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    Post websites. I examined all four of these websites on April 2, 2014 between 5:30p.m and 8p.m. On the Fox News website the top story was about the Fort Hood shooting. The headline was “BREAKING NEWS: At least 4 dead, 14 injured in shooting at Fort Hood” The ‘breaking news’ text was in all capitals and it was bright red. The lead was “A shooting at Ft. Hood that reportedly left at least four dead -- including the shooter -- and 14 injured Wednesday was a "soldier on soldier" incident without any preliminary

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    what I’ve gathered, Hasan went into a processing center where soldiers go before and after they come back from deployment. After Hasan’s shooting rampage, he was finally stopped when Army Military Police (MP) officers shot him a total of four times. He is now paralyzed from the waist down due to the shooting. The Fort Hood shooting marked the worst shooting ever to take place on a military installation state side, to record. There was almost no structural damage because he used hand guns instead

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    Fort Hood Shooting Jose A. Gonzalez HSM 433 October 1, 2012 Fort Hood Shooting Brief Description of Attack On November 5, 2009 at approximately 1:30 p.m., a gunman opens fire inside the base's Soldier Readiness Center at U.S. Army Base, Fort Hood, Texas. Soldier Readiness Center, is where soldiers who are about to be deployed or who are returning undergo medical screening (http://search.proquest.com). During the shooting the gunman killed 13 and wounded 31 others. The gunman was shot

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    Running head: Ft. Hood The 2009 Shooting at Ft. Hood Anthony Rose Professor Browne Aug 1, 2015 The 2009 Shooting at Ft. Hood On November 5th, 2009 Major Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire on the Ft. Hood Army base killing 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounding 43 others (Blake, 2013). Major Hasan had become self-radicalized and some feel was pushed to the point of carrying out this heinous act by his upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. His shooting spree was brought to an end

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    In “To Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe many different ideas are challenged to the deepest extend. This short story is a horror story, in the first person perspective, and based on the behavior of paranoia, guilt and murder. Most of Poe’s short stories are deep and dark just as this one is but ultimately have a background to the a plot. The author in the story finds himself fighting between the power of evil and pride. He or she fulfills that burden by committing an act that is immoral for

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    Even though it is called homegrown terrorism, terrorism does not only start within a home. Although there have been events that lead to roots of what might have caused the terrorism there is always evidence that contradicts itself. Some of these roots are radicalization, religion, and multiculturalism. Every one of these roots has caused terrorism throughout decades which not only has the United Sates tried to stop, but which we have come to conclude that it is something that we cannot control which

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    Hasan was assigned to Fort Hood and was responsible for providing care to soldiers in the readiness center which gave him access where various soldiers being processed to deploy or return from Iraq or Afghanistan. Hasan himself was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan. Some reports suggest that Hasan’s reaction was impacted by stories he heard from soldiers returning from combat tours, in accordance with his profession (http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/07/nation/na-fort-hood-shootings7). Hasan

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    Nidal Hasan's Murder

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    Nidal Hasan Thirteen people were killed and over thirty were injured at Fort Hood in Texas. Imagine sitting at home, hearing about this massacre on the news, when you get a phone call about your loved one's death in a military training center. Filled with fear and questions about the horrible event and how you will move on, flood your mind. For some families, this was the case on November 5, 2009. Who would do such a twisted, horrible thing after being part of the service himself? Nidal Hasan

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    extreme social, environmental, religious, economic, or political agendas.(author of book) On November 5, 2009 one of the biggest military bases in the world was tested. Fort Hood Texas would have to answer a terrorist call that would change every bases emergency plan forever. This shooting is said to be the deadliest mass shooting on an American military base. Major Nidal Malik Hasan who was an Army psychiatrist, open fired killing 12 soldiers, one civilian, and wounded 43 others. First responders

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    How Social Control Theory and Life Course Theory effect criminal behavior Mason Campbell Barge 900259391 University of North Georgia Criminology 11/17/14  How Social Control Theory and Life Course Theory effect criminal behavior Social control theory and life course theory focus on people’s lives and how they interact with one another. The basic idea of the life course theory is that people’s life experiences, both good and bad, determine what kind of person that they will be later in life. This

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