Andrea Yates

There are many reasons that people become criminals, whether it is their choice or not is unknown. There are many different theories and philosophies on why people do what they do, but the most reasonable, and valid of them are the Social Learning Theory, Biological Factors, and the Social Conflict Theory; whereas Strains Theory, and The Social control theory, are not as relative to modern day criminals. These are the most realistic of all of the theories, because with even one of these thing…

Defending Mr. Juneau Background Information On the day in question, Mr. Juneau was caught up in several mishaps but because of certain conditions, he shouldn’t be held liable for any of them. Three crimes committed, which included the following: • Possession of Nutria- an endangered species- with the intent to distribute; • Theft of gas; and • The murder of the neighbor. All three can be considered very serious offenses and therefore must be thoroughly reviewed so that it can be proven that…

rationally disabled persons should be liable to death penalty since they are no great to the society. However, some people represent a great fatal danger to the communities and societies in such a remorseless way as seen in many cases. For example, Andrea Yates, who drowned her five children in the bathtub, plead insanity in a 2006 retrial and she is currently in a mental hospital. Where do we mark the line between rationally incapable and criminally crazy? At the point, when are they going to…

The symptoms are remarkably similar to that of baby blues and this is why a majority of moms go undiagnosed either by just not knowing they have this disorder or by feelings of shame by the new mom for feeling this way. A new mom assumes she should not be so selfish and be ecstatic about the new-born. A surprising statistic is that approximately 10 percent of moms go undiagnosed with this disorder and the effects can be devastating for an entire family (Miller, 2006). Postpartum depression,…

family that consists of around 2,500 species distributed worldwide. Among them is the beta vulgaris, the same species that contains the red beet (the common garden beet,) the mangel-wurzel (a fodder crop for feeding livestock) and Swiss chard. It was Andreas Marggraf, a German chemist, who first, in 1747, identified sucrose in the beetroot. Yet, for the next fifty years, Marggraf’s discovery was little more than a factoid that drew mild interest until one of Marggraf’s former students, Franz…