Rehabilitation vs. Punishment‚ which one is more effective in Juvenile Matters? It has long been debated which method of deterrence works best within the criminal justice system‚ rehabilitation or punishment. In the past‚ the two mechanisms have been used together and separately in both adult and juvenile courts. Both rehabilitation and punishment are similar in their goals and purposes. However‚ the debate between which method is more successful continues year after year. The consensus of
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Celebrity Justice Lindsay Lohan‚ Nicole Ritchie‚ Paris Hilton‚ Tiger Woods‚ Nicholas Cage - the list of celebrities who have been arrested or charged with a crime is a long one. Drug possession‚ lying to investigators‚ driving while intoxicated‚ shoplifting - the list of offenses is also a long one. When arrested‚ are celebrities held to the same standards of justice as the rest of us‚ or do they receive special treatment in the legal system? If convicted how‚ do their sentences compare to those
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Though the reliability and inexpensive access of the Internet has radically benefitted our civilization; legitimate concerns exist on the detrimental effects the Internet has on mental cognition. Nicholas Carr’s article in The Atlantic and The Wall Street Journal as well as Bobby Cole’s article in Insider Technology document concerns on the Internet’s detrimental effect on minds and cognition. Nicholas Carr states that Internet causes division and diversion of attention. We are constantly distracted
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The theory of justice is a work of political philosophy and ethics by John Rawls. According to Gomez‚ philosopher John Rawls who lived between 1921- 2002‚ argued the notion of social justice as fairness in his book "A Theory of Justice." He used foundations of utilitarian and Kantian philosophy to create a possible technique to estimate the ethics of social and political institutions. The principles of justice theories was Rawls ’s theory and it is dependent on two important and central principles
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The wolf of Wall Street The background of the story The film is talking about Jordan Belfort (Leonard DiCaprio starred) ran a stock brokerage firm called Stratton Oakmont that defrauded investors in 90s‚ this is one of the most famous business fraud scandals in wall street and he is known as “Wolf of Wall Street”. The company running the business by buying penny stocks with some secrets accounts‚ they hired salesmen to do the cold calls and persuaded them to buy their stocks that could make many
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Lady Justice The picture above best symbolizes my views on justice for the common good. In general the courts are expected to be impartial and fair institutions in a system of good governance‚ it should through this method be a system that can uphold the rule of law and protect human rights. Justice is symbolized through lady justice‚ blindfolded‚ holding a pair of scales and wielding a double edged sword. The blindfold represents justice being blind to all outside sources like money‚ power or
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Occupy Wall Street Emmanual D Tomes Strayer University Business Ethics BUS 309 Dr. Adrienne Garabedian February 03‚ 2013 1) Discuss the moral and economic implications involved in the movement: After the sub-prime crisis had ended and its harsh realities began to come up on the face of financial services‚ firms such as Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse requested government bailouts which were financed by the taxpayers’ money. From this‚ outrage ensued and to retaliate‚ people began what
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What is Justice? What is justice? Well‚ many seem to think that they know the answer to this. No one had a better understanding of what justice was and what constituted a just life than Plato and Socrates. After reading his famous book‚ The Republic‚ it left me confused‚ yet well educated on what Plato thought was justice. Philosophers say this book could possibly be the single most important philosophical books of Western Tradition. Plato believed that there is more need for abstract thought
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OF STREET CHILDREN WHO ARE STREET CHILDREN? Children (under 18 years) who spend most of their time on the streets. There are between 10 to 100 million street children worldwide‚ depending on the exact definition used. The target group is homeless and vulnerable street children including their families‚ who are at high risk of exploitation and physical and emotional abuse‚ especially through forced commercial sex and violence in the streets. DEFINITION OF STREET CHILDREN: "Street children"
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community that society has written this kid off. Before moving more juveniles to adult jurisdiction‚ the District should find out whether get-tough policies like juvenile transfers actually make our streets safer. Will young people released from adult jails behave better than teens detained in the juvenile justice system? Will all crimes committed by young people fall in number and seriousness? Does it save the city money to transfer more teens? Several studies suggest the answer to all these questions
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