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    Hilary Clinton says that she plans to power background checks and close high-risk loopholes in our country. She also wants to make gun sellers and makers accountable for guns being in the hands of terrorists‚ domestic abusers‚ and other violent criminals. As I quote she says‚ “I don’t know how we keep seeing shooting after shooting‚ read about the people murdered because they went to Bible study or they went to the movies or they were just doing their job‚ and not finally say we’ve got to do something

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    a national of the Dominican Republic‚ and “he was convicted in New York state court of first-degree burglary and first-degree robbery” (Lynch‚ 2017). He served a six-year sentence‚ but when he was released in 2015‚ he was deported. He later tried to reenter the country and was arrested again. However‚ this arrest brought into light that Genao had been incorrectly convicted originally: “Although the PSR correctly stated that Genao had been convicted under New York Penal Law § 140.30(3) for first-degree

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    rates for blacks and Latino as the stigma of incarceration adversely impact their life chances chance as they find it hard to rebuild relationships with loved one or find support services once released from prison. Studies have shown black and white felons sent on the interviews with the same‚ resume information and Felony convictions yielded better results for receive call backs for or a job‚ while blacks with the no call back s our job.

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    05/07/2013 “Death Penalty in Maryland” Introduction Maryland has reinstated the death penalty in 1978 as an option for people convicted of felony homicide. Since that time‚ only five convicts have been put to death and five are currently awaiting their execution. There is so much publicity available debating whether or not a death penalty is effective as it used to be in older days

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    totals those officers supervising juveniles and performing pretrial and investigative duties not involving direct supervision. In ballpark or unofficial figures‚ we probably had about 2 million felons being supervised by something fewer than 20‚000 officers. This would average out to more than 100 felons per probation officer‚ not far removed from official numbers. The issue of reducing caseload size to an ideal number has been argued for a long time. In 1917‚ a group of probation administrators

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    I am for death row because it is more effective than doing 20 years in jail. Eighty-eight percent of murder victims about 14‚960 victims in 1998 were 18 years of age or older. Fewer adults were murdered in the United States in 1998 than in any year since at least 1976. In 1998‚ about 1‚960 murder victims were under age 18. This level is substantially below that of the peak year of 1993‚ when 2‚880 juveniles were murdered. However‚ this decline only returned the level to that of 1988. The

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    Though there are many theories I studied one which is routine activity theory which was developed by Marcus Felson and Lawrence E. Cohen. These people strongly believed that crime is unaffected by social causes such as poverty‚ inequality‚ and unemployment. There are of course some sociologists who believe in the social causes of crime. Although there is of course some routine activity theory related crimes some sociologist just can’t agree. For crime to be committed‚ three aspects are needed A motivated

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    they deliberate and come back with a sentence. Once the suspect is sentenced‚ if found guilty‚ they are sent to a correctional institute. The correctional unit officers have to supervise the convicted felons. They have to ensure that their facility is well situated and capable of holding the convicted felons‚ so that both the inmates and the public can co-exist in a safe environment. The two models of the criminal justice system are: The crime control model and the due process model. The two models

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    Rap: Detrimental To Our Youth “Money‚ cash‚ h**s‚ money‚ cash‚ chicks/Sex‚ murder and mayhem- romance for the street/Only wife of mines is a life of crime/F*** the law‚ keep dealing! I led a life you can write a book on/Sex‚ murder and mayhem‚ romance for the street/Man‚ and I tell ya‚ it’ll be the best seller.” (Jay Z‚ Money‚ Cash‚ H**s) From rapping about the ills of society and the injustice and inequality of the 1970’s to the lyrics of Jay Z‚ rap has taken a turn for the worst. Although rap

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    this violates the norms of society. Every one who experience negative labeling self image is effected. Pure deviance‚ Falsely accused‚ and Secret devian self image are affected by being convicted. They are usually considered a menace to society‚ so most people won’t even think twice to give these convicted felons a job‚ so most of the times these negative connotations will make them go back to jail. They can’t get a job with these kind of negative labels on them‚ so if they did not do it at first

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