Lecture 21 - Chicago the Innovative City In the nineteenth century Chicago, commercial development, the availability of land and the number of population forces the land growth to grow upwards. Taller building is in favour and seen as appropriate to the context. This goes hand in hand with the innovations that surrounds the city. Another important event that plays a part in the drive of Chicago as the city of innovation is the Great Fire of Chicago which drives the invention of fireproofing techniques…
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(1997) and Rigg (2006) apply ecological and temporal perspectives in different studies on different research scopes, settings, and participants. Regarding ecological perspective, both studies examine the research problems in a wide-range environment with different influencing factors at different levels. With a high concentration on the level of neighborhood (Morenoff &Tienda, 1997) or rural area (Rigg, 2006), the two studies connect those settings with macro level, such as the socioeconomic structures…
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The City of Chicago Brandon J. McGruder Capella University Abstract This focus of this paper is to assess the current sources of revenue for the local government in Chicago. Therefore, it will evaluate the current financial management procedures used in Chicago Municipality and establish the loophole that needs to be addressed in order to have better utilization of resources so as to benefit the people. Chicago as a municipality generates revenues from tax, personal and utility tax, and grants…
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African Americans in Chicago, Illinois; 1860-1950 I often wonder why. "Why" I see gang violence on the news so often and why I read about the academic achievement gap between the crowned "white" race and my own. "Why" is it that every time I see a man on the news, one who shares the same face as mine, the same blood, is staring in the eyes of an impending incarceration. "Why" the idea of a drug dealer or a, "gang banger," is tagged with the image of a man with Black skin. "Why" I look around…
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Neuroscience will transform Criminal Justice”, Eagleman talks of how we are our brain. Which is basically we are what’s in our brains and whatever effects our brain affects us in many different ways. He describes many cases in his lecture, the Chris Benoit case, the case of Charles Whitman, and the case of the 40-year-old man with the sexual appetite. All case’s that had to do with damage of the brain that caused them to do horrible things [3] . This is very similar to the brain and crime theory that states…
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Welfare-to-Work Study Finds No Harm to Children" and describe the research methods and design used in the study. What conclusions can be drawn from the study? Can you speculate on what might be other variables influencing the findings (consider reflecting on the Ecological Model and the broader social context for your response). How do these findings support or refute what you read in "A Potent Spell': Sharing the Burdens of Motherhood ? I found after reading “A Welfare-to-Work Study Finds No Harm…
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by conducting a longitudinal study using participant observation, interviews and qualitative research. She kept all her participants anonymous while applying historical context to the current state of affairs. Ethnographic research is a complex process that can be accomplished if you are passionate, organized, thorough and non-biased. Considering a longitudinal study, an ethnographer must visit or interview their participants several times over the course of the study.…
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were viewed as commodities and their safety was not valued. The lesson learned from this case study is that administrators must take safety precautions that do not compromise other duties. There must be proper channels in place and roles and responsibilities…
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suburban Chicago crime. Just one day after her 14-year-old daughter’s brutal murder, the dead teen’s face popped up on an Illinois mom’s phone. It was a call from her beloved child’s stolen cell, one of several phone calls and taunting texts that Brenda O’Laughlin testified she received after coming home in Oct. 2011 to find her daughter Kelli lying in a pool of blood. After Brenda took to the witness stand on Wednesday at the trial for John Wilson Jr., the lead suspect, ABC Chicago reported on…
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the Brady Bill I, which is the law that requires a waiting period on all firearm purchases. One of the main arguments opposing this law is that many criminals acquire their weapons illegally and avoid the proper/legal channels of gun ownership. A study conducted by Professor James D. Wright and Peter H. Rossi, showed that half of the criminals released are expected to illegally acquire a gun the same day. (James D. Wright & Peter H. Rossi 2003) This startling statistic leads one to believe that gun…
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