... shows how mothers" in a southern California community are able to stop gang crimes by being part of weekly gang truce meetings held by the Pomona Police Department. One of the major problems and worries for these gang members" mothers are that the dropout rate in highschool for these kids ... activities are being talked about with parents of other rival gangs. Officer Blair doesn't want the mothers to turn their children in, they just ask of needed information to be able to crack down the rivalries and gang banging that their children go out and do at ... , activities such as basketball...

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... crimes that you can be charged with even if you haven't done anything else wrong. Give your name, address, and phone number to the police. Otherwise keep quiet until you have spoken to a lawyer. You may be searched, photographed, and fingerprinted. Notice carefully what is being done but don't resist. If any ... personal property is taken from you ask for a written receipt. After you get to the police station call a trusted friend or relative ASAP. Tell this person where you are, what you've been charged with and what your bail or ... bond is. When you are arrested for a minor offense y...

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... in Long Beach, California teens from outside the school threw bottles and rocks at the schoolyard. Twice, students were fired on and a bullet hurt a boy playing basketball. As a result of these incidents the school built a 10-foot wall to protect students (Landau 80). Page #4 Teenagers who are, once were or never were victims are constantly fear. The kids who are victims don't want to ... ever go school again because they are so scared. Every day they hope that they will get through the day without anything bad happening to them (Landau 79). Bob is a very good example of a boy who has o...

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... are Thoroughly modern people". I think that they are very similar to people now days. They face a lot of the same situations. In the Puritan age, they were faced with a lot of mischievous behaviors. Only in their time if you did something wrong you had to hide it. For instance lechery was a crime punishable by death. In our time it isn't even a crime. During the Puritan ... and on. With the exception of few, people are sinners, bottom line. What the Puritans tried to do, was establish a Theocracy. A Theocracy is a form of government ran by religion. The Puritans took it a step further a...

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... rules which should be followed so everything can function efficiently and effectively. These rules reflect the attitudes of a community which exist in relation to specific types of behaviour and the community belief that these actions should be punished. Is "Justice" available for everyone living in australia? Justice, it is the principle of fair treatment or conduct, but is it really so fair? Back ... in the days when laws first came into practice, Justice was not important when it came to punishing. To the Babilonians justice was payback. The British beleived that if a person was guil...

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... the conditions Dr. King was under when he wrote the letter. He wrote portions of the letter in the margins of a newspaper and on scraps of paper until his attorney was allowed to supply him with paper. I assume that King did not have the luxury of referring to any books because King was not even allowed paper. The fact that King was able ... I disagreed with or a logical error. That is really rare for me because I almost always find a fault in my favorite books, movies, songs, and video games. I really enjoyed how Dr. King combated the claim that the nonviolent actions taken by Negroes ...

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... they are still 18. Alcohol is easily accessible at these places and the minimum drinking age of 19 is doing very little if not nothing to stop eighteen year olds from obtaining alcohol. These people if they want to drink will obviously be drinking anyways why make them criminals for breaking this unreasonable law. Drinking is a part of college and university whether the ... law makers like to admit it or not and by making it illegal for these students to drink is ignorant and pointless as it will accomplish nothing in preventing them from drinking. Since ... it for them which again is ...

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... read that we should just give second chances to people and that capital punishment is not helping in making the world a better place. Well in fact, it does make the world a safe and better place to live in. And I wouldn't give a second glance to those murderers especially when they mess with my family. I mean, who wouldn't want justice to their family members if they were harmed or worse ... , killed. Of course we would want the same thing to happen to the person who ... did it. We would want vengeance because I believe that all humans has a vengeful ... ...

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... that you raise your own children. This is not always the case. Even though your own upbringing plays a big role in parenting, the choices that you and your child make will determine if you become a productive member of society. The war on drugs cannot be solved by just spending more money. Money does not ... solve problems such as drugs and violence in America or the world. The thought out distribution of money between all the law ... if you live with a criminal like a mother father or some kind of a sibling you may be learning from them because you look up to them. Career criminals hav...

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Crime in today's world has become more gruesome with the times. With the crimes comes jail, so more jails are being built for the prisoners. More people are be criminals are being sent to jail and getting the death penalty. Some feel that the death penalty is also a gruesome act of murder. People who commit crimes get what they deserve and if that's the ... death penalty they should get it, because they are taking up our space and our time. Crimes have become a major pollution in this country. If people want to commit crimes so badly they should pay for what they do. Gangs and organized crime...

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... power are no doubt educated they are not without bias, carried from life, personal and professional experiences. Diversity of culture can bring to the table many views from sympathy to prejudice. Money plays a huge factor in being treated with fairness; you can be guilty of heinous crimes and buy your way out of the system, getting away without punishment. On the other side ... stripped of rights and freedoms", leaving behind only the presumption of guilty instead of innocence. According to Lois G. Forer, our justice system, "is divided into two separate and unequal systems of justice: ...

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... or teenager will commit these crimes only once or very few times. With the area having an abundance of schools with students enrolled in them, and shopping centers, there become more opportunities for theft to occur. While occasional criminals amount to a large amount of the number of crimes, the total loss of property value is lower. The largest amount of value loss is the ... approached. This is why they would not go on to robbing or becoming violent. Theft in itself is not a severe enough crime to send someone to jail for years on end. This is why the payoff is greater than conventio...

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... want a safer America, they want the youth of America to grow up in a caring non-violent environment, yet all they really want is a more productive best in the upper class. History proves that criminal behavior cannot be controlled by the government attempting to regulate gun usage. Gun control is also wrapped in a series of social issues such as crime and drugs. Guns have become closely linked to drugs and murder in ... requesting a permit should first be educated on the proper use, cleaning, and handling of a firearm. People who possess firearms should be made aware of all the laws reg...

