Racism is defined in the Encyclopedia Britannica's dictionary as a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and those racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. ... Murder is defined in the Encyclopedia Britannica's dictionary as the crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with malice aforethought. ...
According to the dictionary, crime is defined as "an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law.... " This is according to the dictionary "the standard of evidence required to validate a criminal conviction in most adversarial legal systems. ...
The dictionary describes determinism as the doctrine that everything is entirely determined by a sequence of causes; the doctrine that one's choice of action is not free, but is determined by a sequence of causes independent of his will. ...
The word justice is described in the dictionary as "a being righteous; fairness" and to bring to justice is stated as "to treat fitly or fairly". Is our juvenile justice system just? According to the definition it is not. It is not fair or righteous to treat juveniles as adults. Today we live in...
Long Nguyen CRJ Professor Mumma 07 December 2012 Prison Corruption Each year, California alone continues to have an increasing amount of criminals and violent offenders overcrowding the prison system. Prison is a place where people have illegally committed as a punishment for crime they have com...
Educating Convicts By Gregory Manwelyan EN-101 11/28/02 Shortly after reading in Rereading America, "Learning to Read", an essay by Malcolm X, I had wondered what other forms of educations lay behind prison gates. Malcolm X never made it past the eighth grade, yet after a stay i...
Prison has never been an effective measure of crime control. According to the Oxford dictionary, prison is defined as "A building to which people are legally committed as a punishment for a crime or while awaiting trial." This definition displays in clear view the problem society has with the reason...
Is it Just, or just another way to bend the rules? Is capital punishment just? The death penalty is a controversial issue for most people. Supporter's claim that it eliminates repeat offenders, deters potential murderers and is the ultimate retribution. Opponents denounce it as murder, say that it does not cause deterrence but rather promotes violence and claim that it introduces the chance of an innocent person being executed. ...
