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  • Justifications for Slavery

    Justifications for Slavery

    Justifications for Slavery God, in the Bible permits the owning of slaves and gives specific instructions for purchasing a slave (Exodus 21:1-4). According to the bible, humanity is allowed to own slaves. This provided the backbone for the popular conception of a racial-based slave system. In addition, the success of tobacco planting led to African Slavery being legalized in Virginia and Maryland. This became the foundation of the Southern agrarian economy. Although the number of

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Janna
  • Justine Blainey

    Justine Blainey

    The first legal issue here is that The Ontario Hockey Association has expressed gender discrimination towards Justine Blainey. The fact that she is a female has caused the OHA to deny her acceptance on the team, despite her talent and skills. Now the question arises, does the OHA have the right to create a policy that prohibits females? It is understood that the OHA is a private organization and that they are capable of creating

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    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Janna
  • Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis

    Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis

    Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis Although the current juvenile justice system in many states now closely resembles the adult criminal justice system, they remain two separate systems of justice, founded on different philosophies. Generally speaking, while the adult criminal justice system emphasizes the punishment of criminals, the juvenile justice system is based on the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders. In the early twentieth century, the Progressives began to perceive children in a new manner.

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Juvenile Court Proceedings

    Juvenile Court Proceedings

    . The juvenile justice system is an institution in society that is granted certain powers and responsibilities. It faces several different tasks, among the most important is maintaining order and preserving constitutional rights. The conflict arises when public expectation of order collides with the right of young people to be on the street. The police have a high level of contact with people under the age of 18. UCR data indicate that juveniles account for

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Vika
  • Juvenile Crime

    Juvenile Crime

    Remember doing something mischievous or wrong when you were a kid and getting the label "delinquent" slapped on you ? Did you ever wonder what it meant ? That is what my topic for today is . . . juvenile delinquency. In this report I will: define juvenile delinquency, give the extent of juvenile delinquency, give some suggestions on what causes juvenile delinquency, and what is being done in various communities to deal with this

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Jack
  • Juvenile Crimes

    Juvenile Crimes

    A juvenile is defined as not yet adult; young, childish, immature. In the United States, definitions and age limits of juveniles vary. The 16-20 year old age group has one of the highest incidences of serious crime (ojjdp.org). In 1994, juveniles accounted for 19% of all violent crime arrests in The United States. Although juvenile arrests for violent crimes declined 3% from 1994-1995 (the first decrease in almost ten years), the number of juvenile violent

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: regina
  • Juvenile Delinquency

    Juvenile Delinquency

    The study of juvenile delinquency has taken precedence over the investigation of adult crime. The most outstanding and significant researches have been made in the juvenile field. The greatest amount of expert social work and guidance has been applied to the treatment of young offenders. Moreover, it is now recognized that the beginnings of adult criminal careers have their sources in juvenile difficulties and behavior problems which have accumulated uncorrected from childhood and adolescence. As

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Juvenile Delinquency

    Juvenile Delinquency

    With the apparent rise in juvenile delinquency as stated in Juvenile crime: opposing viewpoints, (Bender & Leone, 1997, p.107), parents should be held accountable for the criminal actions of their children. However, under rare occasions, the delinquent, not the parent is completely responsible for their own actions. In most cases juveniles should be held accountable as an adult. Parents are the basis for the development of youth, and if all is not well in the

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    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: Artur
  • Juvenile Delinquency

    Juvenile Delinquency

    Juvenile delinquency is a complex social problem that significantly impacts all members and processes of a social structure. Delinquency refers to a set of behaviors that are not in line with the collective practices and/or ethics of the dominant social group. Essentially, these behaviors deviate from societal norms and more specifically they violate established criminal codes and laws. Juvenile delinquency incorporates not only general criminal activity but conduct that is only unlawful for youths such

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    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Top
  • Juvenile Delinquents

    Juvenile Delinquents

    As immediately as infancy, children express individual characteristics that can be considered aggressive. The child can be aggressive in the way it cries, the way it plays and the way it attains attention. Parents of children that have a hard time sleeping through the night, trouble accepting affection and/or difficulties with hyperactivity are often so stressed and bothered by these behaviors that they resort to negative reinforcement techniques in their parenting. Examples of this can

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Mike
  • Juvenile Justice

    Juvenile Justice

    Tony Chavira Abstract Summarize key points and specifically address the overall decrease in juvenile crime, the increase in drug offenses and the implication for juvenile females and minorities. Conclude with recommendations for the future. Since the beginning of time there has been crimes and criminal activity dealing with all types of Criminals. There has been much debate on how a criminal is created and much of that debate leads to juvenile delinquency. Juvenile delinquency tends

