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Death Penalty Debate

justice seems to supercede mercy (Budziszewski 39). This author, who is a Professor of Government and Philosophy at the University...

Support for the Death Penalty

topic has led noted criminologists to conclude that "...executions have no discernible effect on homicide rates" (Goertzel). There...

Crime Deterrence and the Effectiveness of Capital Punishment

In five pages this paper examines the deterrence effectiveness of capital punishment and also considers any minority population im...

Capital Punishment Does Not Effectively Deter Crime

This paper consists of five pages and argues that the death penalty does not effectively deter criminal acts. Eight sources are c...

C.S. Lewis and Karl Menninger on How Criminals Should be Properly Punished

In nine pages this paper contrasts and compares 'The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment' by C.S. Lewis and 'The Crime of Punishment...

Punishment for Crime in the U.S. China, Germany, and Israel

Israels rehabilitative methods, a turn toward changing attitudes fostered in great part by public opinion and public policy. Whil...

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

the legislation enacted with regard to punishment is concerned with the method used, not with the fact that an individual is being...

A Criminology Overview

(Henry and Lanier 2). The field itself is a branch of social science, in which criminologists endeavor to better understand crime...

Classical/Choice Theory and the Death Penalty

this implies that if an individual has been convicted of murdering another human being, then the death of that person is justified...

19th Century Boston, Crime, and Punishment

in ideology about punishment, there is often changes in types of crimes committed. The most common reason for arrests in the 1800...

Criminal Sentencing

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

Motivation of Raskolnikov's in Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment

In 5 pages this paper examines what motivated Raskolnikov's 'crime' in Crime and Punishment. There is 1 source cited in the bibli...

Crime, Punishment, and Jesus of Nazareth

In four pages this essay examines whether or not Jesus did in fact commit any crimes within the context of the Roman system of law...

The Physical Realm According to Rene Descartes

examine carefully Descartes famous "cogito ergo sum" statement, which was the original Latin for "I think, therefore I exist" - or...

Managing Working Capital

of the cycle is arbitrary and is defined according to the assessment needs of the organization. It can be assessed in terms of a ...

Crime and Hate

the curtailment of hate speech would be beneficial to such a goal. And indeed, such a solution sounds simple enough : Point an ac...

England's Crime and Crime and Punishment from 1800 to 1850

times when social change occurred (Emsley , 1987). In many ways the examination of the way those who are accused of committing cri...

Cyber Crime Task Forces - The Reality

common response was the development of a task force. For instance, the sudden influx of narcotics into an area and a rise in narco...

Interest Rates and Capital Question

rates. However, companies within the domestic economy may seek to take their borrowing requirements elsewhere, where there are lo...

Capital Structure of Ohio Casualty Corp

million1 this is made up of $4,336.7 debt and $1,426.4 in equity. This means that 77.3% of the company capital is debt and only 22...

Procedure and Criminal Law VI

association and its code of ethics to provide the best service possible for all clients. The attorney cannot reject a potential a...

Death Penalty Supporting Argument

In seven pages an argument that supports the death penalty as justified punishment in terms of retribution, deterrence, and infall...

Detailed Examination of Serial Killing

This paper consists of fifteen pages and consider 5 criteria including public crime perspective, crime data, crime as treated acad...

Change of Heart by John Slattery

In seven pages this paper examines the issue of capital punishment and presents an argument strongly opposing it with mention of w...

Sister Helen Prejean's Dead Man Walking

In four pages the book chronicling a nun's interactions with a Death Row inmate is critically reviewed along with the inclusion of...

Capital Punishment and the Case of Sacco and Vanzetti

In six pages this paper discusses whether or not Sacco and Vanzetti were guilty of the anarchist affiliation for which they receiv...

Petitioner Argument in Gregg v. Georgia U.S. Supreme Court Case

In eight pages this moot court debate features a petitioner argument for this case regarding the capital punishment statute in the...

Capital Punishment and Juveniles

In nine pages political, social, and economic issues are considered in this discussion of juvenile offenders and capital punishmen...

History of Capital Punishment

In ten pages this paper examines capital punishment in an overview that includes its history, public opinion, and the ongoing cont...

A Capital Punishment Overview

This paper discusses the death penalty or capital punishment in ten pages and considers the issue within historical and contempora...