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    The Similarities and Differences in the Criminal Subculture and the Police Subculture Criminology August 14‚ 2012 The Similarities and Differences in the Criminal Subculture and the Police Subculture A police officers job is to protect and serve. An officer is to offer assistance to those in need and to enforce the laws established by the law makers. A police officer’s job is not the monotonous 8-5 job that most have…..it is ever changing‚ 24-7. It is not a normal environment. Think

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    could kill a person is it could make someone think only about themselves to the point where they can’t do anything anymore. There are a lot of things that are involved in survival but the most important ones are perseverance‚ courage‚ and physical toughness. How perseverance is one of the most important things about surviving is it keeps you going. In the Story ¨Night by Elie Wiesel¨ it describes how Elie has to be strong with his dad knowing that his mother and sister are going to pretty much

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    Christian Martinez Professor Gessner UCC 101 12 December 2012 Career Success Paper In order to be successful in life‚ one must work hard in what they want to achieve or they will be considered an under-achiever. Nobody wants to be named an under-achiever because that basically means that you failed to enhance your educational skill in what you desired to learn and be successful in. In order to succeed‚ you must know what you want out of life and then take the time and determination to prosper

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    the city as they please‚ could own property‚ and they were there own person. In Athens men had the choice of being in the military or not. Even though they all had to go for at least the required 2 years‚ most didn’t stay so they didn’t have that toughness to them. Also in their city women were owned like property‚ which is not right. Spartas lifestyle also gave them the proper education. In Sparta everyone got some form of education. Even though the younger boys were in the military training most

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    DESCRIBE THE PROPERTIES OF ( FINE AND COARSE ) AGGREGATES ? REPORT Aggregates are defined as a combination of distinct parts gathered into a mass or a whole. They can increase stability of a structure and protect it from bad weather. In addition‚ aggregates can also increase quality and reduce price of the cements beacause of their greater volume stability and filling function. Therefore‚ it is important for civil engineers to understand properties of aggregates. Aggregates’ properties are the

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    Charles Darwin was a famous scientist whose most famous studies were the evolution of man and all other creatures. Darwin realized that certain species became extinct because they were not both strong physically and mentally‚ and he explains his theory which is called natural selection‚ and later claimed the phrase “Survival of the fittest.” This phrase can be seen through war as well as the aftermath of a war. World War II proved that the strongest bodies and minds survived‚ and in England the

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    CRIME AND DEVIANCE (SCLY 4) The social distribution of crime and deviance by age‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ locality and social class‚ including recent patterns and trends in crime Assess sociological explanations of gender differences in crime (21 marks) Statistical evidence clearly suggests that women are less likely to commit crime than their male counterparts. For example in 2010‚ 85% of men were sentenced for indictable offences in comparison to only 5% of females. Men are also more likely

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    The sports community now recognizes that mental factors such as confidence‚ composure‚ focus‚ and motivation are highly significant to athletic performance. As a result‚ over the year’s performance enhancement has become an emerging career track within the field sport psychology. Sport psychology (or sports psychology) is the study of the psychological factors that affect participation and performance in sports. Sport psychology professionals who focus on performance enhancement aim to increase athletic

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    pitches. All of this fell back onto my mental part of the game because if you don’t have a strong mental toughness then you will never succeed in

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    The challenges of swimming

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    their mind completely before entering the water. Mental toughness is defined as “having the natural or developed psychological edge that enables you to: generally cope better than your opponents with the many demands that spurt places on a performer” by Jones‚ Hanton and Connaughton‚ three authors (Jones‚ Handto‚ and Connaughton. 2002‚ p209). These three authors conducted research on thirty elite swimmers and concluded that “mental toughness” can be categorized into four dimensional framework‚ which

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