Essays on Degrading

Abstract

This book review examines the book Criminals in the Bible by Professor Mark Jones. It examines the bases and features of criminal justice and the criminalizing process across different timelines and eras. The review examines the constitutional elements of different criminal justice systems and generations and how it relates to specific aspects of society. The book review assesses and evaluates some of the elements of society including chapter analysis and how serious crimes occur. The main discovery of this book review is that crime and criminalizing is done within the context and framework of dominant constitutional processes and generally ...

Pornland: How Porn has Hijacked our Sexuality was written by Gail Dines in 2010. As a sociologist, Dine’s perspective on pornography is that it has hampered the growth of sexuality and distorted the views of both young men and women, not only on sexuality as a whole, but on their own sexuality. Dines describes pornography as a “parallel universe” where there is no longer human complexity, life pleasures or deep connections, instead humans become “orifices and body parts” . Gonzo porn is the focus of her book. This is porn that is hard core with sex that punishes the ...

Fredrick Douglass’s work is a landmark writing that serves as an indicator of racism, slavery, and degrading practices used by the slave owners. While it may seem that the essay “Learning to Read and Write” depicts the struggles of a teenage boy in self-education of reading and writing, however, the work has a deeper meaning (Douglass 100). The main argument of the essay is that slavery degrades the slaves, the owners, and the entire society. By condemning individuals to miserable living, restricting their access to basic goods, and limiting their chance for education transform the owners to the ...

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Introduction Vampires are mythical creatures that appear in ancient folklores. Most cultures have their own version of the vampire although they share a common characteristic; that is, the lust for human blood. There is no particular gender to the vampire character. Male and female vampires do exists even in ancient literatures, making the vampire one of the most gender neutral characters. The depiction of the female vampire in human culture, however, is an interesting way of looking into the development of women, particularly on how society views women and their social status over the course of time. ...

Poetry, though it dominated literary studies for centuries, has declined in recent years for various reasons. From Homer and Virgil to T.S. Eliot and Walt Whitman, poetry was a literary mode held in greater regard by the general public than mediums such as the novel and theater. While one may argue, this decline results from verse being an obsolete mode of expression, the more likely cause for poetry’s growing obscurity takes the form of growing elitism that excludes anyone who has not studied poetry from enjoying verse. The modern era has brought with it a culture that values ...

Human Rights for Orphans and Abandoned Children without Adequate Care

The issue of human rights of children is regulated by the Convention on the Rights of the Child with its Protocols. They refer to the protection of a child, prohibition of child labor and other issues that are fundamentally important and protect children’s dignity. However, some categories of children require special attention and care with this respect. The human rights of orphans and abandoned children constitute a specific issue, as they have fewer chances to be protected by parents and relatives. Therefore, as a violation of their rights may seem easier, these children need more legal protection. The ...

The improvements in technology have caused many changes both scientifically and economically. The technology has enabled people to communicate with one another and share ideas freely. However, the developments in technology has also caused changes in the social aspect of the society. Because of the ability to express ideas without any restrictions, the internet, most especially the social media have been cultivated as venues for both empowering and degrading cultures. From the year 2005-2015, the approximate number of internet users have reached 3.7 billion globally (Statista). What is alarming with this growing number of internet users, is the culture ...

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Since the end of the Great Wars, the international community has worked double time to improve the human rights conditions of the public. Throughout the conflicts that transpired for years, citizens were persecuted in the most horrific means in order to gain information or punish the innocent. Several important conventions were established after the war to fight against these torture incidents such as the United Nations Convention Against Torture and the Geneva Convention. Many states are signatories of these Conventions; however, it is a question if these conventions can still be applicable today especially as several conflicts continue to ...

American federal law bans all workers from all forms of discrimination at the place of work. This discrimination can get based on religion, race, gender or even nationality. It can also take many forms and shapes. People can make lewd comments on race or religion. They can also negatively comment about an individual trait of a co-worker in a manner that hurts his or her feelings. In the modern workplace, discrimination is still a significant issue of concern that employers have to deal with. An unfriendly work environment mainly encompasses primarily sexual harassment. People might have discussions that contain ...

