Human Language: Edward Sapir, Benjamin Whorf, and Noam Chomsky Edward Sapir was a proponent of linguistic relativity. Linguistic relativity can be best summarized as follows: “The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same world…
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A community is a group of people that forms a distinct segment of the society. Along with the family, communities are one of the basic societal environments that can shape and influence a person’s beliefs, goals, ambitions, ideals, knowledge and…
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Corporate crime refers to criminal acts committed by a corporation or by an individual acting on behalf of that corporation. It is often confused with white-collar crime for two reasons. Those people who are part of the decision-making strata of…
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How many people live on both sides of the street of the block where your residence is located? Between you and me, I do not have even a clue as to the number of people who live within my neighborhood….
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Examining the making of the crimino-citizen is vital to know how the circumstances lead to form the full portrait of the person. A citizen-member is part and parcel of the citizen-society. One becomes a citizen of a country either by…
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Marxism and functionalism are two core schools of sociological thought, but their outlooks are often in disagreement with each other. Marxism sees society in conflict; functionalism sees everything in cooperative balance and harmony. Their differences are perhaps most clearly shown…
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When it comes to crime, there seems to be a very distinct relationship between it and the economy. Take any major disaster, or breakdown of civil society, and there have been huge spurts in crime. For example, after Katrina hit…
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It does not matter if you are walking, driving around, or riding on the bus. You are bound to run into cars with all sorts of bumper stickers.One could ask: Why do people apply bumper stickers to their cars? There…
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There are various reasons why drivers may apply bumper stickers to their cars. The most obvious one perhaps, is that they have something to express which they want others to know about. A less obvious reason may be that they…
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Jean William Fritz Piaget became world-renowned for his academic work in relation to the ‘cognitive developmental theory’, which facilitated the understanding of how children learn during the initial stages of life. Although he became popular for his research related to…
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