, invertebrate and vertebrate animal life of the gulf, which is expected to be decimated in unheard of proportions. Even after 20 years, certain fish populations…
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