Restitution

Gun Control Gun control throughout recent years in the United States has been a very controversial and debated topic. Since the recent decades, many actions have been made to help prevent large shootings such as in Sandy Hook or Colorado. Such actions could be seen as early as in the Brady Bill which was passed in 1993 by Bill Clinton (“Brady Act” 1). Since this time, many more regulations have been put in place to protect America from horrible instances like these, but not much has changed…

Capital punishment is a widely controversial topic, and depending on the country, state, and religion, positions on the matter vary. Capital Punishment, also referred to as execution, or the death penalty, is defined as the government authorized killing of someone that has been convicted of a capital crime. In California, the following are considered Capital Crimes; “first-degree murder with special circumstances; sabotage; train wrecking causing death; treason; perjury causing execution of an…

In Bolivia, female penitentiaries are not different from the male penitentiaries. One of the female prisons is worse than the majority of its male counterparts. For example, the San Sebastian female prison is far more overcrowded than other prisons. Juveniles convicted under the Bolivian correctional system are not differentiated from adult criminals and housed under the same prison, with no separations. Adult criminals and juvenile criminals receive very little to no rehabilitation programs to…

what his personality is. Eurymachus treats Odysseus horribly at first, but after Odysseus shoots Antinous, he tries to bribe him with riches and food to show he still has honor for Odysseus as the king. “Antinous was the ringleader; we’ll make restitution of wine and meat consumed, and add, each one, a tithe of of twenty oxen with gifts of bronze and gold to warm your heart. Meanwhile we cannot blame you for your anger.” (Homer lines 1453-1463) According to Homer, the suiter’s are scared so they…

Adolph Hitler, a dictator of World War II, was once an artist. Despite his artistic skills and passion towards art, he was continuously rejected by art academies, and therefore, came to be an unsuccessful artist. This was one of the main causes of the Degenerate Art Commission, also called the Nazi art theft. Hitler’s personal antipathy towards modern art created the Degenerate Art Commission which destroyed and concealed thousands of modern artworks (Allsop). Starting from 1937, the looting…

of a weapon. The Ohio district attorney’s office prosecutes these cases by imposing penalties for each degree of assault. For a simple assault which is a first-degree misdemeanor, the offender serves six months or a fine of $1000 together with restitution to the victim of the crime. On a case of negligent assault is a third-degree misdemeanor that a person serves 60 days and a fine of up to $500. For a felony charge, one takes a sentence of 2-8 years in prison together with a fine of $20000.…

Notwithstanding the significance of the effects of Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) boarding schools have had on American Indians past and present, the literature is comparatively small regarding methods to overcome the trauma. Existing literature does, however, explain the history of the boarding schools experience’s harm to American Indian children. Moreover, the literature provides a few methods as to how these victims might mend and move forward. The writer included Canadian literature in…

Social cost arises at the individual’s expense. Since the crime rate is not getting any better, preventions need to be made. Everyone at one point in their life will fall victim to a crime. Some crimes are violent and some crimes are non-violent. Sadly, we do not have control over which crime will hit us when it does. “Crime victims may experience substantial financial, psychological, and physical harm” (Victim Cost, n.d para 1). This paper will discuss the social costs accrued from non-violent…

In a Detroit News editorial article, Governor Rick Snyder proposes the state of Michigan needs to step up to do more for juvenile offenders. One of Governor Snyder’s proposals is to establish programs that would determine the best way to treat each offender (“Detroit News,” 2015). Keeping teens at home or in local treatment programs leads to keeping them out of prison as an adult. The reform would encourage a justice system that works in the best interest of the juvenile offender (“Detroit…

The Road to Justice The road to justice has many twist and turns, many cleverly disguised paths that lead to dead ends, and continues to narrow the further one travels along the right path. The word justice has many different and conflicting connotations of revenge and being fair. The Webster’s New World College Dictionary defines justice as: The quality of being righteous; rectitude, impartiality; fairness, the quality of being right or correct, sound reason; rightfulness; validity, reward…