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Security and matter have been of particular interest to sociologists for many years as they seek to discuss and examine the impact of material 'things' and the part they play in making our social worlds secure or insecure. When describing the term 'matter' this can be anything that carries a physical component such as a person or an object; any item that can be touched or used. Security is termed by feelings of being safe and free from threat, so how do these two components of matter and…

Gun Background Check 300 million. Think about that number for a second. 300 million guns are in America alone with another 6 million sold every year. Now think, with a stronger background check numbers can be reduced to the people who actually should have a gun (Rosenwald). Gun background checks were brought up during the presidential race after there were so many mass shootings from shooters who failed a background check during the past few years. Both candidates believe that there should…

“The rich people not only had all the money, they had all the chance to get more; they had all the know-ledge and the power, and so the poor man was down, and he had to stay down.” One of the main characteristics of the jungle is that the powerful (the rich) is powerful thanks to the weak (the poor); the law of the jungle, the law of the strongest. Upton Sinclair calls “The Jungle” the socio-economic reality that the city of Chicago is going through at the beginning of the 20th century. In the…

Summarize the Work you did this week. I continued to address the materials from Unix for the Beginning Mage tutorial by Joe Topjion. The storytelling method of teaching the material has been the best benefit for my understanding of my Macbook's Terminal. Furthermore, I created a github account and downloaded subsequent programs to code, such as Atom, Github Desktop, and xcode. Lastly, I have overviewed and continuing to practice using Markdown to create this webpage. What steps did you make to…

The novel The Jungle was written in 1906 by an American journalist and novelist, Upton Sinclair. Sinclair wrote The Jungle to represent the harsh conditions and difficult lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago Illinois and other industrialized cities. The novel is set in the early 1900’s when industrialization had reached the United States. It was also a time immigrant population started soaring. The reason behind this was that many foreigners believed that America was the land of…

I aimed at Americas heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach. This statement, attributed to writer Upton Sinclair, is in reference to Sinclairs novel, The Jungle. The Jungle, written in the early twentieth century, depicts the horrors and corruption of the cities and its industries. Specifically, the novel is aimed at putting down the meat packaging industry. The novel's title symbolizes the competitive nature of the city; the world of Packingtown, the place where the protagonist, Jurgis,…

mentally and physically able to own a gun. Even though both Japan and the United States both require background checks, the end results and the depths to which each country adjudicates the checks are vastly different. In this essay I will attempt to highlight the major differences between the two countries in reference to the success and failure of each countries current background check systems. Likewise, I will discuss how the cultural differences between United States and Japan are…

Policy Implication Over the last century the United States and other countries have developed many acts and policies regarding the protection of children. The policies that have been established in the past, has been reformed in order to ensure the safety of the children in this nation. Throughout the years there has been many positives of the child welfare reform, however there has been many negatives from it as well; in many cases the positives have impacted the U.S. but it’s the negatives…

Dissertation Review for Female Senior Student Affairs Officers and Pathways to Success Purpose and General Rationale In the dissertation defended by Yettieve Marquez, “Female senior student affairs officers at four-year public institutions: Pathways to advancement,” Marquez discusses gender and leadership disparities in senior student affairs officers (SSAO). The author discovers that females are earning every degree type at a higher rate than their male counterparts, but more women are in entry…

In the United States, there are high ethical standards that have to be followed in the criminal justice system. To work in law enforcement in the United States, a person of interest has to go through an extensive background check to determine whether they have good moral character which may include a polygraph exam and a psychological exam. “How To Become A Police Officer” by Timothy Roufa updated October 12, 2016 The Balance.com If so much is demanded of a Police Officer who openly carries a…