Many people said that the death penalty is an acceptable and effective way to eradicate crime. Today, the death penalty has been one of the best deterrents for crime in the United States; however, the main point of the death penalty is not to deterrent crime but to punish those that have committed outrageous crimes. Since ancient times the death penalty has been the ultimate punishment for criminals across the world. ... The Bible also plays a big role in the death penalty because it requires the death penalty for a variety of crimes. ... But the main problems here are the morals involve wit...

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Should Juveniles Be Subject to the Death Penalty? ... Should a juvenile be subject to the death penalty? ... A proponent of the death penalty would argue exactly this point. ... The average murder rates among death penalty states were 8.0, and the average among non-death penalty states was 4.4 (Notis 122). ... Proponents of the death penalty being given to minors are not believers in rehabilitation. ...

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For this reason the death penalty cannot be viewed as excessive retribution. ... Kant describes the death penalty as basic algebra. ... John Locke also defends the death penalty as being of appropriate retribution by arguing that a person forfeits his rights when committing even minor crimes. ... Ernest Van Den Haag supports the notion that the death penalty is suitable retribution. ... Thus the death penalty cannot be viewed as excessive retribution to the guilty criminal."...

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As a result of the removal of the death penalty in New South Wales in 1955, imprisonment became the most severe punishment imposed by our legal system. ... Another punishment that is appropriate for those convicted of non-violent crimes is the home detention penalty. ... There is no further penalty given. ... Laws can be enforced and is officially recognised, and if they are not obeyed, the law will implement penalties. Helen and Tom had committed various crimes and therefore confront the penalties inflicted by the state upon both Helen and Tom. ...

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Punishment is necessary for several crimes like, armed robberies, murder, kidnapping and drug trafficking; punishment for such kind of offences is not only to be fined or reprimanded but to pay by death penalty. ...

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Proposition 21 allows courts to try juveniles as young as fourteen in adult court, imposes stiffer penalties for gang related offenses, and increases penalties for serious crimes (Text of Proposition 21, 2000). ... -Gang Shooting from Vehicle causing GBI/Death. ... New Death Penalty Special Circumstance Proposition 21 has enacted the following as part of California's death penalty statute: Murder Committed For Criminal Street Gang Purposes. ...

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There was increasing focus on child crime, this group's stigmatization was further fuelled by police claims that juvenile crime was on the increase, and young people were out of control, flouting the law due to insufficient penalties for their misdemeanors. ... However, they had also served another purpose, and that was to make the public feel more involved with the tragedy, conveying highly emotional images which will probably be never forgotten by those who saw them, images of a small boy being led away to his death. ...

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Since the abolition of the death penalty in 1965 imprisonment has been the most serious penalty the courts can impose in Britain. ... At the legislative level, Parliament establishes penalties to threaten those who might contemplate committing a crime. ...

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There is a current situation in Australia where research evidence suggests that crime rates are falling; however,society seems to be overtly more worried by crime. In particular, violent crime has been identified as a concern for the public due to strong media interest. As the media are "the primary indirect source of information from which most people learn about crime" (Hayes & Prenzler, 2012, p. 4), it is obvious that the media are quite influential in the way society views crime. In this essay, the notion that the media are at fault for people's fear of crime will be explore...

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Instability is generally characterized by stress, carrying out threats or promises (Patterson, 1986), frequent changes of residence/friends, dramatic changes in the family, sickness, alcoholism (Bennett, 1960), absence of household routine, precarious financial situations, eviction, death, desertion, separation or divorce (Glueck and Glueck, 1950). ...

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