Explanatory gap

Introduction According to Scarborough et al. (2010), fear of crime and terrorism are arguably more destructive to society and individual’s lives than the acts themselves. Not only does crime and terrorism related anxiety reduce life satisfaction amongst individuals, but also can lead to increasingly authoritarian policy in response to public fear (Grabosky, 1995). For example, widespread fear in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States provided legitimacy and justification for…

in perception between protestors and the government's on what is ethical. The clash between conformity and individuality, characteristics of American culture in the 1960-1970s, is an underlying element in Paley's work as shown by the generational gap. In contrast to other works on the syllabus; although it was written over forty years ago, her work is just as pertinent today as it was in the 1970s, which is unlike several of the post-modernist works on the syllabus. Many of the others works…

Throughout history, the death penalty has remained a longstanding decision with no likely end in sight. As it stands, capital sentencing is still highly discretionary allowing for the affluence of extra legal factors in determining its imposition. As a capital punishment, the death penalty is only applied in cases that involve murder and some form of aggravating factor that heightens the seriousness of the crime or a crime against the state. In the 1970s, the landmark case of Furman v. Georgia…

gender inequality refers to unequal treatment based on gender in which there is significance focus on the gap in wages between men and women, some may refer to this as a glass ceiling. This report examines the wage gap between males and females working full time. Moreover, the report also limit their analysis to full-time workers to make a valid comparison of earnings. Analysing the wage gap between males and female students are increasingly common. Due to college graduates there is a rise in…

85 million years ago a dinosaur named the pteranodon came to life. Named by Othniel C. Marsh in 1876, the pteranodon was an exceptional flying dinosaur. It’s name, meaning “winged and toothless,” was for the most part self explanatory. It was a flying dinosaur with a very wide wingspan and no teeth. Did you know that the pteranodon wing-span is longer than that of any known bird? It had a crest on its head, no teeth at all, and a very short tail. Despite what many people still think, modern…

Metropolis, and MEDUSA is blown up in Mortal Engines. Symbolism like this is what I aim to explore in this essay, accompanied by themes, comparisons, key differences, settings, pacing, and more. P1 – Discussing the filmic techniques and their explanatory gap opposed to books. The opening of Metropolis is a short monologue film about the ziggurat, then an introduction to the city; A setting shot with fast paced jazz and an airship over a cheering crowd of festivity tells…

Following this further, Boeker (2017) demonstrates from John Locke’s notion of personal identity in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, suggesting that the theory of personal identity very much exists as being classified as a combination of what he’s coined as sameness and closeness. In this case, sameness and closeness represent in a similar fashion what the soul-continuity theory initially did, that the relationship between the two and their distinctions exist as a fusion resulting from…

30-1 b. anecdotal evidence because it will relies heavily on evidence collected from personal testimonies that cannot be relied as credible. 3. 30-1 c. The research will categorize the study and control population depending on their age group or gap. 3. 30-1 .d. Categorical 3. 30-1 e. Moderate walking 3. 30-2 quantitative 3. 30-2 f. Proportion…

and structural paradigms. In order to enrich the level of analysis, he proposes the use of an inter-paradigmatic approach both in explaining the causes of the uprising and its divergent outcomes. Analysis of the literature: strengths and weaknesses/gaps, comparisons/contrasts:…

According to the Institute for Local Government (ILG, 2015), three of the top ten principles of public engagement are transparency, authentic intent, and breadth of participation. Transparency is self-explanatory. Authentic intent must include caring and understanding in the engagement or integrating process. Many agencies fail to engage refugee and/or immigrant communities because of the lack of compassion to care and understand community needs. Thus…