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Three Strikes Law Criminal Justice System
1,771 wordsIn recent years the surge in the population of the world has brought about new areas of concern for sociologists and criminologists. With more and more people populated our nation there is greater need for government-regulated programs to adapt with the increase. One aspect of society that has had to rapidly adjust itself constantly is the Criminal Justice system. The growing population has put pressure on the criminal justice system to decide on a method of maintaining order. There are currentl...
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Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences
1,641 wordsMandatory minimum drug sentences should be eliminated. First and foremost the mandatory minimum punishment that is given does not fit the crime. Second of all, Judges can not sentence below a mandatory minimum unless the defendant provides substantial assistance. The final reason that they should be eliminated is because they have a more of an impact on minorities. These are only a few of the reasons why mandatory minimum drug sentences should be taken away. The policy has become a debated topic...
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Chemical Castration Birth Control
1,115 wordsWhat if our nation where to take a true no tolerance approach to sex offenders? What if the old adage the devil made me do it was no longer an excuse, thrown out along with I could not help it and I am sick, its not my fault? Whether it is due to media exposure, new community outrage aimed at the offender rather than the victim OR that our nation is truly going to hell in a hand basket, we are bombarded on a daily basis with shocking stories of children being molested, their innocence stolen, th...
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Violence Against Women Alcohol Abuse
1,817 words... womens victimization may inaccurately represent possible threatening or dangerous areas and therefore appears to be a shortcoming of these findings. Odds of victimization were found to be higher for those who have taken a self-defense class or take personal precaution by carrying some type of weapon. An explanation for this may be that these were the precaution measures taken after a woman had been abused. Women are more likely to become victimized by someone they know whereas men are most o...
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Understanding Sexual Addiction And Possible Treatments
1,804 wordsMen and women who have or exhibit excessive or unusual sexual urges or behaviors can be considered sex addicts. An example would be a man who sits at his computer and engages in Internet pornography, regardless of the fact that he is married and his marriage is suffering because of his activities. Another example would be a woman that engages in extra-marital affairs, knowing this could end her marriage and possibly result in her being infected with a sexually transmitted disease. These are just...
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Methods Of Execution Form Of Execution
1,806 wordsCapital punishment can be defined as the penalty of death for the commission of a crime. The death sentence has been a traditional form of justice through time. But time, trade and geography has altered its form. In many countries today, capital punishment is a fundamental part of criminal justice systems. The death sentence is a major way of ensuring respect and instilling fear in people. It was not until recent times that the punishment of death was reserved for murder and other major offences...
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Violent Criminal Interaction Ist
2,013 wordsDuring the late 1940 s, Sutherland (1947) advanced that explanations of crime and deviance are of either a situational or a dispositional nature. Additionally, he argued that of the two explanations, situational ones might be of the most importance. Hirschi & Gottfredson (1986) made a critical distinction in light of this issue, the distinction was between the terms crime and criminality. Crime, they proposed refers to events that presuppose a set of necessary conditions. Criminality on the ...
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Sexual Abuse Socio Political
1,142 wordsLiterature Review (1) The study The Social Construction of the Child Sex Offender Explored by Narrative by Helen Gavin, suggests that peoples attitude towards sexual offenders can be thought of within the context of artificially created social narrative. During the course of a study, 10 men and 10 women were being asked to describe their vision of what constitutes sexual offence and what do they subconsciously associate it with. The key variables of the qualitative report were: gender affiliatio...
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Rape Victims Aggravating Circumstances
1,842 words... system, thus being the major reason why very few rapists are punished, and to attract attention to the fact that die outcomes of forcible rape cases can be substantially changed by abolishing rules of law that are thought to foster such discrimination. Walker, J. , Archer, J. , & Davies, M. (2005). Effects of Rape on Men: A Descriptive Analysis. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 34, 69. The authors of the article examine the occurrence of male rape incidents outside of institutionalized settings ...
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Injured Person Product Liability
689 wordsTort A tort is basically defined as something that occurs when the individual, either deliberately or through his or her carelessness causes loss or harm to another individual, or to the individuals property. Although this definition leaves much room for the argument, it does little to define what tort is beyond this vague definition of causing harm or loss to somebody. Therefore, it is very important to embark upon this seemingly difficult task of defining tort by looking at the history and ety...
