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    hottest controversial issue in the Unites States alone, especially with so many massive shooting of helplessness people being killed. The worse is that these heartless individuals are not being protected enough from these criminals. Also, if such a persons who can prevent crimes through using personal firearms and legally from not having them, they would be less killing more likely a lot of these innocent civilians be alive at this present time. At the same rate, in gun - control laws there are…

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    the sharing of responsibility, social status, and distribution of resources in line with the principles of justice. Social justice has different aspect. The one people really care about in today’s life is racial and ethnic justice issues. The United States has serious economic and social injustice, especially the existence of serious racial inequality. Although the basic law of racial discrimination has been abolished, but the legislative…

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    dearly or going to prison for the rest of their life. An examination of prisons, jails, and mental health institutions must begin with a background and understanding of mental health issues and backgrounds and concerns for patients and prisoners. Crime rates around the world are rising due to mental health issues.…

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    worked tediously for the Prohibition of alcohol. At the time, many people believed that alcohol was responsible for all things wrong with society and the people in it. For example, alcohol was blamed for poverty, disease, insanity, degeneracy, and crime. American citizens thought that Prohibition would alleviate the destructive effects of alcohol and transform society and its citizens into law-abiding, pure, healthy, honest people. After Prohibition also known as “The Noble Experiment” was…

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    Does Trauma Cause PTSD?

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    more violent crime than any other age group in the United States. Over the course of their lifetime, 71 percent of 14 to 17 year olds suffer assault; 28 percent sexual; 32 percent abuse or neglect; and 53 percent property victimization (including robbery). Compared with other segments of the population, victimization rates for African American children and youth are even higher. Evidence suggests that Black youth ages 12 to 19 are victims of violent crime at significantly higher rates than…

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    Drugs And Crime

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    Crime in the United States has fluctuated considerably over the past thirty years and policy makers try to implement law in other to reduce its growth. But doing so, it seems to interfere with other existing issue such as drug use. Therefore, crime and drug appear to be two sides of the same coins and the dilemma here is how to be cautious in decision taking toward one issue and avoiding side effects on the other side. The relationship between drug use and criminal behavior has been of primary…

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    polarizing subjects in United States legislation. Broad spectrum of opinions either to support more or less restrictions on abortion frequently resurfaces in America. My conducted research is to seek if there should be less restrictions and more providers from all states regarding abortion. I expect this subject to have basis in social, empirical and moral views but ultimately, in my opinion, trends of secularization in society may prevail to cause less restrictions in all states. I also expect…

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    Gun Control Debate Report

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    on and gave her the money, and the last gun was a .22lr revolver. I had asked my father to buy it and he had me ask her, and she said she would be happy to sell it to me because she knew I know how to handle and keep care of that gun. According to state law, no one can buy a hand gun, no matter ones record, until the age of twenty one, so technically I gave it to my father until I reach that age. This is just one of the loop holes to gun control in America. How I bought that gun is currently a…

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    Body Cameras Cons

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    Police brutality has escalated in the United States these past few years from the death of Trayvon Martin all the way to Michael Brown from Ferguson, MO. (Some states are requiring police officers to wear body cameras, and now there is a push for federal law requiring every police officer in the United States to be equipped with a body camera). The reasoning behind this is because body cameras benefit both the police officer and the citizen in many different ways. Some examples of these benefits…

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    Sadat Cano Arizona State University Unique Gang In the United States CJS 468 1/2/2015 What makes the gangs in the United States unique is that gang members in the United States are more likely to get arrested for drug and alcohol related crimes than non-gang members. In cities of the United States almost all report gang activity “86% percent of the United States report gang activity.”(Donnelley, 2014). This means that for every city, an average “¾ of the population report” (Donnelley…

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