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Essays 601 - 630
structure to the ubiquitous bad guy, "society." It was only a number of years later that we began admitting that there is a...
and technical assistance to increase the knowledge and skills of all personnel in the criminal justice system (WV Div. of Criminal...
that the African American and Hispanic youths were generally treated far more harshly than the white criminal youth (Poe-Yamagata;...
18 white youths were arrested for dealing drugs in 1980 while as many as 86 black youths were arrested for the same crime ("Civil,...
by and large, remove a good deal of the criminal element from the streets. However, it can be said that while the criminal element...
houses between the juvenile leaving the correctional system and reentering the community. Juvenile delinquency is just one ...
or not a specific practice reduces recidivism or has some constructive impact on those who are addressed by the criminal justice s...
for instigating change that will relegate injustice and discrimination to the countrys past. Williams (2001), in fact, contends t...
due process. The paper then examines these goals as they relate to the goals of the individual, those being social justice, equali...
and as a result of this, there was a change in the way that the courts (read..judges) were to view juvenile offenders. For particu...
was not always this way (Mocete, 1997). The prison system persists in its newfound role most likely due to the fact that there i...
perhaps the most prevalent of all approaches to criminal punishment utilized in the United States, the nation that holds the dubio...
In 1899, the first juvenile court case was heard in Chicago as authorized by the Illinois Juvenile Court Act (Penn, 2001). The ju...
A 17 page paper discussing environmental justice, policy and environmental law as the concepts apply to Altgeld Gardens, a low inc...
that a ten year old can be prosecuted for murder. In contemplating this issue, it pays to take a look at the juvenile justice syst...
Rehabilitation is only one reason for punishment. Other reasons go to retribution, deterrence and social control. Prisons do provi...
was a knight, he was essentially required to meet challenges and learn how to be chivalrous, often through mistakes. As such the Q...
in that area, only fifteen miles down the road, accepting that level of emission as long as the plant is staffed only by Mexican w...
the prison system. This is something that has concerned the public and the same problem is found in juvenile detention centers as ...
U.S. Constitution makes the President, a civilian leader, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Navy and Militia. While the Presiden...
fundamental importance in the Republic of the metaphor of descent and its connection to the two great themes of birth and death, a...
behavior. Letting them go, or sanctioning them with only community service, may be too lenient. Even so, some small gestures will ...
was reduced by about half, to reach an even keel with Caucasian arrest level, with a slightly higher percentage of arrests falling...
is actually weak. It only pertains to the individual. The person is supposedly getting what he deserves, but is society really ben...
Nozicks Theory of Justice presents a strong argument for the libertarian view. This view honors property rights, that is, that in...
nations would "interact with one another in a zone of comity, cooperation and law" (see 142, 143). The Kantian theory, in fact, is...
does not treat all of its juvenile offenders as adults. Indeed, the state is one of the most progressive in the nation in terms o...
itself in context, it is perhaps helpful to begin with a brief overview of the development of correctional policies in the UK: not...
This usually involves some type of probation arrangement or counseling/treatment (The Center for Young Womens Development Handbook...
as a spoil of war. Her first husband had been killed by Agamemnon and her child killed in front of her. It can be said that she ha...