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Do Blacks Receive Harsher Criminal Sentences?

In theory, when a crime is committed in the US and a...

The Criminal Justice System, Discrimination and Disparity

Americans are "overrepresented" in the criminal justice system. There is a disparity between the number of blacks in the U.S. and ...

Racism in the Criminal Justice System

Dies, Who Decides," 2010). It is hard to dispute this observation. Yet, the other side of the coin contends that there are more bl...

Problems with a Duel Remuneration System in a Single Company

to be faced, in order to assess challenges and the best way to deal with them it is essential to consider the background of the co...

A Case Involving the Pregnant Discrimination Act

Discrimination Act (PDA) of 1978 amends Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in order to "prohibit sex discrimination on the ...

Poverty and Crime Among Canada’s First Nations

Canadas First Nations peoples find themselves at severe disadvantage in many distinct regards when compared with other Canadians. ...

In Support of Capital Punishment

The death penalty, as controversial as it may be, should be valid option in todays criminal justice system. Unless such a radical...

Vandana Shiva/Earth Democracy

same name to refer to the worldview of Native American and other indigenous peoples throughout the world who have "understood and ...

The Practice of Plea Bargaining Should End

for the suspect as well. For the guilty, it allows for a reduced gamble. That is, the guilty defendant can take a plea and get out...

Juvenile Justice Programs, A Success to Build Upon

is one of personal lifestyle choice, such as a choice to continue a family tradition of gang affiliation, for instance. The model ...

Justice Hugo Black

Perspective: Justice Hugo Black Research Compiled for The Paper Store, Enterprises Inc. by Janice Vincent, 4/19/10...

Iranian Law and Criminal Justice

place in about the third century; it lasts until the 20th. Iran went through a number of revolutions in the 20th century, includi...

Steinbeck’s Concepts of Mercy and Justice

his goods will be forfeit as well. Having already said in court that he wants only his "bond," Portia has him on the ropes when he...

The Justice Systems the United States of America and Iran

has eighteen agencies is supplemented by the notion that it may actually have more than eighteen ("Prosecutor says Iran has 18 la...

Voices from the Cell Block

the federal courts to mandate minimum rights for prisoners" (Platt, 1999, p. 237). But by the 1990s, prison reform had died out a...

Developing an Appropriate Leadership Approach for Public Service Department

the expectation of fairness and as such there is also likely to be a high level of applications of concepts such as employee equit...

Alternative Punishments in the Justice System

for three offenses, no matter how slight each one is. The idea behind the punishment is to deter criminals, but it doesnt always w...

Predicting the Future

After the American Revolution, "state legislatures standardized common-law crimes such as murder, burglary, arson and rape by putt...

COMMUNICATIONS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

To keep order in the court. Job rationale, many times, is not specifically stated, but is implied - the fact that the bailiff migh...

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FIRINGS: A BREACH OF ETHICS?

is another matter. The Merit Systems Protection Board has a whole list of reasons for dismissal; and not performing on the job is ...

The Juvenile Justice System, Pro and Con

of the problems with the system is that it is not standardized; each state has its own version. Funding mechanisms are different i...

Supreme Court Justice Appointments and the 2000 Election

In five pages this report discusses how Presidents can influence constitutional law interpretation through Supreme Court justice a...

Overview Of Several Facets of Criminal Justice

that continue to plague law enforcement, it is likely services will for the most part be provided by the private industry, a reali...

Plato and the Bible on Justice

In five pages this paper examines the perspectives on justice expressed by Plato in The Republic and in the Bible's Book of Luke. ...

1984 Case on Burning the American Flag Texas v. Johnson

In three pages this paper examines the reasons why a Chief Justice overturned the ruling of the judge in this important 1984 flag ...

Texas Flag Burning Case Arguments

In three pages this paper argues that the overturning of this decision by Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist was correct. On...

Healthcare and Distributive Justice

In six pages this paper discusses healthcare access within the context of distributive justice. Five sources are cited in the bib...

Human Nature as Perceived by Plato

In five pages this paper examines Plato's views on human nature as they are presented in The Republic with the 'Good City,' societ...

Sanctuary by William Faulkner and Justice

In 6 pages this paper discusses human and cosmic justice within the context of this novel by William Faulkner and also considers h...

Dred Scott Decision and Frederick Douglass

In five pages Douglass's 1852 'Fourth of July' speech is compared with the 1857 opinion offered by Justice Taney in the Dred Scott...