1. Levin, J., & Thomas, A. R. (1997). Experimentally manipulating race: Perceptions of police brutality in an arrest: A research note. Justice Quarterly, 14(3), 577-586. Levin gather information from Northeastern University. Levin set up an experiment in order to discover the effects of race of the law enforcement on opinions of police brutality. Levin provided three videotapes, each showing a black male suspect being arrested by two different race police officers. One version of the tape then was
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good or bad, directly or indirectly. There are some of us who have been affected in ways that you can only imagine. Sometimes even though something has taken place in the past it can have an important bearing on how you prepare for your future. For Katrina and 911 victims, the term may not be so easy to apply in their lives. The presidency of George W. Bush began on January 20, 2001, when he was inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States of America. George W. Bush is the oldest son of
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water to be added to the north Atlantic current in large amounts triggering an ice age. When this effect takes place over time it can disrupt our warm climate and cause more frequent and more dangerous natural disasters, mostly our warm climate. Hurricane Katrina is only a glimpse of what will happen on a larger scale if nothing is done to reciprocate it. Unfortunately oil profiting is the culprit, burning large amount of fossil fuels, and pollution degenerates our fragile climate globally also. We have
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in a flood zone. Multiple factors can cause a flood to happen even if a person is not considered to be in a flood plain, such as massive storms. Hurricanes can cause a large spike in the insurance claims paid in a year. The two largest spikes in the past 10 years according to FEMA were in 2005, when Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S., and in 2012 when Hurricane Sandy hit. The number of losses paid in 2005 was 213,515 and for 2012 149,808, according to FEMA. As you will see, there are multiple benefits
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Gun control is becoming a more prevalent topic of discussion due to the increasing number of mass shootings each year. This article confronts the topic of gun control and delivers an interesting twist on someone’s liberal views. Most liberals believe guns should be outlawed or heavily regulated. The intriguing part of this article is the idea that a liberal owns a gun. Naturally, people with democratic views believe that guns should not be in the hands of the public. The argument has an interesting
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The desired outcome for a writer in any argument is to change the way one thinks or acts, to persuade the audience to his/her point of view. There is more to convincing an audience than presenting a claim and providing evidence. Imperative to any argument is the three elements of classic principles of argument: ethos, pathos, and logos. Authors will use ethos; a way to gain respect from character and his/her knowledge. Pathos is the emotional connection, establishing common ground by demonstrating
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Hazard Assessment for Memphis, Tennessee Environmental Geology April 24, 2012 Hazard Assessment for Memphis, Tennessee A natural disaster is defined as any event or force of nature that has catastrophic consequences (“natural disaster”). The only reason that these events are considered to have catastrophic consequences is because people are negatively affected by these natural events. If people were not present during these events, they would not be considered catastrophic. The more people affected
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders on April 1, 1979.[1][4] The agency's primary purpose is to coordinate the response to a disaster that has occurred in the United States and that overwhelms the resources of local and state authorities. The governor of the state in which the disaster occurs must declare a state of
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and organizations it never occurred to me that almost anything that causes a disruption can be, and in most cases are called a crisis. As I researched the topic it spoke of societal crisis, which included natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, forest fires or even climate change (Jaques). It even went a step further and identified infrastructure disruptions that refers to regional or internal power utility disruptions, planned organizational transitions that includes layoff, reorganizations
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the minimum amount per hour you are supposed to be paid. The widespread problems of wage theft in New Orleans should be minimized by amending the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA). Wage theft has been inconspicuous, but it came to light post-Katrina, and has become a tremendous problem. Countless
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