Larceny

Transforming The American Prison System Charles Dickens’ American Notes chronicles his visit to the United States in the mid 1840s. Dickens spends the majority of this nonfiction work exploring the young institutions of the United States of America. During this time period, two separate major prison systems began development. The two prison system plans, named after the cities where they were located— the "Philadelphia" plan in Pennsylvania and the "Auburn" plan in New York, both share a…

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This evidence shows that the amount of people that use their guns irresponsibly is low. The public needs more good guys with guns instead of bad guys with guns the world to be a better place. Those who worry about concealed carriers misusing a firearm, endangering others need to realize that in order to obtain a license there are various background checks that must be completed. Concealed carry licenses aren’t just given to all who apply. Having a concealed carry license not only promotes a…

The black autobiography has played an integral role in documenting the realities of African-American life in American literature. Rising to literary prominence concurrently with the Civil Rights Movement and the emergence of leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, these publications illustrated an existence permeated by struggle and provided unprecedented representation of the black reality within popular literature. These autobiographies taken together depict a collective existence…

Throughout the mid-eighties, Ramirez, otherwise known as the Nightstalker, was responsible for thirteen accounts of murder and several other accounts of rape and larceny. Interestingly, it was during this time that many Hollywood producers shifted their interest in genre from action to true crime. Films such as 10 to Midnight and The Untouchables created a sense of realism that other genres could not provide. An exemplary…

David Berkowitz, or the Son of Sam, created mayhem in New York when he killed multiple woman with a .44 caliber Bulldog revolver. He did so in the time period of a little over a year and was caught and confessed in 1977. Ever since he has been serving his time in a penitentiary and has devoted himself to God. Yet, what drove him to this? Why did a young man with no major childhood problems become a vicious killer? Here we will use Giannangelo’s Diathesis/Stress Model of Serial Killing to try to…

James Obergefell and his partner John Arthur, legally married in the State of Maryland in 2013. However, their relevant state in which they reside was Ohio, where same sex marriage was not allowed. Ohio had passed a law several years prior to their marriage that made same sex marriage illegal. John lost a battle with ALS and Ohio would not allow Obergefell to be recognized as his legal spouse. Mr. Obergefell then took it to the the District courts of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Michigan to have…

In the United States many states are developing that more and more crimes are happening in their area. At the age of eighteen, one will be charged as an adult and not be considered a juvenile any more. Any age under eighteen is considered a juvenile. A juvenile in most cases are let off easier with short and lenient sentences. The purpose of the juvenile justice system is to isolate the cruel adults from the juveniles. The people that make up the juvenile justice system came up with “to-save a…

What types of crimes do adolescents commit under the influence? According to a study done by Dembo et al. (1997), out of 114 participants fifty-four percent were arrested and serving jail time for property charges which included burglary, grand larceny, or auto theft. Forty-six were arrested for retail theft or shop lifting, and nine percent were arrested for drug related charges. All of the participants were under the influence at the time of their arrest. According to the National Council…

Anthony Guerra SC 240 Dr. Clark 11/17/17 Chasing Gideon In the text, Chasing Gideon by Karen Houppert she explains about the fundamental flaws in the way we provide legal representation to the poor in America. Houppert goes on to clarify how people are often distorted or undersold. She brings up evidence about how defense attorneys are seriously mistreated. They are mistreated because they are underfunded and understaffed. This results in a large workload that would make the top…