Juvenile Vandalism

The purpose of this article is to take up the topic of vandalism. Vandalism is a collective act of urban youths, whereby they indulge in destroying property, primarily for the sake of fun, at first sight. Deeper below the surface, however, it is possible to discern latent feelings of being oppressed and accordingly it is possible to infer about accumulated resentment feelings eventually leading to a passionate desire to take revenge from the mainstream society. While many other sorts of other youth offences or crimes basically pertain to industrialized countries, vandalism is observed to occur widely in developing countries, including Turkey, as well.

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Agro Terrorism: A Global Perspective

The global food supply chain remains a significant target for those who want to cause fear, harm or destruction to our sustenance of life and liberty. When naturally-occurring animal outbreaks, such as foot and mouth disease, avian influenza, chronic waste disease, swine flu, or the many animal and crop diseases and pathogens are added to the list of potential security concerns and threats, biosecurity and bioterrorism assume a greater significance in a nation’s effort to effectively secure their homeland. Information and intelligence gathering, policy decisions, target hardening, and resource allocation become linchpins for effective homeland security. This paper discusses global agricultural security risks within the milieu of agro terrorism as a threat to biosecurity.

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Life Insurance Industry: A New Hope for Unemployed Youth towards Building a Secured Future in India

It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the World, youth may be headstrong but it will advance it allotted length. The World’s biggest power is the Youth Power. The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it. {Albert Einstein}. Ever since Independence, the youth power has trying to instinctive urge for expansion and growth in the society. For them, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential. This paper highlights clear picture of youth at risk in India and possible suggestion for ending insured Youth in India by providing life insurance measures, a new hope for building a protected future, and check them from not being involved in criminal activities.

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The Intelligence Club: A Comparative Look at Five Eyes

The goal of intelligence is to evaluate data and attempt to reduce uncertainty. Successful intelligence practices try to reduce apparent ambiguity through accurate estimates and support the implementation of successful policy. The ability of intelligence communities to react to new threats and adapt and focus on relevant issues quickly and efficiently is essential for modern intelligence.

A greater understanding of what comprises (or what is perceived as) an intelligence failure is important in avoiding methods that don’t work; similarly, having an awareness of other states’ intelligence efforts and observing different (and possibly more successful) approaches can help mitigate sedentary, too-conservative thinking. A group which has been extraordinarily successful, by any subjective or objective standard, has been the Five Eyes. Five Eyes is a surveillance arrangement comprised of the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA), the United Kingdom’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSEC), and New Zealand’s Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB). A comparative look at Five Eyes’ intelligence efforts and agencies provides an opportunity to examine what may contribute to common themes of intelligence success.

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Attitude of Owners of Small-scale Industries towards the Lending Services of the State Bank of India in Tamilnadu–A Study

The small-scale industry is widely recognized as a powerful instrument for socio economic growth and balanced sectorial development. Considering the large employment level and backlog of creation of new jobs to provide employment to all able hands today, hopes are pinned on the small-scale sector. A growing economy needs the support of a financial structure which is responsive to the needs of development. In India, in the process of financial deepening, commercial banks have to shoulder special responsibilities for meeting the financial needs of diverse sectors of the economy. There are many factors which influence the overall opinion of owners of SSI units on lending services of the banks. The level of satisfaction of SSI units towards lending policies of State Bank of India has been analyzed and the factors affecting the level of satisfaction have been studied with the help of chi-square test.

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The Islamic State Threat to Western Homeland Security

The terrorism the West faces today is unprecedented. A 2016 U.S. congressional study reports that since 2014 there have been 101 Islamic State (IS) linked plots launched against the Western countries 2. More troubling are IS’ attacks that have killed more than 273 in Europe3. The terrorist threat is estimated as severe too critical in France, Belgium, Britain, the United States and Germany. These countries have experienced the most attacks and plots. Though 1,600 terror suspects have been arrested across Europe Islamic State sympathizers continue their attacks 4. Some analysts worry that IS’ terror campaign could intensify as the organizations proto-jihadist state in Iraq-Syria unravels 5. Even as its caliphate degrades IS sympathizers in 2017 attacked Stockholm, London, Manchester and Paris.

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Exploring the Association between the Parental Separation and Adolescent Aggressive Behavior

Adolescent is an important transitional phase in the human life known for its set of behaviors and aggressiveness is one personality trait that is much talked of. Whether or not parental care and parental separation contributes to aggression is the question under study. According to a research among 220 secondary school students of both the genders from Owerri, there was no significant correlation traced between the parental separation, lack of parental care and the aggressive behaviors of the adolescent youth.

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