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    The routine activities theory is a unique way to explain a crime. This theory examines the environmental context in which crimes occur. It involves the behavioral patterns of people in time who decide the outcome of when and where the particular crime occurs. I will discuss and break down the elements of this theory and provide examples as well. When discussing the routine activities theory it is important to understand what a motivated offender really is. A motivated offender can be…

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    When an individual is victimized there are consequences put in place to protect them. Just as an offender that is being selected out of a profile a victim is selected that has specific details singling them out. Offenders have very specific details and criteria they are looking for when seeking their victim. During a victim selection process an offender may be looking for a specific type of place or a certain area to victimize. Specific offenders such as murders will use specific methods to kill…

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    Essay On Inhumanity

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    “There is only one way in which one can endure man’s inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one’s own life, to exemplify man’s humanity to man” was said by Alan Paton. The slave labor of the 20th century in garment factories, butcher shops and mines: where the employer looks upon its workers as less than human, demonstrates man’s inhumanity to man. The merciless owner disregard employees’ human lives for their greed to maximize profit. They murdered workers by using low wages, overcrowded…

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    Jasper Dent prays every day that he isn’t a sociopath. ☺Jasper “Jazz” Dent is just like any other teenager. He goes to public school in the morning and hangs out with his friends in the afternoon. He is involved in the theatre. He has a beautiful girlfriend. That’s what he wants to believe. That’s what he wants the world to believe. In reality, this is all a façade that he convinces himself he is living. In reality, he goes to school in the morning to be met by the press questioning and prodding…

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    Officers- Hey, you there. Stop and lower your sword. You’re coming with us. Tybalt- Unhand me you baboons! Do you have any idea who I am. (Pushes both officers) Officers- (Grabs Tybalt and throws him into the carriage) Tybalt- This is uncalled for. I clearly did nothing wrong. Those disgraceful Montagues started the whole thing.I simply was trying to end it. Officers- ( They arrive at the jail house) Sit down you heartless hind. Someone will be here to talk to you any moment. Tybalt- I have…

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    Rule 404 Case Study

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    LAWS OF EVIDENCE PLG-301-1506 ASSIGNMENT NUMBER FOUR Bench memo to judge on how the judge should rule on the following issues: 1. Storm's statement about being happy to see the clinic burned to the ground: Rule on 405(b) – Storm's character can apply where his character is strongly questioned. Character Evidence.– Rule 404 (a)(1) – The judge can allow this evidence about Storm's character and apply this rule because the evidence shows Storm's character on this occasion because he has prior…

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    I think the opposite, and believe that it would be giving them a slap on the wrist, and being embarrassed will only make them rebel more. With this kind of punishment, the person who was flogged would want to redeem themselves and do something to gain the respect they…

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    Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that was proposed by John Stuart Mill and he claims that all actions become right or wrong depending on their real-world material consequences. That being said, no matter what the consequences are, they would be considered morally right as long as it promotes general happiness. Basically, the action does not matter when dealing with Utilitarianism, only the outcome, whether or not the ends justify the means. There are two kinds of utilitarianism; Act…

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    Three-thousand and two, seven-hundred and forty-six, four-hundred and ninety-one, thirteen, three. Without units, these values serve no purpose. Without an explanation, a title serves no purpose. The value and the title are meaningless. Flipping through the chapter index of The Body Reader, I searched for an article title that immediately grasped my attention. Though few immediately truly told their story, the most simplistic one reached toward me begging for my attention: “Scars”. Personally, I…

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    Although the author tries to designate Holcomb seem like a safe, unassailable place, Capote’s purpose of the book is to show even the most “out there” of places like Holcomb are vulnerable to the cruelty that is in the world; therefore, all of the world’s purity is capable of being disturbed and permanently scarred. The lonesome town of Holcomb had never experienced true trauma like the Clutter being killed before and it left the people in confusion and it left the people in fear as shown by…

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