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    Ralph Venuto Venuto 1 Professor Sindy Finkelson Argument and Persuasion November 5‚ 2013 Ending Marijuana Prohibition “Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are‚ they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marijuana in private for personal use... Therefore‚ I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate all Federal criminal penalties for the possession

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    social norms and laws that are often customary within the cultural environment. However‚ prostitution and drug crimes are often viewed as victimless crimes because it is believed these crimes do not cause harm to innocent victims; although‚ might ask whether or not public crimes are victimless. Such acts are founded in deeds of prostitution and drugs related to national and international crime networks. These acts are all influenced by the political‚ economic‚ and social relations intertwined

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    Defining Environmental Crimes Environmental crime is a serious and growing concern at national as well as international level‚ and one which takes many different forms. Environmental crime in broad terms means an act which is committed with the intention of damaging or causing damage to the ecological and biological systems to ensure business or personal benefit. The types of acts commonly recognised as environmental crime are: pollution or other contamination of air‚ land and water; illegal discharge

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    with a few names of people that were against prohibition. In addition to that‚ it provides me with an additional auto bibliography to back up their resources and quotes throughout their writing and explanations on how those resources supports their paper. As well as the support throughout the essay‚ it explains how the crime rate in Chicago went up when prohibition in the 1920’s started and several different main events and people that caused the crime rate to increase. http://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties

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    Digital Crime Evidence and Procedures Digital TITLE: Compare and contrast the four different categorizations of computer crimes Abstract Computers are used for many different types of personal and work related activities. Getting on the Internet and researching a topic for a college paper‚ researching types of flat screen televisions and their various prices‚ or what about getting on the computer and playing games‚ or using computers to watch movies and chat with friends and family. From

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    Dowry Crimes Culture is the enduring behavior ideas attitudes and tradition shared by a large group of people transmitted from one generation to the next. India is one of those countries that has strong influences on cultures. The custom of Dowry long entrenched in India’s male dominant. Society has attained alarming proportions during the last few decades. There is hardly a day when the cries of Dowry victim echoes throughout the town. Brides are still being harassed physically and

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    Although homeschooling has many benefits‚ Public school education provides a more efficient and effective environment for a student to learn and succeed. According to some researches‚ there are more than 2.04 million students who are doing the homeschool in United States of America. The number keeps on increasing over 75% since 1999. In Indonesia itself‚ the number of families that choose to use the homeschooling is still increasing. According to HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association)‚ there

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    Criminal Justice has been a career option of mine for a year. I have come to the concussion that I would like to spend the bulk of my life rehabilitating criminal’s. Parole officers evaluate offenders to determine the best course of rehabilitation. They also provide offenders with resources such as job training assistance in getting a home if necessary. Becoming a parole officer will allow me to do so. In order to pursue a career as a parole officer there are some steps that I will have to take.

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    Hate Crimes COM/ 156 Hate crimes can come in many different forms and can be viewed in many different ways. Hate crimes are one of the main contributors to falsely accusing or exaggerating one person’s actions. Often many are targeted and defined because of their race‚ sex‚ origin‚ personality‚ and actions; yet the ones that are targeting those certain people are not being brought to justice for being in the wrong. According to The Criminal Law Review‚ the Case for Extending the Existing

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    of silence”. For example‚ officers are taught by fellow officers how to use the authority given to them to advance the sub-culture of crime. This fact is a matter of debate. The question of crime in police departments is often blamed on unethical officers rather than the truth of the officers who are taught by superiors and veteran officers the means of crime. The bad apples or bad system debate is expressed in Serpico‚ indicating the confirmation that a bad system needs an outside agency to correct

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