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Sentencing Minors

Introduction This paper will be exploring how minors, under the age of eighteen, are sentenced to life in jail for crimes in the United States that are committed when they were adolescent, and in some cases, children. There are many variables that affect how a juvenile is being sentenced, such ...

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Homeless Youth

Powers, Jane L. and Barbara Jaklitsch. Reaching the Hard to Reach. Education & Urban Society, Volume 25, Issue 4, August 1993. At some point in time, all teenagers are expected to leave home and venture out on their own. Separating from parents and gaining independence are two central tasks ...

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The New Jim Crow: The School to Prison Pipeline

AFRAS200 8 May 2013 The New Jim Crow: The School to Prison Pipeline Before the 1950’s, Jim Crow racism was a system of racial privileges based on state power interventions that resulted in segregations of blacks and whites in public places such as public schools, restrooms, drinking ...

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The Evolution Of Inequality In

In the United States, true equality has never existed. From the Declaration of Independence to modern times, the U.S. legal system has failed in any attempt at equality. The ideology of "all [men] are equal but some [men] are more equal than others" has been present throughout the history of the ...

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Governmentality and the Radicalization of Terrorists

Introduction This paper is exploratory in nature and proposes to provide an account and discrepancies of the theory of governmentality, and the radicalization of terrorists. In the first section, the historical roots and broad and ambiguous nature of governmentality will be explored. A brief ...

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Youth Violence

Over the past decade, criminal and violent acts committed by juveniles have increased dramatically. A national crisis is engulfing this country. Over half of the people arrested for murder in the United States in 1991 were under age 25 (Wilson & Howell, 1993). The Children’s Defense fund ...

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Should We End Marijuana Prohibition

Should We End Marijuana Prohibition? Paula J. Telisczak March 4, 2012 Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Safiyyah- Al Amin The subject of legalizing marijuana or keeping illegal has been an ongoing debate for some 40 years. America is getting closer to having the ban on the ...

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Black History

The United States is locking up people at an unprecedented rate. There are now 1.75 million people in state and federal prisons in the U.S.--up from 1 million people just four years ago. Young Black and Latino men are bearing the brunt of this. Over 70 percent of those imprisoned are Black, Latino ...

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Violence Against Women In The

DISCUSS THE EXTENT OF PROTECTION FOR WOMEN AGAINST MALE VIOLENCE BY THE STATE. For this essay I am going to look at Domestic Violence against women and what the State is doing to protect them. Domestic Violence is now a well-known global occurrence affecting not only women but also their children ...

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Juvenile Delinquency

There is no doubt that various experts can give us many theories as to the causes of , including one's economic background, substance abuse, delinquent peer groups, repeated exposure to violence, increased availability of firearms and media violence, however, I feel that the number one cause of ...

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Should Gambling Be Legalized?

Over the past twenty or so years, great wealth and improved economic and social conditions have been promised to the communities that have embraced legalized gambling. However, with twenty years of experience it is time to look back and analyze whether this is true or not. It could easily be ...

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Dangerous Driving And The Effects On Youth

In today's society, dangerous driving is criminal and is also considered to be deviant. There are different levels of dangerous driving, all of which have different meaning to different people, some are considered part of the social norm and others are considered to be deviant. Speeding for ...

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Juvenile Crime And Punishment: Justice Or Injustice

In recent years the crime rate for juveniles has escalated and violent criminal acts are now being committed by younger children. In hopes of deterring juvenile crime, many states are now wavering juveniles to adult courts. Once the youth is trialed, he or she is subjected to the same tough ...

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The Legalization Of Marijuana

Marijuana (also spelled marihuana) is a psychoactive drug made from the dried leaves and flowering parts of the hemp plant. It is one of the most strictly classified illegal drugs in the United States. Under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is listed as a Schedule I substance, which ...

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Teenage Parenthood

Marijuana (also spelled marihuana) is a psychoactive drug made from the dried leaves and flowering parts of the hemp plant. It is one of the most strictly classified illegal drugs in the United States. Under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is listed as a Schedule I substance, which ...

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Billy Budd - Criminal Without

How would you feel if you were told you cheated on a test, that you really did not, by a teacher who hated you, and will be expelled because of it? Herman Melville’s Billy Budd relates an allegory of the righteous versus the reprobate by symbolizing Billy Budd, John Claggart, and Captain Vere as ...

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Decriminalize Marijuana For The Good Of America

Currently, drugs remain high on the lists of concerns of Americans and are considered one of the major problems facing our country today. We see stories on the news about people being killed on the street every day over drugs. To many people drugs are only an inner-city problem, but in reality ...

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Serial Killers 2

Prior to discussing what serial killers do, we must identify and pinpoint what a serial killer is. We generally tend to attribute the same name for serial killers and mass murderers. This is incorrect because they are two independent and different types of killers. While both of these ...

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Juveniles: Too Young To Die?

English Comp. I A Mr. Keller In 1643 a sixteen year old boy was put to death for sodomizing a cow. Three hundred and fifty years later, sixteen states have legitimized the execution of juveniles. Four of those twelve states have lowered the legal age of execution to twelve. For whatever reasons ...

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Gang Membership Prevention in American Society

Evangelin Samuel Professor Karl Stowe Introduction to Sociology 26 November 2019 Gang Membership Prevention in American Society Gang membership has been a problem that Americans have been combating since the mid-20[th] century. It is seen in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and ...

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