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| Why substitution of recidivists for exconvicts |
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| Follows the Social stigma of imprisonment; shows social relationship of exconvicts with friends |
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| The system of customary law and procedures of Oglewu community. How convicted offenders are |
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| Made it possible for convicted offenders to be treated within the society, rather than within the four walls of a prison. Entailed little stigma, encouraged adjustment |
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| Police-public relations and eventual achievement of colonial objectives and postcolonial political leaders |
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| Police are just members of a society |
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| Frequent use of retributive and deterrent rather than corrective sentences |
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| Judges do not consider the social background of the accused as an important determinant of the type of sentence given; give retributive and deterrent rather than corrective most of the time- fine rather than imprisonment |
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| Application of Penal Codes rather than Young Persons Laws to juveniles |
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| Status offenders not in juvenal courts;judges harsh |
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| Form of performance of education and stage of societal development |
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| varies; preindustrial= social skills taught formally |
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| Education/ non traditional edu |
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| non traditional used more; traditional not working for many people |
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| 3 stages for marriage among the igala |
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1. the betrothal stage
2. girls concent- finalization of bridewealth
3. the eboji ritual |
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| Change in modern marraige scene |
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-men don't have to accept chosen wives from parents
-girls not forced to marry non-lover
-intervillage marriages encouraged |
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| Chamba females not excluded from office-holding |
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| Mala paternal aunt of Gara=councellor |
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| August Comte vs. Religion |
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| Theological thinking= intellectual error despersed by modern science |
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| religion lies outside the scope of science and is no more than a matter of belief |
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| reindigenization of the Christian Religion |
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| No gainsay that Christianity is not a white-man's religion |
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| Performance and Oral tradition @ Itapo festival |
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| young men initiated into adulthood;reminds the people of historical past |
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| New forms of Worship by Aladura |
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| Charibum and Seraphim church; apostolic church; church of the Lord |
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| Why interethnic marriage among muslims |
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| Hadj= intergrative process that requires cooperation and integration |
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-Victims of fire outbreak to become members of the cult
-Initiation of male children by devout worshipers |
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| Alternative to ethnic association |
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Definition
church associations
IPO- Ishan Progressive Union |
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| Strain theory of deviance (Robert Merton) |
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| experience of indused strain forces people to engage in deviant activites |
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| classification by skin color |
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| prejudice vs. discrimination |
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prejudice= negative attitude toward an entire group
discrimination- behavior resulting from prejudice |
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| Demographic transition model |
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| high birth/death rates compared to low birth/death rates; society evolves from tradtional to industrial |
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| Democratic state/Iron Law of Oligarchy/ Totalitarian State/ Power Elite |
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Democratic State- people govern selves
Iron Law- few rise to dominate power
totalitarian- gov't has total control
power elite- leaders in buisness, military and government |
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| animism/ shamanism/ totemism |
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animism- spirits inhabit nature
shamanism- certain person has special charm, skill or knowledge
totemism- worship of plants, animals as gods and ancestors |
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| ecclesia and demonitation |
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Ecclesia- official state religion
Denomination- well established and highly institutionalized churches |
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| Populations expand much faster than the food supply- starvation of much of the population; constant population increase. |
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| African women in Africa differ from African American Women |
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| Black women are discriminated against not generally by men but specifically by white racist patriarchs and sexist black men. |
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