The reason that politicians like Michael Howard continue to favour incarceration is that they are at a loss for solutions to the problem of crime, and there are always a few votes in "getting tough."" - In fact, Hall, S (2003) cites Mr Simon Hughes, MP who regards a prison sentence with an entirely different view, implying that in fact some prisoners would actually prefer to be given a custodial sentence, rather than a more punitive Community Sentence, he comments; "We have a change in culture that says prison is the tough option and community service the easy one. ...

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Censorship is like poison gas: a powerful weapon that can harm you when the wind shifts. ... Once you allow the government to censor someone else, you cede to it the power to censor you, or something you like.... (Laurenson, 2013) The greatest argument you will here about censorship is the affects it has on children and the public. ... (Kenney, 2012) As you can see from the study above, the complete opposite of a common argument for censorship has been the outcome of more violence on TV. ...

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YOU WILL NOT EXPRESS AN OPINION IN THIS ESSAY. ... "I/We and You"" will not be used. ... You should include a definition of the topic. The Thesis Statement is a direct, explicit assertion explaining the main message of the essay: in this case, an overview statement like the example thesis paragraph statement above is a good idea. ... You will not support either position nor will you express your own opinion on the issue in this essay. ...

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Do you go to school with a young offender? If you did or are, you probably didn't know that when they started at your school, or even for a long time after. Would you feel safe in a neighbourhood, which has 246 sexual offenders within 3 kilometres from you, and you didn't know who any of them are, or even know remotely the magnitude of the number in the area. Should information like this be released to the public for society's safety? ... Would you want to live next to a convicted rapist? ...

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Economic racism is the idea that the color of your skin can help you or hurt you when trying to gain wealth. ... Thomas uses disease as a metaphor to describe racism because racism is like a disease it is spreading quickly among a lot of people and some people cannot be cured from it. ... Would you want to be judged because of the color of your skin?...

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I have what may seem like good reasoning for the intolerance of such behaviors but I have seen several examples of why these behaviors are still accepted. ... When you have a child demonstrating such behaviors as loudness or roughhousing this can engage other students into the same kind of activity. ... Although children play poplar video games and watch poplar shows filled with violence, we often present the idea that you should be able to interact without it. ... As children, you may injure someone with your hand or toy. ... Some people believe if you combat issues of violence and devious b...

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The logic is essentially, "you killed someone, so we'll kill you". ... Like the right to vote, to gather and to speak freely, the right of a person to live whatever their crime is a foundation stone of Australia's progressive liberal democracy. ... Furthermore, while the rates of most major, violent felonies have been rising most probably by reason of increased urbanization, social mobility, economic distress, and the like the rate of non-negligent homicide has been rising at a rate slower than other major felonies. ...

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Child molesters are like serial killers they will never stop molesting children so they should also be put to death. ... Therefore, murder-kidnapping and raping of a child should be sentenced to death because it is our duty as citizens to keep our country safe and show these offenders if you are willing to take a life we are ready to take yours. ... However, if you look at it, he/she does acquire the individual's life just in a different way. ... Because they feel like they are dead inside after that so when you look at it that way they are killing a person, and they should be put to dea...

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The reform death penalty begin in 1750 in Europe which lead to many methods of execution like hanging, electrocution, gas chamber, firing squad, and lethal injection. ... (Gelluar19) Money the taxpayers reimburse could truly be use for more important things like fixing up streets or fixing up school or helping homeless people. ... If you look in today society with the big issue with Osama Bin Laden who mention to his fellow Iraq people if United States gets close to catching him, just shot him in head. ... With the knowledge and power you have Governor Minner I"m asking you to amend the death ...

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I think they are going to see that he knew exactly what he was doing, just like he sat there in that courtroom and didn't show any emotion whatsoever" (The Washington Post). ... Elizabeth Kelley, a defense attorney not working on Sowell's case, said, "You could very well say, ...

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If you have been convicted of a felony you may not vote, you may not receive employment in certain fields, and you will be denied student aid (Reinhart). ... In some states, like New York, a conviction for burglary, drugs, or larceny can cost a mandatory $300 fee, which can be next to impossible for an offender to pay if they are already impoverished."... "It's a miracle that they (ex-offenders) do what they have to do and go straight, when you look at it" (qtd. ...

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If more money is spent on government programs like rehabilitation centers, community centers, and mentor programs designed for these juvenile offenders many could be produced into respectable, law-abiding adults. ... They receive no scholarly education since "in a juvenile facility, you"re required to attend school; in an adult prison, you"re not." ... Obviously people like that need to spend a long tenure in jail, if not punished with death. ... In violent crimes, where there is obvious malicious intent juveniles must be hold responsible just like adults. ...

