Alex is a smart teenager who plays the leadership role in his gang. ... Alex demonstrates his leadership role by explaining that every group needs a leader and he is there to fulfill that role. Alex could easily focus his leadership role in a more positive environment such as school but chooses not to attend and to rule the streets with his droogs. Alex's leadership role is ultimately jepordized when he tries to rob a house and his droogs turn their backs on him. ...

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Young people join gangs because they grow up in environments where gang members are viewed as role models. ... The mentors become role models to the teens in place of the gangsters. The new, positive role models lead their teens, and teach them important things about the world and their lives. ... By exposing teens to new environments and role models, it allows them to see a new perspective on life. ... They are also introduced to an environment that has positive mentors instead of gangster role models. ...

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She believes that women's roles have changed in the home and the workplace. ... It appears that over the past two decades women have had to assume male roles in the home and workplace. These adaptations of male roles and traits are due to a higher divorce rate, leaving many single mothers and also the rise of women in typically male positions in the workplace. As women adopt these male traits and roles, this increases the involvement in crime. ... I have also pointed out that hormones do play a role in crime. ...

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The intensity of the relationship (boyfriend/girlfriend) also played a major role in her involvement with the crime. ... If he would have been her friend from elementary school and they just happened to bump into each other and he asked her to be apart of the crime she would have said no. the intensity of the two participating parties" relationship also played a major role in how the crime was played out. ...

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Violence bombards us constantly. Networks shoot in sequence one violent scene after another, delivering untold numbing horror into America's living rooms, bedrooms, and nurseries. Taped TV violence, unlike real violence, repeats over and over in an accelerating pattern. The sounds and scenes of vio...

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Fathers play a crucial role in the development of girls' image of their femininity. ... There is a drastic shortage of positive male role models. ... The lack of a male role model at home is compounded by the lack of male role models at school. ... Lately, the role of the father is superfluous. ... His role is important because he provides a love that is different than the mother's. ...

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The role of the community police officer is equivalent to the role of the critical social scientist, the facilitator and catalyst of problem solving activities. Through self-education and educating the residents, the officer plays both the expert and educator role without forcing the expert opinion upon the residents. ...

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This essay will discuss the reasons people accept plea bargains, courtroom workgroup role and incentives in plea bargaining, and the impact of race on plea bargaining. ... In addition to individuals being pressured and wanting a lesser punishment, prosecutors ultimately play the most significant role in plea bargaining. ... However, in addition to the prosecutor and the defense attorney, the judge has a role also in plea bargaining. The judge role in plea bargains now is a neutral role since they are not allowed to be involved in the plea bargaining process [May84]. ... In past years the jud...

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The main part missing from each females life is the role of a father figure. ... Females express that joining a gang was like a path to liberation from the stereotypical roles they would be forced to play in traditional society (Moore). ... The message of girls amongst other children in our society are sending out is chillingly clear: society has failed to provide nurturing, attention, safety, discipline, and positive role models (Sikes). ... Instead, girls are left behind to pick up the pieces, to scrape together money for all the funerals, and to raise their children without father...

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Lately science has been a big role in helping solve crimes, crimes that years ago could not be solved with the resources that were available. ... Communication in this case didn't play that big of a role. ...

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Elements of Recidivism Recidivism is a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior, especially a relapse into criminal Behavior. I often wonder why there are a large number of inmates who are repeat offenders. In a study according to the Justice Department, the rat...

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The role of police has and still continues to play a huge role in mass media and crime. ... The media was being questioned as the biggest role in the completion of the trial. ... In this case, proximity plays a huge role. ...

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Investigator The role of the investigator is to document the scene with adequate and appropriate methods. ... Make sure each team member knows what their role is. Advised everyone which role they are contributing to for instance, collecting evidence, photography, sketches, searches, and etc. ...

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There is a drastic shortage of positive male role models. ... Lately, the role of the father is superfluous. ... His role is important because he provides a love that is different than the mother's. ...

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According to www.deathpenalty/history.org, juveniles have played a small role in the death penalty but it has been an important one. ... Women have also played a very little role in the Death Penalty. ... They are seen as nothing because people believe if you don"t have money, you don"t really have a role in society so they are seen to have more reason to commit these crimes for things like money, possessions, revenge. ...

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The family and the neighborhood play an important role in shaping up a child's behavior. ... On the other hand, supportive relationships with church leaders, teachers or other adult role-models promote more socially responsible behavior in children. ... Exposure to healthy role models in schools may direct a child in a positive direction. ...

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Having been charged with robbery and felony murder, my role in the juvenile justice is providing the best rehabilitation for Jones as a social worker. My role as his social worker is first assisting my client at his arrest. ...

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Gun Control Dawn Flanigan P.O.D 2/21/01 1.What role have guns played in our nation? (Revolution, civil war, modern) Guns have played a huge role in American society all throughout history. ...

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I think criminals are not born but made because of certain conditions in theier lives. Committing crime is definitely not something one is born with, but gradually over time it takes place because of certain situations or circumstances that life throws at a person. Things like child abuse, unemploym...

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She feels that she sinned from the moment that she failed to respond to an instinctive distrust of the man who claimed to be her husband. She feels led into sin by him and the fact that he genuinely loves her is a matter for further despair. Through his love he has betrayed her and led her even more...

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As a boy, my hero witnessed his parents' gruesome murder by an unknown gunman and vowed revenge against all who broke the law. As a young adult, he worked to fulfill this vow by traveling the world to learn from masters of various defense disciplines. Eventually he became an exceptional escape artis...

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1) Courts play an essential role within the Criminal Justice system here in America. ... International activity has also play a role in the United States court systems. ... Both of these men are prime examples of how this international activity plays it's role within the United States court systems. ...

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In the past decade there have been instances such as Littleton Colorado and the trench coat mafia led people to believe that video games play a role in a teen's action of public displayed violence. ...

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Miranda Rights "You are under arrest. Before we ask you any questions, you must understand what your rights are. You have the right to remain silent. You are not required to say anything to us at any time or to answer any questions. Anything you say can be used against you in court..." These righ...

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When exiling the criminals they"re not learning how to deal with their impulses and improving their education. 3.Politician's role in the prison system is to sell the idea to the public that prison makes society safer. ...

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