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    approximately 35 females but the exact number of his victims are not exactly known. Bite mark case was the only evidence that shows that Bundy is involved in all these 35 plus murders. Biography of Ted Bundy: Ted Bundy with birth name of Theodore Robert Cowell was born in Elizbath Lund home on 24th of November 1946. But his father was unknown, it was belived that he is son of some one else from his mother family. He was grown up in Philadelphia in his grand parents house. About his parents he was

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    have seriously hindered law enforcements efforts to capture the Green River Killer early in the case. It is widely speculated that the perpetrator saw the news broadcast and realized the authorities were expecting him to return to the Green River (Keppel, 2005). On September 25, 1982 the body of Giselle Lovorn was discovered in a wooded area seven miles from the Green River. As with the other victims in the Green River

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    Theodore Bundy born Theodore Robert Cowell was born in Burlington, Vermont to Eleanor Cowell. He was born on November 24, 1946. She had him when she was still a teeneager and so Ted was raised believing that she was his sister. His birth father is somewhat confusing on his birth certificate it has Lloyd Marshall but investigators believe that his real father 's name was Jack Worthington. Ted’s mother married Johnnie Bundy who eventually adopted Ted as his son. Ted Bundy became interested in knives

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    Ethical relativism is the acceptance of differing views as all correct because there is no right answer. Ethical relativism eliminates all judgement because there is arguably no final truth, no right or wrong. As Doug Powell, author of Holman QuickSource Guide to Christian Apologetics, puts it ethical relativism is the idea that “What’s true for you is true for you, and what’s true for me is true for me” (79). Simplistically, this ideology follows the conviction that we are unable to pass judgement

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    February 18, 1949, Gary Leon Ridgway was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was raised in SeaTac, Washington. His homelife as a boy was very troubled. More than once did he witness brutal arguments between his parents. He had trouble wetting the bed, and when his mom would find it, she would belittle him in front of his whole family. He contracted anger and sexual attraction toward her. When Ridgway was 16, he led a boy into the woods and stabbed him in the liver. The boy survived, but someone witnessed

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    Bowling Alone: Essay 1 In the book Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putman, he discusses the drastic social change in America today. Putman specifically highlights areas in which the changes are most noticeable in various chapters. Which include but not limited to; the political change, civic participation, and the reciprocity, honesty and trust. Putman throughout the chapters discusses by giving specific data to illustrate the changes from today’s society from the previous social norm. In chapter two

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    (Mill 4).This relationship that people must have with their surroundings is one of the most important things for a successful society to have. Social capitalism is the foundation of all intelligent societies and without it democracy would fail. In Robert D. Putnam’s book, Bowling Alone: The collapse and Revival of American Community, he goes to show how America has started to lose the social capital that is the foundation of our democracy. He goes on to talk about the fact that many Americans

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    but also from our civic and social lives, as “Bowling Alone” speaks heavily about. Technology can be a positive aspect of life, but when you look at it from these authors’ perspectives, you can possibly see it as a negative. In “Bowling Alone”, Robert Putnam speaks primarily of America’s declining activity in civil society and social meetings. His arguments are backed with facts in statistics- he often lists membership levels in different organizations, and how they’ve declined in a number of years

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    The conversations and interactions people have with each other is a key necessity in becoming an active member in any society. The bonds and relationships that people make is what forms a community. In Robert D. Putnam’s (2000), Bowling Alone, there are three forms of capital; physical which as physical objects, human so properties of an individual like education, and social which are the connections between individuals. Social capital is what makes us branch out into the world and interact with

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    Social capital is a concept identified by Robert D. Putnam that is “shorthand for social networks and the norms of reciprocity and trust to which those networks give rise” (Sander and Putnam 2010, p. 9). He developed this idea within the context of a disintegrating American public life. At the end of the twentieth century, Americans were no longer coming together for recreational and civic activities, rather they were isolating themselves. This trend led to distrust among communities and disengagement

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