Have you heard the phrase "prisons are over populated!"? Statistics show 21.2% of low level drug offenders‚ that are incarcerated‚ do not have any current or prior violence in their records‚ no involvement in sophisticated criminal activity and no prior commitment. (USDOJ) Could this be the problem of prisons being over populated? There are many factors that need to be considered when looking for other possible methods of dealing with non-violent drug offenders. Some lawmakers believe the only way
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Racial and Ethnic Groups Michelle Winner ETH 125 October 23‚ 2010 NIKIYA SPENCE Racial and Ethnic Groups There are three sociological perspectives of race and ethnicity which are functionalist‚ conflict‚ and labeling perspectives. The first one I will discuss is the functionalist perspective. The functionalist perspective emphasizes how the parts of society are structured to maintain its stability. As also described in the reading the functionalist approach is an approach‚ if an aspect
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Nature and Extent of Violent Crime There’s nothing we can do to stop crimes from happening; crimes are inevitable. However‚ it is important to know how crimes originate‚ when they occur‚ where crimes are more likely to occur and who can commit such acts of violence. This knowledge gives law enforcement a better understanding on how to deal with these situations and to help make society a safer place. The imperfections of society contribute to the nature of violent crimes. Criminologists imply
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Discuss the ways in which one or more social and/or cultural groups have been represented in a text studied this semester. Both cultural and social groups are represented through the drama text‚ Othello by William Shakespeare and the novel‚ The Collector by John Fowles. Shakespeare explores the cultural groups in Othello through the portrayal of character constructs and the social groups are explored by Fowles in The Collector‚ through the way the readers are positioned‚ and through the context
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safe from harm‚ crimes‚ and individuals that pose a threat to our way of life. Currently‚ one of the most prevalent‚ and most difficult crimes to fight against is terrorism. The war on terror is a central concern for all United States citizens‚ lawmakers‚ and of course‚ the President of the United States. In addition to terrorism‚ there are other types of crimes that need to be addressed. Property crime is one such crime. In contrast to terrorism‚ property crime is an easier crime problem to address
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What is crime? Crime is the conduct that is in violation of the criminal laws of state‚ federal government‚ and local jurisdiction. In normal terms‚ breaking anything that the people who make laws finds to be wrong and immoral. Crime nowadays can be pretty much anything. There are so many different items and actions that society and lawmakers are making illegal. The criminal justice system has been established to control these crimes and to protect those of us that are victims and to punish those
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There is no one reason for violent crime. According to Elliot Currie‚ author of Roots of Danger: Violent Crime in Global Perspective‚ it is an interaction of inequality‚ marginal work‚ weak social constructs‚ strained families‚ harsh and ineffective criminal justice system‚ and easy access to firearms. These issues lead to violence‚ which “contributes to a vicious downward spiral in which poor social conditions create high levels of violence‚ which in turn exacerbate those adverse social conditions
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Adolescent’s Committing Violent Crimes Teenagers‚ who commit violent crime such as murder‚ first degree murder‚ second degree murder‚ homicides‚ voluntary manslaughter‚ and involuntary manslaughter should be tried as adults. These teenagers knew exactly what they were doing and they also had the intent to kill. Families are blaming it on violent movies or violent TV shows‚ hello it is called parental control. Maybe if we start trying them as adults teens would think twice. Adolescents should
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about to head back to his desk‚ expecting a wandering drunk or new victim‚ instead drops his coffee at the horrifying scene that had dropped out of the elevator and was now lying motionless and bleeding all over the hallway floor and wall. Snapping himself out of a thunderstruck state‚ he rushes over‚ adrenaline pumping‚ to the mud caked‚ figure barely covered with an even dirtier sheet. “George! Get out here‚” Tyler calls as he scrambles to get his wrinkled and worn work shirt off in an attempt to control
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When wars start soldiers are needed. Some people consider soldiers to be criminals because they kill people‚ but what if that soldier was a child? In many countries when wars start not only the adults are affected‚ but also the children. In many situations the child’s family is killed by soldiers on the other side. Children often volunteer to join the fighting and become child soldiers. Would that make them criminals or victims? I think that child soldiers are victims of war not war criminals they
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