Chilling, true stories of serial killers can make anyone’s hair rise on the back of their neck and make their eyes pop, especially the stories of Dennis Rader. Dennis Rader is an infamous serial killer that was active in the 1970s. Rader was born February 9, 1945 in Pittsburg, Kansas. Ever since he was a child, he showed a few alarming signs of being a killer. From his own confession, he says he developed fantasies about bondage, control and torture during his early grade school years. He admits…
If you take Edna’s statement for face value you may not think it makes sense, but in reality it makes perfect sense. The concept I grasp from Edna’s statement is that she is not opposed to losing her life for her kids; however she refused not to live her life for anyone. Edna just want her identity separated from anyone else’s. After reading the statement I correlated Edna to women who experience domestic violence. Some domestic violence victims who have financial stability, social status or a…
Arundel County socioeconomic risks, they have high income, educational levels, and housing. However, there are some racial, and income groups that are higher for risk. Fort Bend County has a high quality of health care, high transportation rate, and low unemployment. However, once again there is a lack for health insurance, low-income groups, and education. Finding this pattern between these two counties is just the beginning for a countrywide pattern. An…
These three boys beat the odds! The Authors Drs. George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, and Sampson Davis with Sharon M. Draper wrote the memoir called We Beat The Streets. George, Rameck, and Sampson did things that their surroundings weren’t “capable” of doing or didn’t have the willingness to do it. They all became doctors. They faced many challenges and heard many sides and thoughts on life and they put it together to have their own lives. This memoir was created to show that any black or African…
and groups; however, it differs in the sense that the worker will focus on an entire community and how that group was involved in their work versus the smaller units that are above (Berkenmaier et al, 2104). II. Quantitative Evaluation Mille Lacs County utilizes the quantitative evaluation process very well. The quantitative evaluation process is one in which requires a social worker and client to meet over a period of time allowing the worker to take a variety of different measurements of their…
Just east of the Brazos River, lies the land now known as Sugar Land. It was originally owned by the Mexican government and was acquired by Stephen F. Austin after Texas won its independence from Mexico. As a reward, Austin gave the land to Samuel M. Williams in 1828 for his dedicated service (Anhaiser). The land was rich with tall sugar cane, which explains the name. Williams brother, Nathanial, purchased the land from him in 1838 and at some point, built the Oakland Plantation. There he began…
California areas. This article named, “The California Quake: “I Don’t Want to Die in Here”: Disaster Areas…” This article was written and published in the New York Times in 1989, which is a while from the actual event. This article clearly describes 7 counties that affected by the quake, such as Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Benito, and Monterey. Beside the article is the little graph that demonstrates these 7 areas and the routes, highways, as well as what…
A 14-year-old, Ahmed Mohamed, was detained for bringing a “suspicious” device that his engineering teacher believed was a bomb. Ahmed, who attended Dallas high school was handcuffed by the police officers after the school officials accused him of having a bomb. The 14 years old received a lot of positive attention from Mark Zuckerberg and Pres. Obama, including state officials from Texas as a result of the inaccurate accusations. Ahmed has evidently proved his brilliance multiple times by…
An idyllic suburban residential community on Chicago's North Shore, Glencoe, Illinois consists mainly of single-family homes, occupied by their owners. The four square mile village is home to approximately 8,762 people, most of whom are professionals who earn over $100,000 per year. From kindergarten to eighth grade, Glencoe's children attend one of the three age-centered schools operated by Glencoe School District 35, followed by attendance at the New Trier Township High School. The high…
Tulelake is a city in the Northeastern Siskiyou County of California and has a population of 1010. Tulelake was named after Tule Lake, which is a picturesque 7,400 acre local lake that is remote and self-sustained by farming. Sadly, 72 years ago, Tule Lake was home to a segregation center that began the wholesale imprisonment of Japanese American's. The Tule Lake Concentration Camp was one of the most infamous of all the internment camps as the No'No Boys refused to participate in the…