SOCIAL THREAT OF JUVENILE DELIQUENCY armando c. ceralde april 11‚ 2012 pangasinan state university This position paper discusses the increasing number of minor offenders in our society. Juvenile delinquency has been the topic of several discussions and debates among lawmakers and social groups who express their concerns and views citing that it is a serious issue in the society. Historically‚ the first law that concerns the issue is the P.D. 603 (Child and Youth Welfare Code) signed in
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE Robert Reiff once said‚ the problems of crime always get reduced to “What can be done about criminals?” Nobody asks‚ what can be about victims?” (Shcmelleger‚ 1999) The consequences of crime vary from one individual to another. Crime can involve financial loss‚ property damage‚ physical injury‚ and death. Less obvious but sometimes more devastating are the psychological wounds‚ left in the wake of victimization‚ wounds that may never heal. In an attempt to prevent victimization
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Dougherty ENG101 Argument essay “Justice” in America Every day people are convicted of crimes they did not commit. It has been a long time since the trials of the Scottsboro Boys or George Whitmore‚ but our justice system has not changed. People of foreign race and lower social status receive different treatment in the justice system. These victims are often wrongfully accused‚ or even abused by the ones paid to protect them. The United States justice system gives unfair treatment and trials
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What is Justice? What is justice? Well‚ many seem to think that they know the answer to this. No one had a better understanding of what justice was and what constituted a just life than Plato and Socrates. After reading his famous book‚ The Republic‚ it left me confused‚ yet well educated on what Plato thought was justice. Philosophers say this book could possibly be the single most important philosophical books of Western Tradition. Plato believed that there is more need for abstract thought
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The absence of justice: violation of right or the rights to another. That is what injustice is. The novel‚ A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines surrounds the innocent young man‚ Jefferson learning to understand that to gain justice from this event‚ to die a man‚ not a “hog”‚ to prove he got his fairness from this the trial. The theme is injustice‚ the novel centers how justice and fairness were not essential fundamentals in the trial for Jefferson due to white supremacy‚ lack of knowledge‚ and
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Farm Laborers: Injustice in the Fields Immigrant workers come to America in search of a better life. However‚ when they arrive they are faced with numerous hardships: inability to speak English‚ discrimination‚ and unfair wages in the worst jobs available. Due to earning low wages‚ immigrants live in unacceptable housing conditions. Because of their illegal status in the United States‚ immigrants are constantly taken advantage of. In spite of the pain and suffering‚ field workers still work very
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your attention the unfair trial of Tom Robinson. I think we all knew that the jury would say that he was guilty of the crime‚ but was he really? I don’t think he was‚ and I hope you and the readers of The Maycomb Tribune will help me fight this injustice. Good people like Atticus Finch‚ tried to prove the innocence of Tom Robinson. The real criminals here are Mayella Ewell and Bob Ewell for taking a man’s life simply because he was colored. Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. Is it fair
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ISIS‚ A Threat or A Nuisance? “Where justice is denied‚ where poverty is enforced‚ where ignorance prevails‚ and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress‚ rob and degrade them‚ neither persons nor property will be safe” - Fredrick Douglass. The terrorist group deemed ISIS has raised many questions concerning the safety of the Middle East and Western countries. Using the significant weapon of fear ISIS has managed to jeopardize an abounding amount of
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I have aspired to be a police officer my whole life and found it only fitting to interview a Police Officer from the Northern Virginia area. The officer told me of his own aspirations to become a cop and it only furthered my motivation. He said his goal as a police officer was/is to make positive influential changes for his peers by protecting and serving his community to his fullest potential. Before returning back to patrol the streets‚ the officer was a Student Resource Officer (SRO) at Herndon
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In America racial injustices have been present for many years. Slavery‚ the Civil Rights Movement‚ and many other cases are examples of racial prejudices. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee effectively shows the American mindset in the 1930’s while Black or White effectively shows the American mindset of today. Even though America has progressed racially‚ America is still working towards equality. In the 1930’s African Americans could not have jobs‚ were segregated‚ endured racism‚ and were paid
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