Wade discusses the procedure and the reality that takes place in notifying the victims family. ... The article continues to explain how the LAPD and other police agencies try to provide support and comfort for the victim's family and friends. An Employee Assistance Unit is brought in when notifying the family and an officer that knows the family and knew the victim is assigned to provide support if they choose to. ... The support system that the officers" spoke of sounded close to Wade's description of how the whole police family is affected as well and that they provide unconditiona...

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It solves nothing except put more hurt and pain into the families of the victims and the criminals. ... The CUADP posted a list of all the wrongly accused people who still have a chance and what readers can do to support the family's of those affected. ... (C) Some Catholics aren't against the death penalty and do support it. ... Some also believe that the Bible supports the death penalty as well. ... support the death penalty laws. ...

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Capital punishment has been banned in most western countries, although, countries like the United States, despite earlier attempts to eliminate capital punishment have now had an increased amount of support from several states, in the use of capital punishment for serious offenses such as murder. ... On the other hand, arguments supporting this method of punishment disregard many of the above points and sacrifice them in the sake of society's welfare. ... Another reason that is often overlooked is the misery the innocent family and friends of criminals must also go through in the ti...

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It's interesting that there is even a division of opinion concerning this question in both the people who support the death penalty and those who oppose it. Some who oppose the death penalty want to televise executions with hopes that it would reduce public support for the death penalty; some who support the death penalty oppose it on this same basis. Others who support the death penalty favor televised executions on the basis that it would help enhance the deterrent effect; while some who oppose the death penalty also oppose televised executions on the grounds that doing so makes the soc...

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Willie would go on to plead guilty in a family court and sent to a juvenile prison. ... Fox Butterfields research revolves around the Boskets family history and focuses it in a way to demonstrate the source of Mr. ... Butterfield states that he traced the Bosket family back to a county in South Carolina called Edgefield. ... He would argue that poverty, race, or broken families had nothing to do with crime. ... Butch began to stay on the path of trouble living in Harlem, Butch would stick to the street life and continue his acts of criminal activity due to his rough surroundings and the lack o...

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A 1997 report from CNN attributes the migration of gangs to family relocation. ... In the book, Gangs: An International Approach, Wade lists others such as status, power, structure, shelter, food, clothing, nurturing, discipline, unconditional love, activities, economic support and respect. ... Family structure is something that is pretty hard to influence. ... Their families can't help them out, and finding a good, steady job is hard for inner-city youths. ... The family is the source of love, guidance and protection. ...

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Academic critiques of this evidence at the time would not support this idea though (Brennan, et al, 1995). ... The final group is family disruption, for example constant relationship conflict or marriage break-up. ... Factors connected to deviant parental attitudes and values and family conflict are of middle strength. Finally, factors connected with family disturbance are the weakest predictors (Loeber, and Stouthamer-Loeber, 1986). Therefore the children of families with a large number of risk factors, whether from the same or different groups, may possibly become involved in crime, ...

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For the families of victims, the death penalty symbolizes justice by serving retribution on the murderers of loved ones. ... (Bedau) An article in the September 26, 2000 issue of The Progressive boldly supports this view, suggesting that the death penalty is indeed unethical in that it infringes on constitutional guarantee of equal protection. ... "This study found that recent evidence from the most active execution state in the nation lent no support to the deterrence hypothesis. ...

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The Death Penalty for Juveniles: An Assessment of Public Support. ... The article provided a research based study designed to focus on the characteristics of those who support the death penalty in comparison to those who support its abolishment. ... The article assessed public support of the death penalty for juveniles through this phone survey of two communities. ... The probit regression analysis was conducted to draw conclusions about the sources of support for rehabilitation versus the death penalty. The studies demonstrate the similar characteristics that those who support the death pena...

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INTRODUCTION The Electronic Encyclopedia's definition of the word "crime- is an act committed in violation of a law forbidding it and for which a court may impose a variety of punishments including imprisonment, death, fine, or removal from office. Criminal acts can be classified into two classes, mala in se and mala prohibita (Sacco and Kennedy, 2002). Serious offenses fall into the mala in se class and are considered to be inherently evil or criminal (Sacco and Kennedy, 2002). Meanwhile, offences such as prostitution or drug abuse would fall into the mala prohibita class. These act...

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Juvenile waivers are one subject that is constantly debated by policy makers, activists, the courts, and families who have been affected in one way or another by a waiver. ... There are those who support the waivers and there are those that do not support them. ... Another aspect of those who are in favor of the waiver tend to be families of those who have been harmed or wronged in some way by the juvenile that is facing the waiver. ... Another aspect to this support of the waiver is that many believe that waivers are deterrence for other juveniles which can lower juvenile crime rates. " the c...