There is a major environmental degradation to the Chinese natural tourism spots. The discussion examines a few natural features, and how they have undergone degradation due to the poor government’s conservation efforts. Environment and the environmental conservation are very big issues in China today.The prospect and value of environment is slowly degrading in China, and this is expected to escalate even further since people do not see the importance of environmental conservation (Pan Par.7). In other country, there are always some rules to help environment protection and people know they need to keep the environment clean ( National Park ...

Just the sound of the words murder or killing someone tells us that something is wrong. The thoughts and feelings we get after learning that someone has been killed, proves to us that killing is very wrong. Therefore, how can we be comfortable with passing a law that supports the death penalty? The death penalty is a legal procedure whereby the state executes a person as a punishment for the crimes/offenses he/she has committed (Kaufman 546). Therefore, when the capital punishment law is not abolished, it means that we will see many murders of people who this sentence has ...

1. Introduction This outline discusses major environmental degradation to the Chinese natural tourism spots. The discussion examines a few natural features, and how they have undergone degradation due to poor government’s conservation efforts. 2. Neutral:

Environment and environmental conservation are very big issues in China today.

3. Counter: The prospect and value of environment is slowly degrading in China, and this is expected to escalate even further since people do not see the importance of environmental conservation (Pan Par.7).

Negative Impacts

First impact The main cause of environmental degradation is as a result of bad tourism practices (United Nations Environment Programme par. 1), which see most people visit these beautiful sceneries, ...

Executive summary

Introduction I would like to thank the Mayor of the Appalachaville for the provided opportunity to present an idea aimed to solve the problem of pollution and represent tools to increase sustainable behavior in the town, as this became actual and important topic for the Appalachaville. All the people with whom I worked and communicated during my innovation process organized an enjoyable and collaborative working environment for the productive working process, sharing their experience and knowledge. Nowadays the problem of waste management became one of the major aspects of pollution in cities and in the whole world.

Gap in Marketplace

Pollution is ...

Moral Performance

Moral Performance The central thesis of this article ultimately suggests that modern day prisons are indeed degrading and in many instances inhuman or dehumanizing for that matter. The article argues that through the analysis of lived prison experience has greatly deteriorated in the past few decades or so, alongside equivalencies by international variances and comparisons. Study Hypotheses encompass recent empirical and scholarly penological (research) studies and evaluations of modern day prisons and moral quality of life within these institutions, by means of principles such as liberty, human rights, respect, humanity, fairness, etc. The primary results of the above implemented ...

Sarma, K M, and Lani Sinclair. Protecting the Ozone Layer: The United Nations History. Earthscan, 2002. Internet resource.

In this book, Sarma, a former secretary and acting consultant of UNEP (United Nations Environmental Programme) together with Anderson and an Environmental Protection Agency of the US published about the history of environmental issues as per researches done by UNEP. They talk about how the ozone layer agreement was successful and inspired the entire world community to handle the ozone layer problem and several other environmental degrading issues. The history covers the media coverage, diplomacy, science, business policies and technology stories ...

Music has always played a very significant role in people’s culture and development. Since ancient times it was the way of sending hidden messages and reaching the desirable audience, sometimes even to make people do something. For instance, one can easily observe that his/her mood changes greatly when listening to certain song or track. Moreover, it is not a secret anymore that certain type of music is used in commercials in order to make listeners buy certain products or services. Basically, music is one more way of mass media that manipulates people greatly without them even realizing it.

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In the book, Urban Sprawl, Global warming, and the Empire of Capital, Gonzalez places all the faults on the Government and American business leaders. He says that they are responsible for the global climate change. He opposed all the efforts used in the account of global warming problem. The definition and explanation were based on transnational factors such as the greenhouse effect. The core researchers expounded and affirmed that global climatic change was due to economic transition and development. They also argued that it was due to enter border development of goods and services. Others argued the global climatic ...

Introduction

The end of World War II has introduced an era where human rights were not only appreciated, but also considered inherited entitled. They were addressed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, as part of the International Bill of Human Rights, in December, 1948 (United Nations). According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 9, no person should be subjected to “arbitrary arrest, detention or exile” (United Nations). However, during wartime, the Fourth Geneva Convention is used, so to define detainees. There are many contradicting viewpoints, as to whether an ...

Professional

Question 1 With reference to both of the articles by Bannerji and Kelly, show how the sexual stereotypes and the hypersexualization of women and women of color mark the harassment of women in the workplace and on university campuses?

