DefenselessnessMachiavelli's statement that "being disarmed makes you despised" suggests that in order to gain respect and maintain authority, a prince or leader must have a strong and capable military force. In fact, it suggests that any society tha Continue Reading...
Special Interest Groups and Politics Interest Groups and Politics Special interest groups are organizations whose members are organized, mobilized and share specific agendas and objectives (Dincer, 2012). They work to gain favor with politicians an Continue Reading...
While it is true that American prisons and jails are overcrowded the answer is not to let out the violent offenders. These offenders need to receive nationally standardized sentencing and the sentences need to be longer than they currently are. Thi Continue Reading...
Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America (2004) by Tom Frank The book: What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America (Metropolitan Books, June 1, 2004) [Hardback] by Tom Frank, was entertaining; interesting, sa Continue Reading...
Controversial Topic: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of WritingDescription of the controversial new storyReported in CNET on September 7, 2024, a news story by Palmer notes that the nearly 25-year-old global novel-writing challenge called, NaN Continue Reading...
The Pro Concealed Carry Debate: A Multifaceted View of Personal Defense and Individual Freedom The "pro-concealed carry" debate revolves around the argument that individuals should have the right to carry concealed weapons for personal protection. T Continue Reading...
Feminism & Entertainment Toeing the line between taking a social stand and coming off as “preachy” is not the easiest thing to do. It is to be expected that the media and entertainment will always be a force in terms of showing where Continue Reading...
Sociological Theories Functionalism is usually defined as viewing society from the aspect of its different parts, and how those parts relate to each other and society as a whole. Many functionalists liken society to a biological form, such as the hu Continue Reading...
Slippery Slope Law / Discrimination The definition of the slope and its legal implications are largely hypothetical. According to Eugene Volokh, an action that is voted in -- say a ban on guns provides with the curtailment of many other things -- li Continue Reading...
U.S. Legislative Process For many people around world, the United States Congress stands as the most admirable example of democracy at work. In this political arena, solons supposedly share ideas, discuss their constituencies' needs and engage each Continue Reading...
Habitual Violators The author of this report has been asked to select a crime control policy and then use the facts and facets of the policy to answer a few questions. First, there will be a summary of the key elements of the policy. Second, there w Continue Reading...
International Crime, Terrorism, And Organized Crime Trends Comparing contrasting topics international crime, terrorism, organized crime trends This research has confirmed the possibility of close correlation between money laundering activities, Isl Continue Reading...
The US constitution is a supreme law guiding the conducts of government, people, and organizations in the United States. The U.S. constitution comprises of seven articles that delineates the form of government. However, before the constitution came i Continue Reading...
Diversity There is no real difference between the racism that Du Bois witnessed 100 years ago and the racism seen today. The same WASPs who were the controlling elites in those days are still the controlling elites today -- only there has been a st Continue Reading...
Governments make and break alliances, treaties, and agreements for financial and political gains, as well as for power and control, all in a constantly fluid manner. Such changes have been taking place as long as there have been countries, so the ma Continue Reading...
Presidential elections in the U.S.A. The United States Presidential election that was held on 6th November, 2012 was the 57th in the United States history. Such elections are held after every four years. The Democratic Party nominee was President Ba Continue Reading...
Congress had passed the Twenty-fifth Amendment in 1965 saying that the President could hand over his authority for the interim or the Vice President and cabinet could pronounce him unfit. But it left unclear the definition of what constituted a disa Continue Reading...
Conservatives and liberals differ on the subject of affirmative action too. Conservatives feel that everyone should get to respective positions on merits and reserve discrimination is the not solution. Liberals on the other hand maintain that with Continue Reading...
Political Socialization Almost every individual in today's society has a set of political beliefs or values, but most of us hardly ever pause to think why we have such beliefs and how we have acquired them. Are they our own ideas or have we been inf Continue Reading...
The Active Shooter Crisis in America: Proactive Responses The term “active shooter” has been in widespread use since the 1999 Columbine school massacre (Fox and Levin 8). Criminal justice agencies and the Department of Homeland Security Continue Reading...
