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Incarceration Rates and What They Say About Racism in Maryland

18 white youths were arrested for dealing drugs in 1980 while as many as 86 black youths were arrested for the same crime ("Civil,...

Community Policing in the United States

stance. After all, the police officers can write tickets for small oversights, but a friendly attitude, without overly strict enfo...

An Evaluation of the American Response to Terrorism

A military action at first is successful, but then, the taking of Baghdad only seems loosely related to the terrorism that occurre...

Issues of Concern to Prison Inmates

a company rather than career corrections officers, they are underpaid, demoralized, and the turnover is high (Friedmann, 1999). Pr...

Racial Disparity in Criminal Sentencing

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

The Detriments of Isolation

become even more out of control as there are fewer eyes watching them. A well known study done at Stanford University tested behav...

Problems in the Administration of Justice

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

PROCESSING A CRIMINAL CASE

state, or state to federal, the process involves the stages of investigation, interrogation, arrest, complaint/indictment, arraign...

Article Analysis/Effects of Parenting

half were single parents. An example of deductive logic in this study is the selection of the study hypothesis, i.e., the premises...

Singer: Recriminalizing Delinquency

(Singer, 1996). The case was shocking for a number of reasons, but two stand out: Bosket was only 15; and he was already in care a...

Societal Changes and the Future of Law Enforcement

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

Minor Drug Offenses and Incarceration Alternatives

In ten pages this paper discusses the alternatives to incarceration that might be available to minor drug offenders in the crimina...

Parole and Probation in the Future

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

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 ...

Drug Offenders and Treatment Alternatives

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

Deontological and Teleological Ethics, Difference

This essay offers a discussion of the difference between teleological and deontological ethics, especially in regards to law and t...

Prison Overcrowding

This research paper pertains to overcrowding in prisons and asserts that this constitutes the most significant challenge facing th...

Church in the Middle Ages

This paper discusses our issues about the separation of Church and state. It also discusses the power of the church in the middle ...

Artticle Review Diversion Profiling

court that was supervised by the judge. Another group where sentences could be given that would include fines or warnings and fina...

The Positive Aspects of the Chain Gang

not leniency, indeed it is stiffened penalties for criminal behavior. A very important component of those penalties is the use of...

The Lasting Implications of Miranda v Arizona

caused within the United States poor communities speak to the ongoing issue of racial divide, with one of the most striking exampl...

Women and Children as Products in the Sex Industry

Women and children have been exploited throughout history by those that seek to profit in one way or another from that...

Wacquant's Prisons of Poverty

not realize that in part, the issue is attached to race, the economy, and social stratification. That is, the issue is not one per...

CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS AND THE VICTIM

goes all the way to appeals. One thing we have to keep in mind is that the criminal justice process varies from...

Juvenile Justice Diversion Programs - Their Importance

States was developed to contend with the operational responsibilities of dealing with the punishment of crimes commissioned by adu...

Social Concerns in Latin American Colonial Times

remained the same as the wealthy white merchants and elite maintained control of the economic monopoly. Neighborhoods were not onl...

Criminal Justice I

doctrine established in Plessy v Ferguson in 1896 that kept the black and white races legally separate for 70 years. The aparthei...

Defenses in Criminal Liability Cases

Short essays totalling three pages respond to and analyze specific criminal justice textbook cases concerning criminal liability d...

Abolishing the Right to Remain Silent

of checks and balances. The system was seen as sound as if a defendant was guilt the prosecution should be able to build a strin...