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A Perspective on the Value of Juvenile Offenders Being Sentenced as Adults

out harsher sentences to juvenile offenders. For particularly violent crimes, in fact, one of the most effective means of crime c...

Policy Analysis of Alaska Senate Bill 56

direct violation of a defendants Sixth Amendment rights (AkRepublicans.com, 2005). In effect Blakely v. State of Washington resul...

Gun Crime 'Getting Tough' Laws and Their Lack of Success

checks and a five-day waiting period before purchasing a gun (Miller, 2005). The Clinton administration was encouraged by the pas...

Utopia of Socialism

theory could exist, if only individuals would work for the good of society instead of placing selfish aims above all else. Wells ...

Criminal's Society Reentry and Various Influential Factors

Gottredson and Hirschis Self-Control Theory contends that criminal behavior is perpetuated to meet the perpetrators own self-inter...

Capital Punishment Today

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

The 1995 Short Story Winner

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

Case Study, Pre-sentence Investigation Process

and determine that was low ("Rational" 322). In other words, she applied rational guidelines to the process of deciding the contex...

The Pre-Existent Divine Word Or Son Took On Human Nature

Father, as being from above, and other such phrases (Kasper, 1978, p. 173). Jesus was in all ways like us with one great exceptio...

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...

History Of Educational Psychology - Emergence Of Cognitive Psychology

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

Differences Between Crack and Cocaine Use and Sentencing Guidelines

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

The Enron and Martha Stewart Cases Compared

those codified into law ...and creating societal pressures for reform" (p. 167). Indeed, the world is changing and more attention...

Prison Overcrowding

is interesting to note that while increased efforts to incarcerate people have not proven necessarily effective, there are still m...

Imposing Sentence

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

Punishment and Crime

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

Sentencing Models

The individual is paying his dues, so to speak. There has been much criticism waged against retributive justice. Why? It seems tha...

Life or Death and Cost Effectiveness

This research paper adresses the fact thaty it is far more costly to house and feed criminals for life than it is to sentence them...

Predicting the Future

Will people resort to genocide because of the population? Third-world countries commit acts of genocide now. In fact, genocide w...

Repeat Offenders and Mandatory Sentences

This paper consists of fifteen pages and examines theories of criminal justice in a consideration of shortcomings and limitations ...

Labor Unions' Pros and Cons

shed their blue-collar personas in favor of life in the suburbs, often living in the same neighborhoods as their bosses. They cou...

Euthanasia and the Controversial Dr. Jack Kevorkian

In five pages the controversial practice of euthanasia, the role played by Dr. Kevorkian and his prison sentence are analyzed in a...

Examination of Divorce, Its Causes and Effects

their divorce (34). Money has a role in society and in marriage. Lack of money causes discord between a married couple. This ca...

Comparing Novel and Film Versions of Like Water for Chocolate

ever since Garcia Marquez won the Nobel Prize" (Simon 64). The novel was an attention grabber and did have it elements of superna...

Creative Writing Exercise on Beating Hearts and Flowers

In five pages this exercise in creative writing explores the drama of a hospital room with the utilization of grammatical elements...

Research Paper on Human Genome

In five pages ten of the fifteen books contained in this bibliography are summarized in four sentence synopses. There are a total ...

The Giver by Lois Lowry

In 5 pages this young adult novel and its theme regarding responsibility, love, and suffering are considered. There are 2 sources...

Writing in Second Grade

In five pages this paper discusses how students in 2nd grade can be taught sentence structural components. There are 5 sources ci...

Failed Reconstruction Following the US Civil War

two was difficult. Healing did not come quickly or easily. Hatred between the two entities continued to exist. The South did no...

Law Enforcement Work Stress and a Psychological Outlook

oath of service and protection. This makes law enforcement officers very vulnerable. A willingness to serve and protect carries ...