Social Sciences Essays and Term Papers
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It can be found anywhere on the internet and in books. Since it can be found anywhere, the information needs to be credible and trusted. Evaluating websites is very useful when researching topics. Different criteria such as accuracy, authority,…
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a good thing. Marijuana becoming legal has been a controversial topic for years. Many people have the stereotype that marijuana is the gateway drug which means in time the person will anniciate the use of harsher drugs such as heroin or cocaine. However,…
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of the most controversial inventions of our time (Doebler 97). The air bag was first grasped by a man named John W. Hetrick, living in Newport, Rhode Island. His idea came about in 1952 after he was involved in an accident. Hetrick was inspired…
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to describe a mental illness. In 1952, the American Psychiatric Association suggested using the term "sociopath" as a more acceptable alternative. The term sociopath is used to describe an individual who habitually violates known norms and laws.…
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offensive of all crimes. It seemed for centuries both "just" and "fair" to punish murderers with the retributive sentence to death. However throughout the years the penalty of death has proven "unpopular" and "not necessary". Until the Homicide Act…
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involving people (or persons) under the influence of alcohol or drugs. That means that someone is killed from alcohol-related accidents approximately every 7 hours and 29 minutes. These types of accidents end up costing the nation almost $50 billion…
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Americans to wonder about the personal sacrifices to be made in order to keep the nation "safe and free." With mixed results, it has become a common practice throughout history to restrict personal freedoms in the name of national security. Many questi…
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the 1950s and 1960s, and reached the UK by the early 1970s (Everitt and Hardiker 1996:42-43) by which time British social policy was focused on Beveridge's 'Welfare State' (Jones 1991:134). The term 'evaluation' has many definitions (Alkin 1990:81-3),…
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of the cultures of East and West have always been made by philosophers and academic people throughout the history. Some of them defend that the western civilization is modern, rational and mature, whereas the eastern civilization is irrational…
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leads inescapably to the conclusion that one weapon could bring us to the brink of victory--legalization. But most who discuss this option consider it surrender.
How have we confused surrender with victory? Let's start by looking at the "war on drugs"…
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