The various articles that are presented draw conclusions on the pros and cons of using the death penalty as punishment for young offenders. ... In conclusion, specific cases are addressed and rehabilitation programs are discussed. ... The probit regression analysis was conducted to draw conclusions about the sources of support for rehabilitation versus the death penalty. ... The second conclusion was that citizens in support of the death penalty were predominately male and rated themselves more conservative and religious. ...

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Some causes can be health problems, family problems, poverty, education, where they live, and peer pressure. ... Education can determine whether a youth may become a juvenile delinquent. ... This affects the individual because hes not going to be able to get a high paying job with the amount of education he has. ...

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"I know that it is not a question of malice or ill will or meanness of spirit that prompts our citizens to support executions. It is quite simply that people don't know the truth about what is really going on." This passage, found in the book "Dead Man Walking", written by Sister Helen Prejean, spe...

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Juvenile Delinquency & the System Probation and Parole In The United States Table of Contents I. Introduction ..3 II. History of the Juvenile Justice System ." ..4-5 III. The Juvenile Justice Process ."..6-7 IV. Similarities Between Juvenil...

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The so-called "death penalty" has been around since the ancient Greek times, when Socrates, at the age of 70, was brought to trial and charged with "not believing in the gods the state believed in, introducing different new divine powers, and corrupting the young. Socrates was summoned to drink t...

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The second set of question involved numerous demographic items such as: religion, age, employment status, education, number of children, marital status, previous convictions and plea bargaining experiences, and rather or not the defendant negotiated the plea bargain [Bor851]. ... Bordens and Bassett reached the conclusion that majority of people accept plea bargains to minimize punishment and because of factors such as direct and indirect pressure [Bor851]. ...

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The purpose of this essay is to look at how the media is a source of 'knowledge' to present crime and victimisation and how the media invokes 'moral panics' about crime and lawless behaviour. There are a number of individuals who think when a person commits a crime they are punished for that crime. However, there is more to crime than just punishment. The media plays an important role in the construction of crime and lawless behaviour. Society's perception of victims, criminals, deviants and punishment is influenced by their portrayal in the mass media. ...

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All of my life I've wanted to be an officer of the law, more specifically an R.C.M.P. Though as my life went on and I grew older I realized that these goals maybe unreachable. So I set out in the world of finding a career that would satisfy my financial and family needs, and personal goals. In th...

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Instead of a jail sentence, defendants receive counseling, treatment for their addictions, education assistance, and healthcare support. ... Key tools of drug courts are frequent monitoring, education, alcohol and drug testing, and rehabilitation programs (Casey 2005), which participants frequently appear before the drug court judge, and meetings with court-affiliated case managers regarding progress. ...

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Gun Control The basic premise of the constitution is to allow people to the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Someone else cannot take one's right to life. However there are times when people try. When that time comes, the victim must have a way to protect himself. A handgun ca...

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We make a conscious decision to have sex with another individual, and I feel that most people in our culture, especially since the initiative to have sex education in schools, know that sex can result in pregnancy. ...

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(Question 1) Juvenile delinquency is a complex social problem that significantly impacts all members and processes of a social structure. Delinquency refers to a set of behaviors that are not in line with the collective practices and/or ethics of the dominant social group. Essentially, these behaviors deviate from societal norms and more specifically they violate established criminal codes and laws. Juvenile delinquency incorporates not only general criminal activity but conduct that is only unlawful for youths such as running away from home and skipping school. Current research into th...

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