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Criminal Justice and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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

English Criminal Law and Whether Mandatory Sentences Are Justified

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

Criminal Justice System and Women's Needs

penal system. First, it should be noted that this topic is very important due to the increasing female population in prison syst...

Understanding What it Means to be a Social Justice Educator

individual who naturally believes in true equality and empowerment across the entire population. The reasons it becomes so confusi...

Contemporary Relevance of the 'Social Contract' of Jean Jacques Rousseau

nonetheless that speaks of how we feel, as Americans, we are free and independent, yet powerfully under the control of our own "so...

Democracy's Inferiority According to Plato

motives of ambition -- it has no name in common use that I know of; let us call it timarchy or timocracy -- and then go on to ol...

Policies of Criminal Justice and Drug Issues

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

Social Justice Issues

not just, but rapacious (1998). It is instead a theater of adaptive and predatory deception (1998). One can clearly see that Thras...

Democracy's Metaphoric Representation in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In five pages this paper examines how democracy is metaphorically depicted in the actions of Achilles and Agamemnon in 'The Iliad'...

US Democracy's Shortcomings

world. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle alike all mused on the principles of democratic rule. Even Machiavelli, the Sixteenth Cent...

Education and its History

in power to remain in power, while those who quite possibly had the talent and ability were relegated to a calling more suited to ...

The Criminal Justice System

by Fisher and Sirianni, would not only give more visibility to the law enforcement officers in an area, but would engage the activ...

Activity Cycles

classroom environment is therefore designed to encourage children to exercise control over the environment and to function with an...

China, Korea, Japan, and Education

In nine pages the Asian system of education is examined in a contrast and comparison of structures in China, Korea, and Japan....

American Blacks and Political and Social Justice

In four pages this research paper chronicles the history of blacks in the United States in a consideration of their quest for soci...

U.S. and Capital Punishment

of a stratified society and so are economically disadvantaged. Statistics bear out that there are proportionately more minorities ...

Article Review on Education and the Involvement of Parents

In two pages a 1995 article on children's education and the parental role is reviewed....

Education and Philosophy

In nine pages this paper examines teaching philosophies in this overview that explores the relationship between philosophy and edu...

1990s American Education Legislation

In order to fully understand how legislation impacts the U.S. educational system, and also to consider the problems that are inher...

Justice in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

This paper consists of two pages and considers the double sided social justice that is presented in Harper Lee's novel as a result...

Economic Justice, the Church, and Theories of Poverty

In four pages this paper discusses the role of the Church regarding issues of poverty, economic justice, and government accountabi...

Jeffersonian Democracy's Legacy and the U.S. Bill of Rights

In twenty pages this paper examines Thomas Jefferson's approach to democracy in a discussion of the intent and purpose of the Bill...

Children's Health and the Impact of Physical Education

In fourteen pages this research paper discusses the impact of physical education on children's health and fitness....

Comparison of United States and Germany Educational Systems

In nine pages this research paper compares the systems of education in Germany and the United States in terms of funding, educatio...

Paul Kennedy's Preparing for the Twenty First Century

general. Kennedy does an admirable job of demonstrating how the population explosion that the world is currently experiencing is i...

Social Functioning and the Role of Justice

In five pages the social role of justice is evaluated by employing the philosophical views of Plato and Immanuel Kant. Four sourc...

U.S. Democracy's Character

In four pages this paper examines the identity, character, and theory rooted in U.S. Democracy with references also made to the Am...

Perspectives of Robert Nozick and John Rawls on Justice

In ten pages these two Harvard philosophers' views on justice are compared in a consideration of human socialization and an assess...

Counseling and Values

This essay consists of two pages and discusses value systems in terms of education and counseling....

Social Justice and the Performing Arts in Appalachia

In ten pages the impact of geographical isolation on Appalachia's system of social justice and performing arts and includes a regi...