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During ISIS’s successful campaign to take control over Mosul and other areas, ISIS sough to achieve the maximum benefit from these advancements. The shock that resulted from the quick fall of Mosul and the unorganized retreats of Iraqi forces helped media outlets of the terrorist organization disseminating messages glorifying its “victories” and promising a new…

Over the course of history, violent political movements have had different ways to communicate and to interact with their supporters, engage with their audiences and oppose their adversaries. The internet provides enormous opportunities for violet extremists on a global level. Besides propaganda, digital technologies have changed the dynamics of radical mobilization, recruitment and participation. The…

Most parents are at least 80% sure that they are doing everything they can to protect their kids from anything that might harm them out in the big bad world. They take them to the bus stop and watch them go off to school. They censor what their kids can see on the internet. They…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the experience of twelve people who had been sexually abused by Roman Catholic priests. They wanted to determine whether the trauma they experienced carried characteristics that were distinct from sexual abuse by other perpetrators. The researchers also reviewed whether the characteristics from this unique trauma fell within…

Random Family was published in 2003 and is the product of a decade of research and interviews by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc. The book provides the reader with a detailed and intimate look into the everyday lives of people from the poor sections of the Bronx. It mainly focuses on two Puerto Rican teenagers, Coco Rodriguez…

What does it mean when someone has disorder? Mental illnesses are diseases that cause mild to severe disturbances in thoughts and behaviors; therefore, patients who are affected may not have control of their actions (Gazzaniga, 2015). A personality disorder is a way people cope with events that are fairly fixed by the end of adolescence….