Essays on Abiding

A Review of Literature

INTRODUCTION The United States has currently been struggling with a great deal of political warfare, social unrest and public protest from the inside and from terrorism, global criticism and immigration battles from the outside. There are so many issues that the subjects of debate seem endless. One of the most controversial and often debated issues today is gun control. There is no doubt that it is incredibly dangerous when offenders are armed when they commit crimes like burglary or in a car-jacking; more so when these offenders have every premeditated intent to kill. At the same time, not everyone ...

Cowboys in College

According to reports from the Congressional Research Service there are more than 300 million guns in America as of 2012, and gun production continues to increase (Krouse 8). Despite this, guns appear in less than one in three households in America, as reported by Smith and Son (3). This means that while fewer families may have guns in America, those individuals who own them, own more than they ever have (Smith & Son 4). In the state of Texas, gun ownership is a relatively close reflection of the country’s statistics at large (Levin n.p.). Despite the increase in production ...

Abstract

This writing will through light on Deviance. It will start with defining deviance as a sociological concept. Later on, briefly, David Email Durkheim’s Structural Functional Theory will be discussed. At the end, a contemporary example will be taken and the applicability of theory on the example/issue discussed will be discussed to effectively relevance of the issue with the theory. At the end of this reading, the reader would be able to effectively understand the concept of deviance and its contemporary example and how that can described using David Email Durkheim’s Structural Functional Theory.

Deviance

Any Act that violates ...

Abstract

The application of the rule of law as well as driving the use of the law towards the creation of a law abiding society is the limelight towards the creation of a society which does not condone crime and its sycophants. Enforcing law is one of the most effective mechanisms of controlling crime in any area. The use of the police as a law enforcement mechanism encourages peaceful coexistence within the society. The control of crime is usually a major step in discouraging crimes in communities. In the places where there are high cases of criminal cases reported, the ...

Citizens are at times licensed to own handguns, but they are required by the law to conceal these weapons since they are supposed to be used when it comes to protecting oneself or property. Such initiatives are usually aimed at deterring crimes since it is believed no ordinary person or a criminal will risk confronting an individual who is possession of a gun. This paper shall demonstrate the pros and cons of concealed handguns, the arguments for and against this issue and propose a public health policy to deal with this critical health problem. Essentially, every individual is at ...

Abstract

The application of the rule of law as well as driving the use of the law towards the creation of a law abiding society is the limelight towards the creation of a society which does not condone crime and its sycophants. Enforcing law is one of the most effective mechanisms of controlling crime in any area. The use of the police as a law enforcement mechanism encourages peaceful coexistence within the society. The control of crime is usually a major step in discouraging crimes in communities. In the places where there are high cases of criminal cases reported, the ...

Arturo Rivera is one of the characters in the book “The Book of Unknown Americans” by Christina Henriquez. He is portrayed as a determined, loving, caring and law-abiding father and husband who does all in his power to be able to support his family and give his wife and daughter a better life. He has been used to show the problems that the immigrant community undergo when they come to foreign lands and further he has been used to show the various reasons that cause the members of the immigrant community to leave their country to a foreign country, ...

A The nursing profession is characterized by dynamism, precision and disciplined due to the delicate nature of care- giving that it primarily involves. Different organizations have different goal and different strategy to guide their healthcare staff to deliver the better quality of service to the patients. The organizations aim to instill the organizational goals into their staff in different phases of their life i.e., during their education, practice and evidence- based research. The set of goals and strategies helps them function effectively in the organization. The nursing boards play a major role in the regulation of the nursing workforce ...

The US economy faces challenges of inequality with a big wealth and pay difference between the rich and the poor. This disparity is also experienced between the blacks and the whites, with most whites belonging to the upper economic classes, while the blacks belong to the poor economic classes. Inequality in the Unites States is the highest when compared to other countries which are on the same economic level such as the UK (Desilver, 2014). There is a wide gap between the rich and the poor in the United States. These facts have a significant impact on the health, ...

Philosophy

Compare Views: Obligations of the Citizen

In his ‘letter from Birmingham Jail”, Martin Luther King wrote to eight white clergymen, addressing their disapproval over his nonviolent protests against racial inequality. Martin Luther King answered the charges of him being an outsider, by claiming that anything that happened anywhere in the United States affected everyone else, and that no one was an ‘outsider in the United States. King further addresses the clergymen’s opposition to the black demonstrations. King’s central idea regarding the obligations of the citizen is that it is the duty of the citizen to oppose all ...

