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Admissibility of Expert Defense Witness Testimony and A Time to Kill by John Grisham

In five pages this paper discusses the US judicial system in a consideration of expert witness defense testimony admissibility and...

Juvenile Delinquency Theories - Choice And Criminal Atavism

very distinct physical characteristics (Clinton Community College, n.d.). Examples include a flattened nose, very large jaws, stro...

Criminal Law, Identity And Culture

Social Control theories are two in particular where crime, culture and identity intersect, the former of which asserts how everyon...

John Rawls, Utilitarianism, and Distributive Justice

In five pages utilitarianism and distributive justice as depicted by political philosopher John Rawls in A Theory of Justice are d...

Organizational Justice and Motivation

that this will impact on behavior. As seen in the Mayos Hawthorne studies, where employees had a good employment relationship with...

'Letter from Birmingham Jail' by Martin Luther King Jr. and Social Justice

the United States. Its ugly record of brutality is widely known. Negroes have experienced grossly unjust treatment in the courts...

Race and Class Roles in the Juvenile Justice System's Development

and, therefore, cannot begin to identify with the situation or see the need for drastic change. What, exactly, compels one ...

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...

Edward Humes' 'No Matter How Loud I Shout : A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court'

This is a 5 page critical review that criticizes the nation's system of juvenile justice and its many shortfalls, emphasizing the ...

Youth Offenses, the Juvenile Justice System, and Probation Issues

rather noble institution and embraces the authority to encompass the most important duty imaginable which is to protect and reform...

Mentally Ill Individuals and Ethical Treatment

In eight pages the U.S. justice system's treatment of mentally ill individuals is discussed in terms of what should be proper ethi...

Delinquency Concept Evaluation

This usually involves some type of probation arrangement or counseling/treatment (The Center for Young Womens Development Handbook...

Overview of the Juvenile Justice System

this development, the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 was passed, which encouraged a policy of "zero tolerance" as it criminalized s...

Higher Education For Police Officers

upon a combination of myriad elements that work in a synergistic way to address the criminal mind. The aspects of psychology and ...

Freedom According to Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass

In five pages this essay compares Susan B. Anthony's speech while being indicted for voting illegally with Frederick Douglass's Ro...

The American Dream, Willy Loman, and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

II, Miller was able to show that the American Dream as a way of life is a sham -- and why. Death of a Salesman tells the story of...

"Dry September" by William Faulkner

This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Dry September." The writer offers analysis of the plot and argues that Faulkner use...

Use Of Shaming In Criminal Sentencing

and overlook the possible social benefits associated with alternative sentencing...If federally imposed mandatory minimum sentence...

The Treatment of Criminals for the Protection of Society

treated (Hare, 1993). They basically do not believe they have a problem. In most cases, people seek treatment because they want to...

Criminal Profiling and Other Issues

artists, ruthless manipulators, and petty criminals. Psychopaths usually commit crimes because they like to control, dominate, and...

The Nature and Purpose of Criminal Law

of law" (Lippman, 2006, p. 3). This is what sets crime apart from acts we might find morally objectionable or distasteful, such as...

Forensic Science in the Twenty-First Century

security surrounding physical evidence is just as important as the security surrounding the criminals themselves from a forensic p...

Career in Criminal Justice/Forensics

A 9 page research paper that discusses what is involved in pursing a degree and career in criminal justice, with a specific focus ...

DNA and the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification Project

so-called cold cases and have been on the books for a year or more (Eisenberg and Planz, 2008). Under current policies, some huma...

"To Kill A Mockingbird" - Accuracy Of Criminal Justice Activities

how it was back in the early part of the century. In the 1930s, the criminal justice system had a veritable open door policy when...

The Factors that Influence Behavior in Criminal Justice Work

the persons subjective view of the situation are important (More, Wegener and Vito, 2005, p. 56). This perspective suggests tha...

Article Critique/Male v. Female Substance Abuse Patterns

A 4 page article critique of a criminal justice study of juvenile behavior in regards to substance abuse pattern. No additional so...

Research Design and Methods Analysis

the traditional one-on-one model" (Herrara, Vang and Gale, 2002, p. 4). Prior to presenting their method analysis section, the res...

Conducting Drug-Use Research/Texas Prisoners

first institution listed in regards to male offenders, which is the James V. Allred prison unit, located just outside of Wichita F...

The ‘Biology’ of Cloning: Its Importance and Potential Impacts

Today, plant research scientists accomplish cloning through the manipulation of a limited number of vectors. The Ti plasmid (a pl...