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Justice for All or Just for Some?

and 1.2% of non-Hispanic whites. This paper examines some of the factors that may account for the disproportional representation o...

Sensationalism vs Factual Reporting of White Collar Crime

The way that we regard crime in our society can be affected tremendously by the media. Laws are written and enforced,...

High School Graduation Rates and Implications for Cultural Concerns in the United States, China, and South Africa

Abstract: High school dropout rates remain a vital concern in many parts of the world. This is by no means a problem confined to...

U.S. and Making the Use of Handguns Completely Illegal

to alter its passive stance and act to preserve the lives of the citizens it is sworn to protect. Handguns cannot be controlled; ...

Overview of Homelessness, Families, and Children

for homelessness is poverty and this generally affects families in their ability to obtain affordable housing and maintain suffici...

Mideast State Classifications

Iraq alone stands as an example of the concept. Reminiscent of the manner in which Fidel Castro claimed control of Cuba so ...

U.S. and the Rights of States

about. The issue of state power versus central power has been significant throughout American history, but was most significant d...

Special Education and Gender Bias

and the majority of attention deficit disorders (1998). Delayed speech, dyslexia, stuttering, and learning disabilities as well as...

Overview of Unsolved Crimes

overwhelming. In chapter two of "Criminal Justice Today : An Introductory Text for the Twenty-First Century" Schmalleger discusse...

America, Alabama, and Domestic Violence

In twenty three pages U.S. legislation regarding domestic violence is examined at federal and Alabama state levels with a consider...

Primary Elections and Individual States

In ten pages this paper examines primary elections and individual states are examined in terms of various styles with 1998 governo...

Compare and Contrast Beloved by Toni Morrison and Silko by Leslie Marmon Ceremony

This 10 page paper compares and contrasts the novel Beloved by African- American author Toni Morrison and Ceremony, by Native Amer...

Laws for Sex Offenses

(not conducted by individuals who have designed treatment programs), differ enormously, but even so, they still offer no evidence ...

State of Israel

In four pages this history of the Israeli state since its 1948 creation is examined with demograhics, statistics, conflicts, probl...

Illegal Immigration and U.S. Economy

to go on welfare, as many anti-immigration politicians and activists would claim. For many years federal officials have attempte...

Arguing Against New Jersey Gun Control Laws

In five pages this paper cites several statistics and cases in this argument which opposes gun control legislation for the state o...

Plato and Confucius on the State and Society

In eleven pages this research paper contrasts and compares Plato's and Confucius's perceptions on the ruling state and society wit...

Domestic Market Challenges of GM

2002 (General Motors, 2003). Car sales declined by 6 percent and truck sales declined by 8 percent as compared to October 2002 sal...

U.S. Immigration

poverty among immigrants who have been in the country less than ten years was 34.0 percent in 1994 and 22.4 percent in 2000; the r...

Income Comparison Descriptive Statistics

a few minutes. Selection of the sample asked to complete the long form is performed by the Census Bureau. In past censuses...

Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment

figures, the darkness, can easily represent the turmoil within Raskolnikov. His thoughts and plans are dark and frightening, espec...

What is Organized Crime?

house and steal, or mug someone on the street, in order to get money to get more drugs. This is not organized and is ultimately ve...

Organized Crime

the society was used to having it and thus would not simply sit quite while it was illegal. But, Prohibition is a good example of ...

Lesson Plans/NY Standards/Science

The column for "L" what the students have learned is left blank and filled in as the week progresses. Lesson 2 involves begins w...

A Community Health Issue in Kentucky/Smoking Cessation

Orem defines a "self-care deficit" as when a clients condition or injury prohibits that individuals ability to meet the requiremen...

Opposition To Drunk Driving

or being victim to - an automobile accident, particularly when such a catastrophe is caused by a drunk driver. Not only does it i...

Bipolar Disorder

the brain has long been thought to be the cause, but researchers at Washington University have discovered possible structural abno...

Arson in New Jersey: A County Analysis

Arson is not handled typically in any jurisdiction. Sometimes, firefighters will be involved where in some jurisdictions, police s...

Opinions on Poverty as the Cause of Crime

that he has no good answer for it. The students response to these two essays is also likely to depend on where he or she is on th...

Student Supplied Case Study on Probability

will give us a 1 in 12 million chance. However we need to look at this in order to consider how correct it is. Here we can look at...