Dark figure of crime

Although Field’s study was conducted within the US, rape myths have manifested within western culture as well. Clearly demonstrating this was a documentary aired on BBC Three (2015) titled “Is This Rape? Sex on Trial”. The documentary used a fictional scenario of a man inserting his penis into a woman’s mouth after a party, where alcohol was consumed, which 24 females and males (12 females and 12 males) were asked to vote was this rape. Throughout the documentary notions of “she didn’t…

is that the prisoner would continually be on good behavior in case they are being watched. Throughout the short story, Paul exhibits behavior similar to a panopticon prisoner, such as looking around nervously and always smiling in case an authority figure is watching. When Paul has escaped the judging eyes of his teachers at his trial, he is running gleefully and humming a song, simultaneously looking wildly around to check if anyone caught his vulnerable moment. Before committing suicide, Paul…

When defining good and evil, the line between the two can often become blurred. The magnitude of both good and evil within a person is based on perspective and personal beliefs. Motives, wisdom, and societal standards are all factors that play an integral part in how someone will be perceived. In the case of these two texts, the character Abigail Williams from The Crucible will be able to be identified with better with than Roger Chillingworth from The Scarlet Letter. Although a character’s…

mid-twentieth century directing very famous films such as Psycho (1960), Rear Window (1954), and To Catch a Thief (1955). The film To Catch a Thief, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, is a suspense-thriller about an ex-jewel thief accused of committing crimes parallel to his work in the past. In the film, the main characters John Robie (Cary Grant) and Frances Stevens (Grace Kelly) were illustrated to be very different from each other. Despite John’s innocence, he was depicted to suspicious…

In the novel Crime and Punishment, Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky explores complex ideas about the philosophies of man and the way we behave when faced with morally challenging situations. Raskolnikov, a troubled man in his early twenties, devises and executes a plan to commit a brutal murder. However, he justifies this action by describing how the victim, an old pawnbroker, is a plague to society. He theorizes that some special people are allowed to transgress society’s standards for a worthy…

Surprisingly, a survey conducted from the years of 2004 to 2008 showed that nearly 33% of all robberies were carried out in the home or lodging of the victim and only 10% of robberies were carried out in a dark setting such as, parking garages, and poorly lit areas (Bureau of Justice, 2014). One way to explain these results is through a theory that describes how population density in an area affects the likelihood of being robbed on the street level. In…

to them, and not whites. Technically he didn’t commit a crime, but by his skin color, they separated him into a group, and made it a crime for them. Martin Luther King is educated, and he uses historical evidence to back up his facts. In the letter “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. he uses the example of people questioning him breaking laws, and liks it to philosophers or thinkers of history, even religious figures. King quotes from a notable St. Augustine “That an…

Ernest Hemingway, a prominent figure in the American modern literature, has an outstanding writing style and a verification of that is the literature Nobel Prize he won in 1954. His writing career as a journalist has strongly influenced his novels and short stories. The telegraphic and minimalistic technique of writing combined with the powerful presence of nature and his iceberg theory have distinguished him from other authors of the time like F.S.Fitzgerald. “The Short Happy Life of Francis…

Representation of Ethnicity – Treme The first shot is an establishing shot of two black men walking through a poor community outside a caravan, obviously hit by hard times, which conforms to the stereotype that black people are of a low wealth and are worse off than other ethnicities. A sound bridge of a trumpet has been used to link the community together and highlight the idea of working together and looking out for each other. The scene then cuts to inside the caravan where the music…

robberies throughout the Midwest until 1876 when one robbery led to the capture of all members but Frank and Jesse. Both brothers naturally tried to settle down in response to their narrow escape with their families, but Jesse soon returned to his life of crime by reorganizing a new James-Younger gang. His career would end in April 1882 at thirty-four years old upon being shot in the head by Robert Ford. Ultimately, by analyzing these aspects of Jesse James’s life, historians can now understand…