Social Science

Crowd control is a process that has no singular purpose, goal, set of conditions or even similarities that call for a singular set of plans or responses. Even crowds at entertainment and sports venues, where participants have paid quite a…
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Surveillance camera systems are closed circuit systems that can record and play back video as passive systems, or they can be active systems that are constantly monitored by security or law enforcement personnel, or they can be hybrid recording and…
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The past teaches us much about the present and even the future whether we learn from it or not. Whether discussing the Kobe earthquake or the Katrina disaster in New Orleans, the catastrophic nature of the Haiti earthquake or the…
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A joke is going around about independent voters. If they ever become a party, then they are no longer independent, are they? But the truth is that the growth in numbers of voters who do not support the overall platform…
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Comparative Sociology is usually inherent to the study of social phenomenon. One of the processes of sociological study is to compare one social entity with another. There may be the representative, the unique or the newly discovered social entity, but there…
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Mob behavior is like quicksilver. It is the event where a group of humans will assemble for some reason, then ebb and flow, then explode in activitythat is triggered by a few crowd members who manage to convince the rest of the…
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Beginning with the basic definitions: A metropolis is one city with a population of half a million or more residents that sits at the core of an “agglomeration” of smaller urban entities that merge into a continuous built up area….
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Vital statistics are collected by local, regional, state, and national governments in order to provide information about population, birth rates, death rates, marriages, divorces, and disease issues. In some definitions, “Vital statistics” are limited to medical issues, such as birth…
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Conflict between science and society has existed throughout history. Much of the conflict stems from the disagreement between society and scientist as to what is dangerous, unethical, or immoral. But there is overwhelming agreement that we would be living in…
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Let me first say that this title caught my eye because I believe that is based upon a spurious premise. There have always been struggles between the various forces in society, but science as we know it has only existed…
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