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"Leopold and Loeb: The Crime of Compulsion", 2002.
An argument for Loeb's acquittal of the death penalty.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper will discuss the article "Leopold and Loeb: The Crime of Compulsion" by Clarence Darrow. This paper will argue for Darrow's perspective on the Loeb case, in that he believes that genetic and environmental cause are the real reasons for Loeb to not get the death penalty for the kidnapping and murder of Bobby Franks. By combining both of these principles into this argument, we can see why the death penalty is an unjust punishment for this case.
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Leopold and Loeb, 2008.
This paper looks at the part that the media played in the case of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb.
3,158 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 18 sources, MLA, £ 63.95
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In this article, the writer discusses the murder of fourteen year old Bobby Franks and the subsequent arrest and trial of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. The writer notes that this issue was heavy on the minds of the public in 1924, as the sensationalism of this extreme case was evident even to those who were closest to it. The rest of the public, in Chicago and elsewhere, could rely heavily on exhaustive journalism to give them the information they sought about the events. The purpose of this work is to assess the similarities and differences between press accounts in Chicago and elsewhere. One would assume they all printed the facts as they knew them, but they also had varied conceptions of the trial that demonstrate regional differences in public opinion. Further, the writer points out that the argument was not over the guilt or innocence of the murderers or the base innocence of the victim, but it was over the controversial new science of psychology or as it was then known psychotherapy. The writer maintains that newspapers all over the nation, through the Leopold and Loeb case, played out the controversies of the science of the mind, while the more conservative set it aside, the urban papers detailed the science as luridly as print would allow.
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"The controversy was replayed extensively, in all the major cities. Each journalistic report seeking information that others had not focused on, the most damning of which being the early life of the defendants, as they were described as neglected by privilege and allowed to live as if they had no responsibilities, and rarely had supervision, beyond the supervision of governesses and in Leopold's case the perverse supervision of at least one governess, who introduced lurid sexuality into his mind and life, "She entered Leopold's life when he was just fourteen. The record is rather vague as to her antecedents but clear enough as to the fact that she was a pervert, who initiated Leopold into the practices of and submissions to various types of sexual perversion." Loeb on the other had had strict governesses that created in him the desire to be secretive and deceptive to avoid censure. All of this was fodder for the press, and the urban newspapers in Chicago and New York played upon the early lives of the boys, as the "experts" findings were distributed for publishing."
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Compulsion to Mediate, 2006.
An analysis of the adverse consequences of mandatory mediation.
942 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 18 sources, MLA, £ 23.95
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This paper argues that mandatory mediation is an unnecessary part of the Australian legal system. The paper describes the continuing debate amongst legal professionals as to just how effective the mediation process is when it is compelled upon parties, rather than entered into voluntarily. It suggests that mandatory mediation not only destroys the consensual nature of the mediation process, but it also does not guarantee the same level of natural justice, as found in the court system.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Deterioration of the Consensual Nature of Mediation
The Course of Natural Justice
A Litigant's Right to Trial
Who Should Pay?
Conclusion
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"As a form of ADR, it is undeniable that mediation can have positive ramifications for not only the parties involved, but also the courts. The success of mediation is often attributed to its consensual nature. However, by mandating mediation, its consensual nature is lost, lowering the potential for a successful outcome. The power of the courts to enforce mandatory mediation infringes the right of a litigant to trial and delays the progression of a case through the courts. This is in addition to the increased financial burden placed on parties if they are compelled to mediate, which can be particularly disadvantageous to poorer litigants. As compared to litigation through the courts, mediation gives little guarantee that natural justice will be served. These factors, combined with the erosion of the consensual nature of mediation, suggest that mandatory mediation is an unnecessary part of the Australian court system."
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Juvenile Crime, 2002.
A review of how the media covers stories of juvenile crime.
1,559 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 35.95
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This study examines the media coverage of juvenile crime, focusing on the 1924 murder of a 14-year-old boy, Robert Franks by two older teenagers, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. The paper follows the coverage among the many newspapers in Chicago at the time. An examination of coverage by the major papers (this study focuses on The Chicago Daily News) makes clear at least two central elements-- the boys were anomalies of human nature and their behavior should be seen as unacceptable.
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"The murders took place at a time when the United States was self-satisfied. The First World War was largely forgotten, the Roaring Twenties were in full bloom, peace and economic prosperity were everywhere. It simply did not make sense that juveniles who came from such a happy and successful society (and who in fact enjoyed the very best that that society had to offer, as children of wealthy and powerful families) could become such calculating, cold-blooded killers."
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Obsessions and Compulsions, 2005.
