Crime in the United States

culture and beliefs make for a very different idea on how to deal with crime. As a relatively young nation the US has had the ability to build a system that can incorporate some of the best ideas from many different places. While both countries may be similar in wanting law and order the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia couldn’t be more different in their execution of criminal justice. Criminal Justice in the United States began as soon as white European settlers landed in America.…

definition of the crime. While Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Nathan Bedford Forrest had different situations, they were all technically guilty of treason, but each one of them was punished differently. As one of the most well known war heroes of his time, Robert E. Lee was also one of the most distinguished and respected generals in the United States. Though he was against secession and slavery, he betrayed his oath of office to side with the Confederacy in order to defend his native…

the Drug Policy Alliance (2015), “federal and state governments have poured nearly 1 trillion dollars into spending on the drug war. The United States is spending nearly 50…

In the United States the current prison population is 2.3 million, however the United States only holds 5 percent of the world’s population which means the United States holds 25 percent of the prison population. African Americans make up roughly 12-13 percent of the world’s population but 35 percent of the prison population. United States’ prisons are a huge privatised industry that make big companies millions, and are still being used by politicians to hurt minorities. In this paper I will…

Anti-Police movement in the USA About 1.2 million law enforcement agents in the United States are good citizens who risk their lives to protect and to serve the innocent. But with high tech now capturing dubious incidents caused by unprofessional acts of very few Police Officers, it is easier for some people to stablish an argument and in many cases, easier to distortion the truths and condemn the entire Law Enforcement community. Police Officers are citizen in the service of their country with…

heads of state, heads of government and after the Arrest Warrant judgement, it was clear that such immunity is enjoyed by Minister of foreign affairs as well. 14 Potentially even other high-ranking officials enjoy immunity ratione personae while in office. As soon as they leave office they loses the immunity ratione personae but continue to have immunity under ratione materiae. 15 This type of immunity covers both official and private acts and it comprises immunity even for international…

address the rising income inequality in the U.S., the four suggestions that I chose were written by Boushey, Azzerad, Tedeschi and Kelton. Boushey argues that universal access to child care will drive down the inequality within our country. Azzerad states that in order to combat the current rise in income…

eighteen states operated their facilities with over 100 percent capacity. This means that 36 percent of prisons operated by the United States are overcrowded. One of the largest contributing factors of this overcrowding is the incarceration of individuals for drug-related crimes. Drug users make up a large group of the inmates in United States prisons, according to the Bureau of Justice there are about 1,358,875 people in federal prisons and of them, about 16 percent of inmates in state prisons…

races, religions, ethnicities, or skin color of people. Many professionals question whether it can be justiciable under certain circumstance where it could prevent a massive amount of people from being harm or to apprehend criminals before they commit crimes. Others protest that the practice is unnecessary and causes more harm than good. This paper will examine if racial profiling is an acceptable law enforcement practice by looking at how it is defined, the history, the common ways it is used,…

A fundamental feature of a true democracy is total equality. The United States of America has failed to obtain this recognition because of its emphasis on an ideology that places value on greed, wastefulness, and selfishness. Capitalism has taken hold of America’s economy, society, and culture creating a country that is plagued in disparity. Yet the American people refuse to accept the inherent solution to its problem, democratic socialism. The ideals of democratic socialism are designed to…