Category: Sociology 7256
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The Concept of an Active Shooter
Table of Contents Dept. of Homeland Security U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigations N.Y.P.D. Theoretical Questions A Thesis Statement Critical Thinking and Argument Article Summarizing References Mental health diseases, densely populated areas, civilians’ causalities, social isolation, peer violence can also be added to the keyword list. Dept. of Homeland Security The Homeland Security Department defines…
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Economic and Social Factors of Opioid Deaths
Introduction Opioids are natural, synthetic, and semi-synthetic substances that interact with opioid receptors on nerve cells in the body and brain to diminish pain signals and sensations. This category of narcotics includes heroin, synthetic opioids like fentanyl, and prescription pain relievers like oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, and a variety of others (CDC, 2018). Prescription opioids,…
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Institutional and Community Corrections
Community corrections are facilities in which some convicted offenders and juveniles are taken instead of imprisonment and the conditions here are not as strict as those of the jails. The offenders remain under the custody of the government and serve their term as set by the courts. They are used to help those inmates whose…
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The Development of Sexuality Overview
Introduction I was born in a household that was mostly managed by my father. While my mother occasionally visited, she had a strained relationship with him due to what I would later learn was opioid addiction. My father is an old-fashioned, masculine man who wanted to raise my brother and me in the same manner…
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Social Care: Linking Social Response and Migration
Table of Contents Introduction Migration and Social Change Links Between These Concepts Reference List Introduction It goes without saying that for smooth functioning, any society should have a social order. However, no society across the globe and through human history succeeded in forcing all members to continually behave expectedly. In general, there are two responses…
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Identity and Social Hatred. Diversity and Identity
Table of Contents Diversity Identity Injustice and Hate Taking Action Conclusion References A person’s sense of identity plays an essential purpose in establishing one’s role in society. It always goes in conjunction with the degree of cultural diversity, which cannot be fully appreciated without valuing an individual’s identity. However, these terms can be opposed by…
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Moral Implications of Eating Non-Human Animals
Pastoral farming used to be highly controversial in human society when there were no alternatives for the resources it provided. On the one hand, the species chosen for this activity would never achieve such numbers in the wild. Humanity provides these animals with shelter and food, protects them from their natural enemies, and tends to…
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The Straw Man Fallacy in Disagreements on Moral Issues
The straw man argument is a logical fallacy in which the appearance of refuting an argument is created by replacing the actual subject of the debate with a false one. The effectiveness of this technique is explained by the fact that when using it, the opponent’s argument begins to look absurd, which gives the arguer…
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Gentrification and Its Implications
Table of Contents Introduction Cultural Displacement Residential Displacement Conclusion References Introduction Gentrification refers to a process where the character of a neighborhood is changed through the migration of more affluent businesses and people. The terminology is a controversial topic in planning and urban politics. Gentrification leads to people moving out of their homes because of…
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Progression of Women Writers and Their Texts in Society
Since the turn of the 19th century, women’s role in literature has evolved as they take on bigger roles in literary writing. This essay follows the progression of women writers and their texts in society in three genres. The works used are Fanny Fern’s book Male Criticism on Ladies Books, Virginia Woolf’s speech “Professions for…