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    What do the Phenomena of infanticide‚ abduction and sexual assault reveal about the patriarchal order that obtained in eighteenth-century Ireland? This essay as the title suggests aims to deal with the phenomenon of infanticide‚ abduction and sexual assault in Eighteenth century Ireland. Each will be dealt with in their own right and this essay will also set out to discuss what these phenomena revealed about the patriarchal order that obtained in eighteenth-century Ireland. In the case of Infanticide

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    In the non-fictional book we is got him: The Kidnapping that Changed America by Carrie Hagen‚ she chronicles the first kidnapping for ransom in United States’ history. On July 1‚ 1874‚ Brothers Charley and Walter Ross‚ ages 4 and 5 were kidnapped from their front yard of their Germantown‚ Pennsylvania home. The sons of a local business man named Christian Ross; the boys were kidnapped under the assumption that they would be of high value. As the boys played outside‚ the kidnappers‚ William Mosher

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    Cyberstalking Case Study Following the proper procedures within the means of the law and following a chain of command will help to ensure a conviction in cybercrimes. There are many different kinds of cybercrime‚ knowing the investigative process for the differences will assist in locating electronic evidence. The electronic evidence may include following Internet Protocol (IP) addresses‚ computer history logs‚ emails‚ files‚ and videos. While poor investigating will let the criminal avoid prosecution

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    SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIA: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY Abstract This study analyzed and reviewed the Nigerian print media coverage of kidnapping cases between 2005 and 2011. The focus of the study was to determine socio-economic and demographic features of kidnapping in Nigeria. Content analysis was adopted for the study as well as use of frequency tables for analysis of data. Anomie theory of crime based on Robert K. Merton’s analysis of Durkheim’s theory provided

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    You have for long warned about insecurity from the North. Why do you think the army can’t contain it? As far back as eight to nine years ago‚ we observed that the institution of the Nigerian army became a target of the intelligentsia behind what we called Boko Haram. They have known that the Nigerian army was the last institution in Nigeria that could practically bind the country. But now‚ the army seems divided. What I know is that the Nigerian army cannot handle this people because the sophistication

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    Two paintings on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are‚ The Abduction of the Sabine Women‚ 1633-1634‚ by Nicolas Poussin and A Hunting Scene‚ 1462-1522‚ by Piero Di Cosimo. Both are early European works‚ one from France and the other from Italy. These portraits have many related aspects‚ and similar subject matters. Although this is true‚ the executions of the paintings diverge drastically. The content of both artworks have to do with the inhabitants of the towns reactions to major turmoil

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    Child kidnapping and abduction has been around for a long time. Some cases dating back to the 19th century. Time is an important factor in child kidnapping and abduction cases‚ sometimes as quickly as a few hours. Laws and acts regarding how cases are handled are often named after the victims of kidnapping. Examples include Code Adam and the AMBER Alert System. Children are kidnapped or abducted for a variety of reasons. Human trafficking‚ ransom‚ murder‚ and keeping the child for themselves. Both

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    The Elements of Crime

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    Listed below are kidnapping‚ robbery‚ and disorderly conduct. Kidnapping Kidnapping is a crime of unlawfully seizing and carrying away a person by force or seizing and detaining a person against his or her will with intent to carry that person away at a later time. A person may be kidnapped because the kidnapper may want a ransom‚ a reward‚ to use you as a shield or to use you as a hostage. Kidnapping is a felony in the first degree and a person who is convicted of kidnapping is usually sentenced

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    being abducted. This works out to be about 2‚000 abductions per day and 800‚000 abductions per year. This would be 11.4 children per every 1‚000 children being abducted. Seventy-five percent of abductions are committed by males. Sixty-seven percent of these perpetrators are under the age of twenty-nine. Seventy-four percent of children abducted are girls. Seventy-one percent of the kidnappers are strangers to the victims. Eighty percent of abductions occur within a quarter of a mile from where the

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    Jaycee Dugard Analysis

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    story is not like most‚ here story teaches about strength and resilience. As Jaycee said “If all my heart was filled with hate and regrets and what if’s. Then what else would I have room for?”(Dugard pg 50.) Dugard’s story is not the only one in the abduction storybook but her page is displayed because of the courage and determination. She showed how and why she fought through the agony of

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