Discrimination has always been a large part of our society. ... The jurors didn't care about the boy's age and his family - most of them only wanted him to be sent to the electric chair because he was a foreigner who also lives in one of the worst parts of town. ... It is evident through these percentages that racial inequalities exist in the core of our judicial system. ... Our current state of affairs should focus on police brutality and to what extent their power should give them. ... A prime example of the problems racial profiling conveys to our citizen is in the case of Amadou ...

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To prevent this from occurring, the article also mentions that, police officers were sent to walk around crime centered communities, to monitor and maintain town environments (Wilson & Kelling, 1982). The policing and neighborhood safety program was believed to be an effective way of deterring town disorder, bad social behaviors, and vandalism. ...

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All of my life I've wanted to be an officer of the law, more specifically an R.C.M.P. Though as my life went on and I grew older I realized that these goals maybe unreachable. So I set out in the world of finding a career that would satisfy my financial and family needs, and personal goals. In th...

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(Camp,1995) Later that morning a 1977 yellow Mercury was pulled over by police in the small town of Perry, Oklahoma, which is some seventy-five miles from Oklahoma City (Ottley, 1995). ... The club would then have online town meetings in private rooms to approve memberships (Allbrition, 1998). ...

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Gun Control The basic premise of the constitution is to allow people to the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Someone else cannot take one's right to life. However there are times when people try. When that time comes, the victim must have a way to protect himself. A handgun carried concealed is a great way to offer that protection What gun control advocates can't perceive is that gun control laws are aimed at the legal buying and selling of guns. ...

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One day we will find a better way, until then we are stuck with the death penalty and its many problems such as; appeals, being humane, and our tax dollars at work. ... He also stated that the death penalty only made it harder on our legislature in the effort of trying to find convictions due to the fact that the death penalty was mandatory and did not require a guilty verdict. ... Something had to be done, this was very inhuman, not to mention very embarrassing for these towns and the families of the deceased. ...

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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 pri...

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Capital Punishment Capital punishment is not a new concept. It is older then the Roman Empire, and has changed much since it's first use. Death through drowning, crucifixion, or hanging, or throwing form a high rock, or being thrown into a fiery furnace, or firing squad, or electric chair or th...

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Presented Problem- Gangs As defined by Sgt. M. Longo's website on "Gang Information" of the Huron Valley Mens, "a gang is a group of people that form an allegiance to the exclusion of others, for a common purpose of engaging in violent, antisocial, or criminal behavior" (www.geocities.com/rainfore...

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More and more often, police are finding evidence of gang activity in smaller cities and towns. ... By examining this crime context, it allows the enhancement of our understanding and knowledge of how adolescents define, interpret, and perceive criminal offending situations. ...

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