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What are Academic Sources? And how to refer them?

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The Internet is flooded with tons of information, where you will face a lot of confusion about what to read and what to refer to. Good sources are not just about the type and origin of information, but also the relevance and how you want to use it. Is the information good enough to be used in the current situation? If you feel you are in this situation, this is the right place.  Our article on the Science vs Social Science debate As a researcher, finding appropriate sources and facts remains the most challenging aspect of it. Compared to a normal opinion article or blog, which can use a lot of assumptions, half-truths, and narratives, etc. But when it comes to research articles, papers, journal articles, book chapters, etc., you cannot use the same information that the common man uses. This is where the filter should be bigger, better, and multilayered. Academic sources come with a guarantee, i.e., which you can trust 99%. Even if you are not a researcher or academician, but a prof...

Crime, Law, Politics and Police Reform

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Last week the Hatras issue dominated the headlines. The crime is said to have a caste, economic, gender, and legal aspect of it. Here will be discussing all these here.  I am coming here and writing about after watching it and understanding why we Indian population is behaving weird on social media, that even educated people like us fall for propaganda. It took me days to actually digest what was happening and to come into a logical conclusion to put forward the research.  Link to Soch video What is a crime?  For understanding crime, you need to understand What is a tort? A tort is nothing but a wrong committed against an individual entity (can also be a property).  Credits Wikipedia Unlike a tort, Crime is defined as a wrongful act not only against an individual but also against the State(essentially meant as a society). Crime is believed to affect society as a whole. It is tried in a criminal court.  Even though right and wrong is purely a subjective conc...