Evolution of Policing: From Broken Windows to Community Era
Co-Producing Safety
The Broken Windows Theory: James Wilson
Police are the talkers, meaning they are on the front lines, and citizens need police to help reduce crime. Police reduce crime by implementing the “Broken Windows” theory, focusing on minor crimes (disorder) with arrests because small crimes lead to bigger crimes and a lack of informal social control. This approach is also discriminatory as it is zero tolerance.
The Political Era
J. Edgar Hoover introduced the police force as a profession
Read MoreSocial Impact on Education: Trends and Teacher Training
The Current and Future of Education
The social dimension appears in both the nature of the educational process and the action of others on a subject, as in the content, habits, and values passed on. Educational action is always the result of the historical moment in which it occurs, the place where it is realized, the prevailing culture, and the socio-political forces at play. The conformation of each subject is done from their environment. As has been said many times, man is not born, man is made.
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New Technologies and Different Forms of Abuse or Youth Violence
New technologies bring many advantages to young people; they allow them to communicate with their friends or family. Nevertheless, more and more people use new technologies to embarrass, harass, or threaten their peers.
Daily, many children are victims of electronic aggression or cyberbullying. One of the most common methods is the dissemination of retouched photographs to ridicule victims. They usually suffer from depression and may
Read MoreCultural Anthropology: Understanding Human Diversity and Society
Technological Posthumanism
Technological Promises: Nanotechnology, biotechnology, space colonization, advanced computer engineering (e.g. quantum computers), and artificial intelligence.
Individual Promises: Longevity, disease control and eradication, intelligence enhancement, and overcoming body limitations.
Global Premises: Technological singularity (self-sufficient machines), mankind’s transcendence (overcoming death), and the Omega point (the universe becomes a self-aware being).
Technological Posthumanism
Read MoreEthical Dilemmas in Society: Insights from Liporetsky, Freud, and Rousseau
Unit 11: Liporetsky’s *The Twilight of Duty***
Structure and Theme
a. Structure: This text can be divided into three parts:
- Part I (lines 1-4): Introduction to the subject of bioethics. The problem statement is that ethics in the medical field must seek a balance between individual interests and the common good.
- Part II (lines 5-32): Development of the subject. Exposition and argument for the necessity of creating specific ethics in the medical field. The text specifically addresses human experimentation
Descartes, Locke, and Hume: 17th & 18th Century Europe
Descartes: Historical and Philosophical Context
Historical Context
The rise of England, France, and Holland coincided with the decline of Italy and Spain. This period saw numerous wars of religion, most notably the clash between the emerging Protestant bourgeoisie and the traditionalist Catholic feudal nobility.
The Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648):
- Began with the Bohemian Revolt of the Calvinists.
- Involved interventions from Denmark, Sweden, and France.
Sociocultural Context
This era witnessed the flourishing
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