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The functions of Crime by Durkheim
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    The functions of Crime by Durkheim

  • The author argues that crime is present not only in the human species and its societies but in all species of all types. Their author points out that no society exists without crime. Though he takes care not to compare crime to be same as a physiological problem of an organism where organism could be compared to society. Durkheim is though of opinion that just as morbidity is faced by organism similarly society will face crime; though not as a physiological problem but as a pathological problem.
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Suicide Statistics for United States
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    Suicide Statistics for United States

  • Suicide has been over years among the leading causes of death in the U.S.A. In 2017 over 47,000 suicides were reported which is equivalent to 1 suicide taking place every 11 minutes. The number of suicide attempts was 1.4 million which speaks about the gravity of the issue.
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Radicalisation of Young People Online
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    Radicalisation of Young People Online

  • We are witnessing an era of radicalization across the globe. The causes may be different in different regions, but it is causing social instability and if unchecked this can cause a geopolitical crisis. The free world dreams of the early 1990s, with the breaking down of the Soviet Union and the Internet promising to make the world a global village, seems broken. There seems to be a domino effect as well as one type of radicalization is fueling other types of radicalization.
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Changed How We Relate to One Another
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    Changed How We Relate to One Another

  • The world wide web (www) or as popularly termed Internet has revolutionized our world since its birth in mid 1980s. In early 1990s came the email, messaging services and then video telephony. Late 1990s saw the birth of social media networks as an extension or enrichment of features already available on Internet. Many social networks became popular and many became obsolete. The nature of social networks also changed with introduction of new varieties of social networks including over Apps. The u...
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Iron Jawed Angels Position Paper
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    Iron Jawed Angels Position Paper

  • The women’s suffrage movement was about gaining women in United States the right to vote. The right to vote was limited to men and denied to women curtailing their right to participate in politics. The suffrage movement had a history of over 100 years of militant activism which finally resulted in 19th amendment in 1920. The 19th amendment gave women right to vote in elections.
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Hindu Culture of India
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    Hindu Culture of India

  • Hinduism also originally termed as Sanatan Dharma is one of the oldest religions on this earth. This religion has its origins in Vedas which were written around 2500-3500 years ago. The major concentration of its followers is in India which has around 1 billion Hindus. This religion has maximum followers after Islam and Christianity. The Indian culture developed in synchronization with Hinduism so its also termed as Hindu Culture.
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Ramayana Bibliography Notes
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    Ramayana Bibliography Notes

  • This research paper did an excellent analysis of the spread of Ramayana from India to other Asian countries, particularly South-East Asian countries. The spread of Hindu Ramayana was done both by Hindus and Buddhists, where many Buddhists considered Ramayana to be part of their culture rather than religion. The author also notes the existence of many different versions of the epic Ramayana with each having a little different story.
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Deviant Behavior in Children
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    Deviant Behavior in Children

  • Severe deviant behavior has been found in most cases to have originated from childhood upbringings. This has been a phenomenon which was observed in many adults who grew up to commit horrific and gruesome crimes. Psychopaths have been often found to have suffered from childhood abuses. Many people suffering from anti-social behavior have often been found to have lack of empathy which they lost due to child abuse. But we have distinct and more regrettable cases of children committing crimes. Chil...
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Dialogue with death: The Last Days of Socrates and the Buddha
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    Dialogue with death: The Last Days of Socrates and the Buddha

  • The author Mathew Dillion in this essay had tried to view death from the perspective of Socrates and Buddha. The author does point out that birth and death have been related to be inseparable in many eastern philosophies. Socrates had stated that accepting death and dying to be the highest philosophical goal (Matthew 525). Buddha had stated the it is inevitable that whoever is born must die though death is a matter of great sadness and sorrow in all human communities. We do know that humans gene...
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Arguments for and against racial profiling
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    Arguments for and against racial profiling

  • Racial profiling means targeting or suspecting people on basis of their race or ethnicity that may be possible culprits due to assumed or observed characteristics of a group. The individual may not have done any suspicious actions but may be suspected only on basis of his or her race. Racial profiling has been alleged to have been used by law enforcement agencies in the name of propensity. There are arguments supporting and opposing surveillance on basis of propensity rather than race. We would ...
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