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Young Offenders Act In Canada
Number of Words: 1556 / Number of Pages: 6
... of decolonization will only
be achieved through education, understanding, and perseverance, and this can
only be achieved by First Nations people working with First Nations people.
As indicated earlier much research has been done on the problems
associated with young offenders and the current treatment programs. In the
following research some of the most recent and important pieces have been used
and to eliminate repetition much has been deemed unnecessary.
Bibliography
Cooke, David J., Baldwin, Pamela J., Howison, Jacqueline. (1990).
Psychology in Prisons. London: Routledge.
In the second ...
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Should Racist Speech Enjoy Pro
Number of Words: 1500 / Number of Pages: 6
... enacting regulations that would limit an individual's right to free speech unless the
regulations, according to a 1986 ruling by the Supreme Court, are "narrowly and precisely designed."
As you can imagine, precisely tailoring any statute in order to prohibit racist speech is nearly impossible - and as
many other speakers have already said, banning the current racial slurs will only create new ones. Additionally, an
outright ban on racist speech and ideas could likely lead to a higher level of violence in our society.
A number of other supreme court rulings have come out in favor of protecting all ...
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Abortion
Number of Words: 799 / Number of Pages: 3
... and in particular the capacity to feel pain. 2) reasoning (the developed capacity to solve new and relatively complex problems) 3) self-motivated activity (activity which is relatively independent of either genetic or direct external control) 4) the capacity to communicate, by whatever means, messages of an indefinite variety of possible contents, but on indefinltely many possible topics. 5) the presence of self-concepts, and self-awareness, either individual or social, or both. (Taking Sides -Volume 3). Several cases have been fought for the right to choose. Many of these have been hard cases with ...
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Animal Testing
Number of Words: 775 / Number of Pages: 3
... animals is inaccurate and does not benefit humans or animals at all. Animals including, but not limited to, dogs, cats, mice, rats, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, rhesus monkeys, imported primates, owls, deer, sheep, llama, and cattle are commonly used for vivisection. Vivisection is the medical term for the practice of experimenting on animals. Charles River Breeding Laboratories, a company owned by Bausch and Lomb, provides 40-50% of the animals used in experiments of laboratories. The other remaining misfortunate animals come from places a little closer to you and me. Some of them come from animal ...
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Norwegian Security Policy After The Cold War
Number of Words: 3144 / Number of Pages: 12
... far north. Such a threat is only a
potential one and is not imminent today. Yet it has to be acknowledged that wars
between nations and ethnic groups have hardly been abolished. As a result, it
has become more difficult to identify the risk of armed aggression directed
against Norway The risk would seem to reside in the escalation of a whole series
of completely different political developments. For example, these eventualities
could take the form of the emergence of a nationalistic dictatorship, or the
development of ungovernable political chaos in formerly communist countries.
Because of the exist ...
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When The Government Stood Up For Civil Rights
Number of Words: 1985 / Number of Pages: 8
... in America, a voice that the government could no longer ignore. The government finally answered on July 2nd with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is historically significant because it stands as a defining piece of civil rights legislation, being the first time the national government had declared equality for blacks. The civil rights movement was a campaign led by a number of organizations, supported by many individuals, to end discrimination and achieve equality for American Blacks (Mooney 776). The forefront of the struggle came during the 1950's and the 1960's when th ...
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Adolescence And Moral Developm
Number of Words: 238 / Number of Pages: 1
... interpret the social environment in new and different ways. Second, because adolescents are capable of devising anew and idealisftic social orders to which all are expected to conform, we may view whtn as moral philosophers.
A number of researchers have noted other changes in moral development that point to the importance of adolescence as transition stage in moral development. Unlike children, the adolescent is concerned with what is right as opposed to what is wrong. also, adolescents become more preoccupied with personal and social moral codes. As they gain the competency to understand alter ...
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Women In Combat
Number of Words: 2726 / Number of Pages: 10
... for women. This opened up more jobs for women that had been off-limits (Congressional Quarterly Researcher, 1992, p. 844). The performance of women in these positions was tested during the Gulf War. For the first time, American women flew combat missions and directly supported infantry units (Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy, 1991, p. 200). Many times they were exposed to live fire, consequentially 13 were killed (Congressional Quarterly Weekly, 1992, p. 842). However, women were never considered to be in direct combat. The military's current combat exclusion policy states that women are ...
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Military Governments
Number of Words: 1113 / Number of Pages: 5
... more armed power than anyone in a
state, they have the ability to take over the government at any given time. In
Power and Choice, Shively questions the notion of the infrequency of military
governments. Yes, they are common, but why aren't they more common? The reason
being that as societies advance and become more complex, it is necessary for the
ruling elite to be more knowledgeable of the processes by which a government is
operated. This explains the recurrence of civilian-run governments. The
military may have a few leaders who are skilled politically, but the armed
forces are not cus ...
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The Jury System
Number of Words: 707 / Number of Pages: 3
... proof. But, Jerome Frank, one of delegates of legal realists, criticized jury system in Law & the Modern Mind, 1930. "
A lot of verdicts are irresponsible juries' products of caprice and prejudice, for example, the defendant is a rich corporation, the plaintiff is a poor boy and the counsel is an eloquent speaker. Such facts often decide who wins or loses." He characterizes that juries have tendency to like weak people and hate strong people. Jury system seems to have many problems. A sophisticated and rich person, a person of position and a busy businessman do not want to become a juror, because ...
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