This looks at severe cases of obsessions and compulsions that are known as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 10 sources, £ 36.95
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In this article, the writer looks at the obsessive-compulsive disorder. The paper also discusses the treatments that are currently available to deal with this disorder. Other questions addressed include when and how OCD was recognized as a mental disorder and how OCD affects the neurological and physical capabilities of patients who are diagnosed with the disorder. The writer points out that while OCD can interfere with normal functioning and make life extremely difficult for the patient, there is no cure for the disorder, but treatment does result in control of symptoms.
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"All people need routine, rituals and habits in order to organize their daily lives. For example, organization and arrangement of belongings and supplies is essential both at home and at work. People who have obsessive-compulsive disorder, however, are often so concerned with order and ritual that these activities require a great deal of time and become a real problem in their daily lives. Basically, obsessive-compulsive disorder is disorder that "causes a person's thoughts to repeat. These repeating thoughts, called obsessions, lead a person with OCD to perform certain tasks over and over in an effort to make the obsessions go away"."
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Compulsive Spending Disorder, 2007.
This paper discusses compulsive spending disorder as part of bi-polar disorder, an addiction and a distraction.
3,765 words (approx. 15.1 pages), 11 sources, APA, £ 71.95
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This paper explains that compulsive spenders have the compulsion and drive to spend, unique feelings about shopping, a tendency to spend, experienced dysfunctional spending and post-purchase guilt. The author points out that, when the comparison shopper feels 'the thrill of the hunt and the glory in the kill' of finding a lower price for something that has high value to others, there is a danger that a compulsive bargain hunter can become addicted to this activity. The paper concludes that, although compulsive spending is beginning to be accepted as a defined psychological illness, there is little help for the person with this behavior other than a strong desire to seek counseling or self-treatment.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Who Is the Compulsive Spender?
Profile
Age
Personality
Gender
Compulsive Spending Behavior as Part of Pathological Illness
Bipolar Disorder
How Bipolar Disorder Affects Lives
Treatment
Compulsive Spending Behavior as an Addiction
The Effect of Addiction
Shopping and Window Shopping as a Distraction
Effects of Addiction
The Act of Shopping
The Owning of Objects
Bargain Hunting
Binge Shopping
Codependent Spending
Bulimic Spending
Compulsive Spending As a Symptom
The Financial Aspect of Compulsive Spending
Financial Recognition of Compulsive Spending
Types and Treatments
Denial as an Aspect of Addiction
Treatments for Compulsive Spending Behavior
Professional Counseling
Self-Help
Discipline
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"When a person is insecure about their self-image, they may seek to enhance or extend their self-image in their own and others' eyes. In so doing, they overspend. The compulsive spender then feels guilt and shame over spending too much and finding him or herself in debt. As a result, he or she may become secretive about the problem. In order to overcome the negative, inadequate feelings created by the addiction, he or she indulges again, lying to cover up how much was spent, throwing away price tags and receipts, doing financial juggling with checkbooks and savings, borrowing from other people and borrowing from one line of credit to pay another, "maxing out" their credit cards and doing anything to get money to cover up their addiction. "
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"King Leopold's Ghost", 2005.
This paper discusses Adam Hochschild's "King Leopold's Ghost" about the avaricious activities of Leopold II, King of the Belgian, in the Congo.
1,415 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 0 sources, £ 32.95
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This paper explains that Adam Hochschild's "King Leopold's Ghost" is a brilliant historical account of how Leopold II, King of the Belgian, carved a personal empire and fortune from the Congo and how Edmund Morel, a clerk for the Elder Dempster shipping company, led an international campaign to expose the monarch's criminal enterprise. The author points out that Leopold's single-minded ambition, adroit diplomacy, skillful corruption and ruthless brutality brought him, already one of Europe's wealthiest men, untold riches, while for the Congolese people it brought only unbelievable suffering. The paper states that the "ghost" in the book's title relates to (1) after Leopold's death, rumors abounded that he had not really died but instead had gone to live in the Congo or (2) a more plausible claim emerged that Leopold's ghost would return to haunt the Congo for more than three decades after independence in the form of Mobutu Sese Seku, also a master criminal driven by vampire avarice.
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"From the start, Leopold's Congo administration required Congolese labor, at first as portage to carry ivory, then to construct the railway. With the commercial emphasis switching to rubber, the Congo Free State was faced with a problem. Obviously, the state could purchase ivory, or seize it at the point of a gun, but it was impossible to oversee the harvesting of rubber latex, Its collection required going deep into the rain forests to find the rubber vines. So the Congo Free State's militias, the Force Publique, developed a brutal system which involved raiding villages and seizing women and children as hostages, only releasing them when the men brought in quotas of rubber."
