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Racial inequality and the historical decline of capital punishment in America

The history of the administration of the death penalty in the United States is fraught with racism and only in rare instances has anyone other than a poor person been executed (Geraghty 2003).

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Media violence perception: graphicness over quantified violent acts

For decades, there has been concern over media violence and its influence or potential influence on public behavior, and while there have been countless studies and volumes of research devoted to this topic, the issue appears still open for debate.

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Robert Root Bernstein's critique of HIV-AIDS research orthodoxy

What PURPOSE does CONTINUED theorizing and research about HIV and AIDS serve according to Robert Root Bernstein?

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Arguments for and against legalizing drugs of abuse

The topic of drug legalization is one of heatedly contested debate. Both sides of the debate have reasoning that has them firmly entrenched in their beliefs. This paper will review both the pros and cons of legalizing drugs of abuse.

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Employee monitoring technology and workplace privacy concerns

In recent years different work place dynamics have gained importance. Among these issues work place privacy has also gained a lot of attention.

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Teacher disposition differences between elementary and secondary school teachers

The objective of this work is to research and examine the similarities and differences in teaching disposition between Elementary and Secondary school teachers and to answer the question of whether it requires a different type of personality to teach a certain age level, and if so, then what…

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Parental presence and the ethics of juvenile police interrogation

Interrogation procedures reportedly involve a scenario similar where two adversaries utilize propaganda and persuasion to promote and confirm their cause. As a guilty suspect is motivated to avoid punishment, he/she tries to verbally persuade interrogator that he/she is innocent.

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The United States intelligence community from World War II to present

The enormous political and economic changes of the years since the Second World War have dramatically changed the way governments collect and use intelligence.

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The history and genetics of human drug addiction

The use drugs to affect conscious states dates back almost to the origins of humanity. In fact, the pollen of eight medicinal plants was found in a 60,000-year-old tomb in Iraq, and in the Assurbanipal library, researchers found lists of medicinal plants inscribed on tablets (Changeux 1998).

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Bilingualism in infancy: cognitive benefits and language acquisition types

Consider the following facts and/or statistics (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Bilingual,2004): Most populace in the regions of southern China, are usually Cantonese-Chinese speaking and Mandarin- Chinese speaking

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