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during the seventeenth century, where jurors were disqualified from judging if they had a precious knowledge of that case (Smith ...

for various programs and those who are involved in these programs. Most of the incentives fall for the department themselves, shif...

the perspective of Japanese culture, particularly in regards to "proper" conduct for women. From the beginning of the tale, Osen...

While the prevalence of the association between racism and the use of force by police is a highly debated topic, there are instanc...

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...

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

nations would "interact with one another in a zone of comity, cooperation and law" (see 142, 143). The Kantian theory, in fact, is...

ethical, philosophical, and moral issues that characterize the one delivery mechanism also characterize the other. A particular c...

Unburdend crawl toward death", states King Lear in the opening act. Having decided to step down from the throne, King Lear has pos...

resolve racial inequality, that inequality continues to exist in terms of economics in particular. Bell asserts that social class...

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...

supports the claim with well documented research, that non-violent criminals can pay their debt to society in many ways which are ...

has necessitated their decline in power. There had also been political instability accompanied by the need for economic reform. ...

message and impression of unity. There had been a great deal of negative publicity and actions by the competing parties who did no...

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...

by and large, remove a good deal of the criminal element from the streets. However, it can be said that while the criminal element...

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,...

is something which has frequently been reiterated by other civil rights activists: in his Letter from Birmingham Jail, for instanc...

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...

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...

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...