The issue regarding the significance of language in various social movements has been widely discussed in both the academic literature and the media. The role of language in indigenous culture deserves special attention because language and culture are two interrelated things. Actually, the concept of culture refers to “knowledge, experience, meanings, beliefs, values, attitudes, and […]
Once there were distinctive differences between men and women, their roles in the society and models of behavior. Much has changed since those times. Today, gender roles have shifted essentially influencing societies and civilization on the whole. Women in the Western culture are now no more content with the role of a homemaker; they go […]
Middle adulthood, also referred to as the middle age, commonly denotes age between 40 and 60 (Knight & Lee, 2009) During this period of life span development there are changes in physical and cognitive development, but the character and scope of these changes strongly depends on the personal choices of an individual and is rather […]
There exist numerous stereotypes, prejudices and misconceptions in the society associated with older adults and ageing. The most common myths about people in late adulthood are the following (Nairne, 2006): old people are very alike, people in late adulthood are most often lonely and stay alone, old people have always sick and dependent on other […]
Disability is one of the most important issues in the contemporary society because stigmatization of people with disabilities contributed to the formation of biases and prejudices which put them into the disadvantageous position compared to people, who did not have problems of disability. Such biases and prejudices contributed to the discrimination of people with disabilities […]
Dr. Sigmund Freud takes a special place among the psychologists of the 20th century: his works have radically changed the look of contemporary psychology, covered the issues of individual’s inner organization, one’s motives and feelings, conflicts between personal desires and needs to follow public morality, as well as showed the ephemeral nature of individual’s understanding […]
Ethics and integrity are crucial for a police chief or county sheriff. The term “police ethics” can be defined as a code of values that affects conduct, behavior and decision making of police officers. Police officers should be aware of the significance of ethical behavior. The term “integrity” can be defined as a set of […]
The unification of Korea is one of the major priorities for South Korea at the moment. This is why South Korea should accept the offer of China to support the reunification of Korea in exchange for the withdrawal of the US army from Korean peninsula. At the moment, North Korea is the real threat to […]
It is highly important for any person working in criminal justice or planning to work in criminal justice to have ethical standards of conduct that will guide the choices and decisions in complex situations. It is also important to have a personal ethical philosophy because criminal justice professionals often have to deal with offenders and […]
Russian organized crime has been analyzed by experts, including international law enforcement agencies and intelligence specialists, in order to better understand its roots, nature and causes of this phenomenon. According to Patricia Rawlinson (2014), “Cold War ideologists see its proliferation as a vindication of their struggle against the evil empire of communism manifested by endemic […]