Social Science

Covert racism is the hidden form of racism that eludes confrontation. After all, if the behavior cannot be decisively labeled racist, then no offended party exists, no discussion needs to take place and no apologies need to be given. Therefore,…
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One school of thought of criminology is the conflict theory.  The conflict theory is centered around the idea that people commit crimes because of underlying social and economic issues.  For example, people steal food from a store because they or members of…
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In 1929 the International Association of the Chiefs of Police requested that a national database for reliable crime statistics be made available. In 1930 the FBI was designated to collect, publish and archive these statistics and today the Uniform Crime…
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Adolescents and young adults are often stereotyped as law-breakers or ‘troublemakers’.  Based on crime statistics, these assumptions have some validity.  Arrest rates are very low among some age groups (e.g. the very young and very old), while they are far…
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Victomology is loosely defined as the scientific study of the relationship between perpetrator and victim although it does not just describe the relationship between the victim of a crime and the criminal but can also describe any human rights violations….
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About a year ago, I switched on my rarely used television and caught Germaine Greer giggling like a school girl on some dusty talk-show. Germaine, it seems had netted a much younger man. Germaine’s influence on feminism as a philosophy…
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Rather than explain the political or social definition of Social Darwinism, its origins and its historical implications, I feel that a better understanding of the phrase “Social Darwinism” may be derived through an understanding of the fundamental philosophical principles at…
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In 1856, while quarrying limestone in the Neander Valley, workers uncovered the remains of a previously unknown kind of animal, some long bones and a skull fragment with heavily ridged eyebrows. Darwin’s controversial “Origin of Species” was published three years…
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Homo neanderthalensis was a close cousin of modern man. Generally known as Neanderthal man, these short, strong and very tough people inhabited Eurasia for over 150,000 years from about 200,000 ago until just less than 30,000 years ago, when modern man superceded them. …
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Introduction The Abu Simbel Temples are built on orders of Ramses II and dedicated to Ptah and Amun Re, the two greatest gods of the time. The temples were built in a way that allows the sun to light up…
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