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“Because it involves planning, risk, and skill, burglary has been a crime long associated with professional thieves who carefully learn their craft” (Siegel 385). This quote, found in Criminology by Larry Siegel, describes the level of commitment required for being a burglar. Burglary is part of a larger set of crime known as property crime, also called economic crimes. These crimes can be defined as, “criminal activity motivated by financial gain” (Siegel 370). Besides burglary, property crimes…

Dr. Jeffrey Wigand was born in New York City in 1942 and now resides in Mt. Pleasant Michigan. Currently Dr. Wigand travels the world lecturing and acting as an expert witness and doing consultant work on tobacco issues. However, his heart lies with his non-profit organization Smoke-Free Kids, Inc. He feels it is his obligation to concentrate as much energy as possible helping children of all ages to “make better decisions and healthy choices regarding tobacco use.” (Wigand) Dr. Wigand holds…

to be taxed more, among other punishments for being wealthy. Which begs the question, how is there equality, when there is such a massive disparity? In Alm’s book, he states, “Some amassed enormous fortunes - the Rockefellers, the Carnegies, the DuPonts, the Fords, the Vanderbilts, to name a few. Even today America’s opportunity is always on display.” (Alm 87). These families, some immigrants, some natural born like John D. Rockefeller, some immigrant, like Andrew Carnegie, all had the same…

Margaret Umeed’s article is discussing that both men and women are domestically abused. She includes many statistics including that men have a two in five chance (40%) of being abused by a domestic partner. This statistic is not just based off of married couples. This goes for all different relationships, including heterosexual relationships, and same sex relationships, and both either married or unmarried. Men have a tendency to not tell people or report their abuse due to the sexist stigma…

Should Marijuana be Legalized In today’s politically charged environment, the legalization of marijuana remains a hotly debated subject. With forces on both sides of the issue arguing vehemently for their position, it is difficult to come to a reasonable solution. Considering the recent legalization of marijuana in Colorado, those in favor of the proposition point to the rise in sales and resulting 6 million-dollar increase in tax revenue as positive outcomes for the community (Haun, 2015).…

Brown-Saracino (2015) argues in “How Places Shape Identity” that the current conception of how place shapes identities, i.e. through region, location, and institution, does not aptly describe how identities vary in places that are similarly situated. Instead, she asserts that there are three loosely grouped sets of place elements that affect how identity is shaped by place: numbers and acceptance, place narratives, and encounters with socioscape. Brown-Saracino (2015) refers to numbers and…

This is a manatee. [pic: Pearson Scott Foresman] At first glance you might think it was related to seals or walruses, but its closest living relatives are actually elephants [pic: Bernard Dupont] and small, stocky hyraxes. [pic: D. Gordon E. Robertson] The three species of manatees, along with the related dugong, are the only living members of the Sirenia order that evolved from the same land mammal as elephants over 50 million years ago. [pic: Edwardtbabinksi] Although some of them still…

"What is food to some, for others it is bitter poison", Lucretius, Roman poet (99 BC-55AC) If California were a country, with its population of nearly 40 million, it would be among the 30 most populous countries. The economic, political and cultural impact of the rest of California in the United States is enormous. It is for this reason that citizens' initiatives that are submitted to a referendum there and state legislation, for that matter, are so important. Of the 11 initiatives presented to…

When it comes to making decisions, overconfidence is potentially the most harmful and persistent bias that we face. Chapter 2 of Bazerman and Moore’s Book (2013), Judgement in Managerial Decision Making, explains that although overconfidence can be good in some cases, it can also blur the decision making process. To make more effective decisions it is crucial that we understand our role in the decision making process and substantiate our judgements with evidence. Overconfidence can influence our…

Of the companies that produce GMO seeds, Monsanto is the one that comes out in the media most often. Other companies, such as DuPont, Bayer, and Syngenta also create a wide variety of GMOs. Monsanto is responsible for the creation of Round-Up, a chemical that is sprayed on fields to kill weeds. We all know we should wash our newly acquired produce before eating it, however, Monsanto…