-Population density and degree of urbanization. ... - Variations in compositions of population and particularly youth concentration... The U.S homicide rate that has decreased since 1992 is still the highest in the industrialized world. ... Prison Population has been expanded, since the mid 1970's. 4. ... Authors have made a link between violent crimes and crack use 6.Changing in demographics of an aging population has been cited for the overall drop in crime. 7. ...

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Thus not all the population eligible to be included in the BCS will be included, these discrepancies do not fall into the realms of sampling error, as the numbers involved are relatively small in comparison to the overall survey. ... A booster sample has been added in recent years of 4,000 ethnic minority people to see if their experiences of crime differ from those of the general population. ... Elliot and Ellingworth (1992) have suggested that in areas of high crime, the population become apathetic to crime, and therefore are less likely to complete a victim survey. ... The focus of the...

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In the two-year period from January 1995 to December 1997, 70% of the drivers stopped and searched by the police were black, while only 17.5% of overall drivers " as well as overall speeders " were black.6 To look at similar case in Volusia County , Florida, in 1992, nearly 70% of those stopped on a particular Interstate highway in central Florida were black or Hispanic, although only 5% of the drivers on that highway were black or Hispanic. Moreover, minorities were detained for longer periods of time per stop than whites, and were 80% of those whose cars were searched after being...

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Deterrence Leslie Cantu: Fear of death deters people from committing crimes, proponents say. They also believe that if attached to certain crimes, the penalty of death exerts a positive moral influence by placing a stigma on certain crimes like manslaughter, resulting in attitudes of disgust and h...

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Women are the fastest growing population in prisons today. ... "With the increasingly growing population of incarcerated women, especially pregnant women there is a greater risk of more complex medical problems a fact that the male-oriented correctional systems fail to recognize" (Acoca, 1998). ... Justice Works was founded in 1992 by criminal justice experts, ex-prisoners and religious leaders in response to the tripling female U.S. prison population in one decade. ...

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For example, a report conducted by the Commission on Systemic Racism on the Ontario Criminal Justice System, concluded that Blacks constituted not quite 3% of the population, yet they accounted for 15% of the prison population. During a six year period from 1986-1992, the black imprisoned population increased by an astounding 204% (Henry,147). ...

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The proportion of drug users in the incarcerated population also grew at the same time. By the end of the 1980's, about one-third of those sent to state prisons had been convicted of a drug offense; the highest in the country's history (Reuter 1992, pp. 323-395). ... This rise in population is largely due to the number of inmates serving time for drug offenses (Siegel 1998). ... This is due to the fact that if they live with the general population, it is much harder to break away from old habits. ... Pro-social values should be taught in an environment that is separate from the norma...

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Between 1900 and 1992, there were 416 documented cases in which a person was convicted with a death penalty and later were proven innocent ("Five"). ... Also, despite the fact that African-Americans constitute only 12% of the national population ("Five"), they comprise 43.1 percent of the prisoners on death row ("Death"). ...

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In addition to this fact, Lott gives evidence that high crime neighborhoods with minority populations show immediate reductions in crimes when citizens begin to carry concealed handguns. ... He provides extensive empirical data and theoretical evidence to support his theory and then concludes "that if all states had adopted nondiscretionary concealed-handgun laws in 1992, about 1,600 fewer murders and 4,800 fewer rapes would have been committed" (p.60). ... Some variables not considered are minority populations, social-economical status, cultural diversity, and ethical moral beliefs in tho...

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In a report made last year, the FBI stated between 1965 and 1992 law enforcement agencies reported a 423 percent increase in the number of assaults, robberies, rapes, and homicides by juveniles. ... This same report attempts to soften the blow by including that from 1983 to 1992 it only increased by 54 percent. ... Experts, on the other hand, are worried that the growth of youth population will make this number increase once again (U.S. ...

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"Between 1900 and 1992, there have been 46 documented cases of innocent persons who have been convicted of murder or capital rape-A third of whom were given a death sentence and in 23 of these cases, the person was executed." - In Spite Of Innocence.These statistics show that mistakes are made within the legal system, and to prevent unlawful executions, we must modify our government and abolish the death penalty. ... Since 1976, 60% of those sentenced to death for childhood offences have been either African Americans or Latino, even though these racial groups...