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... several other crimes, including sexually assaulting the 11-year-old child and taking photographs of her on his cell phone. In this trial, the jurors unanimously voted for capital punishment for six different capital counts. Timothy Anderson, the juror who was last to vote for the death sentence, recalled how many of the jurors, composed of seven women and five men, cried ... 5 days (Griffin). Anderson held out the longest on his vote, "but when you look at the whole thing, it's so horrific" (Glaberson). The defense lawyers attempted to paint a picture of a troubled life to gain sympathy...

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... it far easier for judges to send juveniles into the adult criminal system. Young offenders often come from broken homes; their problems are deeper than stealing or drug abuse. Commonly the trouble they get themselves in is a cry out for help. And how does society answer? It locks them up in a perilous environment with hardened criminals. These criminals become role models for the youth ... . Lock up a thirteen year old with murderers, rapists and robbers, and guess he"ll want to be when he grows up? In the juvenile system youth get councelling, rehabilitation and special education. The ch...

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... can sort between different types of film. Within all aspects of genre there are similarities between films. This places them within a certain genre. In this essay, I am going to compare two films of the gangster genre and see how they are similar, and what places them within this genre. The two films I ... films show a gang of friends that act like they were brothers. With all of the films in this genre, crime plays a part. From petty crimes like selling stolen goods, all the way up to murder. Strong violence and bad language is also included and most gangster films are intended for an ....

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... appealing. Many times when a criminal is convicted of a crime the word prison sparks fear into their mind. At times the prisons they are being sent to are a lot harder on them than the streets were. In the news at least twice a month you will hear a story about justice gone bad. The inmates fight each other sometimes until someone is very seriously hurt ... that make life way too easy on some prisoners. When a person enters a prison most of the time they are expecting the worst, but in reality what they may be heading to is a place better than what they call home. In some prisons the pr...

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... rate has actually gone down since the abolishment of capital punishment in 1976. What would happen to terrorists if capital punishment was reintroduced, they are willing to die for their cause, so they would become martyrs if executed. Another excuse to reintroduce capital punishment back into Australia is to stop re-offenders. These criminals do not want to change their ways, or can not as they need money ... may become corrupt as a cause of this. Capital punishment is wrong as it takes the life of a person who killed another person. What we are doing is the same thing to them what the...

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... do more than just send them to prison. For instance, we could give them a chance to acquire job skills; which will improve the chances that inmates will become productive citizens upon release. The programs must aim to change those who want to change. Those who are taught to produce useful goods and to be productive are likely to develop the self-esteem essential to a normal, integrated personality (Szumski 21). This ... might have already been solved by another group member and can be suggested. Often if a peer proposes a solution it carries more weight than if the counselor were to su...

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... report that since the introduction to metal detectors in 1988, serious incidents have declined by 58% in schools with scanner and by 43% without them. Every school should start putting in metal detectors and scanners if they want to cut down violence. Some school districts that experimented with metal detectors for a short time found them a bit frustrating. It has become very easy to obtain a gun. A survey of Baltimore ... public-schools students showed that the four most prevalent places to get guns are street corners, friends, drug dealers ... ...

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... when you know the difference between fantasy and reality, it's acceptable to play these games. After you play the game, if it leads you to think that you can fight with your friends in real life, then you are on the wrong track. "The state of Washington has become the first in the nation to regulate the sale of video games. Gov. Gary Locke on Monday ... signed into law a bill banning the sale of certain 'violent' games to anyone under 17." Video games should ... be rated according to the age and they should have little or no violence at all. I know ... ...

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... /saying prayers on their behalf, and from forcing anyone to join in prayer. B. The extent to which prayers may be involved in a school activity wouldn't change other than allowing prayer as a free speech issue, as long as government is only allowing what students want, rather than forcing them. C. It also assures that no student is required to join in the activity. 1. a small number could no longer halt ... the religious speech of the other students, so long as they are not compelled to join in such speech. 2. in the same way, a large group of students could not censor the ... has been ...

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... children are statistically more likely to become unlawful themselves. They endure endless emotional and social damage. It should also be mentioned, that the recidivism rate among the mothers whom participated in the program, is low. Can we provide evidence that allowing mothers to raise their children in prison with them, has a more beneficial result? Do we want to risk the outcome for ... children, often causing long-term developmental retardation".(Vis 1). The settings are restricted and children have little opportunity to relate with others, explore their surroundings, be stimulated, ...

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... greater dangers, such as traffic safety, abuse, and other more serious crimes. The FBI reported that by 1996, arrests had increased to 9.9% of all combined arrests. Drug offenders, primarily marijuana, now constitute for about 23% of all prison populations in 1995 (Faley, Jonathan. (1997). Fact Sheet: Drug Data Summary. White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. 1-4. Retrieved ... from http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov). Due to this, the nation's prison population has risen 5.2% (Gilliard, Darrell. (1998). Prisoners in 1997. Bureau of Justice Statistics. 1. Retrieved from http...

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... the educational process, but also creates unnecessary burden on children. The use of the National Government's budget surplus to fund law enforcement for nationwide public school districts on a permanent basis. Although it would be costly, this would allow local law enforcement to safeguard schools in their respective districts. Depending on the size of each district, size of the school, and severity of crime ... in the school, officers would be assigned on a permanent basis to maintain as safe an environment as possible. As of now, other proposals and acts designed to prevent violence i...

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