Our first look at casino gambling came on riverboats along the Mississippi River and small southern river towns. ... One town was promised lower property taxes when they voted in allowing a casino into their town. ... All that they require is that you look like you are playing. ... I was watching friends of mine playing craps, when a waitress brought me a mixed alcoholic drink. ... The crimes that are a result of casinos, not only affect the town in which they are in, but towns that are nearby. ...

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The way it occurred was the offender was placed in the middle of town with the surrounding of the town people, the offender's humiliation would be related to what type of crime they had committed. For example: when stealing crop or food the offender would stand in front of the town's people and get bombarded with tomatoes, and eggs[ CITATION Str09 l 1033 ]. ... When public humiliation happened sometimes the offender would be put in a bird-cage look alike in hung up so the town's people can poke or laugh at him. Rehabilitation played no role in the system. ... Our jails, prison...

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In addition if one studies victimology which is the role that the victim plays in the crime, it is apparent that there are many different causes for criminal behavior. ... This shows that our biochemical make-up can also contribute to a persons motivation to criminal behavior but the way our body reacts to certain environmental toxins is not a valid explanation for criminal behavior. ... When we are born, our minds are kind of blank. ... Clifford felt he had no real connection with his town, and because of these environmental factors in addition to his crime prone biology, he was lead ...

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If the same scenario occurred involving a white individual in place of a Middle Eastern man, it would be virtually impossible to say racial/ethnic profiling played any role in the event. ... Since history shows that young adult Middle Eastern all played major roles in the 9/11 tragedy, than it makes sense for airline officials, and those in charge of searching people, to keep a slightly closer eye on those that fit that description. ... While almost everyone is capable of committing virtually any crime, certain ethnicities have tendencies to be responsible for certain crimes and offences tha...

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Since our nation's founding, the government, colonial, federal and state, has punished murder and, until recent years, Rape with the ultimate sanction: death. On Thur April 8th 2004 I got a change to witness a play called "The Exonerated" at the State Theater down town Minneapolis. The Play is about 6 monologues from different actors that place true stories together in different intervals. Honestly to hear the word Play it wasn't what I expected. ... Our criminal justice system cannot be made fail-safe because it is run by human beings, who are fallible? ...

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These groups are put into play to keep people well aware of the problems at hand that some communities are facing and to take a load off of police officers shoulders. ... Each play an important role and enforcing this style of policing will only create a better atmosphere to live. ... The Tuffin et al study intervention went into play because there were many rebellious acts occurring, but level of violence ranged throughout different towns. ... The intervention in the Weisburd and Green study was because of drug mayhem in towns. ... Nothing is ever going to work 100% of the time and to have ...

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We hold it therefore our dutie and safetie whilst we are about the further establishing of this government to collect and expresse all such freedomes as for present we foresee may concerne us, and our posteritie after us, And to ratify them with our sollmne consent. We doe therefore this day religiously and unanimously decree and confirme these following Rites, liberties and priveledges concerning our churches, and Civill state to be respectively impartialle and inviolably enjoyed and observed throughout our jurisdiction for ever. ... Any such offenses were punishable before the town peop...

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Both police officers walked free without any legal problems while the whole world yelled out that something is really wrong with our criminal justice system. ... The reason to keep notes of the differences is because our prison systems comprise of people who have their own way of thinking which does create tremendous issues of both disparity and discrimination. The fact remains that the criminal justice system employs so many different ethnic groups all across the country giving opportunities for foul play behind every door without any way to prevent it, until someone complains. ... My fat...

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The Clutter's lived in the small town of Holcomb where Herbert W. ... The murders shocked the town and created an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty because no one had any clue who would be able to commit such a heinous crime. ... He was however still from a semi-poor family and had a strict father who would not let him play with friends or even leave his yard for that matter. ... Dick had multiple offers to go to college and play sports but even with the scholarship money he was not able to afford it. ...

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What he was actually saying was not to replace the power and responsibility of the government in taking vengeance our selves. ... There is evidence that capital punishment does play a role in reducing crime. ... The brothers then drove back to town in the boys" car and robbed a bank. ...

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The need for fulfillment in young girls" lives are growing because all-female gangs, found mostly in large urban areas, spread to smaller towns. ... Females express that joining a gang was like a path to liberation from the stereotypical roles they would be forced to play in traditional society (Moore). ... The message of girls amongst other children in our society are sending out is chillingly clear: society has failed to provide nurturing, attention, safety, discipline, and positive role models (Sikes). ...

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My dream of being a police officer started at a very young age, as a child playing I was always a cop, never the bad guy, or every time I passed a police cruiser or officer of the law I was astonished at the man in the uniform, not the man, but "the uniform" was a symbol of lawfulness to me. ... Well I thought this would be right up my alley, to my surprise, when I found out it's not like playing around in the garage. ... In Japan in the seventeenth century the ruler had devised an police system in which each castle town had a military samurai warrior who served as town magistrate, judge...

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Martin and Smith claim that, "Many Americans are unaware of the fact that rural children experience serious difficulties because they do not fit our stereotypes of at-risk youth." ... Age also played a role in the perception of gang crime. ... These conditions have taken a serious toll on our neighborhoods" (Martinet, 1992). Another author suggests that disorder in our schools leads to violence. ... Methamphetamine use is growing in cities and towns throughout the country. ...

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It focuses on factors inside a town that affect the rate of crimes. ... All we can do is guide children and detect their behaviors from early on, so we can do our best to prevent them from turning savage or cruel. ... There cannot be enough possible evidence to conclude the point that genetics play the most important role in the outcome or behavior of an individual. ...

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[pgs. 2-3] By associating himself with both worlds, Sam was playing a role in both worlds, and could have presumably lost touch with wrong and right. ... Hirschi's Social Control Theory proposes that if our bond with society is broken, in one way or another, then we will most likely become deviant, or withdrawn from society. ...

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These play a big role in a person's decision making throughout life, which can be influenced by ways of being nurtured and social environments. ... The nurture theory holds that genetic influence over abstract traits may exist; however, the environmental factors are the real origins of our behavior. ... The id being the subconscious domain featuring our innate desires and drives, the ego being the only conscious method balancing the id and superego, which is developed through early social attachments. ... The faster the urbanization can result in the relative gap of deprivation within a ...

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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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The nine propositions are: 1) Criminal behavior is learned: not inborn or predetermined. 2) Through interactions with others, in a process of communication: including gestures and verbal interactions. 3) Learning occurs within intimate personal groups: work environment, peer networks with media playing a very little role. 4) Learning includes: techniques, motives, drives, rationalizations and attitudes. 5) Specific direction of motives, drives, etc. is learned from definitions of legal codes as favorable or unfavorable. 6) One engages in crime becaus...

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Steven Wiley, the FBI chief overseeing the fight against violent crime says that the small cities and towns of 25,000 and less are now experiencing gang activity. ... All of these factors play a part in gang participation. ...

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