She believes that women's roles have changed in the home and the workplace. ... Before 1970 women's place was in the home and they did not have the same opportunities as men to commit crimes. It appears that over the past two decades women have had to assume male roles in the home and workplace. ... The justice system today is still not realizing that women need to be held accountable for their actions. An unknown criminal defense lawyer said, "If she hasn't committed murder and she has children at home she walks." ...

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Most of the inmates have had too little discipline or too much, come from broken homes, and have no self-esteem. ... One can predict that a prisoner held for two, four, eight or ten years, then released , still with no education or vocational skills will likely return to a life of crime. ... Most of the inmates have had too little discipline or too much, come from broken homes, and have no self-esteem. ... One can predict that a prisoner held for two, four, eight or ten years, then released , still with no educationling, there is disadvantages. ...

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(Roth 8) Research has shown that a gun kept in the home is 43 times more likely to kill a member of the household, or friend, than an intruder. ... s occurred during altercations in the home. Only 2 of the 743 gunshot deaths occurring in the home involved an intruder killed during an attempted entry and only 9 of the deaths were determined by the police and courts to be justified. ... If a criminal would break into your home with the weapon of his or her choice and you must defend yourself and your family, chances are, you will have an inferior weapon against your attacker. ... If a crime...

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With no eyewitness, evidence at the home lead police to suspect O.J to be responsible for the crimes. ... A bloody glove found outside the home matched one of the gloves found at O.J's guesthouse. ... It was said that the public became part of the jury, because everyone held and expressed an opinion. ... The live broadcast of the chase following the double murders at his home are additional examples from the United States graphic imagery being used to enhance the drama of stories in the media. ...

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One can predict that a prisoner held for two, four, eight or ten years, then released , still with no education or vocational skills will likely return to a life of crime. ... Most of the inmates have had too little discipline or too much, come from broken homes, and have no self-esteem. ... One can predict that a prisoner held for two, four, eight or ten years, then released , still with no rehabilitaon, there is disadvantages. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In his essay and graphs, Johansen points out that the homicide rate drops steadily during the years when executions are on the rise and rates rise sharply when executions are brought to a halt or held to very low number. ... Of the 38 states that support capital punishment, 14 states will not sentence anyone under eighteen, and the other 24 states are held to a minimum age of sixteen. ... 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 responsible ev...

• Word Count: 2096
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As the world of media entertainment increases its exposure as well as its restrictions into the mass public, widely publicized violent actions horrify our homes. ... They believe that the outward violence presented in video games causes violent actions, and the producers of such games should be held liable. ...

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"A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. " The right for of all Americans to bear arms is a right even the Founding Fathers held to equal importance as the Constitution itself. ... It was a right that many of the Founding Fathers held to great esteem, a right to never be denied. ... The village where Tom lived had no police force, so Martin took matters into his own hands to defend his home. ...

• Word Count: 1951
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It operates within the Governments Correctional Policy Framework, contributing primarily to the Home Office Aim 3, to ensure the effective delivery of justice, through efficient investigation, detection, prosecution and court procedures. To minimise the threat to, and intimidation of witnesses and to engage with and support victims and the Home Office Aim 4 to deliver effective custodial and community sentences to reduce re-offending and protect the public. ... The renowned, punitive minded Mr Michael Howard, former Home Secretary, bought about great changes to the Criminal Justice system, wi...

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In their report Guidance for local partnerships on alcohol-related crime and disorder data' (2003) the Home Office suggested that alcohol-related crime or disorder should be defined as instances of crime and disorder that occurred, and/or occurred at that level of seriousness, because alcohol consumption was a contributory factor. ... Hazel Blears a Home Office Minister and sponsor Minister of the Governments alcohol harm reduction programme in September 2003 when commenting on new police powers to curb anti social drinking highlighted the " noisy and aggressive behaviour associated wi...

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And they found that this program raises beliefs in their capabilities to function properly in the home, school and peer environments. ... Children would be willing to improve even more so at the home of the parents could be incorporated somehow. ... The young boys wanted to run away from home in Indiana to Arizona. ... Paul was improperly questioned by investigators on April 30, 2010, a rushed waiver hearing was held in Kosciusko County and the Judge Duane Huffer who presided over the case denied Paul's attorney any time to prepare the case. ...

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According to the Home Office estimate this figure is projected to rise to 83,500 by 2008. ... Nearly two thirds of the UK's prisoners are being held in overcrowded jails and Shrewsbury is a typical example of this with 331 prisoners but only 184 places. ... It is a form of "house arrest" - curfewed at home. ... The curfew order lasts up to six months, and the court can specify which hours the offender must remain at home. ... The curfew does not have to be at home it can be at work or a probation hostel or even at more than one place. ...

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Some basic points which is the concrete base of the act are, young people charged with offences should be held responsible and accountable for their actions appropriately according to their age; promotes accountability, responsibility and meaningful consequences for a full range of youth crime; society has the right to be protected from young offenders ill behaviour; young people have special needs for their age, and should not be punished as adults; young people also require additional legal rights under the law (Core Principles, 2003, Preamble and declaration of principle). ... This was bec...

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During the story Ivan even points out that there is no going home, there is only you and the prison camp (Solzhenitsyn). ... Under such conditions the idea of survival of the fittest held true, those who were strong survived at the expense of the weak. ...

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Parental abuse and neglect was persistent in Hall's home as the judge noted, 'He was abused, and he was neglected from the womb forward' (Wallace, 2013). ... Hall was expelled from many schools, and then finally home-schooled by his parents (Wallace, 2013). Hall had inadequate or no conventional support, as he was not only neglected by his father, but also lacked peers or teachers he could turn to, being home-schooled and distanced from society. ... Hence, Hall held beliefs favorable to criminal coping, as the aggressive coping mechanism was instilled through the heavy influenc...

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The Court held that this practice was unconstitutional because it encouraged defendants to waive their right to a jury trial to ensure they would not receive a death sentence. ... In this case, the Supreme Court held that a potential juror's mere reservation about the death penalty were insufficient grounds to prevent that person from serving on the jury in a death penalty case. ...

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Mixed Strategy Through a survey by insurance company AAMI it was found that 85% of drivers left their car unlocked in their home garage, 55% did so at a service station and/or when the car was parked outside their home, 16% kept their car unlocked at work, and 13% did so when they were doing their shopping (Jefferson, 2014). ... Awareness campaigns can be held in many places in many different ways. ...

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The youthful offender act protects youths from serving hard time with adult criminals and seals their criminal records so they cannot be publicly viewed or held against an individual if he or she commits other crimes later in life. ... He'll be listed on the state's public sexual-offenders registry, alongside teenagers who had consensual sex with their 15-year-old girlfriends, rapists who attacked women in their homes, serial pedophiles and a man who peeps under the stalls in women's bathrooms. ...

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Twelve years later he was going home, 5 days from his execution date. ... The case of David Shepherd is explained as he tried to find help from people who held contracts to place and counsel convicts after their release. ...

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Death Penalty "Any last words?" This is the last question that convicts sentenced to death are asked to answer. Death penalty is considered to be a very complicated issue since there seem to be a variety of opinions that concern it. This institution has caused a rather big gap as many people ...

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A child having been molested, psychologically or physically abused, or grown up in a dysfunctional home contributes greatly to a child's actions. ... Four out of the nine Supreme Court justices held the point of view that killing sentencing someone under the age of 16 to death was cruel and unusual punishment. ...

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They focus on the kids that come from broken homes our live in poverty and watch for the warning signs that one will take (like skipping school or becoming less sociable) They try and help these kids before they can go down the wrong path. ... Many of these juveniles that get sent to jails are often held in isolation from adult prisoners. ...

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The same study suggests that gangs provide the motivation and companionship conducive to violence, and that gang violence begins in violent homes and communities (Clark and Marsh, 1996). ... "These findings contrast with the popularly held notion that rural youth are more protected against the use and abuse of drugs by their distance from the factors supporting drug use in urban environments." ...

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Poverty, unemployment, inequality and boredom, as well as factors such as single parent families, child abuse, broken homes and also media violence, drugs and moral decline have all been used to attempt to explain the problem. ...

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They focus on the kids that come from broken homes our live in poverty and watch for the warning signs that one will take (like skipping school or becoming less sociable) They try and help these kids before they can go down the wrong path. ... Many of these juveniles that get sent to jails are often held in isolation from adult prisoners. ...

• Word Count: 1841
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• Grade Level: High School