“Justice doesn’t mean that the bad guy goes to jail‚ it just means that someone pays for the crime‚” (Freedom Writers‚ 2007). The Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) is in place to ensure that youth who commit crimes are charged with a suitable punishment due to the offense. But are these youth getting away too easily or is the YCJA giving reasonable consequences to those who deserve it? The YCJA is not harsh enough on youth offenders because the government is being too lenient‚ rehabilitation centers
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1) The first article is about a study conducted on 16 women and 9 men with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)‚ along with a control group of 15 unaffected women and 10 unaffected male relatives. The study was to test whether core gender identity‚ sexual orientation‚ and recalled childhood gender role behaviour was affected by CAH in any of the 4 groups. The hypothesis was that this condition would influence psycho-sexual development‚ based on evidence from previous studies conducted on other mammals
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strategic‚ focusing on naiveness of focal groups. One example is where offenders impersonate government officials and ask for personal information with threats of losing benefits by not submitting. Due to this‚ the most appropriate theory that applies is rational choice theory.
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an ethical theory that ascertains a right and wrong act depending on whether they promote and produce pleasure and pain respectively. Such forms of pleasure do not only apply to sensory pleasure. It‚ however‚ rounds it up to the forms of pleasure that uphold the ethical values. This study is going to focus on the moral theory of hedonism and how it is applied in the field of criminal justice (Shafer-Landau‚ 2012). The ethical theory of hedonism is a critical issue in the field of criminal justice.
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and the degree of confidence we can have in our results. | | Positive | 5. | A criminalist is a specialist in the collection and examination of the physical evidence of a crime | | True | 6. | A general theory of crime is one that attempts to explain all or at least most ) forms of criminal conduct through a single‚ overarching approach. | | True | 7. | A hypothesis cannot be tested until the concepts are operationalized. | | True | 8. | A recent study of rape found that rape of young girls
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Differential association theory is has the viewpoint that criminal behaviour is learned through the individuals you choose to associate with (“Differential Association Theory”‚ 2002). There are individuals who find that taking part in crime is favorable and there are also individuals who have the viewpoint that taking part in crime in unfavorable (“Differential Association Theory”‚ 2002). Sutherland (1939) concluded that individuals would take part in crime when they gain more benefit in breaking
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in the best way he feels is possible. Kane has grown up in a rough‚ predominantly black neighborhood filled with poverty‚ drug dealing‚ gang violence‚ and death. The choices Kane has to make to better himself could result from the conclusion of a few different kinds of Criminal theories. I will explain how six different theories could explain the
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Axia College Material Appendix E Evaluating Safe Working Conditions Directions: Read each scenario and answer the following questions. 1. Workplace Violence Sam is a security officer for ABC Corporation in the Phoenix area. He is always stationed at the security desk in the main lobby to greet employees and visitors. One day he observed an employee from the finance department muttering something under his breath and acting strangely as he walked by the security desk. He noticed
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December 8‚ 2013 PSY 200 Reflection Prelude- When signing up for psychology 200‚ I expected it to be a very interesting course much like my class from high school. With such an interest in psychology‚ I hoped that this course would help determine if this was a potential major/minor to pursue. Aside from its academic aspect‚ I took psychology to gain some personal insight. With a mother diagnosed with bipolar disorder‚ along with other family members as well as myself suffering from depression
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