judge hold a fifteen year old fully accountable for his or her actions when he or she can’t even fully understand the consequences? The United States government has set up two different types of court systems: juvenile and adult court to separate children from adults; within both of these court systems you have a drug court. Juvenile drug courts are dockets
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more than 7‚906 children are physically abused in Australia. Whilst research suggests that physical abuse peaks when children are 4 to 8 years old‚ physical assault resulting in death occurs most often to toddlers and infants (Kaplan and Labruna 1998). In my opinion‚ child abuse is terribly disturbing and should be stopped. Do we not all think that children should deserve to live their childhoods in peace and harmony? Why do some parents deliberately torture their own children? Physical child abuse
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may not be as expected. Ethics are a complex set of ideas each individual possesses based on their moral codes. Ethics determine what is right‚ and what is wrong for an individual. However‚ we have adopted a sense of cultural relativism in that we don’t always feel the “right” thing is the ethical thing to do. Dr. Edward Younkins‚ Professor of Accountancy and Business Administration at Wheeling Jesuit University‚ states that this form of cultural relativism comes from‚ “...the mistaken idea that
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MS 13‚ Area boys‚ and so on. It’s not only societies‚ communities‚ and neighbourhoods that have gangs‚ even high schools have gangs. Why do we have gangs? Why do we need gangs? Generally‚ a gang is a group of people who claim territory and use it to make money through illegal activities. However‚ the reasons for gangs has something to do with young people issues. We have gangs because of economic issues. Gangs are mostly made up of young people. According to a blogger in ’The Guardian’‚ who is also
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Why do we need a diploma to succeed in business? What do we have behind us after graduation? On the one hand - specific knowledge and skills with the hope to use them in practice when applying for a job. On the other hand - the diploma‚ which ostensibly shows that this baggage we have. "We need a person with a higher education ..." - these words are full of almost all offers of employment. How is it important for an employer‚ what high school diploma in your hand? Does a diploma
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Why do we need a world without paper? Firstly‚ to save our environment‚ i.e our trees‚ our forest‚ animals habitat. Secondly‚ to keep our society green & clean by preventing landfills with waste papers. When computers first entered our lives more than 20 years ago‚ the idea of having electronic communication was born. Soon the Internet and email brought electronic communication into reality. [30a] The arguments for getting rid of paper are even stronger today than in the past. By eliminating paper
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what our lives would look like. Civil disobedience allows us to voice our opinions‚ peacefully and respectfully. Without civil disobedience‚ we would not be able to voice our opinions‚ and make changes for the better‚ without resorting to violence. With the way our world works‚ one does have a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. One reason as to why we need to disobey unjust laws is because it can open the eyes of others‚ and the government. If nobody voiced their opinion‚ the government
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Introduction It is not always clear why a criminal justice system is needed or indeed what it contributes to the functioning of a society. In the discussion that will follow‚ it will be argued that there are essentially four reasons why we do need to have a criminal justice system. First‚ it upholds the freedoms of individuals and maintenance of public order. Second‚ a criminal justice system instils fear in people and thus deterring illegal activities. Third‚ a good justice system provides
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Why do we study Shakespeare’s plays and poems? One of the reasons why we study Shakespeare plays and poems is because he was such a great poet and play script writer of all times. In all his plays‚ they had a hidden theme‚ which would certainly confuse the audience but almost make them curious about what the play was actually trying to make the people watching it think. His plays are always meaningful and can be related back to times significant to others‚ which are still relevant today. Another
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because they want to have good and strong relationships as a family. Having a strong relationship with your family is not just important for them it is also very important to the non-Iranian families. At the table‚ food can help that process and it can do that by the food you eat. What are some Iranian foods that they eat to make a strong connection? Iranian food is great because of the culture‚ but how can food‚ in general‚ bring people together? Eating at the table with
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