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    Violent Games

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    Essay In the process of media reform and editing‚ is it appropriate to limit video games? Nonthreatening things like games should not be banned by our fears‚ but we should look at the facts. Violent video games should not be banned for their content because no means of art or communication should be banned. Our first amendment is our sacred rite of passage that should be upheld with all of our power. We can benefit from these works of art like we can from a song or picture because of their substantial

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    Profiles of Violent Offenders 1 Profiles of Violent Offenders Profiles of Violent Offenders 2 Psychology and Biochemical Theories This paper explains what psychology and biochemical theories of violent behavior is‚ their differences and which theory is the best predictor of criminality.  Profiles of Violent Offenders 3 As we try to understand the mind of violent human beings and the reasons as to why they commit the crimes they do‚ it is important to know the origin of their

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    Juvenile Delinquent Renee Washington American Intercontinental University   Abstract This report is in regards to our young people today that need to be helped to a point that they have meaning in their lives. There are ways that can be presented to insure that young offenders can work through the pain‚ and rage surrounding their emotions which causes negative behavior. Healing programs have been a recommendation thru the court systems to analyze juvenile delinquency‚ and find the factors

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    . The juvenile justice system is an institution in society that is granted certain powers and responsibilities. It faces several different tasks‚ among the most important is maintaining order and preserving constitutional rights. The conflict arises when public expectation of order collides with the right of young people to be on the street. The police have a high level of contact with people under the age of 18. UCR data indicate that juveniles account for about 17% of all arrests and nearly 29%

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    police could not provide them with what they needed. Tyrell is the first focus of the chapter and Rios goes into detail on the Ville‚ which is “a low income housing project on 66th Avenue and International‚” (45) known by many to be one of the most crime-ridden areas in Oakland. Tyrell talks about how his father taught him that the police were the good guys and to obey the law. Tyrell later grew up to “look like a man by age twelve‚” (49) which made him a target for criminal suspicions and random

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    Another‚ hypothesis that might explain why young adults are more likely to experience crime than older adults might be related to the type of housing they live in. 66.5% of young adults were more likely rented property than 30.8% of older adults (x2 = 3137.875‚ df = 1‚ p < 0.001 – Table8). Thus‚ data showed that there was a relationship between tenure and age; young adults were more to likely live in private rented accommodation and less likely own property than older people. The literature says

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    Are substance use and delinquency among juvenile correlatively related? In the article “Substance Use and Delinquent Behavior Among Serious Adolescent Offenders” by Edward P. Mulvey‚ Carol A. Schubert‚ and Laurie Chassin‚ substance use and delinquency are strongly linked together. Studies of youth in juvenile court demonstrate that a majority of court-involved adolescents have recently used illegal substances that are more serious‚ and frequent adolescent offenders have used more substances

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    Juveniles in the Justice System Name: Kelly Liberty Instructor: Jerry Glover Course: Criminology Date: 13 July 2013      Juveniles in the Justice System   Introduction Children are not just born delinquents; by law‚ a juvenile delinquent is a person under the age of eighteen who is found guilty in a court of law for committing some sort of crime. Juveniles are normally products of circumstances‚ chance‚ and their surroundings. Juveniles who are in an area of violence and crime

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    Juvenile Life Imprisonment

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    often considered and acted upon. Shutting a child away in prison should be out of the question for three main reasons: they have a chance at rehabilitation‚ such an immense degree of punishment is unconstitutional and juveniles are in no way the same as adults. As a teen‚ you are most vulnerable to the shaping of beliefs‚ identity and viewpoints. Currently‚ there are over 2‚500 individuals serving life without parole due to a crime they committed when they were as young as 13. When you send a child

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    Violent Movies

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    September 2012 To my friend: I read in a news article the other day that the legislature is considering to pass a law to where we wouldn’t be able to watch any violent movies from the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. What is the legislature really thinking‚ that is all day‚ 5 am to 10 pm. Okay the legislature decides to take all violent movies away from us. I can gurantee you that somehow someway‚ someone somewhere will find a way to watch them no matter what. We have the right to speak up if we

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