Latanya Dupont September 1‚ 2012 Unit 7:Assignment The key social issues contributing to the need for Criminal Justice practitioners are Poverty‚ Racism‚ and Sexism. Poverty‚ is the inability to satisfy one’s basic needs because one lacks income to buy services or from lack of access to services. Racism is the belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others also discrimination or prejudice based on race. Sexism is discrimination
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A Night of Violence According to my history instructor‚ Adolf Hitler once said that he wanted to sign up ‘’ brutal youths’’ to help him achieve his goals. If Hitler were still alive‚ he would not have any trouble recruiting the brutal youths he wanted; he could get them here in Algeria. I know‚ because I was one of them. As a teenager‚ I ran with a gang. And it took a frightening incident for me to see how violent I had become. The incident was planned one Thursday night when I
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How do the causes and effects of sexual violence towards women affect our society? Outcome: Sexual violence is defined as a crime which involves sexual acts against someone’s will. This crime is not taken seriously in several countries‚ who don’t consider it as a serious issue. The most common type of sexual violence is rape‚ and the research is based upon this section. There has been a substantial increase in rape numbers following sexual assault against women. Pornography is a major reason
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Gun Violence Gun violence‚ in the United States especially‚ is a growing concern and highly debated topic when the discussion of gun control is brought up. Here are several facts that I found to be troubling‚ and even disturbing. * The average of guns deaths in the annual is less than 50 in Japan compared to more than 10‚000 in the United States. (http://www.heedinggodscall.org/content/pfctoolkit-10) The number of gun related deaths in the United States dwarfs that of Japan annually‚ perhaps
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Violence against women and security Violence against women is not a new phenomenon. Women have to bear the burns of domestic‚ public‚ physical as well as emotional and mental violence against them‚ which affects her status in the society at the larger extent. The statistics of increasing crimes against women is shocking‚ where women are subjected to violence attacks i.e. foeticide‚ infanticide‚ medical neglect‚ child marriages‚ bride burning‚ sexual abuse of girl child‚ forced marriages‚ rapes‚
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Gangs‚ which are usually groups of criminal or youth delinquents‚ are said to be able to be dated back to the times of the Greeks. It is theorized that some of America’s present-day gangs are stemmed from these ancient formations. However‚ today’s gangs are more serious‚ violent‚ and spiraling out of control. The indications of a gang can be identified by certain graffiti tags‚ tattoos‚ gang colors‚ and the self-identification by youths. When departmental crime officials are asked to tell how they
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evolves around gangs. Gangs are the major thing in Oakland‚ they are the ones to sale drugs‚ guns and are also the ones who are committing all kinds of crimes such as robbery and murders. In order to stop all of this there’s a lot to be done and it will need help from everyone in order to be able to make a difference. Making a positive change is always good‚ specially when it comes to bringing safety to people’s lives. Gang activity is found all over Oakland‚ such as in streets‚ gang members house
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INTRODUCTION: Accounting is a glorious but misunderstood field. Accountants are often stereotyped as soulless drones laboring listlessly in the bowels of corporate bureaucracies. It’s often thought of as a discipline of pinpoint exactitude with rigid rules‚ in practice accountants rely heavily on best estimates and educated guesses that require careful judgment and strong imagination. The short-but-sweet description of accounting is "the language of business." A more formal definition is offered
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most detrimental and limiting factor on our civilization. This plague has been unrelenting since before humans first stood on two legs. Violence has been studied by hundreds‚ if not thousands of psychologists‚ economists and other social workers and after all this work experts homicides have decreased by up to 100 times from Oxford in the 1300s. However violence is still deeply rooted in our society and people are increasingly accepting of the murders‚ rampages‚ and terrorist attacks that frequently
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medium or minimum-security facilities‚ especially towards correctional staff. Literature Review Race Several studies were conducted to examine the role of race in inmate adjustment process and prison misconduct‚ especially prison violence. There were indications that there is a direct relationship between race and violent prison misconduct. Those findings support theories such as prison
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