Juvenile crime does not only affect the individuals who commit the crime; it also affects the victim of the crime. ... One of the major causes of juvenile crimes is violence in the home. ... Another reason for juvenile crime is media violence. ... Focusing on the child at its early age can reduce juvenile crime. Also, giving the offender the appropriate punishment along with the rehabilitation services needed to encourage former criminals can help lead productive lives. ...

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All the gun control laws are not about preventing crime. Law abiding citizens who are armed will prevent crime. ... They do not stop crime while it is happening. ... Predominantly guns of crime are used by gang members. ... Armed citizens pose a risk of punishment to criminals - perhaps more so than does the criminal justice system. ...

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Money should be invested in education and care more than in prisons in order to prevent crime. ... Long before Jonesboro, the governors of California and New Mexico appealed in the name of victims for juvenile crime for laws to lower their state's execution ages to 14 and 13 respectively. ... They add: "Is being two years in a Juvenile Centre enough punishment for a fourteen year-old murderer? ... Second, the UK's "age of responsibility", the age at which a child's crime can be treated as other than a juvenile offence is ten. ... It seems to me that rehabilitation carried out b...

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Just because a person watches a movie, it does not mean the creator can be held responsible for a crime someone tries to copycat. People are driven to violent crimes for a number of reasons, not just because of a violent flick. ... People will commit crimes whether or not they watch two hours of the most gruesome pictures. ... Filmmakers create films solely for the entertainment of the public, not to coerce people into committing violent crimes. ... People old enough to realize the consequence of their actions are old enough to receive the punishment. ...

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Kids don't really look at the consequences they"ll get if they commit a heinous crime such as murder. ... Many teens see violence on TV, and are influenced by that, what they don't see is the consequences that the person will get in if they commit the violent crimes. ... Teens see actors get away with murders and all kinds of illegal crimes. ... Most of them think they"re going to walk free with no punishment for murder, because the actors on TV get away with murder. ... Many teens think they are untouchable, no one can get them in trouble because they saw it on TV so that makes i...

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Many women believed that they deserved to be hit, they did something wrong and they needed physical punishment. ... Domestic violence is the most under reported crime in the country, with the actual incidence 10 times higher than is reported. ...

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Crime and Punishment are two chief factors of life and it is a chief theme in the book. ... Tracey says in a letter "There is life after death" This is showing the readers that people can still lead normal crime free lives. ... However once the truth came out that she was an inmate in a detention centre that was when their friendship began to grow, although she was not completely honest with Mandy as she wouldn't tell her what crime she had committed their friendship would not have developed to that level if Mandy had not found out who she really was and as a consequence the book would no...

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It is very well described in Lear's speeches when his madness begins to make him see things clearer: "You commit crimes and call them the law! (III.ii.92) Your law always does more harm than crime, and your morality is a form of violence" (III.iii.99). ... Indeed, Bond also wants to show that there is no need for great punishment and control because according to him, there is no need of aggressivity in human nature. ...

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Throughout the ten-year long civil war, hundreds and thousands of women and girls were subject to widespread sexual violence in Sierra Leone. This means around 215,000 to 257,000 women and girls may have been subjected to such violence during this time. ("We'll Kill You If You Cry " p.25). Nicholas ...

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Millions of children worldwide are affected by armed conflict. They are confronted with physical harm, violence, danger, exploitation, fear and loss. Many children are forced to escape, some witness the death of loved one and some are forced to pull the trigger themselves. Communities are ripped apa...

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For decades, people have engaged in wars as a motive to bring about peace. However it has proven to do nothing but disturb and hurt the lives of millions of civilians around the world. It is an unjust and necessary evil into our society. Civil wars exist to end disputes over land, over throw religio...

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