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likelihood of ... overrepresentation in the criminal justice system" (Smith in Hanson, 2000; p. 77). Hispanics Point. Stud...

quo (Ruddell and Urbina, 2004). In his analysis of the history of incarceration in the US, Vogel (2003) charts a relationship be...

brings up the question as to "What kind of society could justify locking up so many of its young men," who are the principle demo...

perspective is that OJ Simpson was tried by a jury of his peers. There was an Asian judge and a jury made up of minorities. The pr...

is valuable where the safety of the community is concerned. In relationship to the board, there are nine board members who are ...

conclusion as to what is the best way of going about treating drug addicted offenders. The important question is: What is the bes...

heading of the United States Department of Justice (Glover 92). The U.S. Marshalls, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the D...

was reduced by about half, to reach an even keel with Caucasian arrest level, with a slightly higher percentage of arrests falling...

"file not found" page. Even the link to the authors own home page returns only an error message. Searching for Dr. Greek...

While the statistics obviously support the contention that there is a disproportionate representation of blacks as compared to whi...

any given day, there are myriad reports of crime and violent acts purportedly committed by persons of color, origin and ethnic bac...

crimes. Allowing violent criminals to be released is ludicrous. Parole reform is necessary to ensure a safe society. While the law...

models of the criminal justice system in order to better depict how these two different viewpoints "compete for priority in the op...

support at various law enforcement agencies (1993). There are a variety of jobs necessary at the federal level because areas such ...

tend to have sufficient social and economic power to transcend even law enforcement agencies themselves. If profits from the drug ...

(Dowd PG). Organizations such as the Dai Huen Jai or Big Circle Boys have created a business from planned home invasion robberies ...

public reprisal. What happens is that when a suspect is unfortunately shot in the course of illegal activity, the officer is scrut...

manner by which offenders were being sidelined from real punishment; however, their collective voices were not strong enough to de...

three years. The age of accountability in Sweden is fifteen years of age, whereas in the United States the age of accountability t...

106th Congress aimed at preventing violence against women, "one of the most blatant manifestations of patriarchy" (Mananzan, 1995,...

is unusual. All too often children are led through a troubled system that simply does not know how to treat young offenders. I...

on, and intelligence gained is assumed to be from open source information unless otherwise specified. For the argument to be in ...

He seems to have made up his mind at the very beginning of the saga. He has become a part of the military...

hesitant about coming forward to name their abusers, because the system did not seem to either believe them about the scope of the...

There are pros and cons to deterrence programs and some are far more effective than others. Comparing and contrasting these aspec...

children as young as ten will fall under the juvenile court jurisdiction (1997) It is true that some children seem to deserve th...

unborn child. The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS) defines fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) as "a lifel...

2002). The Department does not only hire correctional officers. There are a vast array of jobs that include: Correctional Officer...

three of the primary concerns with regard to DNA and paternity testing include the question of a "generally accepted scientific th...

several Christian societies which still use the Bible as a basis for their arguments for the death penalty. Largely, however even ...