1. Victimless Crimes
Curfews are also used to teach kids boundaries and discipline that they will need as they enter adulthood and the work force. ... I agree curfews can enforce children to be home at a certain time, they cannot force the child to respect their parents (CollegeNET "). ... If they do not allow leniency with time, and punish the children for being late it will cause the teens to do whatever it takes to be home on time, which may include speeding and reckless driving, which could chance getting a ticket or in a wreck. ...
Today, there are 83 juvenile offenders, people who have committed crimes when they were of 17 years of age of younger, on death row (Death Penalty Information Center). They are all male. Most are black and Latin and the rest are white. Most have committed heinous crimes such as murder, rape, or othe...
A great number of people would argue that there are very few things, which our American society holds dear. However, after the events on September eleventh just over a year ago, it became abundantly clear that the one thing we revere the most is our freedom and ability to choose in a democratically...
The past century has been one of sensational crimes that have amazed many Americans. Form the Lindbergh baby to the exploits of Al Capone, to serial murderers like Ted Bundy. Crime has become a cultural phenomenon that has captured the interests of academics and the causal reader alike. To look back at the last century we can see an explosion in books on true crime and a growth in the fields of psychology, sociology, and criminology. This growth in book sales as well as academic research has shown that the crime wave of the twentieth century has caught the attention of the average citizen. ...