Fundamental Human Rights and Voting Rights for the Incarcerated One of the fundamental human rights according to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is that of access to the vote. Arguably, the right to have self-determin Continue Reading...
One hypothesis is that many African-Americans yielded to the intimidation of the time and simply did not want to risk their safety and the safety of their families. 6. Poll Taxes A poll tax is a tax of a fixed amount charged each person to registe Continue Reading...
The milestone that the Civil Rights Movement made as concerns the property ownership is encapsulated in the Civil Rights Act of 1968 which is also more commonly referred to as the Fair Housing Act, or as CRA '68. This was as a follow-up or reaffirm Continue Reading...
In fact, while Great Britain is liberal in many areas, prison rights does not seem to be one of them. Prisoners commonly appeal conditions to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which has a much more liberal stance on human and inmate ri Continue Reading...
Inmates and God Time/Right to Vote/Mandatory Release Not all inmates are banned from voting if the state laws are not regulated accordingly. However, in the U.S. merely two states allow felons to vote from prison. Furthermore, in certain extreme ca Continue Reading...
Because of the fact that they are Negros, they have been oppressed and intimidated on several occasions. Malcolm X also makes some historical claims when demanding the civil rights. He states that Negro revolt has been going on since 1945 in the who Continue Reading...
The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Illinois and argued that the Fourteenth Amendment was designed to protect against race discrimination only…" Gibson, 2007, Background to Muller v. Oregon section ¶ 1). The Court ruled that Continue Reading...
When his voice is removed, the laws he is held subject to lose all rationality, especially in a democracy. E.B. White, in response to the Nuremberg trials, said something akin to "If a man hangs, it does not spell justice unless he helped write the Continue Reading...
Shell Oil in Nigeria Discussions on economic hardship, environmental devastation, and political corruption in Nigeria always seem to come back to the Dutch Shell Oil Company. The company is charged by activists and Wiwa as influencing the Nigerian Continue Reading...
prisoners do have some rights, it is worth noting that their rights are extremely circumscribed, particularly when contrasted with that of the average citizen who is not incarcerated. The most salient right that prisoners have is afforded by the Eig Continue Reading...
PADILLA V. RUMSFELD & HAMDI V. RUMSFELD Summary of Padilla v. Rumsfeld Facts of Padilla v. Rumsfeld Summary of Facts Technical History Holding Supreme Court Reasoning Lower Court Reasoning Summary of Hamdi v. Rumsfeld History of Hamdi v. Continue Reading...
Instead, the commission offers as a compromise more humane treatment of refugees. ("Migration Amendment," Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 2006, p.1) But while this may be a laudable effort, it shows that the creation of a perfect sch Continue Reading...
Racial Equality Race is used in this country to exploit and use people's emotions to eventually control their actions. Race is something that we are born with and is assigned to us in a completely mysterious way. Somehow this quirk in life has been Continue Reading...
The refusal to extend the vote, as well as all of the other rights prohibited to ex-felons, really denies them the chance to begin their lives again as fully integrated citizens of their city, state and country. The irony is that while the disenfra Continue Reading...
" (Lindsey, 2004, p.1) it is interesting to note that one of the young protestors stated: "[the world leaders] are sitting over there on Sea Island having their little party only talking about how to fix things, but we are over here actually doing so Continue Reading...
Recidivism Rates and Causes The objective of this research is to examine recidivism rates and causes for recidivism. According to the work of Moak, Lawry, and Webber (2007) "The United States prison system is one of the worst prison systems in the w Continue Reading...
S. General Accounting Office (GAO) estimates' in 1991 stated that nearly 30% of those incarcerated had used drugs daily in the month before committing the offense for which they were in prison. By the year 2003 there were approximately 6.9 million in Continue Reading...
