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. ... The 1982 article "Broken Windows Theory, the police and neighborhood safety ", by James Q Wilson quoted the published evaluation from the police foundation in Washington D.C. ...

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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...

• Word Count: 2078
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Theodore Lorraine Sendak, a former Indiana Attorney General, once stated, "Our system of criminal law is to minimize human suffering by works or order primarily to forestall violence or aggression. ... We should weigh the death of the convicted murders against the loss of life of his victims and the possibility of potential victims to murder " ("46 Pro Death Penalty Quotes by Attorney Generals from the U.S.A. "). ... The early practices of stoning the offenders to death or burning them were held in the middle of the town to be displayed to the community and was seen as barbaric. ...

• Word Count: 1921
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ...

• Word Count: 2417
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 5482
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School