Since the "Broken Window Theory"" was presented it has been an issue of great debate. ... The "Atlantic" " 1982 social science article, by James Q. ... If we as a society cannot fix the small things then what issues can be resolved at all? ... Learning new tactics and adjusting the way police handle the community issues will always shift. ... Many cases of murder, assault, robbery, etc. have contributing factors stemming from QOL issues. ...

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From the late 1980s, research on gender, crime and social issues, has hugely focused on the study of masculinity, and how there has become a correlation between masculinity and violence. ... Social and cultural issues also play a huge in part when it comes down to violence being committed in society. Hatty (2000) argues that men, particularly in this age bracket can be more violent than woman due to social issues such as employment, class, social bonds, and family environment. ... He believed that 'behaviour, including crime, is a social product, a result of interactions and patterns of ...

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Throughout the history of civilisation the enduring problem of crime has bought with it huge social and economic problems. ... The concept that physical characteristics are related to social behaviour have been traced back to the Greek physician Hippocrates, who designed a group of typologies and physiques and tried to correlate them with character traits. ... These studies into biological research show that most studies offer inconclusive results and it seems unlikely that biological theories alone can explain the problem of crime and anti-social behaviour. ...

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Since we have such a social connection to media, we have begun to realize the media, for all its benefits, may also affect the mindset of the general public. ... The negative reporting is detrimental to minority groups and the youth alike and will continue to be an issue as long as these media outlets are controlled by individuals with special interests in mind. ...

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., drug addiction, mental illness, alcohol abuse) find themselves incarcerated in an already overcrowded jail or prison with little or no treatment programs to address their issues. ... In essence, by researching about problem-solving courts in whether they are effective and any policy implications, we might be able reduce the overcrowding issue in jail and prisons and more importantly provide those who otherwise be incarcerated be able to get the treatment they desperately need. ... Problem solving courts vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and by different case types, but all focus on...

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It is difficult to enforce laws created by the justice system on criminal's who have produced a peculiar idea of another social world with separate laws for them to follow. ... Wade addresses the issue of why an officer's family experiences more immediate and on going grief through media publication of the officer's death and Wade expresses that "No one deserves to get that kind of gut wrenching, life-shattering information from a television news bulletin" (Line of Duty Police Death Notifications, Wade). ... The officers also addresses the issue of the media publicizing their fa...

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Issue of Gun Control and Violence The issue of gun control and violence, both in Canada and the United States, is one that simply will not go away. ... The importance of this issue is that not all North Americans are necessarily supportive of strict gun control as being a feasible alternative to controlling urban violence. ... Through the analysis of the writings and reports of academics and experts of gun control and urban violence, it will be possible to examine the issues and theories of the social impact of this issue. ... Firstly, they are usually defending each o...

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(Question 1) Juvenile delinquency is a complex social problem that significantly impacts all members and processes of a social structure. ... Current research into this difficult and pressing issue reflects a vast range of theories about, and predictors of delinquency as well as a multitude of strategies to control and reduce overall delinquency. ... Subsequently, investigators and professionals suggest that treatment procedures must focus on not only the immediate issue of the offender's deviant behavior but on every element within the context of that behavior as well, including fo...

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The death Penalty is also known as a type of capital punishment and is considered to be a major issue in today's world. ... --Joint Legislative Budget Committee of the California Legislature, Sept. 9, 1999 (The Catalyst, 2/22/00) It is a subject that raises many moral issues. ... As a former president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops pointed out in 1977, the issue of capital punishment involves both "profound legal and political questions" as well as " important moral and religious issues"." ...

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In the book "All God's Children" author Fox Butterfield delivered his point of view and his theory on the Bosket family and the American tradition of violence. Fox Butterfield was born in 1939 in Lancaster PA, graduating from Harvard University, Fox Butterfield became a famous journalist and author ...

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The issues regarding the death penalty are so intense, that many people are still not able to make a clear decision on the matter. The main reason for this is that it is a sensitive issue which is debated on many occasions through personal belief or in highly morally vulnerable circumstances. ... It is argued that the social cost of keeping a criminal alive, sheltered, eating and sleeping out of tax payer's money is shocking, whereas homeless people all around the country would benefit much more from this money. ...

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Stanley Cohen described a moral panic as: "A condition, episode, person or group of persons emerged to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests; its nature is presented in a stylized and stereotypical fashion by the mass media; the moral barricades are manned by editors, bishops, politicians and other right-thinking people; socially accredited experts pronounce their diagnoses and solutions; ways of coping are evolved or (more often) resorted to". ...

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When the new labour replaced the conservatives in 1997, they continued the 'get tough' law but argued that an 'excuse culture' had developed within the youth justice system and implied that young offenders could not help their behaviour because of their social circumstances. ... This had a huge impact on the prison population and overcrowding was starting to become an issue. ... It also raises other issues as repetitive punishment is not as simple for offences such as burglary. ... However, the ignorance of spontaneous behaviour when crime is committed is a substantial issu...