Response 1

According to Bannerji and Kelly, women suffered from harassment in public areas such as workplace and school campus. The harassers are known men and just strangers, and not a single case of harassment is reported to the police authority . The harassment is influenced by the sexual stereotypes and hyper-sexualization of women of different race or women of color. The discrimination ...

Question 1

Torture has been considered as a serious human right violation all-round the world. Torture is prohibited by each country and also the international law. The use of torture on individuals has an effect on their political and civil rights. This issue was the first to be addressed by the United Nations in 1949 after it was formed. The international law as set out by the United Nations is against any form of inhuman and any degrading activities to humans and cannot be accepted at any cost. Torture is the inflict of harm or pain or emotional trauma in any human ...

Introduction

The EOC-Equal Opportunities Commission has been tasked with matters that have to do with sexual harassment in the work environment since its conception in 1975. As the years have passed by, the commission has made use of the powers it has in the Sex Discrimination Act to assist in sexual harassment claims in tribunals of employment in establishing case laws and has also brought the problem to the fore through lobbying and campaigns. The commission has also initiated investigations on organizations that have a large number of complaints linked to sexual harassment. The purpose of this study is to ...

Literary Criticism

15th of December Beautiful Minds Literal analysis is crucial elements that help in critical analysis of the works of literature. In the context of the play ‘Goodnight Desdemona, good morning Juliet' is an indication of a play that can be applied with the help of the theories. A vindication of the right of women according to Mary is evident in the play. Critically, we seek to understand the cries of women in the play and their seeking to find out the root causes of their problems and the best way to curb them. Her thought indicates that women ...

Apart from the common marine spills, the oil spills may also occur on land. Oil spills may be due to let-off of petroleum products from tankers, and offshore platforms spill of already refined products such as petrol, kerosene, and by-products. Heavy products used by large ships include airplane fuels, the spill of any oily refuse and the waste oil. These oil spills are common in most parts of the world such as Kuwait, United States, Kern County, California, Iraq, Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Mexico. Other places are Trinidad and Tobago, Uzbekistan, Iran, parts of Africa such as ...

A clear depiction of the nature of slavery in the south of Antebellum America is present in Douglass’ “A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.”As an African American Born into slavery and raised as such, Douglass’ narration gives his readers insight into his life and his struggle with the slavery institution. The book revolves around Frederick Douglass’ experiences at the hands of different slave masters before finally escaping to the northern states and joining the abolitionists’ movement. As the book commences, Frederick Douglass shows his confusion over the basis of slavery and in turn, makes his conclusions ...

Literal analysis is crucial elements that help in critical analysis of the works of literature. In the context of the play ‘Goodnight Desdemona, good morning Juliet' is an n indication of a play that can be applied with the help of the theories. A vindication of the right of women according to Mary is evident in the play. Critically, we seek to understand the cries of women in the play and their representing to find out the root causes of their problems and the best way to curb them. Her thought indicates that women should have access to education to ...

Torture as a form of weapon has been in practice since ancient times and is a common tool used by the military to extract crucial information from enemy informants and spies. In the US, torture takes place at several different levels. Domestically, the US prison systems are the primary locations where select prisoners can be elaborately tortured in many different ways without the outside world having any knowledge of such happenings. This paper, however, will focus on the known use of torture in the past administrations, torture methods used by the US Military (especially offshore), some of the rules and regulations ...

Torture is considered to be one of the cruelest and severest methods of punishment or investigation, which expresses human violence towards other people. It is mostly used by the CIA in order to get secret information from the terrorists and prevent the future terrorist acts. Although this kind of severe act of inflicting physical or psychological pain was prohibited in most of the countries, the debate over legislation and necessity of torture are continuing among the society till today. Plenty of arguments were given by the adherents of torture, the main aim of which is proving that terrorists deserve ...

There are different forms of feminism with five of them expressing strong views on prostitution. These are liberal feminism, Marxist feminism, socialist feminism, existentialist feminism, and radical feminism. Feminism is changing and vibrant, specifically in the cases of liberal feminism and radical feminism. Feminism embraces most tenets of a specific feminist theory rejecting selected precepts outright. In any case, one thing remains certain, and feminism focuses about promoting a world where women enjoy equal shares of power and rights. Radical feminism is against prostitution on grounds that it is degrading to women, and it extends the male gender’s power politics. The ...