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Compulsive Gambling; Causes, Effects, and Solutions, 2002.
A paper which overviews compulsive gambling, gives examples of addictive gamblers behavioral patterns and finally lists common and extreme treatments for compulsive gamblers.
2,372 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 15 sources, MLA, £ 50.95
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This paper begins by describing addictive gambling and what causes it. It then cites various examples of compulsive gamblers and the devastation that they have experienced as a result of their adiction. It explains their behavioral problems and patterns. Finally the paper lists resources such a Gamblers Anonymous and other treatments available for compulsive gambling.
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"Many people today suffer from a variety of addictions. The first assumption commonly related with addiction is substance abuse, addiction to a drug or alcohol. While drug and alcohol abuse are serious issues that people battle with everyday, there is an emerging addiction that is similar to substance abuse with effects that are just as devastating. Addiction to gambling is a serious problem that is plaguing our country slowly and unnoticeably. Not only is gambling addicting for some people, it can have devastating effects on the addict and the addict?s family. Evidence supports the probability that many people are not aware of the increase of gambling addicts in society and furthermore are unaware of the effects of problem gambling. However, after studies of problem gamblers involving what drives a gambling addict, there are resources to help cure addictive gamblers."
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David Orr and Aldo Leopold, 2005.
Compares views on ethics and economics in books by David Orr and Aldo Leopold.
1,850 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 41.95
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David Orr and Aldo Leopold have overlapping views about ethics and economics in their books. Throughout David Orr's book, "Ecological Literacy," Orr often refers and agrees with Leopold about an assortment of subjects. David Orr has a sense of respect for Leopold and his views ranging from education to economics. The paper shows that, throughout Aldo Leopold's book, "A Sand County Almanac," Leopold portrays a deep understanding of ecology and the wilderness while taking the reader on a journey of the land. The paper examines how Orr and Leopold have many views on the environment that overlap throughout their books.
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"Throughout the second part of Orr's book he discusses the role of education and what it must play in a person's life. Orr (1992) stresses that, "all education is environmental education,"(p.). and quotes Leopold throughout this part of the book numerous times. Orr believes that education must help students get acquainted with deeper causes of crises that lie ahead in their future, such as sustainability. He (1992) discusses the ecological literacy and sustainability and believes that "failure to develop ecological literacy is a sin of omission and of commission," (p., Orr). Orr believes "we" need to know the basics about the earth and how it works before "we" learn about anything else, if this does not happen students will start to believe that ecology is unimportant, unlike history, math, and science. He also feels that students only learn what is sufficient to get through classes, but do not do anything about ecological deterioration."
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Compulsive Spending Behavior, 2007.
An overview of the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of compulsive spending behavior.
5,684 words (approx. 22.7 pages), 20 sources, MLA, £ 95.95
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This paper discusses how addictive disorders are characterized by recurrent failure to control a behavior, increased tension prior to a behavior, and pleasure while experiencing a behavior. In particular, it looks at compulsive spending behavior and how spending addicts use money like a drug.
Outline:
Who Is the Compulsive Spender?
Profile of the Compulsive Spender
Age
Personality
Gender
Race as a Factor
Compulsive Spending Behavior as Part of Pathological Illness
Bipolar Disorder
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"The person who uses money as a drug is an addict. This person utilizes money as a ticket to getting on the fast train or the merry-go-round of a dream life. This person has no concept of bartering. This person uses money like the heroin addict uses a needle. It brings the high, but in itself, is worth nothing. To the compulsive overspender, money is considered worthless. It is a means to an end and is held in such low esteem that it is literally thrown away. Once the person wakes up in the morning and realizes what they have done and that they will have to pay in terms of time, anxiety, work and years of poverty, they may come to value the reality of what money is a little more. But the habit has set in and the next time the addict wishes to find a "high," overspending will occur again."
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, 2004.
This paper discusses Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), a brain-based psychological disorder characterized by uncontrollable obsessions to perform repeatedly behavioral rituals.
