Rehabilitation of Felony Offenders Possible? Desirable? As the global economic downturn continues to adversely affect federal and state budgets across the board, one of the hardest hit areas has been the nation's penal system. Dwindling budgets hav Continue Reading...
Most of the owners agreed to sell their property to the city and Kelo was the last holdout. The city then exercised its power of eminent domain and condemned Kelo's property for use in its economic redevelopment plan. Kelo then brought suit in state Continue Reading...
She remains an active advocate today, still changing people's lives through her commitment to making the world a better and more just place. Her high standards and her refusal to cave in to lobbyists and other self-interest groups has been an inspir Continue Reading...
These arguments differ based on the amount of information on which they are founded. 5) Extensive definitions identify collections of objects/concepts to which the word applies: "Bears, sheep, rats, and humans are all mammals." An ostensive defini Continue Reading...
But he asserts that their cultural connections were far more tenuous with the East and with Europe, in contrast to costal states. Especially early on, the Western lands were poorly administered, based in the "common law" of the settlers, in the word Continue Reading...
For example, Archie couldn't prevent his black neighbors from moving next to him or stop his daughter's marriage to a liberal Polish man. Archie's ire stemmed from his belief that gains by minorities were coming at the expense of the hard working, l Continue Reading...
In Greece, judges hear minor crimes in Justice of the Peace Courts while juries hear more serious offenses. Overall, the crime rate in Greece lower compared with its neighboring nations in the Mediterranean region. The offenses with the highest lev Continue Reading...
By extension, this decision was expected to pave the way for a more equitable society. The Civil Rights Act also served other equal-rights movements, such as the women's movement. This law gave women's rights activists in the 1970s legal standing t Continue Reading...
Media Bias A liberal society is perceived to have no existence without news media that facilitates dissemination of right information to the individuals with a view to make them aware of the pronouncements. At the moment the news media fails to deli Continue Reading...
As with all other issues in media, it is up to the viewer of the information to decide which network to believe, and which network to trust as a source of unbiased, factual information. Since Fox News is undoubtedly the choice of a majority of viewe Continue Reading...
Fourth, a small but significant controversy surrounds the timing of the proposed amendment and its inevitable link to "the Governator." The first issue, regarding the sacrosanct nature of the constitution, is one of the easiest to address. While am Continue Reading...
Capital Punishment Currently, 38 states have legalized capital punishment statutes. In most states, the reinstatements of the death penalty were a response to public outcry over the perceived increase of violent crimes. There are now more than 3,000 Continue Reading...
The chronological order of the seasons is used by the fashion industry to plan and market clothing appropriate to the season, while detectives use the five Ws to investigate crimes, and philosophers use both the causal and logical orders to explore Continue Reading...
Dark Figure of Crime The amount of crime in society gets known when it is reported to the police, through public response to victim surveys and studies of offenders who admit committing crime, and when transmitted to other agencies, such as hospital Continue Reading...
legislation, lawmakers need to focus on the public good, the possible repercussions of their actions, and most importantly, the "fairness" of their legislation. These three tenets seem to have been disregarded when California passed its 3-strikes la Continue Reading...
David Hume's Concept Of Reason And Passion We live in an age that places great primacy on reason. With the evolution of scientific and technological knowledge, most people in Western societies believe that the faculties of reason should determine an Continue Reading...
" The tragic paradox of the whole book lies in the mindset of the author himself. Brooks eventually is also a "mixed-up" Bobo which he admitted in an interview with Gwen Ifill of the "News Hour" ("Yeah, I consider myself a Bobo with bad grades. If I Continue Reading...
The author talks about several investigations, including the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, jr., that have been aided by firearm evidence teams. Evidence Submission Guideline #10: Firearms Evidence. Indianapolis-Marion Co Continue Reading...
That is to say, I believe students and faculty members have a right to protect themselves no matter where they go to school, and because we can't say what university will be targeted next, it is important that we extend this right to those attending Continue Reading...
Reducing Youth Firearm Injuries and Suicides Community Collaboration -- Gun Laws In 2012, 9-year-old Maximos Herbert discovered a loaded and unlocked gun underneath his father's bed and a few minutes later an accidental gunshot wound to the head en Continue Reading...
