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    Prison Term Policy Recommendation Proposal September 9‚ 2013 Armed robbery is a serious crime that can put many people in harm’s way. Whether a person is robbing a place of business or an individual‚ they are committing a crime against society and robbing people of their sense of safety and security. When someone chooses to bring a weapon while they are committing a crime‚ their intentions are to intimidate and control their victims‚ or to injure them. Policymakers continuously

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    I woke up to complete silence but a screaming in my head that something wasn’t right. My eyes opened to the sight of two strangers walking through my living room. There was still no sound‚ not even the creak of their footsteps as they deliberately crept towards the door. I was instantly flooded with adrenaline as I shattered the silence with a single word. “HEY!” I barked‚ causing the eyes of the men to snap straight towards the source of the word. Dropping what was in their hands they burst out

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    I could not believe my eyes when I saw these foreign robbers who make an attempt to rob my kind neighbour sundry shop.They looked very strong and mean.Two of them‚tall and dark-skin wearing masks and wanted to rob Mr.Samy’s shop.It happened one evening when the sun was about to set‚ my mother asked to me to go and buy some onions and salts from a nearby sundry shop which is apparently my neighbour.The shop was managed by Mr Samy ‚ a jovial middle-aged indian man with a huge pot-belly.His wife and

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    Prison Term Policy Recommendation As a Criminologist Advisor to the State Legislature‚ I have been chosen to provide a prison term policy on armed robbery. Currently the legislature will soon be voting on a bill that would double the maximum prison term for anyone convicted of armed robbery. First I would like to define what the legal definition of armed robbery is as defined by the Black’s Law Dictionary which is: an aggravated form of robbery in which the defendant is armed with a dangerous

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    Prison Term Proposal Ryan McWaters CJA 314 May 5th‚ 2015 Jean-Pierre Lapre Prison Term Proposal Even though it is a financial drain on society‚ extending incarceration time is a good idea because longer prison terms deter people from committing crimes and increasing the incarceration time would prevent that person from committing another crime. Throughout criminal justice laws have been modified for the purpose of ensuring the protection of the citizens of the United States of America. A person

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    Prison Term Policy � PAGE �7� PRISON TERM POLICY RECOMMENDATION Tanya LaForce University of Phoenix CJA/323 Paul Frankenhauser September 22‚ 2008 � PRISON TERM POLICY RECOMMENDATION The information written herein is to inform readers of the pros and cons associated with doubling the maximum prison term for anyone convicted of armed robbery. Furthermore detailing to the reader regarding the author ’s professional opinion on doubling the prison sentence for those who commit armed robbery

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    Prison Term Policy Recommendation Prison Term Policy Recommendation In this paper I will provide a recommendation concerning the issue of a bill that would double the maximum prison term for anyone convicted of armed robbery. I will also address the reasoning behind my recommendations concerning the matter. Regardless of how many voters are for or against a bill does not mean that it should become a policy. Many people would believe that this bill if passed would be for a greater cause or

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    Prison Term Policy Recommendation Paper University of Phoenix Criminology/ CJA 323 May 30‚ 2007 Prison Term Policy Recommendation Paper The crime of armed robbery is an offense that deserves punishment. Should that crime be subject to double the maximum prison term‚ or could the offender be rehabilitated? Individuals who purposely commit violent acts of robbery on innocent victims should not only receive double the maximum prison term‚ but those individuals should be made to compensate

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    ROBBERY Art. 293- Who are guilty of robbery?  -any person who‚ with intent to gain‚ shall take any personal property belonging to one another‚ by means of violence against or intimidation of any person‚ or using force upon anything‚ shall be guilty of robbery Elements of robbery  there must be personal property belonging to another  there must be unlawful taking of that property  that the taking must be with intent to gain  that there is violence against or intimidation of any person

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    Advantages and Disadvantages of Private Prisons and Jails Learning Team A CJA/303 June 9‚ 2010 James Wilson Advantages and Disadvantages of Private Prisons and Jails In the United States‚ prison overcrowding and budget cuts within the criminal justice system have lead to an increase in the need and the development of private prisons and jails. According to Wikimedia Foundation‚ Inc. (2010)‚ "A private prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined by a third party that is

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