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1992 L.A. Riots and the Impact of Socioeconomics

makes South Central Los Angeles such a great place in which to examine whether pluralism is always a valid explanation of "who gov...

Scene Analysis of Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

In five pages the Harlem Riots and Battle Royale scenes featured in Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison are analyzed in a discussion of...

July 1863 NY Draft Riots

immigrated to America during the potato famine of the 1840s (Man, 1951). They found employment as dock laborers and longshoremen ...

Background Overview of the 1965 Watts Riots

reasons for the riots can be traced all the way to the 1940s, when Black G.I.s returned from World War II expecting thanks and pra...

1935's Harlem Riot

to study all the factors which led to the riot which eventually led to the introduction of several new health care and housing pro...

Twilight Los Angeles 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith

in her introduction (xvii-xxvi). During Smiths interviews, she found it interesting that the perception of the Rodney King beating...

New York and the Presence of African Americans

Railroad Station (Soul of America, 2002). The Abyssinian Baptist Church was founded in 1808 as a result of segregation in a white...

Social Concerns in Latin American Colonial Times

remained the same as the wealthy white merchants and elite maintained control of the economic monopoly. Neighborhoods were not onl...

Los Angeles Riots of 1992

In five pages this paper examines the LA riots that occurred during the spring of 1992 from the perspectives of Kyeyoung Park, a s...

Government Perspectives

In six pages this research paper considers Reinventing Government by Osborne and Gaebler in a discussion of a government model as ...

1991's Crown Heights Riots in Brooklyn, NY

Not only was Cato killed, but the accident also hurt and actually critically injured his seven year old cousin Angela (1991). It...

Death in a Promised Land

At the same time, in the early 20s, "opportunities for young black men in Tulsa...were severely circumscribed, regardless of educa...

Effectively Addressing Ferguson and the Michael Brown Shooting

This paper argues that students have just concerns about the shooting and the riots, concerns that should rightfully be addressed ...

On Our Own

This essay offers a brief report on the first five chapters in a book entitled, On Our Own. America in the Sixties. It takes the r...

Recalling the 1960s and 1970s Riots

so peacefully. Quotes such as "We shall win by love" were cited (70). The article emphasized the peaceful and cooperative nature ...

William Ivy Hair's Carnival of Fury Robert Charles and the New Orleans Race Riot of 1900

about his troubled time and place" (Hair, 1986; 3). In this we see that Hair simply seems to desire to convey to the reader a hist...

Scared Straight

other programs are designed to be more educational with interactive discussions between the inmates and the youth" (Schembri, 2006...

Plea Bargaining: Unfair Advantage For Criminals

perpetrator to go free without any legal recourse speaks to the need for another option whereby the alleged criminal serves time, ...

American Criminal Justice System: Three Important Issues

that are sent to them by the courts" (Jerin, 2004). What serves as a viable alternative, however, is highly suspect to being infl...

Historical Development of Prisons

accompanying technological advancement changed society to such an extent that people felt they had no guidelines for how to behave...

Prison: Keep Them Public Or Make Them Private?

wherewithal to actually decrease prison populations while at the same time increase community safety is found in the way public fa...

Circular Flow of Goods; A Case Study

sector in the form of assets and labor which provides the revenue which supports the consumption of households (Scott and Derrick,...

Behind a Convict’s Eyes/Prison Life

sums up this code very well: Even if you do not feel tough enough to cope, act as if you are. Suffer in silence. Never admit you a...

Sentencing and Armed Robbery

sentences imposed throughout the U.S., data from the Department of Justice indicates that recidivism rates are extremely high, as ...

A Typical Day In Prison

after which he cleans the room, which is his "job," apparently, in the prison (Myers, 2007). After that, he goes to the exercise r...

The Effectiveness of Prison Counselors

13 counseling teams, comprised of a "psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, nurse and secretary" (Younkman, 2003). Each team h...

Wrongful Imprisonment in Colorado

under the Constitution as well as the U.S. Code. In Colorado, however, false imprisonment may be a misdemeanor or a felony, depen...

Aboriginal Women in Australian Prisons

2008). When aboriginal women are imprisoned their families are left even more dysfunctional than before. Furthermore, reg...

Poor Decisions by African Americans

remain marginalized; when it comes to choice, few believe they have any options at all (Street, 2007). Street notes that whites, a...

Swedish and American Prison Systems

them locked up securely; however, they also note there is a need "to stick with our philosophy of humanization" (Alvarez, 2005). T...