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Juvenile Justice

    Juvenile Justice

    Today's court system is left with many difficult decisions. One of the most controversial being whether to try juveniles as adults or not. With the number of children in adult prisons and jails rising rapidly, questions are being asked as to why children have been committing such heinous crimes and how will they be stopped. The fact of the matter is that it is not always the children's fault for their poor choices and actions;

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Mike
  • Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Theory

    Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Theory

    Juvenile Delinquent Suspect Tony C. Thompson James Walker 1503 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Theory American Intercontinental University   ABSTRACT The demography display that juvenile delinquency is soaring, even with excessive programs and specific services to regulate it. The exaggerated motives of juvenile delinquency are carefully though about. These cover poor home status, unsteady families that only consist of a mother, father and child, and families that treat their kids oppressively and negatively, as well

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    Submitted: January 22, 2016 By: bigdawgtony
  • Juvenile offenders: Race and Ethnicity

    Juvenile offenders: Race and Ethnicity

    Running head: JUVENILE OFFENDERS: RACE AND ETHNICITY Juvenile Offenders: Race and Ethnicity University of Phoenix Juvenile Offenders: Race and Ethnicity "Researchers have long observed differences in rates of serious juvenile and adult offending among ethnic and racial groups in the United States. These differences have prompted competing theoretical interpretations and public policy debates. However, conclusions about the racial differences in serious and violent juvenile offending have been reached primarily using individual-level data that, when used

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    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Artur
  • Juvineles Tried as Adult

    Juvineles Tried as Adult

    Since the beginning of time justice officials have been faced with a difficult decision should juvenile offenders be given smaller sentences because of their age. Today officials still are having trouble with this situation. Some experts believe some offender should be tried as adults , others believe no juvenile offenders should be tried as adults and some even think all should be tried as adults. My opinion Juvenile criminals the way all offenders should be

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Juvinile Justice

    Juvinile Justice

    Reclaiming Children and Youths Javiette Samuel & Woodie Hughes Jr. www.reclaimingjournal.com Summary written by : Brandy Ardon SWK 276 Washington . ________________ The journal that was chosen, “Promoting Positive Youth Development with Underserved Audiences,” was written by Javiette Samuel and Woodie Hughes Jr. located on the website, “reclaimingjournal.com’. The journal, “highlights opportunities for moving beyond the traditional focus of youth serving organizations to meet the needs of a changing population in an increasingly diverse society”

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    Submitted: April 3, 2015 By: Brandy Ardon
  • Kabuki Theatre

    Kabuki Theatre

    Kabuki Theatre in Japan Three characters referring to dance, music, and skill represent kabuki in the Japanese language. Kabuki is the traditional Japanese form of theatre. Tradition has it that kabuki was founded in 1603, in the Edo period, by a Shinto priestess named Okuni. Dressed like man, she and her troupe of mainly women performed dances and sketches on a stage set up in the riverbed of the Kamogawa River in Kyoto. Kabuki theatre,

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Janna
  • Kafka

    Kafka

    The works of Franz Kafka, especially his two stories Das Urteil (1913; The Judgment) and Die Verwandlung (1915; The Metamorphosis), owe much to Expressionism and are often considered in the context of that movement. But his writing is better understood as an early phase of experimental Modernism. Kafka's central concern, like that of other 20th-century Modernists, is the problematic nature of human subjectivity and the limitations of individual perception and knowledge. His striking narrative technique,

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Janna
  • Kama

    Kama

    IS HE THE TWO-TIMING TYPE? BY Lakshmi S. The feeling constantly haunts you. You know there is something going on, but are unable to figure out the cause for his rather strange behaviour in the recent past. However, you do not want to lose that most important ingredient in your marriage - trust. How then can you tell whether your guy is two-timing you? You don't require a detective's eye to discover infidelity. Here are

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball, Inc

    Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball, Inc

    Kansas City(KC) Zephyrs Baseball, Inc. Bill Ahern had a difficult judgment he had to make being an arbitrator in a dispute between the Owner-Player Committee and the Professional Baseball Players Association. The main issue Bill had to arbitrate was to resolve the profitability of the major league baseball teams. The players did scrutinize the owners' statements and felt that the owners were hiding profits through "accounting tricks" and these statements did not precisely reflect the

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: regina
  • Kant's Non-Consequential Theory