Introduction

The right to suffrage is accorded to every citizen of a nation given some of the limits dictated in the constitution. When limits are discussed, these pertain to restrictions awarded to an individual that deters their free participation in the process of appointing the rightful individuals who would take office a seat in a public office. This makes the right to vote one of the supreme and basic rights of individuals. However, as mentioned earlier, this can be suspended as deemed necessary by law or as previously decided by the drafters of the constitution or legislation warranting sufficient basis for the decision. ...

Introduction

DPRK citizens have the right to freely leave their country, and therefore the information comes from refugees, defectors and others who fled North Korea. Although it is often subjective, based on the large number of refugees posts a number of organizations to draw conclusions about the overall situation in North Korea. According to the official position of the government of the DPRK, in the country, "there are no problems in the field of human rights", as the socialist system, which exists in the DPRK, "was chosen by its citizens voluntarily and sent on a fully satisfying their material and spiritual ...

Introduction

The execution rate reached its peak of 98 executions in1999 after the Supreme Court has restored the imposition of capital punishment in 1976. However, there has been a significant change thereafter, since there was a downward trend in the executions due to the fact that there are some high-profile cases involving death row inmates, who had been acquitted after undergoing the DNA testing. According to the report of Christian Century, even though the number of the death row inmates who were executed in the year 2012 remained unchanged at 43 since 2011, the opponents of death penalty argued that the capital ...

CULTURAL POLITICS

V92CUP The Contestation of Power within Modern Day Belly Dance: A Cultural Politics Approach Introduction The origins and purpose of belly dance have no clear historical background. However, it has a very strong root from the Middle East and has spread into the Western world today. More and more women are getting involved in this dance as they try to embrace their feminine essence. Unfortunately, due to its historical background, belly dance has a negative connotation to it because of the erotic attachment behind its dance movement. Despite the said fact, men and even women would still spend money ...

Introduction

The thyroid gland is an essential gland found in various vertebrates, and has thyroid follicles (comprised of thyroid epithelia cells), which are supplied by a dense network of blood capillaries. The thyroid tissue’s main function is the biosynthesis and secretion of the thyroid hormone, which is an essential biological molecule existing in either of two forms, T3 and T4. The activity of the thyroid gland is controlled through the neuroendocrine system, which involves the hypothalamus and the secretory actions of the pituitary gland. TSH plays a key role in stimulating the thyroxin-binding globulin (TGB) and the uptake of blood iodine ...

Law

The death penalty is a fair punishment Rough Draft Revision 1 Death penalty should not be abolished since it has been proven to effectively deter crimes. Although the anti-death penalty groups believe that death is a grave punishment because the calculated killing of a human being by the State is considered as a denial of the executed person’s humanity and the right to life (Mandery 167). Some lawmakers believe that death penalty is cruel and degrading which is in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. However, several crimes have been committed nowadays without due regard to respect for human ...

How today’s American Rap Music Negatively Influences

Teenagers by Promoting Misogyny Discrimination against Women Today’s North American Rap Music expresses many things that happen in our society. More often, rap music includes tough lyrics that portray social realities that promote awareness towards its audiences. However, some of the famous rap compositions not only inspire its listeners, but it also promotes misogyny in terms of expressing hatred towards women due to its explicit lyrics. Specifically, misogynic messages were being transformed into a composition and unfortunately, being patronized by many teenagers nowadays. Women are being exploited through rap music, which teenagers adapt eventually. Unfortunately this kind ...

- Quote what you take to be the author’s thesis (using proper citations), and explain it in your own words. (10 points) Here the author seems to like the idea of human exposition. He thinks that it is a good idea for exhibitions to be put up which demonstrate the costumes and ways of life of people from different cultures and different eras. The world exhibitions tend to increase the exchange value of commodities. These in turn create a framework in which the commodities’ intrinsic value is eclipsed. They open up a fantasy world that people enter into in order ...

