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UniteCloud “provides education and actionable steps to resolve tension and restore dignity to all St. Cloud, MN area people” (UniteCloud handout). They educate others by telling their personal stories, they have a blog, Facebook, Twitter, and they also make radio and TV appearances. UniteCloud promotes getting to know your neighbors, and to not assume misinformation and stereotypes. “You don’t have to agree with your neighbor’s lifestyle to promote a culture of respect. You don’t have to agree…

recidivism rate to the lowest possible level through personal transformation. National research clearly shows that placing juveniles in the adult justice system does not reduce recidivism levels and actually causes higher levels of subsequent crime. A Centers for Disease Control (CDC) study shows that placing youth in the adult justice system leads to a thirty-four percent increase in recidivism and a seventy-seven percent increase in the…

117th Boston Marathon Bombing By: Dylan Caparo caparod@my.erau.edu HS 110 – Introduction to Homeland Security Professor Phillips November 29, 2017 117th Boston Marathon Bombing On the 15th of April in 2013 two bombs detonated near the finish line of the 117th running of the Boston Marathon. What followed was five-day manhunt for the two suspects identified by the FBI. The aftermath of this event left the citizens of the United States stunned and showed that homegrown terrorists are a…

The Unsolved Mystery of D.B. Cooper I.Introduction A.Imagine being a flight attendant, now picture receiving a note from a passenger which indicates that there is a bomb on the plane; this is what happened to Tina Mucklow, a flight attendant and also one of the main witnesses of the D.B. Cooper Case. B.The unsolved case of D.B. Cooper is one of the most infamous hijackings of American History. C.Not only that, it’s also one of the largest and most difficult conundrums ever for the FBI.…

David Von Drehle worked as a journalist for The Washington Post and is also the author of “Triangle: The Fire That Changed America.” In this ALA Notable Book of the Year, Von Drehle talks about the devastating fire in New York City on March 25, 1911 as well as the events leading up to it, how it led to many reforms and changes in government policies regarding not just the workplace, but of the standard of living in general. During the 20th century, a time when immigrants flocked to the US for in…

Juveniles being sentenced in adult court is becoming more of a common issue in today’s society with such crimes as murder being committed by the youth. This has lead people to believe that they should be sentenced in adult court, in order to scare or prevent the juvenile form attempting to commit the crime again. Sentencing juveniles to adult court does not justify a reason for them committing the crime again or violent acts. Juveniles differ from adults, in the way that they are not developed…

Odalys Baby Garcia September 18, 2015 CRIJ 3304 Scared Straight Juveniles do not know firsthand experience of what it’s like to be in a real prison; they think they do but in reality they do not. In the documentary entitled Scared Straight directed by Arnold Shapiro is a program developed to scare juveniles straight instead of having them live a life of crime. The program takes place at Rahway State Prison, NJ where they have inmates—called Lifers—of different criminal records terrorize…

The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis Imagine being a sailor on The USS Indianapolis. You had just finished dropping off the atomic bomb at Tinian. It is late at night and you decide to go to bed. A couple minutes later, the ship jolts to the left. You’ve been hit by a torpedo. You jump out of your bed and rush out of the room. You hear your captain screaming, “Abandon ship!Abandon ship!”. You rush down the narrow hall and find a life jacket. You put it on and run to the stern of the ship. You…

Think of tradition, convention, and normality. These are parts of society that allow people to bond over commonalities and provide a basis for the culture that each person exists in. Each factor of society allows people to interact on a normal, day-to-day basis, and serves as the general foundation for civility. In Edward Albee’s The Goat, each of these integral parts of society are stretched and strained by the protagonist through certain acts deemed vile by his family and peers. The…

I’ve worked my entire adult life helping others. Starting when I was just 19 years old I began working at a group home people with developmental disabilities and chronic mental health issues. The clients in these homes were often placed straight from secure psychiatric units and had unpleasant, and at times, criminal histories. This is the environment where I first found my strengths. I could easily engage with people without regard for their sordid history and help them work through their own…