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Actual Innocence

wrongly jailed" (Boyer). The first case they discuss is that of Marion Coakley, who "served more than two years in prison becaus...

Criminal Justice Agency & Terrorism: Proposed Administrative Change

community include greater manpower to detain and interrogate, however, this does not necessarily equate to the need for greater fu...

Taylor and Rawls/Premodern to Modern

a hierarchy in the cosmos."iii This hierarchy, which is typically referred to as the Great Chain of Being, was "gradually taken ov...

Thoreau and Civil Disobedience

it is immoral to allow oneself to be associated with a gross injustice. In his essay, Thoreau refers particularly to the Mexican W...

Dona Sebastiana

which "comprises a stunning class-conscious critique of Christian hypocrisy and the Churchs complicity with the rich" (Padilla 150...

Juvenile And Adult Court: Comparison

5) have a court transcript proceedings and 6) appeal (Dane County Clerk of Courts, 2006). The one most distinguishing difference b...

Restorative Justice, Alternative Punishment And In-Home Monitoring

eighty percent rate that is currently representative of juvenile re-arrest in this country, only sixty percent find their way back...

Criminal Justice Policy Change: Open-System

each community and asking about individual "safety concerns and security needs" (Greene, 2000, pp. 299-370). One particular commu...

Decisions and Discretion in Morality in Criminal Justice An Introduction to Ethics by Daryl Close and Nicholas Meier

sense of direction that otherwise would merely drift in subconscious thought, which in turn provide the concepts of how people inc...

'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,' Justice and Mercy

In 7 pages this paper examines the concepts of justice and mercy as they are portrayed in this anonymous poem of the 14th century....

British Law and Criminal Justice System and the Offender as a Victim

In forty five pages this paper discusses the British system of criminal justice in an assessment of the 'offender as victim' conce...

Greek Style of Justice in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries

say that a given society defines its own justice. Correspondingly another society, might have a slightly different version. Anaxi...

US Juvenile Justice System

(Emerge, 1998; p. 48). Just nine months prior, on January 1, 1997, the state of Michigan had implemented its aggressive "get toug...

Is a Criminal Justice System Necessary in Australia?

In eleven pages this paper questions whether or not Australia needs a criminal justice system and includes that it, like every oth...

The Inadequacy of the U.S. System of Public Defense and American Justice

In seven pages this report considers how money has tipped the scales of justice in terms of advantages within the American judicia...

Mersault's Trial in The Stranger by Albert Camus

In this paper consisting of five pages the relevance of the evidence presented to the jury and how the concept of justice is shape...

Applied and Basic Criminal Justice Research

In six pages applied and basic methods of criminal justice research are discussed in a consideration of policy analysis incorporat...

'The Maximum Security Adolescent' by Margaret Talbot

be arrested, even though he was portrayed as basically a good kid. Jeff is a case study that commences this article which tugs at...

Comparison of Social Ideals

In ten pages this student provided paper considers social justice and ideals as addressed in the concepts of William Ryan, Michael...

Criminal Justice Theories of Cesare Beccaria

In nine pages the utility theory of Cesare Beccaria is considered as it applies to criminal justice and crime and its influence up...

Supreme Court Justice Appointments and the 2000 Election

In five pages this report discusses how Presidents can influence constitutional law interpretation through Supreme Court justice a...

Mark Twain and T.H. White's Literary Expertise

myths that surrounded the history of England. Most of these tales abounded with medieval kings and castles, dragons and wizards, ...

Healthcare and Distributive Justice

In six pages this paper discusses healthcare access within the context of distributive justice. Five sources are cited in the bib...

Plato and the Bible on Justice

In five pages this paper examines the perspectives on justice expressed by Plato in The Republic and in the Bible's Book of Luke. ...

1984 Case on Burning the American Flag Texas v. Johnson

In three pages this paper examines the reasons why a Chief Justice overturned the ruling of the judge in this important 1984 flag ...

Texas Flag Burning Case Arguments

In three pages this paper argues that the overturning of this decision by Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist was correct. On...

H. Packer's Due Process and Crime Control Models

In four pages these two criminal justice models by H. Packer are discussed along with the uses they might have and by whom also in...

Juvenile Offenses and Education

expect to see relatively consistent figures at each successive stage of the juvenile justice system. In fact, the disparities get...

Supreme Court Chief Justices

In three pages Supreme Court Justices John Marshall and William H. Rehnquist are discussed within the context of the 1832 case Wor...

Dred Scott Decision and Frederick Douglass

In five pages Douglass's 1852 'Fourth of July' speech is compared with the 1857 opinion offered by Justice Taney in the Dred Scott...