Using Sources Why should marijuana be legalized? There are many reasons but a few are because of its medicinal value‚ that it would stimulate the economy‚ and it would lower crime. I plan to use the following information for the body of my final paper. One of the most supported reasons for legalizing marijuana is its medicinal value. Herbs were used before all the advanced medicines we have today and use of marijuana for medical reasons date back almost 5‚000 years (Norml). As for U.S. history
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a. Imagine asking 100 strangers to describe a criminal. Predict whether those descriptions would be likely to focus on street criminals‚ or the variety of topics covered in this video. With everything that’s going on nowadays I would say that it’s a combination of both‚ although it is more likely that those 100 strangers will choose the street criminals. Most people don’t know too much about the white collar or corporate crimes until it happens and maybe because it something that affects
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Carlson Crime Data Comparison Paper According to the F.B.I uniform crime data report violent crime has increased in 2012 compared 2011‚ the increase has amounted to 1.2 percent. The category of violent crime includes murder‚ rape‚ assault‚ robbery‚ and aggravated assault. ("Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report‚ January-December‚ 2012 "‚ 2012). Murder is by far the most serious violent crime there is. America has the highest murder rate in the world. The city with the highest murder rate in the
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REMEMBER‚ YOU ARE FREE TO MAKE A POINT IN AN ASSIGNMENT…….AS LONG AS YOU CAN SUPPORT IT! Discriminatory practices: so what are these practices then? How do we “challenge” people in a discriminatory way? through physical assault of those who are different‚ through verbal assault of those who are different‚ by excluding from activities those who are different‚ by avoiding those people who are different‚ by excluding people from opportunities‚ and by making assumptions about people who are different
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Hate crime‚ also known as bias crime‚ is a criminal act committed against a person‚ property‚ or society which is motivated by the perpetrator ’s bias against a race‚ religion‚ disability‚ sexual orientation or ethnicity/national origin. Congress enacted the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990 on April 23 of that same year in response to growing national concern over crimes motivated by bias. The Act requires the Attorney General to "collect data about crimes that show evidence of prejudice based
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PRACTICE PROBLEM QUESTIONS-PROPERTY OFFENCES‚ ASSAULT‚ SEXUAL ASSAULT‚ INDECENT ASSAULT PROBLEM 1 Belinda is a former Law Extension Committee student. As a result of her outstanding marks‚ she obtained a job as a graduate Solicitor in the litigation department of the prestigious firm Lionel Hutz and Associates. She has been working at Lionel Hutz and Associates for the last six months. Belinda suffers from sleep apnoea‚ a condition she has never revealed to her employer for fear it may affect
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may be forced to march to the beat of music played by the camp orchestra. The SS may even order you to sing as you march to the gate of the camp. As you approach the gate SS are waiting for you‚ waiting to inflict violence‚ and a barrage of verbal assault. The Work Few will receive a tool‚ you will likely be using your hands for grueling work and if you can’t work as fast the guards order you to‚ you may be killed. You will be forced to go through 12-14 hours of hard work. You will often
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For example‚ hate crimes have a typical profiling for offenders as usually being young white males who commit assaults and intimidation against another race‚ or a different group of people. As stated in the journal I read‚ this is truly not the case for hate crime offenders. Offenders appear to be those who are socially isolated‚ have low self esteem‚ and they want
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once said‚ “A man who was completely innocent‚ offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others‚ including his enemies‚ and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.” In 1996‚ Richard Alexander was held in connection to four sexual assaults in South Bend‚ Indiana. Richard was sentenced to 70 years in prison‚ but was released after only serving three years. According to innocentproject.org‚ “Richard was charged with two counts of robbery‚ two counts of criminal deviate conduct‚ two counts
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‘Examine the factors affecting power relationships and division of labour between couples’ Young and Wilmott (1973) took the view of a march of progress outlook on the history of family‚ they see the family being as improving slowly for the whole family which means it’s becoming more equal and democratic but they argue that this has been a long term trend away from segregated conjugal roles and towards joint conjugal roles and the symmetrical family‚ by this they mean that the husbands and wives
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