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Brain wiring and neuropsychological factors in serial killer behavior

Psychology of Serial Killers: Brain Wiring or Lack of Conscience? The issue of serial killers can bring any of a variety of images or feelings to mind. People often associate serial killers with sadist, cruel people who have no regard for human life or suffering.

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Luke's teachings on wealth, poverty, and Christian devotion

No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other.

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Soviet and Chinese economic liberalization and state capitalism

Economic systems are quite complex and, despite purist theory, rarely work in the ways that the original theorist intended due to the individual nature, needs, and traditions of human beings.

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Information technology's role in Tempe Police Department community policing

Lessons were learned from the Tempe PD network implementation? Some years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice made grants to a number of local jurisdictions to improve the quality of their information technology support for police services.

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Human nature and sin in Oedipus the King and Genesis

In Oedipus the King, Oedipus Rex reacts to a prophecy that he will murder his father and marry his mother by fleeing Corinth -- the country he assumed was his birth country -- for Thebes, in attempt to escape the prophecy.

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Marxist analysis of class oppression in Richard Wright's Native Son

In Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto, it is stated that history is a series of class struggles over the means of production. That is to say that whoever controls the means of production also controls society and is able to force their beliefs onto the lower class.

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Popular culture's effects on children analyzed through sociological perspectives

The question of how various social forces affect children today has become an important topic for social scientists. Children are the future of this country and the way children are brought up will fundamentally affect our future. Children at the same time are more susceptible to propagating ideas.

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Criminal background checks and online dating site safety

Crary, David. "Safety issue splits online dating sites; True.com's background checks rejected by rivals as false security." Houston Chronicle [Houston, TX] 12 Feb. 2008: 8. General OneFile. Web. 3 Dec. 2010.

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The economic development of New York City

New York City is one of the most important cities in the world, its importance being granted by its numerous population and history, and by its influence on global level.

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Milgram's experiments on obedience and authority responses

The notion of obedience as it relates to social structure is one that researcher Milgram explored with his famous experiments. These experiments involved participants who think they are giving electric shocks to a stranger as they answer test questions incorrectly.

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