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    hate crimes

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    Hate Crimes The Anti-Jews were standing outside of a synagogue chanting “kill the Big Noses” while Jews were inside having prayer. The term “Big Nose” is a stereotypic term used against Jews‚ making fun of their big noses. Verbal abuse is the first step to hate crimes. People who commit hate crimes should be tried with the highest charge possible and if found guilty‚ the most cruel sentencing possible. DEFINITION AND LAWS Based on the definition of hate crimes and current laws‚ hate crimes should

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    Yesterday‚ I read the article‚ which is about whether teenagers should have a part time job. In today’s society‚ more and more college students have part time job after school. In my opinion‚ I support that teenagers have part time jobs in their free time and the reasons are as follows. First‚ I think that having a part-time can train the teenagers how to earn money and let them know that it is not an easy thing to make money. Then they will use their money more and more carefully. Besides‚ I

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    Preventing Crime

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    Juvenile delinquency is a serious‚ but often ignored or misunderstood problem. Juvenile detention centers are filled with youths‚ and although crimes committed by youths have gradually decreased since the 80’s and 90’s‚ it still remains unfortunately high. Teenagers are a high crime demographic‚ as they frequently lack the reasoning and planning abilities of older people. Prone to boredom and easily swayed by peers‚ teens are a high risk group even before adding in other factors such as poverty.

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    Abortion is a Serious Ethical Issue: Usually debates about abortion focus on politics and the law: should abortion be outlawed and treated like the murder of a human person‚ or remain a legal choice available to all women? Behind the debates are more fundamental ethical questions which aren’t always given the specific attention they deserve. Some believe that the law shouldn’t legislate morality‚ but all good law is based upon moral values. A failure to openly discuss those values can obscure important

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    Vulnerable Adults

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    |concept of safeguarding and the |vulnerable adults it is important to highlight that there is an overlap between the 2 concepts‚ the | | |concept of protection in relation to |differences are not as clear cut and established as perhaps first anticipated. The process of | | |vulnerable adults. |safeguarding of adults has stemmed from the overall fields of adult protection. | |

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    More than 200‚000 children are prosecuted in adult courts each year. All 50 states can prosecute a child‚ under the age of 16 years old‚ as an adult (Young & Gainsborough‚ 2000). Between 1992 and 1997‚ forty two states and the District of Columbia enacted legislation to enable juvenile offenders to be transferred to adult prisons (Young & Gainsborough‚ 2000). Missouri and Indiana lowered the minimum age for transfer to an adult facility from 16 years of age to the incredibly young age of ten (Flesch

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    Student’s name: Berdybayeva Nazira ID: 20131676 Essay Outline Topic: Teenagers should not change their appearance by making plastic surgery. Why teenagers should not go under the knife to change something that is already perfect? Introduction: What is a plastic surgery? Three reasons why teenagers willing to do plastic surgery? (Some Background information‚ stories) a) Low Self-esteem b) Cruel opinion of society c) Influence of mass media‚ magazines Thesis statement: Although plastic

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    youth crime

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    also known as juvenile offending‚ or youth crime‚ is participation in illegal behavior by minorsᄃ(juveniles) (individuals younger than the statutoryᄃ age of majorityᄃ).[1] Most legal systemsᄃ prescribe specific procedures for dealing with juveniles‚ such as juvenile detention centersᄃ‚ and courtsᄃ. A juvenile delinquent is a person who is typically under the age of 18 and commits an act that otherwise would have been charged as a crime if they were an adult. Depending on the type and severity of the

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    Juvenile Crime

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    United States is faced with in the present day is juvenile crime. Juvenile crime does not only affect the individuals who commit the crime‚ it also affects the victim of the crime. This also affects the juvenile in their adult lives as the crime can be on their record as long as they live. Experts still have not found the main reason why juveniles commit crimes. However‚ they have come up with a number of reasons of why juvenile’s commit crimes‚ which I will be discussing in this paper.. The largest

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    Topic: Should adultery be considered a sin or a crime? Should it be punished by law or not? It is clear that adultery is a very bad thing in our society. It makes broken the domestic bliss and causes many social problems. Adultery is not only a sin but also a crime and it should be strictly punished by law. At first‚ adultery is sure of a sin‚ it offends the dignity of marriage which is unique‚ eternal and inseparable. In addition‚ adultery is also against the equal right between man and woman

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