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    the reproduction of the status quo is possible due to the certain facets of culture, power, and structure embedded into our society. Culture provides the basis for what is “real” and what is “normal”, thus defining the status quo. These are determined by the categories we use to define things. The world is vast and we do not have the mental capacity to understand everything around us, humans use categories and symbols to filter their experiences and make sense of our environment and its physical

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    depictions in his images that paved way for the widening of the development of twentieth century modern art. He is considered to be one of the pioneering artists that explore expressionism representing the urban life with controversial motifs and concepts such as gay homosexuality and queer perspectives. Martin Wong was one of the strong drivers for graffiti art. He incorporated graffiti with urban neo-expressionist art in the 1980’s, despite the intensive resistance

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    systematic approach to court processes, consisting of the apparent impartiality of judges and trials by jury, often impede the natural course of justice and do not allow for a fair and unbiased trial. Concepts of ‘accessing’ and ‘achieving’ justice and their definitions are often debated and contested. Achieving and accessing justice may be explained through a segregation of groups. For users of the justice system, access refers to the capacity to effectively utilise the justice system, whereas for

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    History of Graffiti

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    The History of Graffiti Graffiti is a form of art involving writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall in public places. Graffiti has also existed back in the Roman Empire and Ancient Greek. During the time of the Catacombs of Rome, graffiti was known as inscriptions, figure drawing that were found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins. The earliest forms of graffiti dated back to 30,000 BCE in the form of prehistoric cave paintings and pictographs using tools

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    is that many countries proclaim the necessity of the International Criminal Court as an advocate for conflict resolution and peace advocacy while being resist or outright antagonistic towards the court when their own state has committed those same crimes. To the ends of defending basic universal rights, the International Criminal Court (hereafter ICC) serves that capacity when state level systems cannot or will not act accordingly. Initially, this was seen following World War II with the Nuremberg

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    Stop And Frisk Essay

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    and frisk. This ruling paved the way for early implementation of policies similar, but not as wide-spread, as stop and frisk. This theory alleges that by reducing petty crime you can also deter more major crime much in the same way as fixing broken windows (which are thought to invite potential thieves) will prevent future crime. Kelling’s theory combined with the Terry v. Ohio ruling eventually led to the implementation of full blown Stop and Frisk in the New York City area during the mayoral term

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    of U.S. income and the 25% lowest income families earn 9.64%. Furthermore, to couple with the issue of income disparity, is the realization that wealth disparity is even greater. The low level of education standards, lacking sense of security and crime rates are higher near the lowest income families. When seeing this information, a connection can be made between these social changes and the income and wealth inequality, consider this connection being between social capital and socioeconomics. Social

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    GANGS AS AN ORGANIZATION THE UNIVERSITY OF TRINIDAAD & TOBAGO INSTITUTE FOR CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY BSC CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY STUDENT ID: 53759 UTT VALSAYN CAMPUS COURSE CODE: CRIM 3001 The issue of the gang as an organization is contested. Discuss the concept of the gang as an organization using evidence and research to support your arguments. To understand the functions of a gang as an organization we would delve into the meaning of the word gang as well as highlight the factors that defines

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    Essay on Death Penalty and Deterrence

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    Death Penalty and Deterrence Ever since the beginning of time man has committed crimes. Crimes were described as acts which go against the social and moral norms of society and people. People have learned to deal with these crimes in many different ways. One of the most used forms of dealing with crime is punishing those who commit crimes. There are numerous ways in which people have punished those who commit crimes throughout history from making the criminal pay fines to banishing them from the

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    supplement the rise of a state as a form of social organization (Roberts). The most common use of prisons is as a supplement to a state’s justice system, in which individuals found guilty and convicted of crimes are sent for a set period of incarceration (Roberts). Outside of punishing civil crimes, prisons have been used by numerous regimes as tools of

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