A couple years after the implication of Title IX, the Commission for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women was initiated. Commission for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (CIAW for short) was created for the sole purpose to further engage women’s involvement into college sports. Title IX’s enactment can...
Title IX is a federal law that prohibits sex and gender-based discrimination in curricular and extra-curricular activities in institutions. It applies to both males and females and although it is commonly thought to apply only to athletics, it affects all students, faculty, and staff. Sexual...
Introduction Tracing the trajectory of Title IX over 40 years, this paper argues that it does not perfectly fit into Kingdon’s thesis for agenda-setting. Although Kingdon’s multiple streams theory frames a comprehensive perspective to analyze how problems are defined and move to the government’s policy...
Imagine the world if women and men lived equally. For years, women have been treated differently than men in all aspects, especially in sports. Women didn’t get equal pay or opportunity as men in athletics. Women were viewed as lesser than and had to remain...
Leisure is an imperative aspect of human life. It is significant because it equips people with the freedom to express and be their true selves. Nonetheless, there is no present consensus on the definition of leisure. It can easily be defined as activities done during...
According to the website History.com – The First Amendment states the following: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably...
Violence at schools is on the rise, the number of attacks against students more than doubled since 1999. And with 84% of school shootings taking place at the kindergarten through twelfth grade level, students are seeking a nationwide platform to speak out concerning gun violence...
In Thurgood Marshall – American Revolutionary, William Juan takes a critical exploration of the life of Marshall; who is regarded as a seminal personality in America’s history during the 20th century. This groundbreaking work of fiction undertakes a journey into the definitive biography of the...
The movie “Marshall” focusses on how a young black lawyer for The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Thurgood Marshall, goes through one of his toughest trials in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he defends Joseph Spell, a coloured man charged of rape against...
Introduction “I’m the most cold-hearted son of a bitch you’ll ever meet.” These are one of the most iconic quotes from one of the most notorious criminals in the 20th century, Ted Bundy. Ted Bundy was a serial killer, rapist, kidnapper, and necrophiliac who had...
Theodore Robert Cowell, also known as Ted Bundy, was a man who attended law school and took part in Seattle’s crime prevention agency where he was socially recognized as the assistant director, however, no one suspected this seemingly normal young man of being a serial...
In contemporary American culture, there exists an undeniable fascination with criminal behavior, particularly that of notorious psychopaths and serial killers. This intrigue is notably reflected in the popularity of crime and investigation television shows and movies, which enjoy consistent airtime on mainstream television networks. The...
Criminologists seek to understand not only why people commit crimes, but also criminals’ activities that occur more in certain areas. Chicago is an area most commonly used to study, primarily to “highlight the demographic and neighborhoods sources of variation in tolerance of deviance (including violence)...
Since criminal behavior directly impacts the victims, offender and community, restorative justice is an alternative “peacemaking” approach to law-enforced punitive punishment. Punitive punishment, often, perpetuates more criminal behavior by the offender because of the stigma once arrested and convicted. Depending on the crime, the victims...
Accountability is owning up to our own mistakes. Acknowledging our wrongs, rather they are self-harm or harm to others, has a huge effect on the healing process. A simple apology goes a long way. This is something that we have learned since childhood, yet adults...
Introduction A 2016 IDB report entitled the IDB Series on Crime and Violence in the Caribbean, has confirmed what the Bahamian public has long known, that the consistent rise of the crime rate in The Bahamas is alarming and a cause for concern. The abstract...
Introduction Charles Manson and his followers later known as ‘The Family’ killed innocent people in 1969 in order to start a counter-revolution in the US. The details of these crimes that the cult stood trial for are well known and studied even today. On the...
Apocalyptic is a term used to predict the end of the world. In Ancient Greek, the word means an uncovering. In Revelations in the Bible, it is the uncovering of knowledge in the form of a revelation from God. The term ‘apocalypse’ in Revelations represents...
How does a young fourteen year old girl from a conservative family from Minnesota end up as a part of Charles Manson’s family? This is what Dianne Lake seeks to answer in her autobiography Member Of The Family. Dianne Lake was the youngest girl in...