In the context of the book no other event was more prominent than Winston's Affair with Julia, this event really showed Winston's rebellious side, and made him less and less careful about the watchful eye of big brother because he knew he was to be caught in the long run eventually, so he made sure he enjoyed his time left. I believe Winston's affair with Julia was his way of rebelling against big brother, which is a stupid thing to do because he was always going to get caught. ... He knew it could have been a trap, as he was suspicious of O"Brien in the first place, however he...

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Taking into account the goal and premise of community-based partnerships, such as Big Brother Big Sisters, which target at risk youth as well as the general population, the programs reduce the likely hood of violent behavior, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, incarceration, and dropping out of school. ... When comparing children who received program services from Big Brother Big Sisters and those waiting but had not been matched with a mentor, researchers found that children who had been matched with a mentor and had the benefit of receiving program services were 46% less likely to initiate dru...

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In a civilized society like United States such a barbaric attitude would not only be against the principles for which the country was founded, but will also send a bad message to rest of the world who look up to the United States as an embodiment of law and order. ... I will never forget the event of about fifteen years ago when a drunk driver hit my brother and confined him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Whipping a thieve who stole someone's else possessions or a drunk driver who permanently crippled an innocent man- like in the case of my brother is like slapping a kid on the...

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I have found several statistics regarding child offenders. ... In fact most children who are exposed to such factors have the ability to transcend them and live non-criminal lives. 7A United States study on adolescent sexual offenders found that over 60% had been physically abused, almost half had been sexually assaulted and 70% had been subject to neglect, while over half the sample had experienced a combination of these forms of abuse as children. ...

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If Ned is to be taken at his word, he is the wronged party, unknowingly accepting a stolen horse and subsequently being jailed for it: "Wright who was a stranger to me was in a hurry to get back to Mansfield and I gave him another mare and he told me if I found his mare to keep her until he brought mine back". ... The inference in "The Jerilderie Letter" is that Ned Kelly acted with his brother Dan, his stepfather George King or alone, not backed up by a gang. ...

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In 1672 Alice Thomas was found guilty of entertaining males in her home. ... On their first appearance in Massachusetts (July, 1656), where two male and six female Quakers arrived from Rhode Island and Barbados, they found that the reproach entailed on their sect by the insane extravagance of some of its members in England had preceded their arrival, and that they were regarded with the utmost terror and dislike by the great bulk of the people. ... No such indications having been found, they were sent back to the places whence they came, by the same vessels that had brought them, and prohibi...

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Georgia (1973), the Court found that the revised statutes did not violate the Eight Amendment when considering the follow stipulations: - In death penalty cases, the determination of guilt or innocence must be decided separately from hearings in which sentences of life imprisonment or death are decided - The court must consider aggravating and mitigating circumstances in relation to both the crime and the offender... Thomas Graunger, the first juvenile known to be executed in America, was tried and found guilty of bestiality in 1642 in Plymouth Colony, MA. ... The 5-3 decision vacated the de...

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While these arguments have merit, I have found sufficient evidence to lead me to the following conclusion, that the capital punishment laws should be changed to exclude minors, in all states. ... During the mid-1970s Isaac Ehrlich found a strong correlation between the number of executions and the murder rate, saying that each execution prevented seven or eight murders in effect (Henderson 259). ... Given the facts made available to me, I found that the death penalty does not deter crime, and it certainly does not deter juveniles from murder because more times than not, they are not held re...

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Fifteen people were found dead, and over twenty-three were left wounded. ... The common law was that no child under the age of seven could be found guilty of a serious crime. It was not until the age of fourteen that they could be found guilty as long as they knew the difference between right and wrong. ... A study done for the National Institute of Justice states that, within the boot camps, juveniles are found to have positive changes and become less antisocial. ... That same study also found that youngsters who participated in the Big Brother/Big Sisters program benefited immensely. ...

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