... official statistics. To fully understand what violent crime is, we must first define what violent crime is in actuality. All to often, people in Canadian society refer to general wrongdoing as being a crime. A simple example of this is when grocery stores all raise their prices for certain food products. People then refer very casually to this act as a crime or that these prices are criminal. Individuals in our Society often have a fear of being victimized by others, such as the government, friends and or strangers. This fear is often equated with crime since all crimes have a winner and a loser or victim as would be the legal term. This equation often ma ...
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... the same rights as heterosexuals. A large factor in having this view is the belief that God did not create homosexuals, and that homosexuality is a sin. Many religious groups interpret passages from the Bible such as “thou shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination” (Leviticus 18:22) This passage would be stating that men are not to be involved with men the same as they are women. These people believe that homosexuality is a choice for people. That they find people of the same sex know how to please eachother and lose their connection with God. An advertisement campaign was run by Coral Ridge promoting change among homosexuals. It claimed they ...
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... of the pear tree, but the hard materialism of her grandmother and later her first husband restrain her by trying to crowd her mind with the empty trinkets which they themselves have learned to value. Her second husband is similarly stifling; though his strength and power is at first appealing, he too is unable to comprehend that life is in the living and the being, and not in the having and the controlling. Janie not knowing what marriage really meant, married because she thought he could take care of her. Marriage is defined as an insitution uniting a man and a woman in a special form of mutual dependence, often for the purpose of founding and maintaining fami ...
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... war helm and if he is a cause for threat. Also, many knights and nobles would often go on far reaching quests and journeys. Most often they would be familiar with very few people so recognition by facial features was difficult. A coat of arms was more far reaching and well known than the appearance of the man. It gave the bearer a sort of graphic catch phrase that was noticed and perceived more than the actual features of the man. The coat of arms also proudly represents an active relationship between past and present family members. It creates a visible link to the past and a proud statement about family members accomplishments and honor. The coat creates a ...
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... of the library. Much like the construction of a bank, the library was also constructed with security and protection in mind. Also, the impressive exterior of the library resembles that of a modern bank. The concrete support pillars not only add strength but also give the library this impressive look of a bank. These light white-grayish, square pillars are 2 by 2 ft. and almost half the way up them there are two engraved lines that run all the way around them about 6 in. from the other. Concrete, a sign of strength, is also used in the patio around the tower entrance. This grayish colored concrete was poured in slabs of 3 by 3 ft. sections. Concrete ...
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... 9.4 percent but from 1991 to 1992 it went down 4 percent. In recent years crime has been decreasing. Property crime, murder, robbery, and burglary have all decreased at least three percent in recent years but that is not much. There is one exception; rape which has gone up 3 percent. Violent crime has risen 40.9 since 1983 while in recent years it has only gone down a tenth of a percent. This may be one of the reasons people feel less safe. People aren't afraid of larceny or property crimes. They are afraid of violent crimes, which is why is recent years they feel insecure. Many people believe the problem is in the trial system itself. Not enough pe ...
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... for twelve years and was the leading candidate for an important promotion. She was denied the promotion because, her employers said, she had no college degree and was too much under the control of her husband. Kraszewski sued the company and won her case, after a nine year battle, in late January 1988. She was given what may be the largest sex-bias award in history: up to two hundreds of millions for 1,113 other female State Farm employees with similar complaints, and $433,000 for Kraszewski her-self. Ann Hopkings was one of Price Waterhouse's top young executives. She had the best record for getting and maintaining big accounts, but when she came up for a pa ...
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... many schools has reached universal proportions. It is not only happening in our high schools, it has also made its way into our elementary and middle schools. Everyone seems to have a different perspective on why there is such a problem with school safety. Some say it is the parents’ fault, some say it is the media, and others blame the schools. Yet, the question still remains. What can be done to make schools safer for the children and staff? One thing we need to do is learn to listen to our children and observe their behavior. According to Dr. Ronald D. Stephens, Executive Director of the National School Safety Center, there are some common characteristics among y ...
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... 1978 to 1986" was cited as another reason why they believe there are few differences between male and female executives. The tests revealed that executive men and women scored equally on most areas and that executive women are just as capable at leading, influencing, and motivating groups, as well as analyzing problems. The authors go on to show that, despite these similarities, women are disproportionately represented in the ranks of Fortune 500 company executives. Repeated references are made to studies that were conducted with 22 people, 16 men and 6 women, whose job is to select executives for top jobs. These people are continually referred to as " ...
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... adolescents become pregnant before the age of 20. I feel as though many women do not know how to resist peer pressure or temptation, I feel, as though they should resort to abstinence. Abstinence is without a question the best policy, and should be emphasized as not just the preferred choice, but the safest- to prevent pregnancy as well as some diseases that range from troublesome to deadly. Abstinence gives teens a better chance to develop into successful adults. In addition to what moral codes say about premarital sex, few would disagree that its simply not a good idea to experiment with something so powerful, which holds many consequences at an age when we as ...
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