In the 1960s the Mountbatten committee made a recommendation for a system to categorise inmates, they released the report of these categories in 1966 and these are allocated to male adult prisoners in the following security categories; Cat A- For those of whom escape would be highly dangerous to the public, the police or the security of the state and for whom the aim must be to make escape impossible (e.g. murderers). Cat B- For those whom the very highest conditions of security are not necessary, but for whom escape must be made very difficult (e.g. ... Cat C- For those who cannot be truste...

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Whenever the word "death penalty" comes up, extremists from both sides of the spectrum begin to express their opinions. One side says deterrence, the other side says there's a potential of executing an innocent man. One says justice, retribution, and punishment, the other side says execution is murder. However, all arguments aside, the best way and the only way to truly make a rational decision about capital punishment is to examine the purpose of our criminal justice system. Once the purpose of the criminal justice system is established, one must find out the purpose of capital punishmen...

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After consulting a criminological text such as The Fence: In the Shadow of Two Worlds, one comes to find that common criminal theories are not only evident in criminal society but also tie closely with criminal beliefs and values. The main focus of this particular case study, Sam Goodman, is a prime example to use when illustrating these theories" role in the criminal world. Discussions of his experiences in the criminal, and also non-criminal world help to shed light on how Sam has exhibited these theories throughout his life, sometimes unknowingly, because they had just been worked into h...

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The captain of that ship attempted to escape the ship, but the pirates heavily beat him to death.6 All of the men involved had warrants out for their arrest, but these sorts of men are hard to track down because of their constant movement at sea. ...

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While in the hospital Butch would plan an escape that wouldn't go according to plan as the final result he would end up taking his life along with his girlfriend's leaving behind poor Willie Bosket. ...

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What is worse is the problem (as mentioned earlier) about juveniles falling under the same three-strikes law, among the juvenile offenses which could be punishable by 25-to-life sentences are the obvious ones, some may be considered borderline: "murder, kidnapping, rape, assault, even discharge if a firearm into an inhabited or occupied building, carjacking, escape from a juvenile detention center, even selling as little as one-half ounce of a controlled substance." ...

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Gang violence is a problem in society today. More and more children are joining gangs every day. Are gangs western societies way of introducing boys into emerging adults (manhood)? It has become evident that gangs made up of young people are causing numerous problems throughout communiti...

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"The Times found that during the last 20 years, the homicide rate in states with the death penalty has been 48 percent to 101 percent higher than in states without the death penalty- (Bonner & Fessenden, 2000). Capital punishment is ethically wrong, it does not decrease crime, and innocent peopl...

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Capital Punishment: A System of Error Since 1976, when capital punishment was reinstated, eighty-seven men and women have been taken off death row and freed because they were proven innocent. Since the turn of the century, 343 people have been wrongly convicted. Of these, 137 were sentenced to death, twenty-five were actually executed, sixty-one served more than ten years in jail, and seven died while in prison (Rein et al. 77). These figures raise the question: how many innocent people are on death row right now? Recent studies and new evidence suggest that some death row inmates awaiti...

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What Cops See and Know Criminal investigators have numerous responsibilities when conducting investigations such as following certain procedures and overcoming obstacles to obtain crucial evidence. Jackall describes how officers are required to write a report and research a case. However, Jackall described that in officer Tebbens" situation in researching a quadruple homicide acquiring evidence took extensive time and effort. Officer Tebbens was only given bits and pieces of evidence, an alias, and a few witnesses who were jumbled and confused about their recollection of the event. In c...

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Other points death penalty proponents emphasize is that it costs less than imprisonment and that the life imprisonment without possibility of parole option does not incapacitate convicted murderers from committing murders in prison or on escape. ...

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Juvenile Delinquency & the System Probation and Parole In The United States Table of Contents I. Introduction ..3 II. History of the Juvenile Justice System ." ..4-5 III. The Juvenile Justice Process ."..6-7 IV. Similarities Between Juvenil...

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The term capital punishment is derived from the Latin caput, meaning "head". It originally referred to death by decapitation, but now applies generally to state authorized executions. Crimes occur in every society around the world. Historically, criminals convicted of these crimes were dealt with in different ways, some of which are sentenced to death. Capital punishment has been banned in most western countries, although, countries like the United States, despite earlier attempts to eliminate capital punishment have now had an increased amount of support from several states, in the use...

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How media portrays crime and the effect it has on the public In our everyday life, we rely on many different forms of media for both information and entertainment; from news channels, to television, even the video games we play all fall into the category of media. Since we have such a social connect...

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Which leads me to wondering can I actually do this job to the best of society's potential. [ By no means do I consider myself old but DNA, forensics, shift work and family, holidays, in some cases alcohol abuse, drugs, an escape from reality which every man and woman put themselves everyday.] ...

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Deterrence Leslie Cantu: Fear of death deters people from committing crimes, proponents say. They also believe that if attached to certain crimes, the penalty of death exerts a positive moral influence by placing a stigma on certain crimes like manslaughter, resulting in attitudes of disgust and horror to such acts. Furthermore, retentionists insist that the deterrent influence of the death penalty reaches across state lines into jurisdictions that have abolished it, and so all benefit by its continued use. Perhaps this is the intended goal of the Violent Crime Control And Law Enforcement Ac...

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Annotated Bibliography The Death Penalty for Juveniles The following research draws upon different opinions and perceptions for and against the further enactment of the death penalty for juvenile offenders. The various articles that are presented draw conclusions on the pros and cons of using the death penalty as punishment for young offenders. Numerous views surfaced in my research such as the views of president Bush, prominent authors and court officials as well as the views of individual states. In order to fully evaluate this sensitive topic I have presented a mixture of opposing p...

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