The most recent study of research findings on the relationship between the death penalty and homicide rates, conducted for the United Nations Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, in 1988, has concluded that:"this research has failed to provide scientific proof that executions have a greater deterrent effect than life imprisonment."1. ... A study made in the U.S., of death row inmates has found that 62 percent were unskilled workers, 60 percent were unemployed and a majority of these people were represented by lawyers with less than five years experience. ... Bedau, professor of p...

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His philosophies are that children tend to learn better when they are playing instead of just being instructed. ... How Do Former Juvenile Delinquents Describe Their Educational Experiences: A Case Study? ... Seven out of eight cases in the study expressed that had a negative day to day experience in the school. ... However, the study did present evidence that when given the positive social attention and academic successes is achievable by all students....

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The juvenile justice system operates under the philosophy of parens patriae. ... Studies show that children who grow up in low income homes are less likely to achieve in school and are less likely to complete their schooling than children with more affluent parents (J. ...

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Professor of philosophy Jeffrey Reiman contends, "A focus on street crimes is little more than a cover-up for more serious crimes such as pollution, medical malpractice, and dangerous working conditions that go uncorrected". ... We report only what others have studied and white- collar crime is just now starting to emerge as a subject that needs studying, the information on it is limited and just because we do not hear about white- collar crime does not mean they do not happen and that they are not important or serious. ...

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A great number of people would argue that there are very few things, which our American society holds dear. However, after the events on September eleventh just over a year ago, it became abundantly clear that the one thing we revere the most is our freedom and ability to choose in a democratically based republic. It is this ability to choose, and the mutual respect of other people's right to choose based in their own beliefs which makes picking and finding one single, moral, and ethical law to govern any situation a difficult task. Too often people see morality and ethics as a clear c...

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