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Furthermore, as the years passed, a study at Duke University presented data that showed that North Carolina alone spent over one billion dollars on executions between 1976 and 1992 (Capital Punishment "). ... A woman named Sonia Jacobs was convicted in Florida in 1976 and by the time she was finally proved innocent, she was released in 1992 (Dieter). ... This is not much considering it is only a little more than one-half of a percent of the total state prison population (Suellentrop). ...

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They argue that rural areas have higher child poverty rates and higher percentages of poor school districts than urban areas, leading to a very large "at-risk" population (Martin, 1996). ... "According to Similarities in Challenges 5 USA Today, one in five high school-age kids - 1 in 3 boys - has carried some type of weapon in the last month, and up to 135,000 guns are carried into schools each day" (Martinet, 1992). ... These conditions have taken a serious toll on our neighborhoods" (Martinet, 1992). ...

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In 1992, the State of Washington's Department of Social and Health Services published a report identifying 691 sexually aggressive youths in state custody, 33% of whom were under the age of 12. ... Weak egos are associated with immaturity, poor social skills, and excessive dependants on others; antisocial peers may easily lead people with weak egos into crime. 9Within the overall population of juveniles who sexually assault children, there are certain youths who display high levels of aggression and violence. ...

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(A New Choreography, 2001, p.4) The Probation Service now works within a structure of National Standards, which has been in force since 1992. ... This translates into a range of negative beliefs about the Criminal Justice System, including 25% of the population believing the Probation Services do a poor or very poor job'. ... The renowned, punitive minded Mr Michael Howard, former Home Secretary, bought about great changes to the Criminal Justice system, with his lock-em up' beliefs which saw the prison population swelling dramatically from 44,506 prisoners in1993 to a present day...

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This would take prison population to 96,000 by 2014 (http://www.howardleague.org). ... Statistics show that in 1992 there were more than 20,000 suspended sentences handed out by the courts and this had collapsed to less than 4,000 in 1993. The new law 'two strikes and you're out' was introduced and the population in prisons started to grow further. This had a huge impact on the prison population and overcrowding was starting to become an issue. ... An article from the guardian challenges the view of this population increase and questions the link between prison population and f...

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The so-called "death penalty" has been around since the ancient Greek times, when Socrates, at the age of 70, was brought to trial and charged with "not believing in the gods the state believed in, introducing different new divine powers, and corrupting the young. Socrates was summoned to drink t...

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Crime was found to be more in the summer, in the southern areas, among heterogeneous population, and among the poor and uneducated. ... The rapid industrialization and urbanization the increasing pressure of population have made the problem of juvenile deviance as the most challenging and a threat to the well being of society. ...

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The program includes prison tours, personal stories from inmates and the integration of youth into the prison population (2012). ... It started in 1992, but since then it has spread to fifteen prisons across South Carolina (SC Dept of Corrections 2015). ...

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He unified this population through the creation of the Hammurabi's code. ... The outcome of this case resulted in the creation of the Connecticut Family Violence Prevention and Response Act of 1986, also known as the "Thurman Law"(Geigis, 1992). ...

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While most correctional systems have implemented objective classification systems that have become quite effective in identifying inmates for the general prison population, less attention has been given to accurately classifying inmates who pose a higher risk and may require special management within the prison setting. ... By keeping nonviolent drug users o...

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Blacks comprise 12 percent of the U.S. population but 41 percent of those on death row and 35 percent of those executed between 1977-2001 were Black, according to the Justice Department Bureau of Justice statistics. ... According to Dallas Morning News 1992, "Each death penalty case costs Texas an average of 2.3 million dollars. ...

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,and Walker,J.R 1992) What, then, are the rational answers to this series of partly understandable and partly impermissible misconceptions in the Australian society? ... Indeed, trends in Australia from 1965 to 1985 demonstrate an increasing number of homicide cases being reported to the police, but since the figures are rising more slowly than the population, the homicide rate has actually fallen over this period, from nearly six per hundred thousand to less than 4.4. ... In Canada, the homicide rate fell from a peak of 3.09 per 100,000 population in 1975(the year before the aboliti...

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"Pubic outrage at the gruesome murders of Kimber Reynolds in Fresno in 1992 and Polly Klaas in Petaluna in 1993, each by released felons with long rap sheets, fueled passage of California's' three-strikes and you're out' law in 1994- (TIMES 1). ...

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ATL 130 04/12/2001 Capital Punishment: The Abolitionist View "Historically, the death penalty always has been with us in some fashion. In ancient times, it was meted out of those who propagated radical ideas that threatened the political establishment. The death penalty has existed througho...

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