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    At the beginning of Macbeth‚ both Macbeth and Macduff were trusted by the people of Scotland and King Duncan because they were loyal noble friends. "The thane of Cawdor will never again betray me. Go announce that he will be executed and tell Macbeth that Cawdor’s title will be given to him". King Duncan basically gave the crown to Macbeth and said he wouldn’t be betrayed again because he was a trusted friend to him and the people of Scotland trusted him as well. In the story of Macbeth‚ Macbeth

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    Scarface Scarface is a movie about an immigrant who comes to the United States in search of the "American dream." This rags to riches movie stars my favorite actor: Al Pacino. Pacino is famous for staring in the Godfather trilogies‚ Carlitos Way‚ as well as several other movies. In Scarface he plays an immigrant: Tony Montana. Pacino truly becomes this character and portrays him very well. The movie is about an immigrant‚ Tony Montana‚ who comes to Florida from Cuba. He is determined

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    Sex Offenders In Prisons

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    The literal definition of a sex offender is as follows; “a person who is guilty of a crime involving sex” (Webster’s Dictionary) But sex offenders can be much more. Not only can someone be charged as a sex offender for crimes such as rape and molestation‚ but someone could also be charged for getting caught urinating in public. So with that in mind answer this; Once They serve their time in prison‚ are laws about where sex offenders may live and be employed unfair? Well‚ With some exceptions‚ laws

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    Conceptualization of African American Ex-Offenders and Job Placement Conceptualization of African American Ex-Offenders and Job Placement "For nearly forty years‚ the United States has been gripped by policies that have placed more than 2.5 million Americans in jails and prisons designed to hold a fraction of that number of inmates. Our prisons are not only vast and overcrowded‚ they are degrading—relying on racist gangs‚ lockdowns‚ and Supermax-style segregation units to maintain a tenuous

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    Juvenile Sex Offenders

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    Paper 2 Juvenile sex offenders are frequently treated in the same manner as their adult counterparts with regards to punishment and sex offender registering. “Nationally‚ juvenile sex offenders make up 20% of all individuals charged with sexual offenses (McGinnis‚ 2006).” Placing a sex offender label on a juvenile may unjustifiably put restrictions on his or her opportunities in adulthood so it is for this reason that cases involving juvenile sex offenders should be prosecuted cautiously

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    The rational choice perspective has a six core concepts and four decision making models: criminal behavior is purposive‚ criminal behavior is rational‚ criminal decision-making is crime-specific‚ criminal choices fall into two board groups: ’involvement’ and ‘event’ decisions‚ there are separate stages of involvement‚ criminal events unfold in a sequence of stages and decisions(Cornish and Clark). Criminal behavior is purposive when a person decided to commit an offense just to satisfy their needs

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    Juvenile Sex Offenders

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    Introduction Who are adolescent sex offenders? In its basic and most simple form adolescent sex offenders could be defined as any juvenile male or female‚ approximately between the ages of 12 and 17 years of age who commit any sexual act with another person‚ unlawfully against that persons will‚ regardless of age limit. Research has suggested that adolescent sexual offenders are also embedded in multiple systems (family‚ peer‚ school) in which dysfunctional transactions are rather evident. There

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    Sentencing Offenders

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    Task Four Outline the power of the courts in sentencing offenders by using one example of a summary offence and indictable offence. There are two main courts - Magistrates and Crown Court. Magistrates have less power than Crown. magistrates can sentence up to six months in custody. Crown Courts can sentence longer up to life in prison. An indictable offence is one tried by a jury in the Crown court. When a magistrates court feels that the offence is so serious they cannot sentence accordingly i/e

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    Juvenile Sex Offenders

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    Sexual Offender As we all know‚ throughout the years‚ we’ve heard of many sad stories of juvenile sex offenders ad offenses. So what is a juvenile sex offender? “A juvenile sex offender is defined as a youth‚ from puberty to the legal age of majority‚ who commits any sexual act with a person of any age‚ against the victims will‚ without consent‚ or in an aggressive‚ exploitive or threatening manner.” The sex offenses usually start from about age 14 or 15. Smallenger states that “15% of adult sex

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    Sex Offender Paraphilias

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    Marshall et al. seemed to only be treating those that are convicted sexual offenders there was never any mention of non-offending paraphilias that go through treatment. They decided to focus their study on sexual offenders because they found in their research that that since other paraphilics and sexual offenders were thought to be so similar‚ they would also go through the treatment process the same way. By focusing on sexual offenders‚ the DSM IV’s reliability for diagnosing paraphilias is questioned

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