Alternate Corrections Proposal Alternative Punishment for a Population of Inmates Alternate Corrections Program Proposal The need for a major overhaul of the U.S. prison system, and its purpose, is becoming increasingly recognized by human rights Continue Reading...
war on drugs has been an unmitigated disaster that has fallen short of its intended objectives, and done nothing but blotted up taxpayers' money, opened up avenues for organized crime, and filled up the prison systems with mere drug users and posses Continue Reading...
probation and parole in the state of Pennsylvania. As in most states, probation and parole go hand-in-hand in Pennsylvania. The same agency, the Board of Probation and Parole (PBPP) oversees both agencies in the state, and they work together to ensu Continue Reading...
Civil War A Fight for Democracy There are many forms of government that exist in the world. From dictatorships to monarchies to democracies. However, the most challenging form of government by far is democracy. This is because it involves participa Continue Reading...
The other effect of the discriminatory judicial system is that non-whites are usually targeted by the system in an unfair manner. For instance, Latinos are usually and in certain instances explicitly singled out for the process of immigration enfo Continue Reading...
Criminology Theory Answer A: The documentary showed how the criminal justice system is biased towards the whites while having a huge number of African-American imprisoned. This documentary revolves around the racial injustice that happens within the Continue Reading...
Criminological Event Racism has always been a defining feature of the American criminal justice system, including racial profiling, disparities in arrests convictions and sentencing between minorities and whites, and in the use of the death penalty. Continue Reading...
Colonization vs. Anti-Slavery The question asked for this brief report is whether the wants and demands of the pro-colonial folks and the anti-slavery folks that existed during the early days of the United States both had their demands and preferenc Continue Reading...
American Psychological Association in Criminal Justice American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association, or APA, according to its own website, is a scientific and professional organization for the field of psychology in th Continue Reading...
Gender-Specific Therapy for Women Prisoners RESEARCH QUESTION AND JUSTIFICATION On average, women make up about 7% of the total federal and state incarcerated population in the United States. This has increased since the 1980s due to stricter and m Continue Reading...
The community also loses vital members who otherwise would be contributing to it (Moore, and Elkavich 782). Just by eliminating nonviolent offenders from the prison population could total prison costs of 16.9 billion dollars as of 2010 (Schmitt, War Continue Reading...
Workplace Harassment Policy Introduction The way that a society treats its criminals is indicative of the moral character and worthiness of that society. While it is easy for us to ignore and disregard the criminals amongst us by leading them to pr Continue Reading...
Ex Offenders The United States is regarded as having the world's highest incarceration rate. It has been estimated that the prisons are holding more than 2.3 million people as of now. Due to this reason, overcrowding is a significant issue in the pr Continue Reading...
eve of MLK Day, Michelle Alexander and Randall Robinson on the Mass Incarceration of Black Americans (13th January, 2012). The show is a discussion between Tran Africa founder Randall Robinson and author Michelle Alexander about the disproportionat Continue Reading...
More people are currently incarcerated than at any other time. In fact, prisons are so over crowded that it is now common practice for judges to simply use deferred sentences and probation as a means of sentencing. Further, the costs of housing so Continue Reading...
Therefore, by increasing the costs of imprisonment by the three strikes law, it is intended that there will be less crime. Marwell and Moody express several difficulties with the laws in the 24 states: Criminals are not always aware of the laws, at Continue Reading...
Criminal Justice The Criminal Type What do you think of when someone talks to you about the 'criminal type'? Is there a specific 'type' of person that can be construed 'criminal?' According to Jessica Mitford, "Americans are preoccupied with crimes Continue Reading...
United States singled a shining democratic governance;, U.S. system governance immune criticism. Scholar One of the critiques of democracy discussed within the articles for this assignment is greatly associated with the role that private property an Continue Reading...
Otsuka Julie Otsuka's novel When the Emperor was Divine explores the realities of life in the Japanese internment camps in the American southwest during World War Two. The novel's historical accuracy can be proven by comparing the details in the liv Continue Reading...
I had no idea that black people were brutally assaulted for just sitting on the wrong bench or that the police were part of the problem at that time. The new appreciation for the factual understanding of what the American civil rights era was about Continue Reading...
gun control, including counter arguments. Owning a gun is much more than just a statement about this country's Constitution and Second Amendment rights. Owning a gun is a measure of protection and freedom that illustrates the principles this country Continue Reading...
