No one really understands the reason behind serial killers’ victims it is actually quite difficult to comprehend how the mind of a serial killer works. We tend to wonder how psychopaths choose their victims. Some believe that a killer feels strongly attracted by a specific physical characteristic in the victim it could be his or her appearance: facial features‚ clothes‚ or even personality. While on the other hand‚ many individuals believe the connection is within an ethnic group‚ gender‚ or age
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Prison systems have used an immense amount of capital to fund recreation for inmates. America uses more than $74 billion annually for recreation and the upholding of prisons (Godard‚ 2005). There is a push for the economics of prison recreation to be further analyzed to evaluate the pros and cons of enhanced funding. In America‚ more inmates being admitted to prison brings forth larger revenue for contracted businesses such as construct facilities‚ security‚ transportation‚ and other livelihood
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This particular document provides us with a range of historical relevant information. The laws listed in Hammurabi’s code helps us see the culture of Babylonia during that time‚ as well as the societal standards and life a person living in that time must have abided by under King Hammurabi. The laws put into place varied over numerous subject manners‚ from family to adultery to robbery. Thus‚ the creation of Hammurabi’s code can be evidence that King Hammurabi strived for a righteous city‚ in which
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After being convicted of a crime and sent to prison and release‚ your basic civil rights are never restored‚ even though the state has said you have paid you debt to society‚ there is a mark on your record that never comes off. Michelle Alexander wrote‚ “Once arrested‚ a person will rarely ever gain freedom from the system”.(92) Depending on the state an ex-convict lives in‚ it varies as to what freedoms and rights will be restored. Many states won’t allow convicted felons to vote‚ some states won’t
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However‚ due to the continued growth of the prison industry the social cost‚ children without parents‚ the decrease in educational opportunities‚ employment and home ownership has effected the poor but more specifically African-American males and their families. What is even more astounding is that other lucrative countries such as Canada and Italy are also experiencing a decline in crime rates without increasing their rates of incarceration. In California‚ 2011 that state started to reform their
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The internees were transported to the camps in long buses with fenced up windows. All of these camps would be overcrowded and the living conditions at the camps were very poor. All prisoners were housed in small tarpaper barracks‚ which are buildings used to house soldiers‚ and sometimes entire families would be housed in one barrack. All of these barracks had a poor building structure and were built without plumbing or cooking facilities. Most of these camps were located in remote areas where the
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Death penalty I think people who commit horrible crimes should receive the death penalty. For example corruption‚ adultery‚ and drug smuggling. Mostly murderers are relatively young. Then protect us from further terrorist attacks and other dangers. They government is only trying to keep us safe. First‚ the most important example for the person never ever has the privacy right to live in this country is the terrorist. This terrorism has no right to live in the country not in the live‚ so the courthouse
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Community Corrections has faced many issues‚ as the whole Criminal Justice system faces as well. Between every budget crisis within the systems‚ important resources may be scarce or even cut. One of the main issues that I will be focusing on are the budgetary conflicts of interest and the allocation of finances within the Community Corrections system. Budget crisis are expected in systems of great magnitude‚ but the ineffectiveness of cost implementation of programs‚ use of expenditures and spending
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This documentary follows two young females and two older males around who discussed their trails‚ how long they been incarcerated when they’ll be released‚ and how often they been in & out the system. There were also some factors that were discussed on why some of them end up back in the system‚ why some of them act out the way they do‚ and why one individual turns to drugs. This video showed me how right I was about how corrupted the criminal justice system is when the narrator said there are more
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Death penalty? Murder‚Rape‚Treason‚terrorism‚etc.These are only some of the crimes that can be applied for capital punishment.Some people may think if they kill someone they should be killed.But others think including me that there too many risks involved and it is inhuman. Nicholas Yarris was a convicted of a capital crime and was supposed to be executed.However on January 16th he was released and all of his charges were dropped.This proves that someone who is completely innocent could be killed
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