... smaller businesses still establishing themselves. File sharing and online piracy of copyrighted material is exactly the same as stealing anonymously, which is very unethical and down right wrong. According to dictionary.com, a copyright is; "the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc" ... ...

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... a way that is reasonable, just, and in accordance with fundamental justice. II. CRIMINAL LAW AND SENTENCING A general definition of crime is very easy to obtain and understand. The Canadian Oxford Dictionary defines a crime as, "an offence punishable by law illegal acts as a whole." , and criminal as "a person who has committed crime or crimes." Black's Law ... Dictionary purports a crime to be, " social harm that the law makes punishable; the breach of a legal duty treated as the subject matter of a criminal proceeding" and criminal law as, "the branch ... ...

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... ones eye for another's, or, in many of today's societies, the taking of ones life in return for taking someone else's. The Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus defines capital punishment as "The punishment of death for a crime" (Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus 1998, pg. 144), and while this form of punishment is not present in Australia, there is much debate and controversy over whether ... ...

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... not a soft option' for offenders, but rather an effective alternative for sentencers, who understand that custody is not the only, or always the most effective, form of punishment. The dictionary (Collins Compact Dictionary,1977) defines Punitive' as intended to punish'. The Probation Service's began in the late 19th Century with the Church of England Temperance Society. Representatives were sent into the courts ... ...

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... with one another, and this practice eventually led to the uprising of organized crime. Organized crime ranges from racketeering (defined in the Oxford Dictionary as making money through dishonest or illegal activities), to extortion (defined in the Oxford Dictionary as the act of making someone give you something by threatening them), which can be better described as the collecting of an unlawful ... ...

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According to Webster Dictionary, a crime is classified as a "gross violation of the law" and bullying does not fall into the category. Throughout the years, bullying is often regarded as a right of passage, ... ...

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... . One thing most psychologists agree upon is the belief that before an actual crime occurs it has to be committed - so without an action there is no crime. The Oxford Dictionary (2011) states crime is "an act that is illegal and can be punishable by law"." However, some anti-social behaviors (for example using the internet during work hours), do not ... ...

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... : it includes a victim who does not want to die, and an agent that nonetheless kills [the victim]" (Yanich 98]. Murder is synonymous with kill, as found in the Britannica- Webster Dictionary. To kill is to deprive one of life or to put one to death and murder implies motive and intent or premeditation. With respect to theses definitions, execution is a premeditated ... ...

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... : it includes a victim who does not want to die, and an agent that nonetheless kills [the victim]" (Yanich 98]. Murder is synonymous with kill, as found in the Britannica- Webster Dictionary. To kill is to deprive one of life or to put one to death and murder implies motive and intent or premeditation. With respect to theses definitions, execution is a premeditated ... ...

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... and violence in our streets, we must look at the development of what society calls gangs. We must also first look at the definition of the word. Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary says it is a word of Old English origin and refers to a group of hooligans or roughnecks that run through the streets causing mayhem. It is also believed that these children ... ...

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... began to collect data on how many and what kinds of hate crimes are being committed, and by whom (Ibid). Hate crimes do not always carry a commonly understood meaning. The dictionary defines a hate crime as "any of various crimes when motivated by hostility to the victim as a member of a group (as one based on color, creed, gender, or sexual orientation)" (Siasco ... ...

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... jury will have to take the testimony that has been manipulated by lawyers and make their own conclusion. There is no neat or generally accepted definition of insanity, but the dictionary defines insanity as "persistent mental disorder or derangement" under Law it is defined as "unsoundness of mind sufficient in the judgement of a civil court to render a person unfit to maintain ... ...

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... take another life? The death penalty is what. The death penalty is the murder of a person annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime (Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary). The death penalty gives society the unmistakable message that human life no longer deserves respect when it is useful to take it and that homicide is legitimate when deemed justified ... ...

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... programmers, however as time has evolved, hackers are considered a menace and are defined as, "a person who illegally gains access to and sometimes tampers with information in a computer system." (Merriam Webster's Dictionary) The number of reported hacking attempts over the recent years has also increased dramatically from 1997. The total reported intrusions in 2001 was 12 775 to 5 700 000 . Of these ... ...

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... Lombroso). If someone matched five or more of the atavistic traits than they were said to be at a high risk to commit an act against the law. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines atavism as "appearance in an individual of a remotely ancestral character" (1974). Atavism implies that some human beings are born criminals. Lombrosos" first book on atavism was called "L"Uomo Delinquente ... ...

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... is as follows. First it will briefly explain what is meant when it is suggested that some factors is a 'cause' of crime. By "cause" the definition in the New Oxford Dictionary is a person or thing that gives rise to an action. Then it states some basic facts on crime that are important in understanding what "causes" crime. In the third section ... ...

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... victims, sometimes increasing emotionality and aggression. Dollard's frustration-aggression theory plays an important role in understanding this significance - although this theory is not entirely accurate. Aggression is, according to Webster's Dictionary, "any form of behavior directed toward the goal of harming or injuring another living being who is motivated to avoid such treatment-. The frustration-aggression theory states that frustration always ... ...

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... . The ACLU claims that by the 1925, juvenile proceedings that were more focused on "prevention and rehabilitation rather than retribution and punishment" took place in nearly every state (ACLU 1). Webster's Dictionary defines Juvenile as: "relating to youth or young people" (Juvenile 225). However, using the definition "youth or young people" does not draw a clear line for how far the word juvenile ... ...

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