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Victims – Definition and Categories
Victim
Victimology
DEFINITION OF THE TERM ‘VICTIM’. The word “victim” has its roots in many ancient languages that covered a great distance from northwestern Europe to the southern tip of Asia and yet had a similar linguistic pattern: victima in Latin; and, vinak ti in Sanskrit (Webster’s 1971). In the original meaning of the term, a victim…
Cicil rights: How Far Have We Come?
Jim Crow laws
Rights
It has been decades since the African-American community began the civil rights movement in the United States. The movement was created to improve the lives of black people by pushing for just and equal treatment. Many years later, has the movement reached its goal? Can African-Americans today exercise their civil rights? At present, the plight…
Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperament
Art
Bullying
Free Will
Cameron Young Ms. Newsom Composition 1302 2 April 2012 Simply a Bad Case Is the outcome of our lives predetermined before we are born or by the environment in which we are born into or is it determined by our own free will? “These are some of the many questions that plague humanity, the questions…
Should the Death Death Penalty Be Legal? Sample
Death Penalty
In 2011 43 people received capital penalty and in 2010 46 people were besides killed because of capital penalty. Now in the twelvemonth 2012 there are 3. 146 decease row inmates waiting to be executed. A Gallic philosopher. Albert Camus one time said “Capital penalty is the most premeditated of murders” . Do you believe…
American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978
Act
Freedom
There are individuals who believe that medicine men and women should enjoy the same rights as priests, rabbis, and ministers to openly practice their religious beliefs. Conversely, some people consider Indian ceremonies as relics of a primitive lifestyle and advocate for their discontinuation. – Vine Deloria (NARF article) The idea of religious freedom is often…
American Judicial System
Crime
Criminal Justice
Time: 1957 Place: New York City Courtroom Case: An African-American teenager has been accused of murdering his father. On April 14th, 1951, Reginald Rose, a thirty-one-year-old army veteran published his second, and most prominent dramatic work entitled Twelve Angry Men. This play is now admired as a momentous, eloquent and critical examination of the United…
The Murderers and Outlaws of Cave-in-Rock
Murder
Writing in a letter to H.P. Lovecraft, dated September 22, 1932, Howard asks him if he heard any stories about a certain notorious Illinois landmark and the desperados who frequented it when he was on a recent visit down south: While you were in the South on your recent visit, did you hear any legends of the…
The Most Important Bill of Rights
Civil liberties
Rights
Answers to Questions The Most Important Bill of Rights Amendment I regarding freedom of speech (or expression of oneself), religion, press, and the right for assembly and petitioning the government for a redress of grievances is the bill of right, which I considered most important. These rights are inherent to a democratic society….
The Nickel Mines school shootings An examination of the community before and after
Community
Examination
School
October 2, 2006 changed the course of Amish life forever. On this day, Charles Carl Roberts IV entered an Amish schoolhouse near Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania carrying several guns. The rage inside of Roberts prompted him to shoot and kill five young school girls while seriously wounding five others.[1] Prior to this incident, the vast majority…
What to do if there are suspicians of abuse
Abuse
Crime scene
Recognise Recognise the signs and symptoms or believe what you are told Respond Comfort – warm and caring Reassure the person that you believe them and that it is not their fault/they are in no way to blame Do not promise that you will keep it secret (may need to pass on to help them,…