    Kant's Non-Consequential Theory

    Kant's non-consequential theory relies on precisely on the existence of a set of jointly accepted and acknowledged moral norms, ethical criteria that help a person make the right decision at the right time. Kant's entire ethical theory relies on the existence of deontological restrictions. These universal laws, as Kant sees them, allow us to function correctly in a society. Kant believes that a person's choices ought to have nothing to do with the preferred outcome,

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    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Kaori

    Kaori

    Kaori awoke and rubbed her eyes.Another weird dream.She didn't mind.They provided material for her writing.Dragging herself to the bathroom to get dressed for school,she noticed something.Somehing that hadn't been there when she fell asleep.Something she hadn't seen before.Something small,oval and dark,with a gleam of metal.Kaori leaned over the bed and picked it up from the table.An amulet...or pendant. It was large for a pendant.A stone of deep green,smooth and polished.A silver hoop for the chain

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Karachi Stock Exchange

    Karachi Stock Exchange

    The Karachi Stock Exchange or KSE is a stock exchange located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Founded in 1947, it is Pakistan's largest and oldest stock exchange, with many Pakistani as well as overseas listings. Its current premises are situated on Stock Exchange Road, in the heart of Karachi's Business District. The KSE is the biggest and most liquid exchange in Pakistan and in 2002 it was declared as the "Best Performing Stock Market of the

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Karate

    Karate

    Fighting Fighting, or kumite, is the freestyle use of moves one has learned. During this freestyle match, the students may use any technique they have learned in their training for either defensive or offensive purposes. Fighting is involved with probably only 30 % of skill the student has. However, this is a very important part of the whole. As mention earlier, katas help in perfecting the moves and the focus of executing them. On the

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Janna
  • Karl Marx

    Karl Marx

    Karl Marx was the creator of Marxism and a new type of economy and government. His ideas were appealing to the working class people and emphasized the community rather than the individual. His theories spawned communism and his ideas still remain in effect in some modern day countries. Marx's ideas originate from his experiences in Europe and his collaboration with Frederich Engels. In addition, Marx's work seems to be more of a criticism of Hegelian

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    Submitted: May 5, 2010 By: Anna
  • Karl Marx

    Karl Marx

    Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx was born into a middle-class home in Trier on the river Moselle in Germany on May 5, 1818. He came from a long line of rabbis on both sides of his family and his father had agreed to baptism as a Protestant so that he would not lose his job as one of the respected lawyers in Trier. At the age of seventeen, Marx enrolled in the Faculty of Law

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    Submitted: May 26, 2010 By: David
  • Karl Marx and His Main Ideas

    Karl Marx and His Main Ideas

    ALIENTATEDLABOUR As the production of a company increases, the workers sense of worth decreases. A political economy is supported by laws, land, wages and profits of labour without demonstrating their existence or connections. A laborer works for a wage that allows companies to produce a product that is then sold for a profit. Hence the laborer is a part of the process and becomes a commodity himself. The labour is objectified, and the worker is

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    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Janna
  • Kashmir - Causes and Effects of Wars

    Kashmir - Causes and Effects of Wars

    Our group topic: "Causes and Effects of Wars" provoked me to write about the threatening dispute of "Jammu and Kashmir" which has become more threatening after the nuclear capabilities of India and Pakistan. My main claim revolves around the theme that the burning dispute of Kashmir, between India and Pakistan can play a vital role in the emergence of third world war and can act as battle-field for a nuclear war. Due to geographical and

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Kasus L/c Fiktif Bank Bni

    Kasus L/c Fiktif Bank Bni

    I. Latar Belakang Kasus pembobolan Bank BNI menjadi isu yang mengejutkan masyarakat Indonesia di akhir tahun 2003, dimana Bank BNI mengalami kerugian sebesar Rp 1,7 triliun yang diduga terjadi karena adanya transaksi ekspor fiktif melalui surat Letter of Credit (disingkat L/C). Kasus ini menjadi fenomenal karena selain merugikan keuangan Bank BNI tetapi juga berimbas pada keuangan negara secara makro. A. Profil Singkat Bank BNI Bank BNI didirikan pada tahun 1946. Perusahaan publik ini mayoritas sahamnya

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Kathryn

    Kathryn

    " Laugh your heart out, dance in the rain, cherish the memories, ignore the pain. love and learn, forget and forgive, because remember you only have one life to live." -Anonymous During the past year I have learned three life lessons that have changed my life immensely. One is, life comes at you fast, and death could be around the next corner. Another, that someone i talk to once or twice, may never be around

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Tasha
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