The order of the essay is as follows. ... First the essay will discuss what we mean by "cause". ... This picture of causation does not help when understanding crime. ... This started a heated debate within the field of psychology, though no difference between those men with the extra Y chromosome was found in association to arrests for violent crime (Brennan, et al, 1995). ... This now leads the essay on to truancy. ...

• Word Count: 3709
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ... I started out at the age of nine learning about a new world, work. ... Again there's no money unless you have the money to start your own business. ... I soon found myself in Port Coquiltlam, twenty minutes of Vancouver laying sods of all things, soon I would be a carpenter's helper, buildin...

• Word Count: 4766
• Approx Pages: 19
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the 18th Century public punishment started to decline and the use of prison grew as a means for punishment. ... 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. ... 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 overcro...

• Word Count: 3653
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The purpose of this essay is to look at how the media is a source of 'knowledge' to present crime and victimisation and how the media invokes 'moral panics' about crime and lawless behaviour. ... "Media images help shape our view of the world and our deepest values; what we consider good or bad, positive or negative, moral or evil" (Butler Alison, 2015). ... Whilst crime is generally newsworthy, it is a range and combination of various 'news values' that help push a potential crime story into an actual crime story (Reiner, 2002). ... This helped put this...

• Word Count: 2855
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This essay will discuss the reasons people accept plea bargains, courtroom workgroup role and incentives in plea bargaining, and the impact of race on plea bargaining. ... This starts by the prosecutor offering to terminate one or multiple charges in exchange for the defendant's guilty plea [May84]. ...

• Word Count: 3937
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School