He is arrested and taken to Alcatraz Prison outside of San Francisco, with all its hardened criminals in the 1930's. ... Alcatraz was chosen for its isolation amid the cold waters of the San Francisco Bay. ... The final chapter in this grim tale of American justice unfolds on a prison boat that roars across San Francisco Bay with the American flag flying over the travesty-taking place on the deck below. ...
Living in Violence There are countless reasons to what causes violent behavior among people. Shootings, killings, fights, rape, sexual assaults, etc. are all acts of violence. For decades, researchers have been trying to figure out what causes violent behavior in as many different aspects as possi...
How should a juvenile criminal be prosecuted? That is the question at hand. Right now most juvenile crime cases are currently handled by the juvenile court system. If given permission, juveniles can be tried as adults, but current laws prohibit juveniles from being housed with adult criminals. So most juveniles convicted as adults are housed in juvenile facility until they reach the age of 18. ...
In Truman Capote's novel In Cold Blood, he recounts the gruesome murder of a well respected Kansas family. The Clutter's lived in the small town of Holcomb where Herbert W. Clutter was a successful farmer. He was known for being an honest and fair man with no enemies. The murders shocked the town an...
From April 2009 to June 2010, 23.3% of the 2,541 reports of police misconduct were only police brutality, and 13% of the police brutality reports were fatalities (Freeman, 2011). Police brutality, also known as police use of excessive force, is different from reasonable force. Police brutality, an u...
