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    This video is about Andrea Yates who killed his five sons drowning them in the bathtub. After killing them, she called the police and her husband and tell them that they need it to come quickly to the house. She confesses to them that she killed her sons. Also, she has tried to commit suicide twice in a period of five days. That is also a reason she was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Now she is in a mental Health Hospital in Texas and she will likely spend the rest of her life in there.…

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    period where she knew no one would be home with her and the children. After she drowned them, she calmly called the police and told them the tragedy she had committed. In 1999 she was treated with postpartum depression and psychosis. Her husband Rusty Yates claimed that this was not really her wanting to commit the crime, but that it was all due to her mental illness that was getting worse day by day. She pleaded innocence by reason of insanity, but it was rejected by the jury and they found her…

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    Andrea Pia Kennedy Yates (born July 2, 1964) is a former resident of Houston, Texas,This is a case of a woman with history of mentally ill, who killed her 5 children drawing all of them in a bathtub,on June 20, 2001. she stated that her reason for murder her kids was because she was trying to saved them from satan’s, that she have to murder her children to protect their souls. Andrea was found guilty and sentenced to a life in prison without parole, them her lawyer appeal and her sentence was…

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    Understanding Andrea Yates and The Murder Abnormal psychology is defined as the branch of psychology that studies the unusual patterns of behavior, emotion, and thought, which may or may not led to a precipitated mental disorder. Andrea Yates is an excellent example of this definition because her abnormal behavior leads her to consciously drown all five of her children. When Yates was arrested, she was sentenced to life in prison, but later declared not guilty by reason of insanity. There are…

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    Cynthia Howard Andrea Yates Case Study CRJ 598: Crime and Forensic Mental Health Samuel Hawes, PhD Andrea Yates Case Study The Social History/Background of Andrea Yates Andrea Yates grew up in the Houston Texas. She came from a middle-class family. Her father was a retired teacher in auto shop, and died of Alzheimer’s before Andrea killed her children, and her mother was a stay at home mother. Of the five children her parents had, Andrea was the youngest. Andrea was predicated to have…

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    sex addiction, intimidation, child abuse, and women as sexually objectified by men, of pornography have facilitated men for reinforcing the notions of patriarchy and masculinity. In order to comprehend the ways in which radical feminists such as Andrea Dworkin (1981) and Catherine MacKinnon (1989)formed their arguemnets of pornography as oppressive to women, it is viatal to acknowledge the theory of sexuality that has put forward by scholars (e.g. Haslanger, 1995) and radical feminists (e.g.…

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    Sylvia Plath; Along with authors such as Virginia Woolf, Simone de Bauvoir and Marguerite Duras, is one of the biggest female authors of 20th century. The Bell Jar shares more characteristics with Sylvia Plath’s life than just a semi-autobiographical novel. The main character of the book, Esther travels to New York to work as an intern in a fashion magazine, just like Sylvia Plath did. They are both poets, who lost their fathers at the age of 8 and both Esther and Sylvia Plath slowly falls into…

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    Andreas Vesalius discovered modern day human anatomy that we use today to help us with surgeries, medical school, etc.. Vesalius discoveries have shaped our medical school to be the way it is today. His scientific reasoning has had an immense impact on the way we do things today. In this paper I will be discussing Andreas’ background/personal information, his college adventures, his inspirations, what was known before his discoveries, and other scientists alive at his time. Andreas Vesalius…

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    Loreno: A Short Story

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    The story that follows is red with the crimson life of so many humans long held in the arms of death. It is black with the evil of one inhuman man. And it is white with the purity of a soul untainted by evil or blood. This is Loreno’s story. The darkness enveloped him as he stepped out of the tall, regal office building. It was a late day at the office. He could never tell his wife why he was late. That would never do. No. She would have to remain in the dark. The man started to walk to his…

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    Andrea Palladio, one of the most influential architects [of renaissance] was born in Padua on Nov.30, 1508 and died in Vicenza on Aug.19, 1580. In 1521 he had an apprentice contract at a local stone cutter for a period of six years however after three years he moved to Vicenza and entered the association of mason and stone cutters. Around 1538 he met Gian Giorgio Trissino [while working on Villa Cricoli]; he saw the capability in Palladio and educated him. His architectural career began with…

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