Making a Claim Worksheet Turn each of the following statements into an arguable claim—i.e.‚ a point that is debatable and shows (or implies) your analysis of or opinion about the topic of your essay or a particular paragraph. To be an effective thesis statement‚ the claim must be narrow enough to allow you to fully support it within the context of the essay and broad enough to enable you to write more than a paragraph or two about it. Topic sentences work in a similar way‚ except your claim needs
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downloading something from another person’s computer. This became a problem for RIAA (The Recording Industry Association of America)‚ and decided to begin suing anyone caught sharing or downloading copyrighted files. This policy is irrational and should be modified to fit reasons for downloading or sharing. If a person hears a good song on the radio‚ that person would remember the song and artist‚ and try to download it. After a while‚ record companies realized that this was causing them to lose
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. The juvenile justice system is an institution in society that is granted certain powers and responsibilities. It faces several different tasks‚ among the most important is maintaining order and preserving constitutional rights. The conflict arises when public expectation of order collides with the right of young people to be on the street. The police have a high level of contact with people under the age of 18. UCR data indicate that juveniles account for about 17% of all arrests and nearly 29%
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Running head: FINAL PROJECT: JUVENILE INCARCERATION Final Project: Juvenile Incarceration Roshon Green‚ Jessica Mays‚ Karen McCord University of Phoenix Final Project: Juvenile Incarceration Statement of Problem The purpose of the juvenile incarceration project is to gain insights into whether or not parental incarceration is related to juvenile incarceration. The research problem is the loss is the cost of incarceration to the state or society. Incarceration is expensive with costs
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I am writing this essay on the Young Offenders Act for a few reasons. One being that I am a special agent sent from the future keep the fate of this Grade 11 English credit comfortably in Justin Faviere’s upcoming report card. Secondly‚ I am trying to educate people who may not be aware of the benefits of the Act‚ or simply disagree with my opinion that the Young Offenders Act is a crucial part of our judicial system‚ regardless of it’s imperfections. And last but not least‚ so I can educate myself
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as adults Trying Teens as Adults: Unfair English 111 Leo Dabbs 10/21/2012 The topic of trying teenagers like adults is quite a controversial issue in America. Some say that the teenage brain is not capable of making rational decisions due to immaturity‚ and therefore‚ shouldn’t be place in the same judicial system as adults. There are many view points on this issue. The view points from the ones supporting juveniles being locked up with adult offenders say
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In this paper‚ an assessment will be done on the juvenile justice system. In addition‚ an explanation will be provided on why the juvenile justice system should focus its efforts on rehabilitation as opposed to punishment. There will also be detailed explanations on how law enforcement‚ court processes‚ probation‚ corrections‚ community programs and intervention services will be effected. The paper will analyze some of the arguments that will oppose the views of this paper. An explanation will be
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services that are necessary for their stage in development when in adult facilities. Juveniles should not be sentenced to life in prison because the period of time can make them miss out on important things that they have to learn. I agree that juveniles should not be held in adult prison for life because this kind of action can interrupt the learning process of these teenagers. Studies shows that youth held in adult facilities are more likely to commit suicide and are at greatest
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Juvenile delinquents‚ or youth that have been convicted of a crime‚ seem to be the norm these days. Citizens‚ families‚ and poliy makers want new programs and policies within the juvenile justice system. Researchers have found that the family structure can be a precursor to delinquent behavior‚ and families do not have the control or blance that they once did. As such‚ mew measures need to be implemented to help these families in crisis. Rehabilitation of the family unit is the answer‚ say many
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Gangs Data on Gangs How do you know who is a gang member? - What is a gang? group of members that have a common deviant values group of members that engage in delinquency for self gains though‚ difficult to defining what is a gang because peer groups in general are central to youthful activities people hang out in groups common feature to see adolescent to engage in groups hence‚ a gang comprise primarily young males‚ engage in behaviour from outright criminality to graffiti. Females
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