Concealed Carry on College Campuses Support for Concealed Carry on College Campuses Many individuals believe that completely removing guns from society will best serve to protect the public however the truth is that criminals will still access guns Continue Reading...
Those who oppose gun rights argue that society suffers from violence already, and arming more people will only make the problem worse. However, this argument is misguided. As explained above, deterrence alone helps to reduce violent crime. Furtherm Continue Reading...
films such as "The Ad and the Ego" that the media contributes much towards mind-control in 21st century America. Indeed, many of the things feared by Americans are shown to be exaggerated images the media creates on a daily basis. Glassner for examp Continue Reading...
AIDS in the Workplace," discuss the following: What are the moral issues in this case? The first moral obligation Carla has is to the law: it is illegal to discriminate against someone because they have an illness, if that illness does not substan Continue Reading...
Concealed Gun Carrying on College Campuses College is a stage in a young person's life that is filled not only with hard work, the proverbial sweat, and often tears, but also with fun, new friends, and new love. It is one of the most carefree and h Continue Reading...
Analsysis Possible Cases The only valid torts causes of action are: (1) Malik vs. Daniel for battery in connection with Daniel's shoving Malik; (2) Malik vs. Stadium for negligence in connection with failing to maintain the integrity of the protec Continue Reading...
Over the course of about a year, it appears that "in total, some 1,725 weapons appear to have been involved," with weapons subsequently showing up in both the United States and Mexico (Cochran 2011). Operation Fast and Furious first raised the inte Continue Reading...
Alcohol tobacco and fire arms (A.T.F) In the federal government, in one way, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a brand new agency with a new mission, new name and a new place. On the other hand, the status of the agency in t Continue Reading...
Current Event On December 14, 2012 a mass shooting occurred in Newton, Connecticut at Sandy Hook Elementary School resulting in the deaths of twenty children and six adults. The gun used at the elementary school was an AR-15 which was registered to Continue Reading...
And as to reportedly lax laws that make it reasonably easy to purchase a weapon at a gun show, Kleck asserts "...determined killers who plan their murders over a long period of time are the people least likely to be blocked from getting a gun by bac Continue Reading...
Overall, what Kleck is saying is that knee-jerk reactions that happen after the fact can, and in this case do, get falsely validated. Second, Kleck uses solid data in the form of documented statistics to show that despite indications to the contrar Continue Reading...
Concealed Weapons INRODUCTION: The idea of carrying concealed weapons is not new. This writer argues that the only people carrying a concealed weapon should be those who have a clear need to do so. SUPPORTING ARGUMENTS: It is not possible to keep Continue Reading...
Gang Violence For many years gang violence has plagued cities in the United States and around the world, causing disruptions and chaos in communities, and bringing grief and grieving to families in those communities. There seems to be no end to the Continue Reading...
On the other hand, guns kill people every day, yet we keep protecting the rights of gun owners and fight to prevent even something a simple as registration. Moore acts as a person trying to provoke a response on several occasions, returning to Colu Continue Reading...
Gang Violence Interventions: Pulling Levers Programs Gang Intervention Over two decades of studies have shown partnerships between institutions and communities are required for effective and sustainable interventions to reduce gang violence, but th Continue Reading...
On the other hand, it is possible that such scenarios are extreme, and are based on the same time of 'slippery slope' logic that causes people to wonder if legalizing gay marriages will lead to people marrying animals. Extremism on either side of a Continue Reading...
2nd Amendment to U.S. Constitution Laws regarding the use and safety of weapons in the United States date back to 1837, when Georgia's ban on handguns was ruled unconstitutional. Subsequent legislation has been scrutinized by courts -- including th Continue Reading...
The Second AmendmentThe Second Amendment was ratified in 1791 and is the Amendment to the US Constitution that protects the persons right to bear arms. Yet there have been numerous challenges to this Amendment, particularly since gun violence has inc Continue Reading...
New York City has some of the toughest gun laws in the country. And it's essentially impossible for a normal, law-abiding citizen to acquire a concealed handgun permit. The result is that the majority of New Yorkers are defenseless against the crim Continue Reading...
Those that oppose the allowing of firearms on campus also assert that there are other ways to make college campuses more secure. For instance, the development of campus wide alarms, email and text alerts have been implemented at college campuses th Continue Reading...
