However, with renewed interest into the analysis of the desistence and resiliency phenomena, more explanations and empirical studies have emerged that afford unique insights into delinquency and challenge conventional definitions of these phenomena. ... As Shover and Thompson (1992) explore, causal explanations for desistence may be linked to age, estimates of legal risk, differential expectations and degree of past success at criminal and legitimate means. ... Their analysis found consistent evidence that cumulative protective factors do increase resilience to serious delinquency. ...

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Through her analysis, Shiva points out the critical links between the different development perspectives, the process of change brought about by the development and its impact on the environment and the people dependent on it for their subsistence. ... However, some of the problems with Vandana Shiva's argument are as follows: Shiva's analysis (in Staying Alive 1988) relates to the study of rural women in Northwest India, but she tends to generalize her analysis to cover all Third World women. ... The gap between legal and actual land ownership rights, patrilocal marriages, the segre...

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The Destructive Nature of Reputation in the Crucible An Analysis Reading the events of the Crucible I found to be the most relevant theme to modern society, to be that of reputation. ... After the revelation of Proctor, and Hale denouncing the trials, the apparent failure of the legal system becomes evident, and the question of the innocence of many of the convicted and accused is raised. ...

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Official crime statistics are the total number of crimes recorded by the police. These form the backbone of Functionalist theory on crime and it is also used to form much social policy. Official crime statistics should not be accepted as closer analysis finds that they can be unreliable. Giddens des...

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Moreover, Weber has focused on legal authority and people's desire and needs and different authority would lead people to make rational decision for wanting legitimization and more rational legal authority (Adam and Sydie 2002, pp. 169-196). ... In conclusion, after the above analysis about similarities and differences between Durkheim and Weber, from author's point view, Weber would be more convincing for current society rather than Durkheim, due to the current society is focusing on economic area and bureaucracy area and individualism is the circumstance that people are facing now...

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This may be due to different factors such as the lack of a new language, a new society integration, lack of legal documentation, level professional and other reasons these private matters become social issues because of the high percentage of emigration who joined thousands of others; lengthening list of unemployed in the United States.The unemployment problem is impossible to solve from a personal level. ... Through the analysis of the concept of imaginary Sociology applied to unemployment, one of the problems that most impact the American society, one can come to a better understanding of th...

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The novel can be both enjoyed and understood on two levels: on the surface it is a story of intrigue and adventure, but the underlying theme of the novel is one of political analysis and social criticism. ... One of the funniest of Swift's commentaries - which most would agree with to this day - is his attack on the legal profession. ...

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