Social Science

For years Mexico has struggled with its trafficking of drugs and weapons and power control through organized crime.  But recently, drugs and violence have been on the rise.  As Mexico is referred to as a third world country people still…
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It is often said that it is only a thin hairline of difference between mental illness and mental health. We live in a chaotic life with both extremes of our behaviors. From childhood transitions of human growth up to the decline of…
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Organized crime is a long-term problem. Criminal groups often follow careful long-range plans. This kind of crime often has deep roots in subcultures, neighborhoods, and families. Society as a whole ignores organized crime at its peril. Individual crime is often…
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     Organized Crime and the Social Institution Organized crime has many illegal and legitimate businesses. Organized crime can be seen as a social institution. Organized crime possesses a chain of command with leadership and specific rules governing the organization. Empirical…
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Fieldwork is a term that refers to the “anthropologist’s personal, long-term experience with a specific group of people and their way of life” (Lavenda-Schulz 5). It is anthropologists’ method of choice because it is such an effective way of gathering…
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The FBI was responsible for both the term ‘serial killer’ and for the development of the theory of organized/disorganized typography relating to serial killers. This came under the field of criminal profiling made so famous today by TV shows such…
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When researchers set out to explain the many different aspects of Motivation from an Organizational Behavior perspective, many different key aspects, theories, and implementation methods are used to describe this very large, unique and broad topic. Motivation is essentially described…
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Aerial archaeology basically finds locations that may be suitable for further investigation by getting higher than ground-level. Balloons and kites were the first means used in the 19th century, although any method that attains a better than ground-level view might…
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The “Amesbury Archer” is the name given to a Bronze Age man who was discovered in a high-profile grave in Amesbury, near Stonehenge. The man’s body dates from around 2300 BC, so Stonehenge would have been partially constructed during his…
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Most of us have experience with Ooparts as a part of our fair going and roadside attraction experience. That gosh awful looking creature that appears to be a hybrid of something gross and something frightening has us talking for hours…
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