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    schools. Residential schools have been one of the worst historical factors for Aboriginal people where they were trying to colonize and assimilate them into the white way of life. They took children from their homes and were separated from their families, culture and beliefs. The government funded an approach for Indigenous children to learn english and french and to adopt christianity. When returned home from school they did not fit in with the community, they were so brow beaten and…

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    teens instead of a horrible time that effects the reason of their lives in a negative way. Youth incarceration is when a young adult younger than eighteen is sentenced to serve a certain amount of time in a detention facility or an adult prison if the crime is big enough for that form of punishment. Nearly 55,000 young persons were detained in residential placements in 2013 (Child Trends, 2015). People tend to ignore youth incarceration because they view…

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    Domestic Violence Police

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    such as in marriage or cohabitation Domestic violence victims often turn to authorities as a form of relief to escape their offender. An important link to victim services and safety is the police. From 2000-2009 14% of victims reported these violent crimes to the police, of those 14% only 4% received assistance from victims services (Zaykowiski). Findings suggest that services provided by the police to the victim has been based on victims demographic characteristics, injury, sex, gender , race,…

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    amount of young people starting to join by creating more after school activates and proving more support. Most of the teenagers that join come from an unstable home and join a gang in the hope of feeling like they belong to something resembling a family. If schools and communities could establish hope in a positive way, more teenagers would stay out gang violence. Unfortunately, the government in these areas do not have the financial sources to prove this help or they are not trying hard enough…

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    Faith In Prisons

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    Rich in history and crime, state prisons host a variety of activities to reform the behaviors of dangerous criminals. Events, such as vocational training, farming, and church events, serve to re-educate criminals and help them rediscover new meaning to their lives. Of these activities, faith-based programs play a large part in the rehabilitating process of criminals. In the United States, sentencing length is a large concern within correctional facilities. According to the National Bureau of…

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    Act pertaining to the use of prior inconsistent statements to cast doubt on a witness 's credibility (Injustice E Busters, 2006). But the prosecutor was still able to read her statement to the jury. If the jury believed that Nichol had seen this crime in action, then they would have found David guilty. Making David’s situation even worse, a damning story emerged at trial that, at a party back in May 1969, fellow attendees…

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    Perhaps, though, it is not necessarily just the label of delinquent that is the cause of a juvenile’s recidivism, but rather the stigmatization that occurs from the label of delinquent. Contrary to Chiricos (2007), Klein (1974) suggested that things such as social bonds and other’s perceptions of those labeled as a felon are more so the reasons for recidivism, not just the fact that the labeled juvenile now sees him/herself as a delinquent. The so-called delinquent “stigma” is more powerful than…

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    Social Scientific Inquiry

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    These crimes consist an individual plotting to seek revenge on another community member who has either challenged them or someone they are mutual with. In this types of crimes you do not even have to know the person that kid you as ling as they know that you know the person that has deceived them they view you as an enemy as well. Many of these crimes end in a victim getting killed or brutally injured. Crime occurs everyday in Chicago, the homicide rates…

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    Satire Essay On Drugs

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    What allows drugs to tear people apart? Many reasons exist, but principally, the effect of circulation is self-perpetuating crime. Crime, however, is only an…

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    Marxism In Criminology

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    Criminology is the scientific study of crime and criminal activity, often portrayed through a means of mass communication, the media. This connection is well established due to the media informing the community in regards to the extent and types of crimes that are committed, establishing perpetrators, people at risk, pathways for solutions, penalties and closure. Marxism is a theory used in new criminology, it describes media as a dominant model that is based on ideologies. The media is…

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