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  • Cries for Justice

    Cries for Justice

    Cries for Justice Much can be said about the famous civil rights movement of America. To its ongoing struggles and fights against segregation, to its breathtaking heroes of Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Moes Wright, Malcolm X and many more. According to Professor Fields, “A social movement is a sustained interaction between people with power and people without power” (Lecture 04/06/06). There are six elements to the anatomy of social movements, but the two most

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment Capital punishment can be consider for some people as the fair retribution for terrible crimes, while others will consider it as a premeditated murder and the failure of civilization. The controversy on this issue gets stronger every time that horrible crimes are committed. In these cases significant community’s support is shown in favor of death penalty, but when the public concern about such severe crimes decreases, people’s attitudes toward this issue tend change

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    Submitted: December 14, 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
  • A Journalistic Pioneer and Feminist

    A Journalistic Pioneer and Feminist

    A Journalistic Pioneer and Feminist Today, rights seem to be nearly equal among men and women. They were not always like this. In fact if all the brave people in the history had not taken the stands they did, the rights many people view as something we were born with may not have been even fathomable in today’s society. There are still large numbers of people who have racist and sexist views, thus limiting certain

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Janna
  • Sociological Concept of Races, Interracial Relations and Punishment Theories

    Sociological Concept of Races, Interracial Relations and Punishment Theories

    Part One: Sociological Concept of Races, Interracial Relations and Punishment Theories The majority of the countries in the world comprises of different racial, ethnical and minority groups. The relations between these various groups significantly influence the stability of the country. Therefore, the group interactions are to the great concern of the sociologists. To evaluate the relations properly, it is important to understand the term race, ethnicity and minority first and be able to distinguish between

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Abolition of Capital Punishment

    Abolition of Capital Punishment

    Abstract This paper examines the arguments for and against capital punishment. This examination shows how capital punishment conflicts with the principals it is trying to protect. The paper explains the reasons why the practice of capital punishment should be abolished in the U.S. Abolition of Capital Punishment Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the sentence passed in a court of law where the life of a person found guilty of a heinous

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    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Janna
  • Capital Punishment in America

    Capital Punishment in America

    Capital Punishment in America Capital punishment or the death penalty as it is commonly termed is of all the penal practices, the most controversial. This is not at all surprising, concerning the fact that it involves taking a human life. Because it is the most severe of all sentences, there have been countless efforts to abolish the death penalty, and these efforts have proved effective in most of the industrialized nations, with the exception of

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    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Edward
  • Crime Control Section 2

    Crime Control Section 2

    crime control vs due process Crime control and due process are two different ideal types of criminal justice. One could say they are extremes on a continuum. The role of crime control is to get the criminal off the street and to protect the innocent. The due process model of criminal justice is like an obstacle course, you have to keep going through legal obstacles to ensure in the end you convict the right person.

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    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: Edward
  • Critically Discuss the Contribution of a Theoretial Tradition to the Understaning F Crime

    Critically Discuss the Contribution of a Theoretial Tradition to the Understaning F Crime

    Critically discuss the contribution of one of the following theoretical traditions to our understanding of crime: 1. Radical Criminology, 2. Interactionism&Labelling theory, 3. Sub-Cultural Theory. What is crime? According to Pease (1994) ‘Crime comprises those actions which are deemed so damaging to the interests of the community, that the state determines that it must take a direct role in identifying and acting against the criminal. ’ This definition of crime is rather simplistic and defines

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    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: Monika
  • The Spanking Issue: The Ethical Dilemma of Corporal Punishment

    The Spanking Issue: The Ethical Dilemma of Corporal Punishment

    The Spanking Issue: The Ethical Dilemma of Corporal Punishment This issue of corporal punishment is a current issue that many people have on their minds. The issue strikes an emotional chord for many whom were or were not punished by spanking during their own childhoods. The issue generally focuses on the effect that spanking or other discipline methods will have on children. I will specifically be exploring the question: is it ever appropriate to

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Film Crime

    Film Crime

    Film genres are categories, classifications or groups of films that have a similar, familiar or instantly recognizable patterns, techniques or conventions that include one or more of the following: setting, content, themes, plot, motifs, styles, structures, situations, characters, and stars (filmsite.org and notes). There are many categories of film genre. These categories can cover practically any film ever made by man, although film categories can never be precise. By isolating the various elements in a

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Corporal Punishment: Helping or Hurting Your Child?

    Corporal Punishment: Helping or Hurting Your Child?

    Corporal Punishment: Helping or Hurting Your Child? Child abuse! Spankings! Discipline! Beating! People have different thoughts when they hear the words corporal punishment. There is a fine line between corporal punishment, disciplining your child out of love, and child abuse, beating your child out of anger. I believe that physical discipline is needed when children continuously misbehave, as long as parents and authorities don’t cross the line. Three reasons I believe corporal punishment is an

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    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment Capital Punishment is a debate that has been argued for a very long time. Since the beginning of human interaction crimes have been committed. There are several different levels in which crimes take place. For instance, some crimes are considered minor and require very little punishment. This level of crime is called a misdemeanor. An example of a misdemeanor would be a speeding ticket. The next level of crime is called a felony.

