accurately evaluate how sentencing and punishment attempts to balance the rights of victims‚ offenders and society”. Poor question. This question starts after an offender has been found guilty and is to be sentenced. This is the key part of the Legal Studies syllabus that pertains to the question: 4. Sentencing and punishment • statutory and judicial guidelines • the purposes of punishment: deterrence (specific and general)‚ retribution‚ rehabilitation‚ incapacitation • factors affecting a
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Teen Suicide The issue of teenage suicide is one of the more rapidly rising social problems affecting the world’s culture nowadays. “When it comes to teen suicide‚ the statistics make it clear that attempted suicide is a big deal as it relates to the youth. Additionally‚ suicide is one of the leading causes of death for teenagers - it’s the third leading cause. (Ohio) In 2007 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that the number of American teenagers who committed suicide had increased
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their hands to create a law about guns. Many people agree to not being allowed to own guns at all but some people are upset at the law because they would like to own guns for their protection. After the Connecticut school massacre‚ a very intense debate on the gun law was talked about on how to keep guns away from criminals without taking the guns away from lawful gun owners to protect their selves and families. Many people been fighting for stricter gun laws for a while now and their wait is now
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and such consent does not affect the criminal responsibility of any person by whom death may be inflicted on the person by whom consent is given.”‚ this is according to the Indiana Code of Criminal Law and Procedure. In ancient days‚ assisted suicide was frequently seen as a way to preserve one’s honor. For the past twenty-five years‚ on the other hand‚ the practice has been viewed as a response to the progress of modern medicine. New and often expensive medical technologies have been developed
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I – Utilitarianism/Consequentialism A – Definition: The greatest good for the greatest number of people; sacrifices are OK B – Justifications: Life is a pre-requisite to ethics Bostrom1 Continuity is as important to our commitment to the project of the future of humanity as it is to our commitment to the projects of our own personal futures. Just as the shape of my whole life‚ and its connection with my present and past‚ have an interest that goes beyond that of any isolated experience
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Case Study Nike: The Sweatshop Debate MGT/448 November 2010 Case Study Nike: The Sweatshop Debate Nike was established in 1972 by Phil Knight. This marketing company is famous for their athletic shoes and apparels sold in some 140 countries (Hill‚ 2009‚ p. 154). Nike does not manufacturer any of these products they only design and market them. These products are manufactured in other countries such as Vietnam‚ Indonesia‚ and China‚ where the cost of labor is low. For years Nike has had
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It is apparent in this case that the issue in question is the act of killing and the act of suicide. However‚ unlike other cases of killing and suicide‚ there are several things that serve to complicate this issue. First is the fact that the murder appears to be done with consent coming from the person killed. Based from the letter Adrienne wrote to her children‚ it is clear that both she and Mr. Snelling discussed their plans to end their life together. Apart from this‚ the fact that the wife was
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is involved in pioneering this legislation‚ the majority of the party has strongly rejected the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act is a bill that “would provide certain illegal and deportable alien students who graduate from US high schools‚ who are of good moral character‚ arrived in the U.S. illegally as minors‚ and have been in the country continuously and illegally for at least five years prior to the bill’s enactment‚ the opportunity to earn conditional permanent residency if they complete two years in
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In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ suicide is an important and continuous theme throughout the play. Hamlet is the main character who contemplates the thought of suicide many different times throughout the play‚ since the murder of his father. Hamlet weighs the advantages of leaving his miserable life with the living‚ for possibly a better but unknown life with the dead. Hamlet seriously contemplates suicide‚ but decides against it‚ mainly because it is a mortal sin against God. Hamlet continues
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Home Schooling Debate 1) School sports promote fitness‚ teamwork and help prevent obesity among teenagers. Even though home schooled students are allowed to participate in public school sports‚ only 3-5% of home schooled students participate (Equal). 2) Parents that Home school do not need a teaching degree‚ or even a college degree. They only need to be deemed “competent” (Oliveri‚ 1) 3)There are 10 states in the U.S that do not require parents to initiate any contact. In these states
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