Therefore, the death penalty increases overall happiness because it prevents murders from happening. ... The primary benefit for society is that it leads to less crime and ensures that everyone in the society feels safe, increasing overall happiness. ... While many may think that life imprisonment is the correct alternative option, I think utilitarianism would also view it as a lesser option because the costs saved from housing and feeding a criminal can be spent on things such as food or healthcare that will benefit members of society and increase overall pleasure. ... Technically, no matte...

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Table 1 in the article showed that Frequent offenders possessed the lowest IQ scores compared to the nonoffenders and the sporadic offenders overall. ... Overall, language development's prediction of future offenders and nonoffenders was supported by different tests at early stages in a child's life. ...

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New York City has seen progress in decreasing its overall incarceration rate and population rate in correctional facilities. ... Overall, this would cost less money, target the specific needs of each offender and reduce recidivism. ...

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The overall pattern of research findings indicates a positive association between television violence and aggressive behavior. ... While few would say that there is absolute proof that watching television caused aggressive behavior, the overall cumulative weight of all the studies gives credence to the position that they are related. ...

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Overall, this has prevented tremendous amounts of crimes deaths over the years. The Big Brother rule in Orwell's novel acts as a warning about fascism which could ruin humanity's overall progress. ...

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School Uniforms A school uniform, "to be or not to be" is the question for many schools's today. Many schools are beginning to adopt school uniforms while others are still resistant. In David Kommer's article Beyond Fashion Patrol: School Uniforms for the Middle Grades, he talks about his positi...

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Overall, gangs are bad news for people not involved with them, but for that part of society that is, there are numerous benefits that help to ensure that your genes will pass to the next generation. ...

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Overall, maximum sentences should be lowered, scaled to the seriousness of the crime, and parole and rehabilitation programs need to be offered as alternatives to benefit the community and the offender. ... Overall, the "three strikes and you are out" law has had negative impacts on society and as a result of the impacts the United States is still dealing with the consequences....

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Overall, Kramer's article is successful because of her use of strong arguments, solid ideas of alternative methods, and a writing style that is straight-forward and easy to follow. ... Her overall knowledge displayed in the article allow it to be an effective contribution to the many writings completed on the topic of juvenile crime. ...

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There is no easy solution to gun violence but there are some measures that can be implemented that can decrease 1gun violence such as regulating and monitoring them better this can cause a decrease in overall gun violence. Columnist Jason Whitlock opinions on gun control is straight forward, he believes that gun control can cause more overall harm than good by exploring the case of Jovan Belcher. ...

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Analysis of a Cop Show The District The District first premiered in October of 2000 and is getting ready to open its 4th season later this month. It stars Craig T. Nelson as Jack Mannion, the Chief of Police in Washington D.C. It is based loosely on former deputy police commissioner of New York,...

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West Side Story is a musical about Gangs in New York and there crimes which they committed. Mayor Marion Barry once said, "If you take out the killings, (PAUSE) Washington actually has a very, very low crime rate" There is nothing more frightening than crime - and the fear of crime. (PAUSE) ...

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After a surge of food-related scandals surfaced in China recently, the country's highest court ordered judges across the nation to impose harsher sentences in food-related cases, including the death penalty. The Supreme People's Court announced that in cases where people die from food safety violat...

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Everyone's Accountable, All of the Time Throughout Giuliani's career, he maintained that accountability- the idea that the people who work for him are answerable to those we work for-is the cornerstone. And this principle started with him. The social contract is a two- street. It was a privilege f...

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Claude Brown's novel, Manchild in the Promised Land, is not only a story about one man's struggle to find freedom and intellectual happiness, but a story about his discovery of his own inherent strengths and abilities. Throughout the novel, he progresses from compliance to independence, from invinci...

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Offender Profiling It is said that race and one's own household income may be related to they types of crime offenders commit, specifically rapists. However, there are many assumptions that may prove this statement true or false. In the article of "offender profiling", the writer states that th...

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The documentary, Murder on a Sunday Morning, was by far the most intriguing one I've ever seen. It was the best in the sense that I enjoyed it so much, but at the same time it was very disturbing, in that it disappointed me and discouraged my faith in the police force. I've never seen a documentar...

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American History X I watched American History X which was directed by Tony Kaye, written by David McKenna, and it was made in 1998. American History X is about a man named Derek who was a co-leader of a white supremacy group called the D.O.C. Derek started having a problem with minorities eve...

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The controversy that I have chosen to write about is the death penalty. Many people argue whether or not it is good to use the death penalty as a punishment for criminals who have committed an extremely serious crime such as murder. I agree 100% with the use of the death penalty. The death penalt...

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A man quietly stands in front of a judge while an audience of millions of people throughout the country watches and waits to see what his future will look like. "I didn't do it" is a phrase more frequently used that less people believe. Anything he says does not matter at this point because a decisi...

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When a young person commits a violent crime, resulting in a death of an innocent person, how many lives should be lost? For example, Nathaniel Brazill was a 14 year old boy who was tried as an adult and was found guilty of a second degree murder for killing his teacher. Due to this concept, teens sh...

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As a nation, we agree that juveniles, those under the age of eighteen, can not function in a society made for adults. That is why we have age limits set for the rights to serve on a jury, serve in the military, drink alcohol, and drive. There are even special courts set up for juveniles who commit ...

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Juvenile Delinquency Guilty or Not Guilty, this phrase is heard in courtrooms across the country on a daily basis. Standing in a courtroom before peers awaiting a verdict is the last stage of juvenile delinquency. Juvenile delinquency has increased each year in this country since 1948 (McCle...

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Violence is inevitable. No matter what precautions are taken by society, Americans will always be faced with a vast problem of violence in the streets. Criminals have been overlooked for many years because society has decided to focus on the brighter pictures in life. Proper actions should be taken ...

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In the H.J.R. 19 bill the legislature stated, "...the preparation of performance specifications for new prison facilities, to facilitate a high quality correctional program, and for the use of the current prison site should be designed to maximize the overall value to taxpayers" Ultimately, these prisoners are a part of our community and by building a new prison we will have better correction programs to assist them in coming back to society safely which in the long haul will help us as well. ...

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