Constitution of the United States was a highly important and significant document that was adopted on September 17, 1787, and ratified by conventions. Eleven states participated in the ratification, and the Constitution officially went into effect Continue Reading...
He also says that it is common to exaggerate information in anything from house ads to resumes. Why do Drug Dealers Still Live With Their Moms? This chapter deals with conventional wisdom and when to question it, such as the idea that all drug dea Continue Reading...
United States: A Polarized Nation In recent decades, the United States had become a far more self-interested nation, that is, a nation in which most people are more concerned with their own interests, or their own small group's interest (e.g., the A Continue Reading...
Clint Eastwood’s career spans more than six decades, and is one of Hollywood’s few luminaries that is equally as renowned for his acting as his directing. Born in 1930 in San Francisco, Eastwood’s formative years were spent during t Continue Reading...
Introduction California State (capital: Sacramento) is America’s third biggest state after Texas and Alaska, with a population of thirty-seven million according to 2010 statistics. The state boasts the nation’s largest economy, having ma Continue Reading...
What Methods Can Schools in the United States Implement to Prevent Violence in Schools? Introduction Statement of the problem The recent upswing in high-profile violent incidents in the United States has focused increasing attention on the causes Continue Reading...
Elliot's book Nobody Left to Hate: Teaching Compassion after Columbia brings in social psychology in its treatment of the contemporary school system. Arguing that we would never allow any workplace environment to become as rotten and insidious as the Continue Reading...
America is much more diverse, and in some ways much less conscious of that diversity, while in England being from Manchester or London is a big to-do. And the class issue is different as well -- it's more about culture, schooling, parents still in E Continue Reading...
The 16th Amendment was the first to be passed in the 20th century. It allowed incomes to be taxed as a clear response to the Supreme Court decision in the Pollock v Farmers' Loan and Trust Company (Fonder and Shaffrey 2002). Congress previously pas Continue Reading...
International Relations: Answers to Questions There are two types of actors in international relations -- state and non-state actors. States are the more important actors of the two; however, their activities are influenced to a significant extent b Continue Reading...
Researchers have an occasion to further organizational science and to make research practical by producing information that can impact changing organizational forms and circumstances. Pragmatically, academic researchers are not likely to get access Continue Reading...
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois present opposing representations of the diametrically opposed philosophies that came to define African-American culture in the United States during the upheaval of Reconstruction. Washington, in his autobiograp Continue Reading...
The Aurora theater shooting incident is the largest shooting incident in the history of the U.S. in terms of the number of casualties. Perpetrated by one James Eagan Holmes, the 20th July 2017 incident left 12 people dead and 58 people critically inj Continue Reading...
Military in Less Developed Countries From archaeological records, we can tell that warfare and aggression have been part of human history for thousands of years. Since the rise of urbanization about 5,000 years ago, war has been part of most every Continue Reading...
School Children Crisis Intervention School-Based Crisis Intervention Crisis theory intervention can be traced back as far as 400 B.C. (Roberts 2005). However, more modern crisis theory came out of studies that were done on crisis and bereavement. C Continue Reading...
S. interests in that part of the world. Then, on January 17, 1991, the U.S. launched the first attack, with more than 4,000 bombing runs. After 100 hours, Bush called off the offensive, saying he wanted to minimize U.S. casualties. Though Bush was c Continue Reading...
American citizenry is somewhat in the position of the unfortunate citizens of some third-world countries who try to stay out of the cross-fire while Maoist guerrillas and right-wing death squads shoot at each other. Reports of a culture war are most Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Psychological Underpinnings of Workplace Violence: A Study of Aggressor Profiles: This essay would explore the psychological factors that may contribute to an individual committing violence in the Continue Reading...
Essay Titles The 2024 Election: A Return to Trumpism America's Crossroads: The 2024 Presidential Election From Biden to Trump: The 2024 Election Narrative Polarization Peak: Analyzing the 2024 Presidential Race Trump's Triumph: Continue Reading...