The Bush Administration established the Guantanamo Bay detention camp (hereafter GITMO) at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba in 2002 as a detainment facility for prisoners from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (Hotz, 2012). However, extensive use of GITMO started after 9/11 attacks, when, on September 14, 2001, President Bush declared a national emergency against international terrorism and the United States (US) Congress passed a resolution (S J Res 23 in Senate) to use force against 9/11 attackers and to deter and prevent acts of international terrorism (ThePoliticalGuide, 2013). Currently, hundreds of detainees are being held in GITMO as “enemy combatants,” ...

NITROGEN AND COPPER DOPED SOLAR LIGHT ACTIVE TIO2 PHOTOCATALYSTS FOR WATER DECONTAMINATION

Abstract: A new category of photocatalytic coating that can degrade chemical as well as bacterial contaminants under visible sunlight wavelengths was generated by the deposition of a stable photocatalytic TiO2 film over the internal lumen of glass bottles by means of a sol–gel technique. Such a coating was produced either in doped or undoped form. This coating used copper and/ or nitrogen for producing visible light-active TiO2 films that were normalized or annealed at 600 ◦C and were characterized by Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The degradation of methylene blue was seen to accelerate with doped and undoped TiO2 films ...

Gender bias refers to a situation where a decision making authority such as a family court or arbitrator tends to make partial decisions in favor of one party on grounds of gender. The issue of gender bias is most conspicuous in cases involving the legal separation of parents. Gender bias typically comes at the point where children custody is concerned. Apparently, many people have termed the common act of family courts to assign the mother child custody as gender bias (Stoner 259). One such person is David Pissara, a divorce attorney that has been in legal practice for well over a decade. In his ...

Environmental conservation is one of the main concerns in the modern society. Understanding the various components of the environment and the risks facing them is one of the milestones in the conservation process. This essay seeks to address this issue in detail. It stands for the position that failure to understand and appreciate the importance of these environmental components leads to the degradation of the same. Three main components of the environment and the challenges facing them are addressed below. The first major component is land. This is the ground on which we live and work. It is ...

I chose my essay to be ‘an argument for making the death penalty mandatory for murders’ because it has been a dilemma in the society. There have been sections advocating for its abolishment and those for its reinforcement. However, statistics show that murder rates are increasing and break outs in prison increase due to advanced technology, hence there have been calls to make the death penalty for murder mandatory so as to rid offenders from the society and prevent the crime reoccurring. To make my essay stronger for the portfolio, I did revisions in the four sections of the ...

Should the death penalty be mandatory for people that kill other people?

The saying goes do unto others what you would have them do unto you. Therefore, the price for taking away life should cost the offender his or her life. Different kinds of punishment have been used to discourage criminals from unlawful actions, and the greater the criminal act the greater should be the punishment. The death penalty is a controversial issue and people base their arguments for or against death penalty on practical, emotional, religious or practical grounds. People in favor of the capital punishment argue that it improves peace in the society by ensuring that such people do not ...

I. Introduction

It has been a long standing debate for over thousands of decades whether or not imposition of capital punishment is an effective means to deter commission of crimes. Advocates of capital punishment or death penalty makes reference to the biblical passage from Exodus 21:23-25, “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a tooth for a tooth,” which means that for every wrong done, there must be a compensating measure of justice. While on the other hand, the group who believes that capital punishment is severe, degrading, inhuman, brutal and cruel sentence, and it is only God who is the ...

Land and sea polluted with petroleum-based synthetic and natural substances have led to the development of techniques using biological organisms for clean-up. The technique is called bioremediation. “Bio” refers to biology and “remediation” to clean-up. The types of microorganisms used are bacteria fungi and actinomycetes. Bacteria can be used for bioremediation under anaerobic or aerobic conditions. Actinomycetes are generally anaerobic and grow from spores forming filaments and branches. The applications and environment for optimum bioremediation varies depending on the pollutant and the biological organisms. Different combinations work better depending on the temperature, substrata and other environmental variables. The goal ...

Torture is an act where a person inflicts pain upon the other without the latter’s consent. Torture can be done in a multitude of ways such as burning a part of the person’s body, inflicting wounds through the use of sharp objects and crushing an important body part. There are people who enjoy inflicting pain upon themselves or to others because it gives them happiness. Some would say it is part of their devotion to their religions. Many laws and policies have been enacted around the globe in prohibiting torture to others and to one’s self but not many ...