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

is punished with the loss of their freedom. Therefore, retribution may be seen as basis for punishment. There are many that believ...

corruption in Illinois enjoyed its hey day it seems during the administration of recent ex-Governor Ryan. This corruption manifes...

by firearms is the number one cause of death among black males between the ages of fifteen and thirty-four (Lovett, 1997). The is...

the twentieth century, extremists outlawed alcohol, but that was something that just never worked. People would drink anyway and t...

as an emergency measure, inasmuch as the problem with prison overcrowding has already reached epidemic proportions. Two of the mo...

these miscreants. However, it is often the case that the punishment is not enough. Sexual predators-until more credible research i...

change in the ozone due to emissions of various chemicals (Nodvin and Vranes). B. Humans are not causing global warming, it is jus...

In theory, when a crime is committed in the US and a...

concerning problems of our time. It has both direct and indirect impacts on the physical and philosophical infrastructural featur...

sentencing, they generally provide a range within which the judge must remain when imposing sentence. Also, legal issues can affe...

prosecution witness and is "crucial to the prosecutions case," since he is the only witness who said that "he spoke directly to Mr...

bias in the system which seeks out blacks and instills upon them harsher sentences is a highly controversial topic. Inter...

Both Plato and Aristotle discussed learning and education, the need for different types of education, the effects of the arts on l...

duality of his parents being responsible for paying back every dollar he misappropriated from the victim (restitution), as well as...

Criminologists, sociologists, and even psychologists often agree that specific factors in the lives of an individual determine the...

is crack. Clearly, crack is cocaine in a slightly different form. Yet, the law treats these as different entities. Of course, it ...

27.3 percent living in single-detached homes, 7.2 percent living n semi-detached houses, 5.6 percent in row houses, 4.4 percent in...

profiling is used to "compensate for a lack of evidence and represents poor police work" (Hajjar, 2006). Police simply round up "s...

pockets of those buying. Incentives exist for each of these groups. For one group the economic incentives are a positive factor ...

IS THAT WE ARE NOT INHERENTLY MORAL AND WE HAVE TO WORK TO ACHIEVE OUR MORALITY. PART OF THAT WORK HAS BEEN THE DEFINITION OF VAR...

This paper provides a brief history of the death penalty and its application in today's society. Many states are moving away from...

Nine year old Mei Leung was the first identified victim of Richard Ramirez, the serial killer the media...

This paper discusses and analyses a short story. An alternative ending is written for the story. The writer discusses the main the...

This research paper argues that patrole as a sentencing option should be abolished. This five page paper ahs three sources in the ...

In this paper consisting of five pages the 'voice' Walker uses in constructing her short stories as expressed in sentence structur...

it outlines all of the major action of the film. It is also one of the most positive reviews on this movie, as the author actually...

minimums with the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 (1994). Since that time, stiffening or adding to mandatory minimums has ...

believes he can take the life of another without reciprocal discipline is a concept many find difficult to grasp, a point well tak...

to injure his assistant to this extent. When we consider the findings of the sentencing advisory panel there is also an indicati...