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.... This analysis implies that the Chinese government will happily track open criticism, and that it will closely observe dissidents' connections to each other but crack down on anyone who tries to build a power base that it can't control. ... (Laurenson, 2013) The greatest argument you will here about censorship is the affects it has on children and the public. ... (Kenney, 2...

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Official crime statistics should not be accepted as closer analysis finds that they can be unreliable. ... Official criminal statistics are useful and do have many advantages, mainly because they cover a large amount of the population and are relatively quick and easy to use but, like anything, there are many disadvantages too. The main problem is that they are not an accurate representation of the countries crime rate but it depends on your perspective for why you believe this to be the case....

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A big question to ask yourself when thinking about judicial decisions made regarding juvenile offenders is if you truly believe the mistakes someone makes should define their life instead of giving them a second chance. ... Using cost-benefit analysis he found that not only were the "reforms that emphasize leniency and rehabilitation...justified economically," but also "they were valued by respondents who expressed a willingness to fund them over harsher incarceration options" (Harbeck, 2015). ... The initial intent of juvenile correction facilities was in fact to "correct"...

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The psychological theories focus on the individual as the unit of analysis. ... 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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There's no denying that shooting games are the most violent video games you can play. ... It's a skill that you train your brain to master. ... Playing video games trains us to analyze situations and and make good and quick decisions based on our analysis. ... Entertainment Merchants Association, No. 08-1448, said, "Like the protected books, plays and movies that preceded them, video games communicate ideas - and even social messages - through many familiar literary devices (such as characters, dialogue, plot and music) and through features distinctive to the medium (such as the...

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Stenson and Croall (2001) analysis of the media 's role is that "it can shape and reflect our deepest fears about crime and insecurity." ... • The hypodermic model assumes that media messages are injected directly into audiences as if by a syringe acting like a drug, directly allegedly, changing behaviour. ... Television programmes such as "The Wire" and "CSI" and many more like them which dominate popular television are about criminal behaviour, motivation, the impact of crime on 'ordinary' citizens and on the heroic efforts of the police and criminal justice syste...

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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. ... Nor does it mean that it cannot be imposed on Australians traveling overseas, as illustrated by the double execution of Barlow and Chambers who were hanged in Malaysia on 7 July 1986 for drug trafficking.( Rehav, Giroa (1989), 'Homicide and Death Penalty: A Cross-sectional Time Series Analysis', International Journal of Compar...

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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. ... This study - the most thorough and painstaking analysis ever on the subject - fails to prove that a single such mistake has occu...

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