Essays Tagged: "Jonestown"
Summarizes "Insanity Plea" by William J.Winslade and Judith Wilson Ross. Speaks also about different ways people have used and abused the Criminal Justice System using The Insanity Plea
White. On November18,1978, Preliminary reports began broadcasting news of the events inatown called Jonestown, at first all that was known, was that peopleof areligious cult shot and may have even kil ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
An account of The People's Temple Mass suicide and Jim Jones's persuasion and propaganda
s Jim Jones (Dickerson 2). The demise of the People's Temple and the killings of over 900 people in Jonestown, Guyana were due to the Temple's contradicting beliefs, Jones's growing insanity and abuse ... tion drugs and growing increasingly paranoid (Robinson 2), announced to the some 920 members of his Jonestown settlement that they were "under siege." Over the next month the "siege" sets tensions hig ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Pulling the Strings: A Look at Brainwashing Throughout History
y to the concept of brainwashing comes from within Congress. The House of Representatives Report on Jonestown--Findings, in describing factors involved in the Jonestown Massacre, states:"Among the tac ... "(House of Representatives, 1979)The report goes on to list several other tactics, some specific to Jonestown, and others common to many situations in which brainwashing tactics have been utilized.The ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
The Jonestown Tragedy
and about nine-hundred followers moved to their new remote location in the Guyana jungle known as "Jonestown," odd occurrences were reported and many began to question the existence of the isolated c ... hin the establishment. This includes the shooting of journalists and a congressman by the guards of Jonestown. However, the most appalling event that took place was the mass suicide carried out by ove ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
The Jonestown Massacre: An Analysis
This research paper is based off of the "Jonestown Massacre" which occured in 1978. In this paper, I will discuss the ways Jones was able to ... e world" were less.Jones and about 900 followers moved to their new location in the Africa known as Jonestown, strange occurrences were reported. Many began to question whether there was something els ... -----------------------------Barden, Renardo. Cults. Vero Beach: The Rourke Corporation Inc., 1990."Jonestown." Wikipedia Web Encyclopedia. 14 April 2006; www.wikipedia.org.Knapp, Don."Jonestown Massa ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History
Peoples Temple
m Jones and the People's Temple SP: To inform my audience of who Jim Jones was and what happened at Jonestown.CI: Jim Jones was the leader of the cult called The People's Temple and he drove his follo ... ave the United States.B. He moved his group to the jungle outside of Georgetown, Guyana and started Jonestown.C. There Jones could manipulate his people's lives completely.D. Jones liked to have compl ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Jonestown
God, and causing contepmt for Uninted States of America." U.S. embassy consul Richard McCoy visited Jonestown several times and noted that 5 or 6 hundred residents looked well fed and expressed satisf ... on with their lives. McCoy conducted private interviews with 75 members, when offered help to leave Jonestown the simply refused. McCoy reported that if a member wanted to leave they would have been a ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Sociology of Religion – 8 and 12 mark questions.
for example the Peoples Temple all lived together communally in various places including, finally, Jonestown, Guyana.A church's teachings focus mainly on crucial events in the past - Muslims base the ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Jim Jones:raper or murderer
e the church, So with that Jones moved all his followers to renovated jungle in Guyana he named it "Jonestown" where he cut down trees and built cabins. In order todo this he had to do a little bit of ... it will be like living in a Utopia .1974- Now that all 1000 of Jones followers are in what he calls Jonestown, they claim its way different from San Francisco. One follower/Son Stephen Jones stated "I ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Jim Jones
church, So with that Jones moved all his followers to a jungle he renovated in Guyana he named it "Jonestown" where he cut down trees and built cabins. Many do this he had to do a little bit of talki ... that it will be like living in a Utopia .In 1974, all 1000 of Jones followers were in what he calls Jonestown, they claim its way different from San Francisco. One follower/Son Stephen Jones stated "I ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues