 Who should be held accountable? ... Group Consensus Our group feels that the person committing the crime is the one who should be held accountable for the action. ... In these cases, the age of the child should be taken into consideration and the parents held accountable. ... A recent FI study of 41 school shooters in 37 incidents found that in 89% of the cases, guns were taken from the child's home. ... They do not tell you that you son or daughter may die as a result of their accidentally accessing your gun when you are not home, or that they may take your gun to school and...

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(USA Today/CNN/ Gallup Poll, Dec. 17-21, 1993) Gun enthusiasts argue that weapons kept at home help prevent crime. ... The Gun Control Debate edited by Lee Nisbet states that "A burglar will more often steal a home defense weapon than be repelled by it. ... The Study evaluated 300 home homicides (one half involving firearms) that occur in the Cleveland, Memphis and Seattle areas between 1987 and 1992. ... Among other findings, the researchers discovered that fifty one percent of homicides "occurred in the context of a quarrel or romantic triangle" (The CQ Researcher June 10, 1994 pg 509) ...

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Prisons, jails, and youth institutions are overflowing; violent crime has risen alarmingly and citizens feel increasingly vulnerable in their homes, schools, and at their job sites. ... Three consistent ways have been through pre-detention mediation (a chance to be held accountable for their actions by facing their victims), detention mediation (a chance to act out the setting and tone of their crime in all roles for help to understand what they did was wrong), and post-detention mediation (a.k.a. parent-child mediation that helps family communication after they are placed back into their par...

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The 4th amendment states The Fourth Amendment prohibits the police and other government officials from searching people's homes or offices or seizing their property without reasonable grounds to believe that a crime has been committed. In most cases, police can conduct a search of a person's home or office only after they get a written search warrant from a judge, detailing where they will search and what they expect to find. ... As we look back at the amendments this points out the 5th amendment, which is states that no person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise i...

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Clearly, this demonstrates that racism not only is held by the public and the police but also the U.S. government. ... Instead of attacking Morgan's home, they attacked his library by mistake. Even if they tried to take Morgan hostage in his own home, their plan still would've failed because Morgan was out of the country. ...

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The Power of Resiliency In a neighborhood like the Henry Horner Homes in Chicago, Illinois, where gang violence, unemployment, and drug use is part of everyday life, it becomes extremely difficult for a young person to overcome the obstacles that they face. ... Craig was one of the few people who held the weak community of Henry Horner together. ...

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The two broke into the Connecticut home of the Petit family where they proceeded to beat up and sexually assault the family members before setting the house on fire. ... Anderson held out the longest on his vote, "but when you look at the whole thing, it's so horrific" (Glaberson). ...

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Domestic Violence The traditional belief in the sanctity of a man's home and his right to privacy so that he could control his wife and family by any means necessary is slowly evolving into the view that women have a right to be protected from abuse by their intimate partners. ... (McCue) Prior to the early 1970s, violence against women in the home was generally thought of as a private matter. ... Domestic violence is now, in theory, recognized as 'real' crime, and the fact that it typically occurs in the home does not deflect from its standing as a criminal offence. ... T...

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According to Richey (2009) a study held by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) holding an inmate in a facility without parole costs about 11.5 million dolars while a capital punishment can cost up to 137 million dolars. ... A person who is imprisoned, deprived of their freedom for a very long time if not all they have left of life, away from their family, home, and friends has more than enough time to realize a big mistake has been made and has to accept that their poor acts have led them to that place. ...

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In 2008 the United States held 2.3 million prisoners. ... House arrest is when a criminal is sentenced to stay in their home at all times except when working or preforming essential tasks such as grocery shopping and is only offered to those who have been convicted of non-violent crimes. ...

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Others seem very much like "home." ... In fact, nationwide there are more than twice as many privately operated juvenile facilities as publicly operated facilities, although private facilities hold less than half as many juveniles as are held in public facilities. ...

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In 1997 American prisons held 37,342 offenders over the age of 55, a more than 50% increase in the elderly population of three years prior (Clear & Cole, 2000). ... In some states the number of elderly inmates have grown to such a degree that nursing home wings have been added to their prisons (Clear & Cole, 2000). ...

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Ohio 367 US 643, 6 L ed 2d 1081, 81 S Ct 1684 (1961) VOTE: 6 (Black, Brennan, Clark, Douglas, Stewart, Warren) 3 (Frankfurter, Harlan, Whittaker) Opinion of the Court: Clark Concurring opinions: Black, Douglas, Stewart Dissenting opinion: Harlan FACTS: Dollree Mapp, a woman in her early twenties, was involved in myriad illegal activities which she carried on in her Cleveland home. ... Delau held up a piece of a paper, which he claimed was a search warrant. ...

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But what if I held demonstrations against people in wheelchairs? ... If a group decided that they do not want blacks living on their block, they may decide to throw a rock through the window of a home owned by a black person. ...

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The children, who each had different mothers, were found dead on a bed in their father's home. ... The level of responsibility held by each party to a crime determines the level of punishment. ... Merritt gave no explanation for smothering the children at his mother's Cabramatta home, claiming he had no recollection of the crime. ...

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Most teens that are violent have been raised in home that have been violent, abusive, and hostile or with some type of conflict. Some kids come from homes where the parents are negligent or not involved with them. ... It also doesn't mean that they shouldn't be held responsible for their actions. ...

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He made off with $60,000 from the Liberty, Missouri bank not far from his home ("Jesse James"). ... While Jesse stood on a chair in the family home at 1318 Lafayette Street in St. ... During his fifteen years of outlawry, Jesse James held up eleven banks, seven trains, three stages, one county fair, and one payroll messenger, in the process looting some two hundred thousand dollars and killing at least sixteen men (Belle). ...

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The Godfather and its sequels were very stereotypical and painted a picture of very powerful families of Sicilian background that were held together by blood, rich enough to buy anything and anyone and crush all others who got in their way. ... These people are ethical at home and unethical in their business, nothing gets in the way of them gaining large profit quickly(Alexander and Caiden, pg. 6). ...

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Despite all these occurences and the attitudes held the white community of the time many immigrants continued to come, still searching for that dream of a better life. These immigrants were subjected to head taxes and other legislation that made it difficult for these immigrants to lead a happy life in their new home. ...

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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. ...

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