For example, in the empirical tests done by Broidy (2001) he measured peoples perceptions of success and fairness. Prior to conducting these tests Broidy (2001) hypothesized that "strain-induced anger increases the likelihood of illegitimate outcomes". This experiment consisted of a stressor which involved blocking certain individuals from opportunities others were able to participate in as well [as gathering the recollections of past events where certain subjects felt wronged. ... The study concluded the stress, or strain, from an unfair social environment can in fact cause a number of indivi...

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Lombroso's theory was tested by an anthropologist named Goring (1913, 1972) who studied 3000 convicts and 3000 non-criminals and found no significant difference in features, facial or otherwise. ... In support of this research, Cortes & Gatti (1972) found that 57 percent of the institutionalised delinquents they tested fell into the mesomorphic category. ... Passingham (1972) noticed differences between the control and test groups used such as socio-economic class and ethnic background. These variables may have affected the outcome of the personality tests. Bartol et al (1979) tested 398 ...

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School can essentially be seen as a miniature society since it stresses that individuals follow rules of conduct so that the organization or school can continue to function and to carry out its responsibilities. ...

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Abstract Business losses due to employee theft are estimated to approach $200 billion annually in the US. Experts pose many reasons for employee theft, but provide few prevention strategies for human resource managers. The various causes of employee theft are explored, from employee personality characteristics, to the social environment, to flaws in the organization's control system. From this analysis, guidelines for theft prevention strategies are offered. Since strategies may involve top-down control or trust-building experiences for employees and managers, HR managers are encouraged t...

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Deviance, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder. There is nothing inherently deviant in any human act, something is deviant only because some people have been successful in labelling it so. J. L Simmons The definition of the situation implies that if you define a situation as real, it is real ...

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The purpose of this essay is to look at how the media is a source of 'knowledge' to present crime and victimisation and how the media invokes 'moral panics' about crime and lawless behaviour. There are a number of individuals who think when a person commits a crime they are punished for that crime. ...

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The parent may be required to meet criteria such as: attending parent classes, Alcoholic Anonymous classes, monthly drug test, and or monthly-supervised visitation depending on the circumstances that may have resulted the placement of the children into the foster care system (National Foster Parent Association, 2007). ... For the parents, negative feelings of abandonment from the foster care system can create depression, giving up, drug use, alcohol use, losing jobs/homes, losing state funded benefits, going to jail/prison, and failing drug tests (Foster Mothering in America, 2002). ...

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ESSAY ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF FEMINIST ONTOLOGY AND EPISTEMOLOGY AND SOCIAL RESEARCH Feminist theory, it should be mentioned from the beginning of the paper, is not a unified theory. As women experience the social world differently (according to class, age or "race"), there exist different feminis...

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These include 'theories of violent behaviour, stressing social learning, youth subcultures, economic inequality and the potential thrill and enjoyment of violence' (Ray, 2011: 86). ... For the second part of the test, they were taken into another room where the same toys that were in the violent video were placed on a table, and this led to 88% of children showing signs of aggressive behaviour (Bandura, 1977). ...

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