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    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Criminal Justice System

    Criminal Justice System

    As long as criminal activity exists within the world, there will be a demand from society to control and alleviate it. As Tonry & Morris (1984) state, the early work of Sir John Peel towards the end of the nineteenth century regarding policing, is merely a distant reminder of what early societal protection was like. Since then, many dramatic changes have occurred within both the structure and the purpose of the police force, providing the

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    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Edward
  • What Is Law and Justice?

    What Is Law and Justice?

    The history of law and justice is the history of civilization, and law itself is only the blessed tie that binds human society together. Our ancestors had no idea of redress beyond vengeance, or of justice beyond only individual reprisal. The law, like everything we do and like everything we say, is a heritage from the past. We just follow in their footsteps and carry on with it, and keep it in today's society, only

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    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Feminist Theory

    Feminist Theory

    The Rosa Parks story has a lot in common with the Feminist Theory. The movie takes place in back in the 1950s when segregation of buses was a problem. It was also uncommon to see women or wife with children working. Many felt the women’s place was at home caring for her children or doing housework. Many religious folk at that time felt Gods will for the wife was ion the home. Rosa came from

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    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Bred
  • A General Theory of Crime

    A General Theory of Crime

    A General Theory of Crime (Michael R. Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi) Term Paper Soc 203 Prof. Ortiz 12th December 2002 Crime is a serious issue in the United States and research shows that it is running rampant, and its effects are felt in all socioeconomic levels. Each economic class has its own crime rates and types of crime. It is a mistake to think of crime as a lower class problem. Crime is a

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    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Elizabethan Torture and Punishment

    Elizabethan Torture and Punishment

    There are many characters in the book The Outsiders, most of them fall into two categories. They are either greasers, who are generally poor and live unkempt lifestyles, or socs, who live more opulent lifestyles. Of all the characters in the book a few really stood out. The first character, Ponyboy, is a greaser. Ponyboy was bereft of his parents at a young age. Ponyboy is pliable to what his friends have to say because

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    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Victor
  • Corporal Punishment

    Corporal Punishment

    "The fundamental need of American education is to find ways of engaging today's children in the thrill of learning. Fear of pain has no place in that process." - The Christian Science Monitor. Because Ms. Peсa and I are in compliance with this statement, we have decided to bring to the attention of the community, the corporal punishment of Sinton High School. There are many effective ways of properly punishing a disobedient student, but

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    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Mike
  • Crimes Against Humanity Paper

    Crimes Against Humanity Paper

    Crimes against Humanity Paper War is something that has ravaged the world for centuries. It is a fight for power and land that has very tragic outcomes of death. It can be dated back to the infamous wars of the Roman Empire. It ravaged Europe with wars between kingdoms. The most tragic of all I feel is World War II. The Nazi party gained control and ravaged Europe for power. The most tragic part was

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Jack
  • Gangs, Violence, and Crime

    Gangs, Violence, and Crime

    Gangs, Violence, and Crime The origin of gangs in the United States dates back as early as the late eighteenth century (Lewis, 1). They thrived in large cities during the Industrial Era due to the immigration and population shifts of the era, which brought a rush of poor people living in poor conditions. Gangs become more regular when such factors as new immigration, poor living conditions, and greater availability of addictive drugs are present. Criminal

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Capital Punishment - an Extreme Punishment for Criminals

    Capital Punishment - an Extreme Punishment for Criminals

    Capital Punishment For years capital punishment has been viewed as an extreme punishment for criminals and because of this many nations have been reluctant to adopt it. Of course we view capital punishment as an extreme punishment and it isn’t something that the judicial system takes lightly. The death penalty is only used when there is enough evidence brought to a case in order to judge the plaintiff guilt beyond any reasonable doubt; no room

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: David
  • Due Process Vs. Crime Control

    Due Process Vs. Crime Control

    The criminal justice system in the United States has traditionally operated under two fundamentally different theories. One theory is the Crime Control Model. This theory is characterized by the idea that criminals should be aggressively pursued and crimes aggressively punished. The other theory is the Due Process Model. This theory is characterized by the idea that the rights of the accused need to be carefully protected in any criminal justice investigation. (Levy, 1999) The Due

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Capital Punishment - History

    Capital Punishment - History

    Capital Punishment - History Capital Punishment - History There have been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion, gun control, but capital punishment has been one of the most contested issues in recent decades. Capital punishment is the legal infliction of the death penalty on persons convicted of a crime. It is not intended to inflict any physical pain or any torture; it is only another form of punishment. It

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • White Collar Crime

    White Collar Crime

    White collar crime has been present for many years. It may have been over looked, but it still was present even in the twentieth century. White collar crime can be defined as nonviolent, illegal activities that principally involve traditional notions of deceit, deception, concealment, manipulation, breach of trust, subterfuge or illegal circumvention. White collar crime is a broad category containing many different types of offenses. Even things such as music piracy seem to fit this

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Steve

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