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Measuring Crime Essay

Measuring Crime During the latter half of the twentieth century, evidence-based policing became more commonplace, partly as a means to reduce corruption, but also as a means to make crime fighting more effective. Instruments used to measure crime at Continue Reading...

Guideline Sentencing Essay

Judicial discretion enables judges to make sentencing decisions within specific statutory limits. As with prosecutorial discretion, judicial discretion is built into the system as a means of enabling flexibility, accounting for special circumstances Continue Reading...

Setting of This Classic Film Essay

Like other symbols of the civil rights movement such as the song "We shall overcome" and peaceful sit-ins, to Kill a Mockingbird quickly assumed a similar position. As the focus of the movie was on right and wrong, the director of this film, Robert Continue Reading...

Nurse POWs Leadership and the Term Paper

Both were conscientious leaders and neither would allow herself to be stepped on. But the manner in which each accomplished this differed considerably. Miss Redecker made her presence known in her quiet, defiant way, while Capain Crawford had an aut Continue Reading...