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Prison Overcrowding Violent Crimes
1,356 wordsPrisons in the United States are overcrowded. The incarceration rate in the United States is the highest in the world. There are more than one million people in the United States that are in a correctional facility. The causes for overcrowding include little attention given to social problems, glorification of violence, an epidemic of drug abuse, and mandatory sentencing guidelines. The average cost to house a prisoner in a correctional facility is approximately $ 25, 000 per year. There is also...
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Criminal Justice System Violent Crimes
359 wordsChivalry Hypothesis refers to a theoretical explanation for the fact that there is very low involvement of females in the entire criminal justice system. The concept of chivalry finds its origin in the Middle Ages when the knights reflected chivalry towards the women. They had a protective nature towards the women. Some part of the chivalrous behaviour such as opening the doors for the women and giving the open seats in the public transport to the women still find existence in the modern day. To...
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Antisocial Personality Disorder American Psychiatric Association
2,566 wordsAntisocial Personality Disorder Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) is perhaps the most frightening of all personality disorders, as well as one of the most difficult to diagnose. Personality disorders in general are defined as inflexible, maladaptive, personality traits that cause personal distress or an inability to get along with others. APD specifically is characterized by deceitfulness, lack of regret or remorse over actions, impulsiveness, aggression towards others or animals, irresponsi...
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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 Stealing and skipping school have been replaced by violent crimes, such as ra...
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Gun Control Laws Anti Gun Control
1,303 wordsAI say all guns are good guns. There are no bad guns. I say the whole nation should be an armed nation. Period. @ This rather bold statement was made by Joseph Foss. Former Governor Joseph Foss, a former fighter pilot for the US Air Force, is the current President of the NRA, or National Rifle Association (Lacayo 16). The NRA is a special interest group known by many. Its members are stereotyped to be a group of truck-driving = , pompous, huntsmen. Indeed this is partially true, as 97 % of all N...
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