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    Criminal Justice System

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    Pathway to Justice: The Changing Face of the Criminal Justice System and Forensic Science Forensic science has perpetuity transformed our criminal justice system. Justice‚ “the quality or fact of being just‚ the principle of fairness that like cases should be treated alike‚ a particular distribution of benefits and burdens fairly in accordance with a particular conception‚ the principle that punishment should be proportionate to the offence‚ the administration of law according to prescribed and

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    Do Males and Females Communicate with each other in different ways? "…I do not give you the right to raise your voice to me because you are woman and I am man…" (Tannen p 23) This statement is offensive to both men and women alike. Yet it is a true‚ telling statement as well. This one sentence shows us that in many countries‚ including the U.S.‚ a patriarchal society creates a hierarchal push and pull between the genders‚ creating a very large gap in communication. This assertion also brings

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    In simple definition‚ the word “ethics” means; a system of moral principles‚ the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group‚ culture‚ etc.‚ moral principles as of an individual‚ and that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct‚ with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions (Dictionary.com). Even the definition‚ as clear as it

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    Juvenile System Rough Draft Juveniles should be convicted as adults ‚ for violent crime like assault or murder because if they commit murder or something illegal ‚ they think they can get away with it and they don’t think that they are not gonna be caught. For Example‚ they can be killing someone and get away with it like nothing happened. So if kids commit crime ‚ then of course they should convicted as a criminal. Research suggest that adolescent squeezed through adult system are more

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    Anatomy of the Female Reproductive System The reproductive role of the female is far more complex than that of a male. Not only must she produce gametes‚ but her body must prepare to nurture a developing embryo for a period of approximately nine months. Ovaries‚ the female gonads‚ are the primary reproductive organs of a female‚ and like the male testes‚ ovaries serve a dual purpose: They produce the female gametes (ova) and sex hormones‚ the estrogens * and progesterone (pro-ges′tĕ-rōn). The

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    they argue over who is right. Not everyone can agree in the court when it comes to making decisions. The adjudication system is used in juvenile courts because they are considered civil. Once a decision is made in the juvenile court they have to take that decision to a higher power to decide what will happen. This is why adjudication is used in the juvenile court. The adjudication system can also be used on criminal cases. It is a way of letting the people pick what they think. One of the producers that

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    What Causes Juvenile Delinquency? Antonia Ras-Bellamy Angelo State University August 08‚ 2013 Abstract Juvenile Delinquency is a common argument that involves laws and regulations in schools and everyday life. Most common reasons for juvenile delinquency is because of family relations‚ media networks like music and movies‚ school life for most teenagers‚ and gang life. Most teenagers seek love and belonging but once they feel neglected and rejected‚ they turn to violence like gangs to feel

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    Juvenile Court

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    20th century‚ the Juvenile Court system was merely a starting concept that was utilized to “rehabilitate” youth offenders‚ the philosophy prior to be that parents‚ primarily fathers were to enforce rules and behaviors with their children. Juveniles’ ranging from seven to fourteen were permissible to be held for their actions if there was evidence they knew their actions and youth older were too punished as seen fit by parents or a government entity. There was no court system to allow for a hearing

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    tries will be condemned to death. Creon and Antigone’s conflicting points of view eventually lead to their own demise. As befits her‚ Antigone is a loving and loyal daughter and sister. It is precisely this loyalty that makes her an active rather than a static figure. Throughout the play‚ Antigone amazingly retains the traditional role of women‚ while at the same time boldly challenging this depiction. This is precisely where the conflict between the sexes rises. The denial of burial to her brother

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    The Injustice of African American men in the Penal System Introduction In 1954‚ at the time of the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision‚ African Americans constituted about 30% of persons admitted to state and federal prisons. That figure should have been disturbing since it was substantially higher than the black share of the national population. But that proportion has now increased; still more dramatically‚ to the point where blacks represent half of all prison admissions. This

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