1,215 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 28.95
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This paper discusses that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) must be distinguished from Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD), which is a completely different psychiatric disorder. Despite some similarity between the irrational themes underlying each disorder, OCPD patients do not typically perform compulsive rituals; rather, they tend to become preoccupied with perfectionism or with ordered regularity or rules. The author points out that Behavioral Modification Therapy is unsuccessful by itself, but it is often combined with Cognitive Therapy, in which the therapist discusses the irrationality of the specific fears underlying the patient?s fears and compulsions. The paper states that the first goal of pharmacological treatment of OCD is to maintain a sufficient level of serotonin in the brain to eliminate OCD symptoms.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Symptoms
Treatment
Prognosis
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"The first line of medications used in conjunction with treatment of OCD is anti-anxiety medications or mild sedatives to counteract the increased anxiety that is often brought on by behavioral and cognitive psychotherapeutic approaches. If the patient is unresponsive (or not satisfactorily responsive) to a combination of behavioral and cognitive therapy, the next approach is usually the prescription of a Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitor. Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitors are classified either as Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SRI) or Selective Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI). As their names imply, both SRI?s and SSRI?s block the reuptake (or absorption) of the neurotransmitter seratonin to address seratonin insufficiency in the brains of patients exhibiting OCD symptoms. SSRI?s are usually employed first because they affect only seratonin; whereas, SRI?s also impinge upon other neurotransmitters that are unrelated to OCD symptoms. Consequently, SRI?s are more likely to result in coincidental unwanted side effects, such as weight gain, tiredness, dizziness, as well as blood pressure changes and even cardiac irregularities."
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), 2008.
A critique of the film "What About Bob?" by Frank Oz and book
"Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: The Latest Assessment and Treatment Strategies" by Gail Steketee.
960 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 23.95
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This paper presents a critique of a film, What About Bob", and a book, "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: The latest Assessmentand Treatment Strategies, which are both about obsessive compulsive disorder. The paper explains that the author learned from the film that the sociopathic, interpersonal behaviors, which the character of Bob in the film exhibits, are some of the symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorders (OCD). The paper then relates that a major area of contention in the book is the use of medications to help resolve the common symptoms of OCD. The author stresses that Steketee provides a great deal of insight about behavioral therapy, which provides far more solutions to OCD than the medicinal and surgical treatments often found in other studies done for patient treatment.
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"Some of the others question about Steketee's reliance on behavioral therapy for treatment is the Appendix where she describes many of the findings of clinical studies that provide information about behavioral therapy. Certainly, the success rates of behavioral therapy need to be addressed far more often than the heavily sponsored pharmaceutical studies being done due to their massive financial resources. Steketee provides the foundation for behavioral studies that give her the premise of providing more behavioral solutions for patients that are suffering from this disorder."
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Samantha Jones and Compulsive Sexual Behavior, 2006.
This paper describes various views on the psychological disorder of compulsive sexual behavior.
1,368 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 31.95
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This paper explores what psychologists call compulsive sexual behavior. Although this disorder is classified in the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders), therapists and researchers question whether moral judgments may influence a diagnosis. The paper further describes the major categories of compulsive sexual behavior. Finally, the paper concludes that there is disagreement as to whether CSB is an addiction, a psychosexual developmental disorder, an impulse control disorder, a mood disorder, or an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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"According to Vukadinovic, literature on sexual compulsivity and sexual addiction has been preoccupied with issues of definition, especially as it pertains to DSM-IV (Vukadinovic). Moreover, there has been little attention given to the possible causal explanations for why, in some cases, sexual behavior become problematic (Vukadinovic). Most researchers make statements about likely mechanisms, such as anxiety reduction or mood regulation, however there are usually based on clinical impression rather than on reported data (Vukadinovic).
Researchers are now giving more attention to the fact that out of control sexual behavior can be reduced with mood elevating drugs such as the SSRIs, but as yet, no one knows the extent to which such pharmacological benefits, when they occur, result from improvement in mood or specific inhibition of sexual repsonse or both (Vukadinovic)."
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Anorexia Nervosa And Obsessive Compulsive Behaviors, 2006.
An analysis of the relationship between anorexia nervosa and obsessive compulsive behaviors in adolescent males.
1,928 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 8 sources, APA, £ 42.95
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This study examines the extent to which there exists a relationship between male adolescent anorexics and a disordered thinking symptom (panic), namely obsessive-compulsivity. The paper also attempts to establish possible correlations between obsessive-compulsiveness and the socio-economic class, grade level, birth order, and family status (divorce vs. intact) of male adolescent anorexics.
Table of Contents:
Introduction and Literature Review
Research Purpose, Question and Hypothesis
Definition of Terms
Research Methodology
Participants
Measurement Instrument
Procedure and Analysis
Summary
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"Some of the more frequent symptoms exhibited by the male population include social isolationism, perfectionism, rigid cognitive style, and obsessive-compulsiveness of the panic disorder type in terms of an expressed fear of gaining weight over muscle growth (Fisher, et al, 1995). Although the general lack of a slimness value on male adolescents puts them at a somewhat lower risk the phenomenon is increasing in frequency wherein the muscular body type is seen as an advantage to gaining a competitive edge, albeit in sports, social relations, or an ideal male image. In a situation wherein a male adolescent finds himself looking for independence and acceptance, loosing weight seems to be a solution."
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