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In eight pages death row inmates and issues of their innocence are incorporated in a discussion of the death penalty in terms of i...

souls of "the violent against themselves" (1194). To arrive at their destination, Dante and Virgil must travel across a "river of...

adult arrests, which was only 33 percent for this period (Snyder, 2003). The juvenile population of the US in 2001 was 78 percen...

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

In six pages this research paper discusses juvenile status offender penalties and how probation could solve the problems associate...

Juveniles are responsible for an astounding percentage of the crime in this country. Even more disturbing is the degree of violen...

gets into trouble in the future, however, they are subject to sentencing as an adult (Montagne, 2000). There are certain ...

In 1899, the first juvenile court case was heard in Chicago as authorized by the Illinois Juvenile Court Act (Penn, 2001). The ju...

is trying to help and the psychologist. Social learning theories : The social learning approach to explaining juvenile delinque...

gang activity in Los Angeles is to realize how gang mentality universally displayed in this racially and ethnically homogeneous su...

of the frequency of their transgressions, as opposed to seriousness, it is also true that only certain types of juveniles are like...

2007).by the year of 1996 there were ten states that had juvenile boot camps (Schnurer; Lyons, 2007). The states were "Alabama, Ca...

not career criminals. While the label does have a negative connotation, it is not the same as calling someone a murderer or a thie...

publications. Statistics, however, are not the most important thing when we are considering how to treat the problem. A prerequi...

A 12 page paper which discusses how and why the death penalty is obsolete and useless. Bibliography lists 10 sources....

all those "red blooded Americans" who have the "love it or leave it" mindset, it might be useful to point out that this list conta...

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

is, if someone commits a heinous crime, they deserve a similar fate. The death penalty is sometimes not nearly as harsh as the cri...

social engineering. Judging from the rampant crime rate that afflicts our nation today, however, additional criminal law is very ...

penalty. It may be argued this is a nature or a nurture difference or may be explained by another factor however whatever the rea...

used (The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney, 2007). In relationship to Oklahoma there was a bill which was passed, "writte...

The evolution of punishment strategy has gone hand in hand with the evolution of society as a whole. Harris (1996), for example, ...

(Marquand, 1997, p. 1). Dennis Pigman, a minister of the Assembly of God and a former chaplain on the Arkansas death row, believes...

death penalty to be Constitutional (White, 2006). It is interesting to note that many nations around the world, democratic...

foremost and absolutely critical to the success of any community cohesiveness; oftentimes just the presence of too many patrol off...

prior to its implementation. The crime must have been extremely egregious to warrant the ultimate penalty. An important point is...

be the case. This is because they want justice for their loved one. They do not want to see a murderer enjoy even another hour of ...

was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly establish [sic] federal law as determined by the Supreme Cour...

actions if they involve pedophilia, rape or murder. The families of murder victims often wait for a verdict of death and believe t...

generally perceived as a human rights violation (Grant 1998). During the last decade, however, there has been a growing internatio...