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Community Policing in the United States

stance. After all, the police officers can write tickets for small oversights, but a friendly attitude, without overly strict enfo...

Problems with the Juvenile System in America

publications. Statistics, however, are not the most important thing when we are considering how to treat the problem. A prerequi...

Article Analysis/Effects of Parenting

half were single parents. An example of deductive logic in this study is the selection of the study hypothesis, i.e., the premises...

Racial Disparity in Criminal Sentencing

bias in the system which seeks out blacks and instills upon them harsher sentences is a highly controversial topic. Inter...

Reforming Juvenile Justice

as well. Nielsen and Perry (2000) state that we "must recognize that we are united in our diversity" (p. 4). This has...

Margulies/Guantanamo

al Qahtani was held in intense isolation for months on end, to the point where he began to hallucinate; strip searched and made to...

Kelo v. New London

before the New London Superior Court, asserting that the "taking of their properties would violate the public use restriction in t...

The Ashley Alexandra Dupre Story: A Look at Female Prostitution in the Twenty-First Century

as a serious crime. Still, it is usually the case that the prostitutes are arrested while their customers go free. In the case of ...

Singer: Recriminalizing Delinquency

(Singer, 1996). The case was shocking for a number of reasons, but two stand out: Bosket was only 15; and he was already in care a...

African-American Juveniles and the Criminal Justice System

although blacks make up only 12% of Sacramentos drug users, "52% of those arrested in Sacramento are African-American" (Schiraldi,...

Criminal Justice and the Role of Technology

In six pages this paper examines how criminal justice has benefited from technology in a consideration of various systems, analyti...

Overview of Recidivism

continue to rise" (Hanke, 1993, pp. 22). Baltimore set an unenviable record for the number of homicides in 1992 of 331, which...

Effectiveness of Parole

This pages consists of nine pages and analyzes the effectiveness of parole in the criminal justice system. Eight sources are cite...

Criminal Justice and Probation

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the criminal justice system in an analysis of probation in terms of history, how it evolved,...

Need for Changes in Plea Bargaining

In five pages this essay argues that plea bargaining as it presently exists in the criminal justice system is ineffective and prop...

U.S. and Capital Punishment

of a stratified society and so are economically disadvantaged. Statistics bear out that there are proportionately more minorities ...

Minority Women In The Criminal Justice Field

aides handed her a note telling her that U.S. Senator David Boren, a Democrat from Oklahoma, was holding on the telephone in her o...

The Film, Dead Man Walking, as it Portrays The Criminal Justice System

This paper focuses on various elements of the criminal justice system as seen in the film, Dead Man Walking. This six page paper ...

Equality, Women, and the Criminal Justice System

in our nations prison systems provides an informative view not just of family issues when it comes to black families but provides ...

America's System of Justice and Women

to those of the mid-1980s. Two of those appointed judges are more notable than many of the rest, however. Constance Baker Motley...

Criminal Justice and Fencing

In four pages sword fighting or fencing is examined along with various criminal justice system components. Three sources are cite...

Criminal Justice Comparison

In a paper consisting of more than five pages a series of collective notes regarding the criminal justice systems of Turkey and In...

Unjust Treatment of Female Victims of Violent Crimes

assertive women. Women who file claims of rape must first be subjected to a battery of evidence collecting tests to determine the...

Political Comparison of Mexico and the United States

In nine pages this paper compares Mexico and the U.S. in terms of offices and responsibilities of the Armed Forces, President, Jus...

Justice System of Puerto Rico

In four pages this overview of Puerto Rico's system of justice includes its constitution, civil laws, and also considers how the f...

Supreme Court Development and the Role of Justice John Marshall

In five pages this paper discusses Marbury v. Madison and the role played by Justice John Marshall in this consideration of how th...

Samuel Nelson's Contributions to the US Supreme Court

In six pages this paper presents a biographical profile of Samuel Nelson, a nineteenth century US Supreme Court Justice and also c...

Nancy Cruzan Case, the U.S. Constitution, Attorney General Edwin Meese, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan

In five pages this report considers the 1990 'right to die' case involving Nancy Cruzan in a comparative analysis of the views of ...

Criminal Justice and the Lethal Weapon Films

In five pages this report examines how these films justify the criminal justice system in America. There are no other sources lis...

Social Pluralism and the US

A pluralist society is the focus of this research paper consisting of eight pages in which the US is examined regarding its provis...