the universal prostitution of the worker.” - Marx This quote might suggest that prostitution is a relatively straightforward issue for socialists with leftist positions ranging from advocating repression and abolition on the one hand‚ to decriminalization and union organization on the other. Much of the current debate centers on whether the prostitution can really be considered as work or whether it is best dealt with as a form of violence against women. Like most commercial transactions under
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According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)‚ there are over 600‚000 homeless people on any given night and the number continues to increase‚ especially in major cities. Homelessness affects all people since citizens must deal with the consequences of the actions of the homeless. Clearly‚ the current method of dealing with homelessness‚ which consists of relocation‚ has thus far failed. Legally‚ the homeless problem should be fought through designing institutions to
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Leon Cohen Professor Daniel Preston SPEA-V 160 16 October 2013 Narcotics Importance The international issue on narcotics and their domestic drug policies has been of great debate for decades. In this time‚ countries across the globe have joined the United States by declaring “war” on drugs. Today‚ their efforts are failing and result in many negative effects due to faulty policies caused by fact-deprived decisions. Increased efforts to enforce failing drug policy are proving costly. While the United
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There are 5 periods of the juvenile justice history. These periods consists of Puritan Period‚ Refuge Period‚ Juvenile Court Period‚ Juvenile Rights Period‚ and Crime Control Period. The Puritan Period was from 1646-1824. This period is where the family had control on how the juvenile was punished. The puritan philosophy for juvenile behavior was enacted during this time. They also passed the Stubborn Child Law which mad the first status offense‚ an act considered illegal for minors only. If
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Marijuana: An examination of arguments in favor of and opposed to its legalization Introduction Marijuana‚ also known as cannabis‚ is a plant that can be ingested or smoked. This plant‚ or rather botanical‚ is illegal in most of the country with the exception of some states giving physicians authority to recommend the use to their patients. The purpose of this essay is to examine both the benefits and the risks of legalizing marijuana. Marijuana has many medicinal properties that have been proven
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Drug Legalization Strong drug enforcement in the United States is correlated with the reduction in crime ‚ drug use‚ and drug addiction growth rates. The impact on tougher drug sanctions has been overshadowed by a myth that U.S. drug enforcement has become too lenient. This myth has been promoted by the multi-million dollar pro-drug legalization lobby‚ civil libertarians‚ and misguided academic researchers to the public with limited review and challenge. Attacks on drug enforcement
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The topic of this essay is based on victimization surveys and how accurate the measurement of crime is produced and collected from the surveys. Through-out the reading of this essay‚ explanations will be given about the surveys and how they are used by the public. Facts and opinions will also be provided on the measurement of crime. I will also provide background information‚ for example‚ first publishing details of the surveys etc.. In my opinion the extent of crime proven by the victimization
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Misogyny’s Role in Quickening the Shift in Perspectives on Abortion from 1860 to 1970 The abortion controversy is undoubtedly one of the most controversial social issues in politics today. In the historic presidential election of 2016‚ many conservative voters cited their desire for an anti-abortion Supreme Court justice nominee as reasoning for supporting Donald Trump despite dissatisfaction with other characteristics and policies of the Republican presidential candidate. Though the practice of
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Before we start talking about “cat on a hot tin roof” by Tennessee Williams and the film adaption that soon came later and how the homosexual undertones of the play were not included into the film because of the industry’s strict laws; it must begin with having to address the stigma of homosexuality as a whole. Bringing it back to Thomas Jefferson and his “Bill for Proportioning Crimes and Punishments”‚ homosexuality or also referenced as sodomy was illegal and under the same consequential group
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Introduction Drug use and abuse is as old as mankind itself. Human beings have always had a desire to eat or drink substances that make them feel relaxed‚ stimulated‚ or euphoric. Wine was used at least from the time of the early Egyptians; narcotics from 4000 B.C.; and medicinal use of marijuana has been dated to 2737 B.C. in China. But it was not until the nineteenth century that the active substances in drugs were extracted. There was a time in history when some of these newly discovered substances
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