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This essay provides a brief overview, in simple terms, of what is known about factors that cause crime, and the issues that could make some individuals more likely to become involved in crime than some others. It will debate the biological, psychological and sociological issues; discussing chromosome and genetic make up, the family, school performance, intelligence factors, poverty, unemployment alcohol and finally substance abuse. ... Ultimately the information presented here will be inclined to make the issues very simple to understand. ... One shared issue in popular discussions of crime...

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Athens emphasizes that violentization is a social process. People are what they are as a result of social experiences that they have undergone in their lives. ... It wasn't until Prejean became involved in the plea for Patrick Sonniers life that she began to fully see the social divide within the law. ... How can one morally justify upholding verdicts of death knowing that such social injustices are apparent? ... Racial divide was still in issue in 1980's Louisiana as Prejean very well knew. ...

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Scarcely a week goes by without a new political or legal issue, murder case or impending execution fuelling the fires of controversy." ... In order to understand how the left-wing abolitionist views the issue of capital punishment, one must have knowledge of how the opposition defends the death penalty. ... In fact, leftists argue that it embodies the appalling inefficiency and brutality of violence rather than a civilized solution to difficult social problems. ... (Bedau) An article in the September 26, 2000 issue of The Progressive boldly supports this view, suggesting that the death pen...

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Australians have not had to confront this uncomfortable issue for more than a generation. ... True, violent crime has risen sharply in the past two decades, but to begin with it has been abundantly demonstrated by social research that availability of the death penalty has no effect whatsoever upon the rate of violent crime; to the contrary, there is some scientific evidence that death sentences imposed and carried out may, for peculiar reasons of social and psychic pathology, be an incentive to further acts of violence in the society. Furthermore, while the rates of most major, violent felonie...

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Because of fast and steady increase in crime and the fight for the right to own a handgun, the introduction of legislation for gun control, to try to reduce the crime in the United States, has been a hotly debated issue in recent years. ... Gun control is wrapped in a series of social issues such as crime and drugs. ... On balance, they show that there is nothing to be gained from reducing the general level of gun ownership. (3) A thorough review of 18 studies of the effects of gun availability among potential victims and criminals found that the overall effect on criminal violence was zero. (...

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"For the past 8 years from 1999 there has been a 5% decrease in the rate of crime among Canada's three largest provinces and 9 largest metropolitan areas." This was quoted by Statistics Canada on July 18, 2000, in a publication of The Daily. Crime can be defined as " any act or omission regarded by a sizable segment of a given society as warranting formal intervention to control, punish and prevent behaviours."1 However the diminishing crime rate may not hold to be a true depiction of a national trend in all provinces. The decreasing crime rate in relation to Canadian society ...

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In reviewing the existing body of literature, I will underline the detrimental impact that zero tolerance policies have had on U.S. public schools and outline alternatives to school discipline that are more supportive of educational achievement and conducive to the needs of adolescents during this period of social and cognitive development. ... The mere perception of violence in schools can both physically and psychologically impact students in a detrimental way: impeding physical, social, or academic growth and development (Furlong, Morrison, & Dear, 1993). ...

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Controversy arises when the issue of possible causes of, and also solutions to, these variations are discussed. ... It is, however, negligent to simply focus on these issues when examining the proposal of Professor Butler. ... Second, "the crime and delinquency rates of incarceration, and rates of arrest and of victimization of those who move away from these slums are indistinguishable from whites of the same social class."13 This fact suggests that socioeconomic factors are very important in the existence of crime. ... He asserts that discrimination and segregation deprive Blacks of adequate ...

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They were following the very definition of crime with their acts of mutiny, destruction, and robbery.4 Pirates were a cause of chaos in Maritime History during the beginning of America, especially in the New England colonies, and religious authority used social and moral reasons to stop them. ... Many times those convicted of these sinful crimes were pirates.12 In these religious colonies, they were often successful in stopping piracy, crimes, and keeping social order better than the other colonies because of their strict regulations.13 Later in the eighteenth century however, the economi...

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In an in depth analysis on a controversial issue it is essential to discuss both sides of the argument and interpret the main underlying points of the different perceptions and define the bias that is illustrated. 1. ... The article presents the issues that the juvenile justice system was founded upon in order to hold juveniles accountable for their crimes, while supplying treatment and rehabilitative programs. ... The criteria for sentencing a juvenile to death is evaluating the seriousness of the crime, the maturity of the juvenile and their environment, the juvenile's history, and t...

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Attitudes, beliefs, laws and other social structures which allow or support the power of one group over another, or which allow or support violence, contribute to the problem of sexual violence in society. ... • The changing social values regarding the acceptability of some forms of violent behaviour renders them less amenable to measurement by victim survey (National Committee on Violence 1990, p. 9). ...

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A society cannot give up its moral duties concerning the many issues associated to the protection and development of human life. Life should be both social and sacred to everyone, so we must protect it (Williams, 2000). ... Prosecutors and officials in states with the death penalty are passionate about the issue of deterrence. ...

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