Gun ownership in the U.S. faced several controversies because some people were from the idea on the implementation of the gun control laws while the others opposed the idea. The proposed second amendment of the gun control is based on both the advantages and the disadvantages, but it is possible to identify some truth in it. Therefore, an individual’ understanding depended on their interpretation and the facts well known to them. One of the cons was that the gun control laws did not deter crime, but gun ownership deterred (Lott, 2013). The Liberals believe that they can solve this ...

Definition of the problem

Marijuana is best described as the dried flowers, leaves and seeds of the hemp plant that is commonly known as Cannabis sativa. It is known by many other names such as bhang, dope, pot, Ganja among others. The drug is a hallucinogen commonly known to distort the mind. It is illegal in many parts of the world where it is smoked as a cigarette or in a pipe. In more recent times it is being mixed with other foods and brewed with some beverages such as tea. When it is smoked or used, its effects are felt within minutes, ...

Probation and parole are alternative sentences to incarceration, which offer convicted offenders the opportunity to remain in the community, but operate under supervision (Hanser 12). Whereas probation takes place before and often instead of imprisonment, parole usually occurs as an early prison release. The convicted offender is required to comply with probation and parole conditions. The offenders are subjected to warrantless searches without any reasonable cause. In the United States, over 2,000 agencies administer probation on offenders who commit felonies as well as misdemeanors. Adult probation as well as parole are established in executive branches of state government ...

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The following discussion will examine aspects of learning and motivation.

Positive and Negative Reinforcement The reinforcing contingencies of positive and negative reinforcement provides the motivation for employees to repeat certain desireable behaviors. (Hitt, Colella and Miller, 2014) Positive reinforcement is the external stimulus from people or organizations which moves a person to do something willingly because he feels pleasure or is expecting to gain from his action. When we recognize that there is a cause and effect pattern that is consistently bringing us good feelings or benefits, then we normally respond positively to the action and even encourage its recurrence. Common examples abound in all stages ...

Annotated Bibliography

Lott, John. Should Bans Against Carrying Concealed Weapons Be Lifted On College Campuses? 9 March 2011. Web. 13 April 2016. In this article, the opinion of the author (John Lott) is expressed as concerns the conceal and carry gun policy. According to this articles which made an appearance on foxnews.com, little cases of crime were reported in the areas where students permitted to carry guns did so. However, he notes that areas that were declared gun free had several cases of petty crime saying that lack of guns exposed the vulnerability of such areas to crime. Lott uses the ...

It takes a great deal of effort to trust, and once that is lost then it takes a monumental amount of effort to get it back. The committing of a crime against another is a betrayal not only to an individual but to society in general, as it proves that the perpetrator cannot be trusted to exist in an ordered manner among their fellow citizens. In breaking that trust it is often seen that criminals will be labeled for the rest of their days as convicts, untrustworthy and unable to be seen as anything other than a lawbreaker and ...

OVERVIEW

The two theorists we chose for our research are Robert K. Merton and Peter Blau. Two famous American sociologists of XX century. Their theories will be applied to the article named Should we worry about gene editing which apparently exposes the author`s opinion upon the new biological researches and the ability of biologists to influence our body artificially. The credibility of an article is proved by the fact that the author of the article is Robert Klitzman, a renown professor of psychology at Columbia University. There are several ways of approaching the problem, but first of all, we ...

Theories of crime

Crime has always been a part of the human society; unfortunately individuals were often involved in crime and it was widely discussed. Why does crime attract so much attention? Moreover, what can be called a crime? At different times, various behaviors were considered a crime. For instance, it was illegal to sell or drink alcohol during Prohibition in the USA so Prohibition gave rise to all types of illegal behaviors which in other countries were not seen as crimes. Another example would be the Soviet Union, where it was illegal to be involved in any kind of business; therefore, ...

Introduction

In an effort to respond to the terrorist attacks, such as the 9/11 event, governmental authorities struggle to develop intelligent system that monitor and detect suspicious activities in order to be able to identify potential security threats. In this sense, security systems are developed, often at the cost of personal intimacy. Moreover, such systems are far from being perfect, being responsible of accusing innocent people of criminal activities, as the two examined articles, respectively “The Economist’s” If Looks Could Kill (2008) and Wendy Kaminer’s Trading Liberty for Illusion (2012). These two article have common perspectives on the ...