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Deterrence Leslie Cantu: Fear of death deters people from committing crimes, proponents say. They also believe that if attached to certain crimes, the penalty of death exerts a positive moral influence by placing a stigma on certain crimes like manslaughter, resulting in attitudes of disgust and h...

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It is also argued that by making it difficult for guns to be bought and registered for the American public there is a threat to the personal safety of American families everywhere. ... Parties with diametrically opposed views on gun control seize on this estimate to support their positions. ... There is no evidence that supports that gun control would reduce crime. ... On balance, they show that there is nothing to be gained from reducing the general level of gun ownership. (3) A thorough review of 18 studies of the effects of gun availability among potential victims and criminals found that t...

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Retribution is also seen to be supported by the public as they have faith in the sentencing in regards to society being protected from dangerous and violent offenders, victims and those who live in fear of crime also approve as offenders are withdrawn from the norms of society which potentially leads to a lower crime rate (Joyce, 2006). ...

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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. ... Both Pat and Robert were raised in single parent families, Pat's father had died at an early age, and Roberts had been in prison most of his life. ... Sister Helen Prejean often answers this question with questions of her own, "what if I had not grown up without protection and support, what cracks would have turned up in my character? ... Sister Helens Prejean's involvement with Survive (a support group for murder victims families), revealed to her some a...

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Feminists drew attention to the fact that rape (then conceptualised as sexual intercourse without consent) was a crime committed by men against women, not only in dark back-alleys but in homes, workplaces, and in the context of intimate and family relationships (see Brownmiller 1975). ... Attitudes, beliefs, laws and other social structures which allow or support the power of one group over another, or which allow or support violence, contribute to the problem of sexual violence in society. ... However, an offender was more likely to be a member of the victim's own family than a stra...

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Another cause for juvenile delinquency is family problems. ... There is a higher chance of poor family youths dropping out of school then a youth thats family has money. This is because poor family youths may have to contribute to the family and start working. Dropping out for these poor families may be a necessity not an option. ... A youths family can be the cause for them becoming juvenile delinquents. ...

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Death penalty opponents state that "Those who support the death penalty see it as a solution to violent crime. ... Yet, in each of these cases, where there is a record to review, there are eyewitnesses, confessions, physical evidence and circumstantial evidence in support of the defendant's guilt. ...

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Subsequently, investigators and professionals suggest that treatment procedures must focus on not only the immediate issue of the offender's deviant behavior but on every element within the context of that behavior as well, including for example, family relations and social support services/networks. ... Generally speaking, the relationship between family conflict and delinquency is significant. ... Most of that necessary structure is provided by the parents/family. ... Clearly this theory supports investigation of delinquency within and through the context of the family, close peer g...

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Most Americans gladly support the death penalty without even thinking of opposing it. ... I feel that the majority of those who support the death penalty are not aware of many important facts and statistics, which if they were aware of would dramatically affect their views. ... Instead, if this were invested productively, at a conservative 5% rate of return, that sum would yield $45,000 per year; more than enough to support a "lifer- in jail indefinitely, with enough money left over to go some distance toward hiring an additional jail guard or police officer (Capital Punishment: Facts pg 1-2...

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Evaluate Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour. Throughout the history of civilisation the enduring problem of crime has bought with it huge social and economic problems. In order for a psychologist to understand the root causes of criminal behaviour it is necessary to investigate the...

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I aim to look at crime and deviance from a Marxist perspective & a Right Realist perspective. I will provide a definition of crime and deviance. Throughout my assignment I aim to cover just how extensive crime & deviance is in contemporary Britain, also to consider who are the offenders and more so,...

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The additional courts include domestic violence, juvenile drug courts, family treatment courts, mental health courts, community courts, peer/youth courts, and homeless courts (Farole et al 2005). ... Each court is unique in that it only deals with one type of problem, hence the name of the court in providing services related to substance abuse treatment, domestic violence, family treatment, anger management counseling, and mental health treatment (Donald 2005). ... Problem-solving courts also seek to achieve tangible outcomes for victims, offenders, and society (Berman 2001), as well as, to pr...

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The kids in these gangs are hurting themselves, each other, their families, and the communities they belong to. ... There are many different reasons for this but some of the main attributes are: Family substition, friendship, economic benefit, power status, security, love, thrill and excitement. ... The teens are told that their parents don't care about them but the "club" will be their new family and love them unconditionally. ... Gangs have been known to use threats, including threatening to harm the youth themselves, their friends or family. ...

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Not having a mother around means the loss of family. Losing his family at a very young and tender age may have resulted in Tsotsi finding three other individuals, Die App, Boston and Butcher, who would have helped fulfill that emotional need. They became his new family, a family of crime but a family nonetheless. ...

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