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Running Head Social Dimensions Of Crime
1,507 wordsRunning head: SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CRIME Social Dimensions of Crime March 29, 2009 Social Dimensions of Crime There are few major conclusions concerning the distribution of crime by race, gender, age and class. It is believed that individuals involvement in crime decreases with age, implying that younger persons are more likely to commit crimes. Also, there is an opinion that females are less often to offend irrespective of the age, as males are more aggressive by nature. There are also few sour...
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Prison Guards Drug Offenders
1,886 words... are experimenting with "re-entry courts" that oversee the process of reintegration. In these courts, conditions of supervision are openly agreed to and openly enforced. If a new crime is committed, all bets are off and the parolee is prosecuted for the new crime. But violations of the conditions of parole - the technical violations that now fill up the state's prisons - are handled more along the lines of drug courts, with appropriate support services, close judicial monitoring, graduated sa...
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Strengths And Weaknesses Prison Labor
1,233 wordsCorrections Population Why were these articles grouped together the way they were? That is, what do the articles have in common, and how do they inform each other? These articles were grouped together because they had the common thread of violence within the correctional system that is now a national concern. Penitentiary drew attention to the potential for death and destruction that lurks in every prison. It seems that the locus of control in many prisons shifted from correctional staff to viol...
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U S Department U S Supreme Court
1,695 wordsIn Atlanta, former President Jimmy Carter said, This ruling acknowledges the profound inconsistency in prohibiting those under 18 years of age from voting, serving in the military, or buying cigarettes, while allowing them to be sentenced to the ultimate punishment (U. S. Department of State, 2005) The death penalty will always be a subject that is debated nation and world wide. There will never be a compromise between the two parties involved in the argument. Within capital punishment, there ar...
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Juvenile Justice System State Of California
2,092 wordsJuveniles in the Court System Contemporary judicial system is becoming more and more concerned with juveniles committing serious crimes that violate the overall society's calmness. The American juvenile justice system was established over 100 years ago to alter the kids who were found guilty of minor crimes such as petty theft and truancy. Nowadays, crimes of violence committed by juveniles are overwhelming the system. Stealing and skipping school have been replaced by violent crimes, such as ra...
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Type Of Message Illegal Drugs
2,701 wordsHow campus notices achieve their communicative purpose Every University in Great Britain just like any other educatory place in the world is a place where people communicate with each other sharing knowledge in the form of opinions, thoughts, and ideas. On the other hand these sources of information can be distributed among the inhabitants of such system via visual, audio or tactile channels. It is a well known fact that in order for a message of any kind to leave a trace in somebody's mind, it ...
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Young Offenders Act Youth Criminals
1,202 wordsDont Fix What Is Not Broken Recent highly publicized murders and other crimes across Canada have resulted in a rally of people calling for harsher punishments for young offenders. Political parties and victims groups lead the parade. But harsher punishment such as longer sentences, restricted or no parole and a return to capital punishment will not lead to a reduction in crime. The Young Offenders Act recognizes the maturity and understanding differences between youths and adults. Rehabilitation...
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Juvenile Justice System Officer
3,395 wordsIn today? s society, a troubled teenager or mischievous adolescent is labeled a juvenile delinquent. Yet the current definition of a juvenile is based solely upon, most of the times, on stereotypes. A delinquent may be a troublesome teenager with complicated problems at home, school, or with friends. He may have extreme physical and / or emotional needs, or he may just be a child who committed a simple mistake. ? Was he unlucky to get caught doing something foolish? Did he run away from home bec...
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Mandatory Minimum Sentences Mandatory Minimums
1,044 wordsPrisoners of War: Fighting Back Against Mandatory Minimum Sentences Jess Brock Prisoner number 59817 - 079, Zulima Buitrago. She was charged and convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, even though she wasnt in possession of any drugs or money. While out at the movies with her children, a friend of hers conducted a drug deal in her garage. When he got busted, in order to avoid a life sentence, he claimed that Zulima was involved in the drug deal as well. At the time of her arrest, Zulima w...
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Form Of Punishment Violent Offenders
1,124 wordsPrison Prison Alternatives Prison Alternatives Prison inmates, are some of the most dysfunctional people in society. Most of the inmates have had too little discipline or too much, come from broken homes, and have no self-esteem. They are very insecure and are at war with themselves as well as with society. Most inmates did not learn moral values or to follow everyday norms as they were brought up in society. Take a group of people, strip them of possessions and privacy, expose them to constant ...
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