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Don’t you hate having two heads? That is the name of this short novel under the genre of Crime and fiction. The short novel is written by the author Christine Poulson, and It’s a modern crime story. Christine Poulson is a British art historian and crime novel author and is well known for her detective…

Abuse and neglect have become a growing concern that is affecting many in various vulnerable populations. The vulnerable population of focus for this paper is the elderly. Research shows that as many as 5,000,000 elders are abused in the United States each year. Unfortunately, the abuse and neglect occur anywhere and by anyone. It can…

As children, we were always told the washed down version of the so called, “Truth,” of what was going on in life or were told lies to get us to cooperate and do things that we didn’t want to. We eventually learned that these things our parents would tell us were actually lies but we…

In today’s time of social media, and social rank we find numerous inconsistencies with the news, our politicians, and our government. We also lay eyes on our neighbor’s, our very own friends and acquaintances, and can’t help but think the time to time, that they are just plain lying and feel a sense of betrayal….

Have you been bullied before? Have you ever had to cry yourself to sleep every night just because you don’t want to go to school the next day? Have you almost risked your own life because you don’t want to live anymore? Have you ever been bullied before? Bullies make other kids’ lives a living…

Summary of Text In Postcolonial Imagination & Feminist Theology, Kwok Pui-Lan draws from the insight of post-colonial theory to critique the tangled relationship between Christianity and colonialism. While Kwok acknowledges that “the Western theological tradition is not monolithic,” she argues that many of its theological projects are laden with imperializing structures and biases because they…

When considering the death penalty as a crime control measure, there are many different parts of the criminal justice system that need to be taken into consideration. In “Reflections on Capital Punishment,” by Rob Warden, there are many arguments against capital punishment. Some of these arguments are: That the death penalty has no demonstrable deterrent…

Introduction In researching certain controversial topics, it is common for individuals to exhibit biases based on their point of view. One of these topics is the whether to legalize gay marriage. There are conflicting viewpoints regarding whether gay marriages should be legal with certain groups opposing this proposal while other groups support that gay marriages…

One of the components of our very first module for this class was juvenile delinquents and juvenile detention centers. This was a very fascinating topic for me to learn about because on the news recently it seems there has been a lot of minors (under of the age of 18) committing capital crimes and being…

“Years of efforts to clarify the role of child advocates reveal an inherently problematic focus: they center on lawyers, not children” (Kothekar). Children’s voices in the courtroom are just as essential as everyone else’s, and we need to work to not dilute them. Child advocacy lawyers primary jobs are to express the wishes for children…