serious crimes in United States are called felonies. In a majority of the states a felony is any offense for which the penalty may be death (in states that allow it) or imprisonment in the penitentiary (a federal or state prison) (U.S Legal System‚ 2001).There is also infractions and misdemeanors known for offenses. According to Iowa Judicial Branch‚ misdemeanors are separated into three categories: simple‚ serious‚ and more serious and is classified form the most to the least serious crimes (2008)
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The reading for Altars in the Street’ is for people who live in cities and those who have fled them due to the ongoing war on drugs. It will speak to those who care about the future of today’s children‚ our neighborhoods‚ "communities"‚ our nation as a whole and anyone who dare look truthfully at the relationship between poverty and prison as well as community and education. These ideas are very similar to the writings of both Ehrenreich and Hahn‚ as they both portray views and ideas of achieving
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This topic is one that has elicited massive interest in quite a number of fields relative to the impact that the findings will have in various sectors. There has been a trend in the scholarly realm to try and understand why criminals act the way they do and why the rest of the population does not act like the criminals. It is for this reason that myriads of researchers have set their focus to understand the physiological characteristics of the criminals and what in their brain causes them to act
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8:00 AM Wednesday‚ November 9. The day after the election. Protesters on the street. Jimmy was watching the news. “Hello America I’m David Asman from Fox News. Yesterday Donald Trump shocked the world with his win over Hillary Clinton for the White House.” Jimmy turned the TV off. “I am so happy the election is over.” He said to his wife Barbara. “Me too” She Said. As they both sat down with their cups of coffee. “Are you excited for the Avalanche game Friday versus the Winnipeg Jets?” Asked Jimmy
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The tough on crime movement was the necessity to be tougher on crime and convictions. With the tough on crime mentality‚ the increase of offenders within the correctional institutions increased thus making for an issue of overcrowding within corrections. The tough on crime movement came about after President Reagan began imposing several laws such as the Anti-Drug Abuse Act that imposed mandatory
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DIVORCE People all around the world want to love and be loved. We search most our lives looking for the perfect spouse. When you think you’ve found the right one‚ and you’re ready to spend forever together they join as one in marriage. Nevertheless‚ some marriages fail and the two turn to divorce. There can be numerous reasons for a divorce. Here are three major causes: lack of communication‚ financial problems and cheating‚ which are listed below. 1. LACK OF COMMUNICATION: The first significant
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Hooliganism The film Green Street Hooligans (2006) is about some young boys and their relation to hooliganism. In the film we meet Matt Buckner‚ who is getting wrongfully expelled from Harvard. He moves to London to his sister‚ Shannon‚ but gets dragged into the violent world of football and hooliganism. Matt’s sister is married to the earlier Major‚ Steve‚ who has a brother‚ Pete‚ which is now controlling their firm. (GSE) Matt visits his sister and Steve‚ when Pete is also there. Pete is forced
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was used by many people‚ including the military‚ as a chemical dumping site. In 1953‚ Hooker Chemical Corporation covered the chemical site with dirt and sold the land to the board of education for a payment of one dollar. By 1955‚ the 99th Street School was
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In the book‚ House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros‚ Esperanza the main character faces a lot of conflicts throughout the book. However‚ I think the one that caused the greatest change in her was the external conflict of what society and men expect of her and other woman. She found out that love was nothing like she thought it would be‚ and that woman are thought of as objects and not people. In the first part of the book Esperanza was confused about what love was. As the book went on she
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VIOLENCE IN PLAYGROUNDS AND HOW TO CURB THE MENACE Violence is on the rise in playgrounds and there are always young children who stand defenseless in the face of their peers‚ who may happen to be bigger than them and as such take the advantage to pick on the little ones. A report by the Federal School Authorities in Cairo have showed there has been a 70% increase in bullying report cases in 2005 playground‚ compared to the 15% recorded in 2002.this vividly shows a tremendous increase
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