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    Outline and Evaluate Deindividuation Theory as an Explanation of Aggression (12 Marker)

    Deindividuation is the process whereby people lose their sense of individual identity and engage in unsociable, often antisocial behavior. Anonymity is a key concept, where people are likely to behave aggressively because of the loss of sense of individuality. Deiner stated it occurs when; self-awareness is blocked by environmental factors, there is a reduced need for social approval, there is a reduction in rational thinking and a decrease in inhibition. This suggests that collective behavior of

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    Victimology

    Violence can be tied to many reasons behind it and as well as the theories that are closely associated with the reasoning’s behind violence. With Intergenerational transmission of violence being one of the theories, we can get a better understanding if and why violence is in turn carried within families from generation to generation. Can aggression within a household eventually be carried out in violence with future relationships? How is one to tell the boundaries for aggression have gone too far

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    Public Services Research

    Public services research What is the daily routine for a person in the police? There are many things a police officer has to do as his daily routine. Here are some of the duties a policeman has. They need to prevent crimes, by patrolling the streets, but if a crime still happens, the have to follow standard procedures. Firstly they have to interview any eyewitnesses if there are any. They also have to gather evidence and if necessary give it to court. After the day has ended the police officer

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    Corporal Punishment in Trinidad and Tobago

    Introduction The debate continues over the use of Corporal Punishment in the primary and secondary schools of Trinidad and Tobago. Since the ban in the year 2000 on corporal punishment from schools in Trinidad and Tobago there has been an increase of national concerns over the effects of corporal punishment on discipline of primary and secondary school students. According to (Gershoff 2002) corporal punishment can be defined as the use of physical force with the intention of causing a child to

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    Terrorism in the Homeland

    occurring by giving several examples of root cause such as, pollution and or, chemical additive found in our food, water and air supply that aids in gearing some trains of thought and or, our brains to perceive reality in a distorted way leading to violence via altering the passive parts of our brains and chemically inducing the aggressive side, etc. I could theorize and speculate that this issue could be a part of a problem derived from a type of socialized disenfranchisement or further, the human

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    Is Protest an Effective Way to Promote Social Change

    different visions of a desirable world, so it’s difficult to gain agreement about what would be a perfect world. Violence, including threatening, vandalizing, beating and killing has been the most popular outcome of protest. Take the Baltimore Riots for instance, because of the hospitalization and death of Freddie Gray, many people have taken it personally to where they choose to resort to violence. The citizens of Baltimore fought against the police and city council in honor of Gray’s death. Protest is

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    Outline and Evaluate Genetic Factors in Aggression

    Genetic Factors are those that we inherit through our parents, they are used to explain why aggression runs through families. Genetic factors play a role in aggressive behaviour and lies within an individual’s genetic make-up. Psychologists, look at twin studies to try and find evidence on a genetic basis to compare the degree of similarity of aggression between sets of monozygotic (MZ) twins and dizygotic (DZ) twins. A lot of the time, it is found that aggressive behaviour is more highly correlated

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    Adolescence and Delinquency

    |Adolescence and Delinquency | |I couldn't begin to cover all the possible reasons that may cause an | |adolescent to become a "juvenile delinquent." During my research, I found | |that the term juvenile delinquency is defined a number of ways. Mosby's | |Medical Nursing, and Allied

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    Violence and Television

    Does violence on television cause aggressive behavior in teenagers? Eboni Bias Professor: Brynne Barnes Class: Com/172 Date: 12/21/2014 Since we love in a world of violence that is viewed as best sellers when it comes to television. Teenagers view the portrayal of the characters ass cool and this person becomes a role model. The amount of television an adolescent watches can have an effect on their minds. There is a certain amount of violence

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    Why Are Some Pressure Groups More Succesful Than Others?

    Why are some pressure groups more successful than others? Pressure groups are organisations of people who all have a shared goal of trying to and eventually influencing governmental policy. They do this through different methods such as mobilising public opinion, or using their Insider group status as an advantage to have their issue brought up in government. With a main goal of influencing government policy and having their issues and opinions heard, the groups do not want to actually be elected

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