(Klaas) Rapists that were released were found to be "10.5 times as likely as non-rapists to be re-arrested for rape." ... (Christian) Studies have shown "reliably that for 'serious' sexual offenders released from prison, 5% are reconvicted in the first four years after release." ... (Sex) That would average to a "reconviction rate for sex offenders released from prison May therefore be about 12%." ... Data from police-recorded incidents of rape in three states showed that 44 percent of rape victims were younger than 18 years old, and two-thirds of violent sex offenders serving t...

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These categories are based on birth defects, rape, and economics (financial condition of a family). ... On the issue of rape pro-life activists have different views because while many believe that having the child can help the mother get through the horrible experience by providing love to each other; others believe that since the a woman was impregnated without her consent the child can be aborted. Pro-choice activists justify abortion due to rape by the belief that if the child was born it would be an image of the pain the mother has suffered. ... Between the 1840's and 1850's ma...

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Entitled "A Time to Kill", the novel presented the story of a small Mississippi town that becomes the scene of a spectacular trial: After two white men rape his daughter, her black father named Carl Lee Hailey shoots them. ... John Grisham himself claims that he was inspired to write the novel when he witnessed a rape trial in 1984 and was shocked by the young victims testimony. 2. ... "(Stasio) However, despite this presumed irrelevance in the 21st century, the book is still banned in a number of schools and prisons across the southern United States. There are different reaso...

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Anti-rape movements began in Hong Kong and Fiji in the late 1980s and early 1990s, for example, and concern about rape in police custody galvanized activists in India in the mid-1980s. American activists developed anti-rape movements at the same time. ...

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Prior to the 1960s, war films did well at the box-office. Invigorated audiences defined their ideas of combat by watching films that glorified heroic soldiers. Rather than questioning the accuracy of setting, dialogue, or action, audiences gave the film makers freedom to use their imagination. Howe...

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Taken together, the total number of marijuana arrests for 2000 far exceeded the combined number of arrests for violent crimes, including murder, manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault.2 We have two factions fighting each other; one those who are pro marijuana and thinks that marijuana is a relatively "safe drug", and those who are anti marijuana. ... Under federal law, possessing one marijuana cigarette or less is punishable by a fine up to $10,000 and one year in prison, the same penalty as for possessing small amounts of heroin and cocaine. Cultivation of 100 marijuana ...

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For many years now, pondering minds have questioned the thought of having marijuana, or cannabis sativa, listed as another medicinal drug. Some say that marijuana can not be used as a medicine and that there is no evidence of its medicinal purpose; But on the other hand, there are those who think di...

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Proponents of the death penalty claim ownership of the moral high ground in their arguments regarding murder, rape and other crimes. ... Ryan was 'hanged by the neck until he was dead' at Pentridge Prison, Victoria in 1967. ...

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While being citizen of the United States of America was something to be proud of in Thoreau's day, only decades earlier stating something similar could have been grounds for being thrown in a British prison, "All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable. ...

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Sex offenders are a highly diverse group of people, but all are individuals who have at least one of the following crimes in common: have committed violent sexual assault on a stranger, have had inappropriate sexual contact with a family member, have molested a child or any other inappropriate and criminal sexual behavior. Currently, in the United States, there are a total of 722,499 individuals who are registered sex offenders (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). However, this number does not reflect every person who has committed a sexual offense. Research shows that a lot of cases go unreported whi...

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Introduction There are many health risks associated with playing sport, whether young or old. Most people involved in sport, whether participating or organising, are aware of some of the risks such as risk of injury, risk of pressure and stress and most of these are openly recognised by all involved. There are however, several health risks which are less openly recognised and that some people even try to divert attention from the problems instead of facing up to them and putting procedures in place to try and prevent them. Child abuse in sport is one of these problems (Waddington, 2000). Mo...

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