... themselves as though they were gods. She condemns what might be called "the scientific posture": the belief that all boundaries must be transgressed, all mysteries laid bare, without regard for those who may be harmed by the resulting knowledge. Walton and the stranger are positioned as doubles of each other. The stranger's utter devastation can thus be read as an illustration of what becomes of ... who "succeed" in their pursuit of scientific knowledge. That the two men meet in a place of complete desolation (the Arctic Circle) is also significant. It suggests that solitude is both the...

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... for persons victimized by partners or relatives. Finally, partners and relatives, and victims of male partners in particular, should be more likely to cite protection of the offender and police leniency as motives for not calling the police (p. 5-6). Through the analysis of data from the NCVS and comparisons made by that data, Felson, Messner, Hoskin, and Deane are able to test their various hypothesis on ... , and Deane's hypothesis about police leniency or events that are unimportant to the police are not supported or rejected by the data. This relationship is "observed" but there is n...

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... cultural competence. In this study, we focused on compliant behavior portrayed by strangers in a social environment, where consumer goods wereare available for purchase. Our purpose was to determine the level of compliance of a stranger when confronted with multiple variables and test which had the most effect if any. It was hypothesized that (a). Differences in compliance should exist due to ... difference in how much degree of compliancy was shown. To assess difference in compliant behavior in strangers, a 2 (Gender: Male, Female) X 2 (Individual, Pair) between-subjects factorial Anal...

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... victimology research has shown that females are more likely to be the victims of certain types of crimes, such as domestic violence, sexual assault, and sexual harassment, and that the perpetrators of these crimes are more likely to be men. Furthermore, feminist victimology research challenged the popular concept of 'stranger danger' and revealed that "women are significantly more likely to ... be victimised by a man they know than by a stranger." (Wilson, 2009, pp.97) These findings illustrate that feminist victimology has offered a substantial amount of knowledge to the disciplin...

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