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Some juvenile correctional facilities look very much like adult prisons. Others seem very much like "home." ... There are the juveniles that are awaiting a detention or adjudication hearing and you have the juveniles that are committed who have been placed with a juvenile court or other juvenile justice administration body. ... Like the Detention Centers, Short-Term Facilities are little in the way or programs and education. ... Youth ranches and camps operate similar to state institutions with a camp-like atmosphere. ...

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Despite Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's heavy emphasis on eliminating gun trafficking, and New York's crack-down in general, eight of their own police force members were arrested and charged with accepting bribes in return for illegally transporting firearms into the state. The corrupt group was compr...

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With the new implications to the program, however, (read further down until you see the section), I will need all of the financial help I can get trying to change from a very inexpensive program to one of the most expensive ones. ... All five programs have some really successful aspects to them that I would like to implement to the Scared Straight program to make it successful and possibly gain the monetary help from the Federal government again. ... This program also makes juveniles project into the future, and they don't like to do that (Sullivan 2012). ... I don't think it should...

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Through the reading of this paper you will learn the arguments for and against the death penalty, respectively, as well as what I believe to be the proper moral choice and why. ... Therefore, any cost calculations should be based specifically on cell costs for criminals who have committed the exact same category of offense - in other words, cost comparisons are valid only if you compare the costs of life without parole cases to the cost of death penalty cases. ...

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I will be using examples from a specifically selected clip from the film of Henry, in his younger self, who at that age, is intoxicated by the power, money and material gains that 'the life' could give him, but doesn't yet realise the deceitful nature of the mafia - the excitement you have, and the big bucks that go along with that, mirrored by the threat of death at any time, even at the hands of your own friends or family. ... This can mean that even though they are the bad guys, we instantly like them. ... Gangsters are the bad guys so, we are expected not to like them, but...

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Cases like these appear all the time, they just are not as publicized. ... Kurt Kumli, a deputy district attorney believes, that the "more swings you take", the more you increase your chances that something good will come out of the situation (Frontline 9). ... Early intervention can be looked at in numerous different ways, but no matter how you view it, early intervention really has an impact on a child's life. ...

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In other words, important social groups like our family, peers, coworkers, classmates, professor become our role models and help us identify ourselves in the society. ... The rational choice theory explains that if you do the crime, you must do the time while the biological perspective states that your physical features will determine if you are a criminal or not. ...

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Garey Scott an investigator with the Provost Marshal's Office located at Fort Bragg stated, ""Gangs are like electricity, they follow the path of least resistance, often targeting middle school kids because they know they can use them to commit crimes and the courts really can't do much; they'll be back out on the streets quickly"" (Hasenauer 3). ... Do you want your children exposed to gang activity while in school or maybe get involved in a situation with no way out? ... Do you have to keep your windows shut on that nice cool spring day because of the smell from your ...

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The data from these Uniform Crime Reports only give you statistics for reported crimes. ... Like the Uniform Crime Reports, National Crime Victimization Surveys cover the index crimes, but NCVS does not include murder and arson. ... You must also factor in untruthfulness in these surveys, because there will be people who may even invent victimization, for sake of the interviews. ... In addition, you must also worry about the memory of the person being interviewed, or the victim. ...

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Since we are a bible believing nation it is declare in Hebrews 13:5, "Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.'... " With this in mind I would like to reinforce, please, do not let our country to get lost in this ungodly practice that other countries have welcome. ...

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In the article "The number of school shootings since Sandy Hook is higher than you think.... So what seems to be going on in these Florida schools is that their students are no longer being treated like students and being turned into minor criminals for their minor offenses which should be handled in a different manor. ... "You need to teach teachers how to build relationships with students who might not be like them," she says. ... "You need to teach teachers how to build relationships with students who might not be like them," she says. ...

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Prohibition was expected to solve social issues like reducing crime and corruption, solving social problems, reducing the tax burden created by prisons and poorhouses, and improving health and hygiene in the country. Prohibition had the opposite effect of its intended purpose, becoming a huge failure and on top of that, like Albert said the government could not enforce the law at all. ... One of Capone's men named Thompson said "We'll not only reopen places these people have closed, but we'll open 10,000 new ones (speakeasies)" (Prohibition and the Gangsters), showing ...

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What if you hit your head on that darn freezer door, and you didn't know that tomorrow you were going to go out and steal a car? ... When a criminal has suffered from a severe head injury, the cognitive deficits, as mentioned prior, may make the individual incapable of going through their day-to-day routines like those of any "normal- individual. ...

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