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Corporal Punishment Is Physical Abuse
Number of Words: 824 / Number of Pages: 3
... certain crimes,
hoping that it will effect the reaction against an ever increasing amount of
crime.
The use of corporal punishment on children has also dropped sharply. In
many school systems of the United States, for example, corporal punishment has
been outlawed, it is also illegal in countries such as Sweden, Finland, Denmark
and Norway.
Corporal punishment for certain offences is very effective, because it's
done quickly and feared by all. Not only will it teach the offender not to
repeat his violent actions but it will also discourage him. It teaches the
school boy or convict tha ...
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Capital Punishment: Is It Required
Number of Words: 1997 / Number of Pages: 8
... to be racist, barbaric, and in violation with the United States
Constitution as "...cruel and unusual punishment." In this country, although
laws governing the application of the death penalty have undergone many changes
since biblical times, the punishment endures, and controversy has never been
greater.
Perhaps the most frequent argument for capital punishment is that of
deterrence. The prevailing thought is that imposition of the death penalty will
act to dissuade other criminals from committing violent acts. Numerous studies
have been created attempting to prove this belief; however, ...
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Censorship
Number of Words: 550 / Number of Pages: 2
... between what should and should not be
censored.
The world is filled with obscene things. And it would seem that parents
are just trying to protect their children from the outside world. But does it
really help? My friends sister was upset with her parents for raising her in
such a sheltered environment. When she went away to college, she got a taste of
what the real world was really like. These days, an average elementary school
student knows many things. They are influenced by a wide range of sources, from
television and other forms of media, their environment at home and school, to
their pe ...
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Illinois Vs. Nathan Leopold And Richard Loeb
Number of Words: 1879 / Number of Pages: 7
... already achieved recognition as the nation’s leading authority on the Kirtland warbler, an endangered songbird. Leopold agreed with Friedrich Nietzsche, and believed that legal obligations didn’t apply to those who approached “the superman.” Leopold’s idea of the superman was his friend and lover, Richard Loeb.
Leopold and Loeb’s relationship was described by Clarence Darrow as “weird and almost impossible.” With Leopold at one time contemplating killing Loeb over a perceived breached of confidentiality, it was very intense and stormy. Their “weird and impossible” relationship, led them to do tog ...
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The Death Penalty
Number of Words: 709 / Number of Pages: 3
... By killing the person, we are eliminating some individuals' chance for salvation. Human life has intrinsic value, even if a person has murdered another. Nobody should ever be killed, even by the state.
Moreover, human beings such as the poor, males, and racial minorities are over-represented among those executed. A study of over 2 dozen convicted criminals on death row found that all had been so seriously abused during childhood that they probably all suffered from brain damage. To further this subject, women convicted of murder are almost never executed. For instance, in March 1998 Judy Beenano ...
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The Seat Belt Law
Number of Words: 2526 / Number of Pages: 10
... and I feel completely naked without it.
In the past fifteen years, I have, unfortunately, been a passenger in approximately ten car accidents. A few of these were significant enough to cause minor injuries. But in two specific cases, the police officer reminded the driver and myself of the luck we encountered by wearing seatbelts. I have been very lucky.
On the other hand, I have had a few not so lucky friends. Just recently, a drug-free acquaintance of mine, and three of his friends, were driving down the road at a fairly fast pace. The driver lost the road and hit a telephone pole. He was no ...
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Police Brutality
Number of Words: 722 / Number of Pages: 3
... of mostly white officers, but of the
five men who died, none where white. Four of the five men that died where
African Americans, and the other man was a Mexican National.
If the incident in Tampa Bay does not show a person racism, this event
might. In New York City, an average of seven Latin Americans were killed a year
between 1986 to 1989, but in 1990, that number increased greatly. In that year,
twenty-three Latin Americans were killed by police gunfire.
When asked how he felt about racism being involved in police brutality,
Yussuf Naimkly of the University of Regina commented:
"Excessive ...
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The Drinking Age
Number of Words: 1276 / Number of Pages: 5
... the federal government. “The federal government has been suspected of threatening to stop federal funding for the states highway systems if they did not comply with the proposed uniformed drinking age.” Many feel that as a result of this the states were pressured into their decision of raising the age limit.
laws, in some ways, prevent young adults from participating in some social activities and in some cases limit their job opportunities. Because of the age laws young adults cannot attend functions where alcoholic beverages are being served and cannot get certain jobs. For instance, say a teen ...
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Letter Regarding Young Offenders And Threat Of Public Exposure
Number of Words: 321 / Number of Pages: 2
... be forced to be more
strict and control their children because, as the ministers believe,
parents are the key to reforming youngsters' behaviour.And that has to be
done before they grow up, because there will be no conrolling them then.So
no more anonymity, and no more "Blitz Boy" kind of nicknames which only
glorify the young troublemakers and make them look like heroes, but full
publication of offenders' genuine name.And we'll then see how many will
dare doing something that will result in that. Because a thing like that
not only humiliates the offender, but also destroyes his future, and
eliminate ...
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Crime Prevention
Number of Words: 3220 / Number of Pages: 12
... that community has become popular in the past twenty years is because of the economics of the justice system. The government was facing huge costs and they wanted to divert some responsibility to community based programs. Another reason was that police departments wanted to use the local communities to be their eyes and ears.
The reason for this belief was because the community would know exactly what is going on in their area. Finally, the local communities were demanding that they be involved in fighting crime because they were tired of criminal activity in their neighbourhood.
Through Envir ...
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