E. R. Braithwaite Essays

  • To Sir with Love: discourses, positions and relationships

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    distorted perception of the implications of the various discourses employed. In order to clarify this point, I compare several incidents depicted in the film, with the same incidents as they are described in the autobiographical book by E.R. Braithwaite(Braithwaite, 1959), upon which the film is based. In doing so, I will evaluate the pedagogy of the films teacher (Thackeray) against the standards set for graduates and teachers respectively by the Queensland Board of Teacher Registration (hereafter BTR)

  • Theory Of White Collar Crime

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    E.). There are various costs of white-collar crime, although an accurate measurement is not easy, they are hard to asses as well as very complex. There are enormous financial losses, sometimes physical damage as a result of negligence, as well as social

  • Kaffir Boy Essay

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    Beating the Statistics In Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane and To Sir with Love by E. R. Braithwaite, both protagonists are in a search for meaning and identity. Starting with Kaffir Boy, Mark grew up in South Africa in apartheid, growing up his neighborhood would be constantly invaded by police raids. This essay will dive into the journey Mark goes through to find his true meaning and identity. In To Sir with Love, Rick is a black teacher in Post-war London who has to face the harsh realities of racism

  • Is Restorative Justice More Appropriate in Dealing With Young Offenders Than Conventional Criminal Justice?

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    the wrongs. Restorative jus... ... middle of paper ... ...rime. London: Sage Publications. Roche, D. (2003), Accountability in Restorative Justice, Oxford: University Press. White, R. & Haynes, F. (1996) Crime and Criminology: an introduction. Oxford University Press UK. Umbreit, M. & Bradshaw, W. & Coates, R. (1994) Victims of severe violence meet the offender: restorative justice through dialogue. International Review of Victimology, 6, p321-344. Williams, K, S. (2001) Textbook On Criminology

  • The Usefulness of Sociological Theories in Explaining Crime and the Control of Crime

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    the work of Cesare Beccaria and his publication the Dei Delitti e Delle Pene (On Crimes and Punishment) in 1764 (Beccaria, 1963, cited Cavadino and Dignan 2002, p46). This book provided a critique of the Criminal Justice System in Europe, which was deemed arbitrary and harshly retributive, dominated ... ... middle of paper ... ...W., B., 1958. Lowe Class Culture as a Generating Milieu of Gang Delinquency. In: J. Braithwaite. Crime, Shame and Re-Integration. Cambridge: Cambridge University

  • The Effects of a Romantic Relationship on Academic Performance

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    (Gilmartin, 2005). Previous findings have indicated that single men and women experience higher levels of mental instability, such as depression, anxiety, mood disorders, adjustment problems, and other forms of psychological distress (Braithwaite, S. R., Delevi, R., & Fincham, F. D., 2010). Research shows that there are various factors that can add stress to a relationship. Being in an intimate relationship is not just a problem for any particular culture or background instead; it is so... ...

  • Bullying: Types of Parental Control that are Linked to the Child Being a Victim

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    victims is controversial. Some researchers believe that t... ... middle of paper ... ... Turkel, A. R. (2007). Sugar and spice and puppy dogs' tails: The psychodynamics of bullying. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, 35(2), 243-58. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/198142035?accountid=12387 Vlachou, M., Andreou, E., Botsoglou, K., & Didaskalou, E. (2011). Bully/Victim problems among preschool children: A review of current research evidence. Educational

  • Annotated Bibliography On Divorce

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    Annotated Bibliography In my research paper, I will explore how people with divorced parents perceive the effects of the divorce on their lives emotionally. To gather information for my study, I will interview four college students (two males and two females). Studies devoted to this topic exhibit that divorce has an overall negative emotional impact on children. Cherlin, Chase-Lansdale and Mcrea (1998) found that divorce had a negative and continuous effect on adult mental health. Children

  • Alcohol Consumption of University Students

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    department of health and human services: National Institute of Health. O'Hara, R., Harker, D., Raciti, D., & Harker, M. (2008). Attitudinal, normative and demographic influences on female students' alcohol consumption. Young Consumers, 9(1), 7-16. Stockley, C. (2008) Recommendations on alcohol consumption: An international comparison. Contemporary Drug Problems, 34(4), 618-714, 551. Walsh, J and Braithwaite, J. (2008) Self- Reported Alcohol Consumption and Sexual Behaviour in Males

  • The Deprivation Theory

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    path an uneven dirt road that when it rains it becomes so muddy that even the strongest can’t walk on it. I believe the... ... middle of paper ... ...then I believe the economy would be better off in the long-run for everybody. References Braithwaite, J. (2013). Inequality, Crime and Public Policy (Routledge Revivals). Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. Cullen, F. T., & Wilcox, P. (2013). The Oxford handbook of criminological theory. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Milanović, B. (2011). The

  • Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

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    Kolk, 1989). Gelder describes her own history of trauma toward the end of the memoir, in which she was manipulated in... ... middle of paper ... ...1(8), 411-416. Mash, E. J., & Wolfe, D. A. (2013). Abnormal child psychology. (5 ed.). Belmont: Wadsworth Cengage Learning. Selby, E. A., Braithwaite, S. R., Joiner Jr., T. E., & Fincham, F. D. (2008). Features of borderline personality disorder, perceived childhood emotional invalidation, and dysfunction within current romantic relationships. Journal

  • Digital Piracy

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    attitudes about questionable practices and form of moral reasoning”, Journal of International Business Studies, 27(2), pp. 391–411. Shore, B.; Venkatachalam, A.; Solorzano, E.; Burn, J.; Hassan, S. & Janczewski, E. (2001) “Softlifting and piracy: behavior across cultures”, Technology in Society, 23(4), pp. 563–581. Moretti, E. (2011) “Social Learning and Peer Effects in Consumption: Evidence from Movie Sales”, Review of Economic Studies, 78(1), pp. 356-393. Avrich, B. (2005) Selling the Sizzle

  • Hard Technological Innovation Essay

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    such as improved airport lighting and CCTV surveillance, in crime prev... ... middle of paper ... ...ison of the Olympic surveillance modalities and legacies in two different Olympic host regimes. Urban Studies, 48(15), 3347-3366. Sampson, R., Eck, J. E., & Dunham, J. (2010). Super controllers and crime prevention: A routine activity explanation of crime prevention success and failure. Security Journal, 23(1), 37-51. Turner, L. (2010). Inventing fear of crime: Criminology and the politics of anxiety

  • Weiner's Attribution Theory In Social Psychology

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    Attribution Theory (Weiner) Weiner developed a theoretical framework that has become very influential in social psychology today. Attribution theory assumes that people try to determine why people do what they do, that is, interpret causes to an event or behaviour. A three-stage process underlies an attribution: Behaviour must be observed/perceived. Behaviour must be determined to be intentional Behaviour attributed to internal or external causes Weiner’s attribution theory is mainly about achievement

  • Restorative Justice and Young Offenders in Canadia

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    ). The Punishment of Fear. (BookRags Media Network) Retrieved November 20, 2013, from http://www.culturality.net/culture/cul_punish_fear.htm Yoshikawa, H. (2000). Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Programs On Social Outcomes And Delinquency. In R. M. Mann (Ed.), Juvenile Crime And Delinquency (pp. 368-372). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Scholar's Press Inc. Retrieved November 6, 2013 Youth Criminal Justice Act (S.C. 2002, c. 1). (2002). Retrieved October 7, 2013, from Department of Jusitce:

  • South Korean History,Culture and Population

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    According to the Institute of International Education’s 2013 open door findings, the second highest place of origin for foreign students in Minnesota is South Korea, with 9.8% of the total of international students in 2013 (Open Doors Data Minnesota, 2014). I was unaware of this information when I was partnered with two sweet girls from South Korea during our visit to the ELS center. With little knowledge of the South Korean culture myself; I realized many students at the University of St. Thomas

  • Cognitive Psychology and Modern Policing

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    Inner City; Penguin Books Hollin. C, Koppen. P, Penrod. S (2003) Psychology, Crime and Law (journal); Volume 9, No 2: Brunner Routledge King. R, Winchup. E, (2000) Doing Research on Crime and Justice: Oxford University Press McLaughlin and Muncie (2001) The Sage Dictionary of Criminology: Sage Publications Maguire. M, Morgan. R, Reiner. R (1994) Oxford Handbook of Criminology: Oxford Press Roger, Hopkins, Burke (1998) Zero Tolerance Policing: Perpetuity Press Rose, D (1992) A

  • Films reedom Writers and To Sir with Love Show the Meaning of Education

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    The aim of this assignment is to present an exploration and explanation of the process of transformation in and through education. This will be shown by looking at some scenes from the films, Freedom Writers and To Sir with Love. To begin with I want to consider what we understand by ‘education’ Education is an activity we all feel that we know something about, having had personal and direct experience of it. Education has become a large industry employing many hundreds of thousands of people in

  • Mental Health Crisis in the African American Community

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    African Americans due to lack of knowledge. “African Americans in ... ... middle of paper ... ...3. Abstract. EBSCO eBook Collection. Web. . NAMI. "African American Community Mental Health." NAMI. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2014. . Snowden, Lonnie R. Barriers to Effective Mental Health Services for African Americans. N.p.: n.p., 2001. Print. Mental Health Services Research 4. Stagman, Shannon, and Janice L. Cooper. "Children's Mental Health." WWW.nccp.org. Ed. Columbia University. Columbia University

  • Occurence of Crime

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    say that none of the theories totally explain crime as there is no accurate definition that can account for all the different types of crime even though crime, for many reasons, will always occur. Works Cited Haralambos, M, Holborn, M., Heald, R. (2008). Sociology: Themes and Perspectives. London: HarperCollins Livesey, C and Lawson, T. (2005). AS Sociology for AQA. London: Hodder Education Moore, S., Aitken, D., Chapman, S. (2006). Sociology AS for AQA. London: HarperCollins Moore, S., Aitken