War crimes

to jail and the crime rate is increased. He says that people who are locked up does not prevent crime, and does not make society safer; it makes more unsafe. For example, “When crime goes up, we lock up more people. When the crime goes down, we lock up more people. When the crime rate stays the same, we lock up more people.” Mass…

arises when many want change in minority communities although their rights are being infringed upon. This judgment breeds resentment in minority communities because they feel government inaction allows other crimes to be committed against them. When a civilian kills a civilian, it is a crime. When law enforcement murders a civilian, it is justified. In the end, racial profiling is plain racism, a way to characterize a group of people by their skin and not their…

necessarily support the key beliefs. For example, Stolzenberg and D’Alessio (2000) found that the number of guns is not necessarily correlated with high rates of violent crimes, there is no evidence of a displacement effect (substituting other weapons for guns), and that criminals are often not deterred from breaking into homes (and related crimes) if the homeowner is in possession of a gun. The authors also claim that ideology misleads us, and that future policy suggestions should be based on…

issues caused by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a defense. However, I believe that his actions were a voluntary act. Before Babbitt entered the homes of those two women he had the criminal intent, which means that he intended on committing a crime. Babbitt purposely entered the home without invitation and stole their…

artesian and other trade works. King Hammurabi had all 282 laws carved onto twelve stone pillars. These twelve pillars went missing, later found in Iran in 1902. These laws give new light to crime and justice, on the economy, class and slavery, and the roles of men and women. The laws that portent to crime and justice…

predominately poor, African American neighborhoods resulting in a number of drug affiliated arrest. The U.S government launched a highly advertised and publicized project they named "War on Drugs", which was originally set in place to prohibit the abuse and selling of illegal drugs in American communities. Since the "War on Drugs" campaign commenced, inner-city communities have been affected by the extreme elevation in arrest rates that has negatively and disproportionately targeted African…

A boy walks down the street, talking with his friends, thinking about what he is going to have for supper. Shots ring out and he suddenly falls to the ground. His friends look down at his suddenly still, lifeless body. He was the victim of a gang shooting. Even though he was a young, innocent boy, gang violence ended his life. Gang violence can affect even the most unexpected of people. Every year, over 2,000 gang-related homicides occur (“National”). By noticing how gang violence has changed…

enact major legislation related to the “War on drugs,” later helped Bill Clinton spend billions of federal dollars on hiring more police and building more…

Due to the implications of Reagan's War on Drugs laws, drug courts have demonstrated and proven to reduce recidivism for offenders who abuse substances. To deter overcrowding in the prisons, Researcher Messer has found that drug courts can be instrumental in deterring offenders from reoffending. It is surprising that “85% of offenders incarcerated require substance abuse treatment” (Messer, 2016). Drug courts allow offenders to “attain important skills/ideas, improve relationships with family…

The prison system needs to be changed and revamped. The prisoners are being treated as if they are slaves and viewed as a selected group who can not change. Therefore, to change this we have to alter the way we view people who are on trial. If we give reasonable sentences and give help to those who need help. There is a great chance the capacity of the prisoners will decrease and the amount of returners will decrease. When the constitution was created on September 17, 1787 in Philadelphia,…