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On the Commonwealth by Cicero

master and ruler of men, namely God, who is the author of this law, its interpreter, and its sponsor. The man who will not obey it...

Fear, Residence, Elderly Women, and Crime

In eight pages the relationship between the housing arrangements of elderly women, their fear regarding crime and why they might b...

Deterring Crime: The Effect of Truth in Sentencing

This 5 page paper examines those elements in current literature that suggest truth in sentencing may deter crime. The writer provi...

Policy Brief on Crime Control

1996). The opposing theory of positivistic approaches to crime causality includes sociological, psychological, and biological...

Meanings of Copyright Laws

International and domestic copyright laws are considered in this paper containing 8 pages which includes discussion of Internet co...

Crime and U.S. Soldiers in Korea

In five pages this paper discusses the crimes that U.S. soldiers committed while stationed in Korea from the 1950s' war crimes to ...

Does Racial Residential Segregation Increase Urban Crime?

This 8 page paper uses analysis to determine whether urban crime increases in racially segregated residential areas. The method is...

Criminal Sentencing

Justice Statistics, 1996 was the first year State and Federal courts convicted a combined total of over 1 million adults of feloni...

Criminal Justice, Social Justice, and Morality

the right to be treated the same as others Conclusion Although we know that the US Constitution guarantees certain rights to its ...

Studies in Contract Case Law

In twelve pages four cases involving contract law are analyzed in terms of contractual issues and legal definitions....

Quality of Life, Delinquency, and Crime

In seven pages juvenile crime is considered in terms of family quality of life, delinquiency, responses to juvenile crime, and pro...

Crime and Parental Responsibility

According to the National Crime Prevention Council (1999) soaring prison costs are exceeding investments in higher education, and...

UK Law

In five pages this paper discusses UK law in an overview of governmental structure, the making of laws, and international law with...

English Law Land Legislation in 1925

have come a long way since their inception. As is evidenced by the plethora of historical records, English property law was...

5 Types of 'Victimless Crimes'

This paper defined what is meant by victimless crimes in an identification of 5 such crimes with prostitution and drug issues amon...

Crimes and the Differences Between Them

In five pages this paper examines why white collar crimes are distinguished from other crime types and therefore treated different...

Control Theories of Criminology

In five pages criminology is examined in terms of control theories, their differences in focusing not on crime causes but on why c...

The Laws Governing Adoption and Child Protection in England

human life; as such, a legal shift in focus took place in order to provide them with more emphasis toward rights over and above pr...

Increased Crime Rate in England During the 19th Century

In eleven pages this paper considers the crime increase in England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the crime re...

Social Expectations Significance and Criminal Activity

handled around the world. A comparison between countries who boast of a low crime rate is particularly instructive. Japan is one...

1979's Sale of Goods Act and British Law

Goods Act 1979 requires goods sold by traders to be of satisfactory quality" (Anonymous Representation in the United Kingdom, 2002...

Mistakes in United Kingdom's Common Law

the case given that this is a matter of common mistake (McKendrick, 2000). In this case the agreement can be seen as fulfilling t...

Law, Austin, and Hart

Austin has built this particular theory into what he calls "positivism," which is defined as what the law is, or, in more legal te...

Spain, Crime, Employment and Education Benefits

growth. This is the case even under conditions where an educated individual must wait some time before obtaining work, which seems...

Forensics and Computer Crime

In eight pages computer forensic specialists are considered in a discussion of computer crime investigation that includes crime ty...

Evaluating the Fairness of Megan's Law

headline: "High-Risk Sex Offenders Identified: Post Reporter, 2 Ridge Residents on List" (Sheppard, 1997, p. 37). On July 7, Mei...

Mafia Crime Family the Genoveses

In ten pages the Genovese crime family is examined in terms of history, and organized crime activities. Sixteen sources are cited...

Canada and Crime

In five pages Canada's crime is examined in terms of types and includes discussion of such theories as crime ecology, differential...

Oscar Wilde and Incongruity

In five pages this paper examines Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Seville's Crime, Pen, Pencil, and Poison, Decay of Lying, and The Pict...

Massachusetts Program of Juvenile Courts and Crime Prevention Policy

amounted to youth prisons in the guise of "training" or "reform" schools, Massachusetts formulated the necessary policies for a sy...