American Teens Against Crime

who wish to sexually exploit them, the fact remains that sometimes youth are also prosecuted, and the older the youth is, the harsher the penalty is likely to be. The fact that many people, when faced with judging those who have committed similar crimes, lean towards harsher punishment based on the age of the offender shows that there is a bias in effect. While some states have adapted their laws to include what is known as a “Romeo and Juliet” law, not all have. The “Romeo and Juliet” laws…

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Mara Leveritt writes a fascinating tale of the American justice system gone terribly wrong in her book Devil’s Knot. On May 5, 1993, Christopher Byers, Michael Moore, and Steven Branch went missing from their homes in West Memphis, Arkansas. Subsequently, their bodies were recovered in a body of water by their homes with signs that they had been ferociously beaten and murdered. The evidence showed that Christopher Byers had been castrated before he was killed. Quickly, the town found out about…

Additionally, Britain notoriously turns a blind eye to the 'customs' of its Islamic immigrants. Girls are pulled out of school in their mid-teens and are forced into marriages, which amounts to kidnapped and raped. As for suffrage, in many places Britain still uses mail-only ballots, where the ballots are delivered to a household. Under such conditions, the head-of-household can 'persuade' those of voting age to vote in a certain way, both eliminating woman's suffrage and their ability to make a…

ranges from something small like chewing with your mouth open to incest. One of the most extreme examples of deviance in our society are serial killers. Murder is a huge taboo in our society and the mass killing of people fascinates and horrifies the American public. Serial killers are a prime example of rebels and primary deviance. Using serial killers as an example, this essay will explore six theories…

The War on Drugs has been a catastrophic failure. It has failed to decrease crime, the use of drugs, and has cause innocent people to get hurt in the process by getting rid of basic human rights. You would think a four decade war would produce some positive results right? No, it has just cause harm and the rise of some of the world 's most dangerous criminals. It has also given police the right to act as criminals with immunity of almost all actions. It has desensitized us to the pain of others…

unarmed black men by white police officers. Correspondingly, this leads many to questions of whether or not the police can really be trusted to protect our rights, or are they targeting non-whites as the criminals? Today, police brutality against unarmed african americans is an increasing problem in the United States because of racial stigma within police agencies, leading to the disruption of communities nationwide with racial rioting for justice, along with leaving officers in fear for their…

Fifty years ago, Harper Lee had the kind of success that most writers only dream about:Shortly after her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was published on July 11, 1960, it hit the best-seller lists. In 1961, it won a Pulitzer Prize, and in 1962, it was made into an Academy Award-winning film. It has never gone out of print. Lee stepped out of the limelight and stopped doing interviews years ago -- and she neverwrote another book. Still, her influence has far outlasted most writers of her…

2008 ethnic hate crime in a rural Pennsylvania coal-mining town. Four high school football players were accused in the beating death of Mexican immigrant, Luis Ramirez. Despite the fact that there was no question that these four teenagers killed another human being, the town rallied behind them and they were ultimately acquitted of the murder. The documentary clearly showed that racism is a problem in the community as the white police force played an active role in covering up the crime. And…

In the novel “Elizabeth and Hazel,” by David Margolick, the recurring theme throughout the entire story is the racial tension and hatred that surrounded the pre-Civil Rights Era. In a world filled with hatred against people of color, Elizabeth Eckford managed to stand up for her race against all the disgusting things people were throwing at her. The reason she was being treated this way was because she went to Central High School, an all-white school. At the time, schools were still segregated…