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  2. Nuisance - Wikipedia

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    A public nuisance is an unreasonable interference with the public's right to property. It includes conduct that interferes with public health, safety, peace or convenience. The unreasonableness may be evidenced by statute, or by the nature of the act, including how long, and how bad, the effects of the activity may be. [4]

  3. Social norm - Wikipedia

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    In Figure 1, the range of tolerable behavior extends is 3, as the group approves of all behavior from 4 to 7 and 7-4=3. Carrying over our coffee example again, we can see that first-years only approve of having a limited number of cups of coffee (between 4 and 7); more than 7 cups or fewer than 4 would fall outside the range of tolerable behavior.

  4. Corporal punishment in the home - Wikipedia

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    [13] [14] In 2020 the Welsh Government banned all form of physical punishment in Wales. In Sweden, before the 1979 ban, more than half of the population considered corporal punishment a necessary part of child rearing. By 1996, the rate was 11% [11] and less than 34% considered it acceptable in a national survey. [15]

  5. Behavioral contagion - Wikipedia

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    In the end, the observer either performs the model's behavior his-/herself, rejects the model, or pressures the model to perform the original pressured behavior (Wheeler, Table 1). [4] In contagion, the model's behavior results in the removing of restraints and the resolving of the conflict, while in conformity, the model's behavior results in ...

  6. Absurdity - Wikipedia

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    Absurdity is the state or condition of being unreasonable, meaningless, or so unsound as to be irrational. "Absurd" is the adjective used to describe absurdity, e.g., "Tyler and the boys laughed at the absurd situation." [1] It derives from the Latin absurdum meaning "out of tune". [2] The Latin surdus means "deaf", implying stupidity. [1]

  7. Law - Wikipedia

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    Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, [1] with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It has been variously described as a science [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and as the art of justice.

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  9. Police brutality - Wikipedia

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    The first modern police force is widely regarded to be the Metropolitan Police Service in London, established in 1829. [4] However, some scholars argue that early forms of policing began in the Americas as early as the 1500s on plantation colonies in the Caribbean. [ 5 ]