War crimes

The first article is written by Candace McCoy (2010) called “Do Drug Courts Work? For What, Compared to What? Qualitative Results from a Natural Experiment” and the second article is called “The impact of adult drug courts on crime and incarceration: findings from a multi-site quasi-experimental design” by Michael Rempel, Mia Green, and Dana Kralstein in 2012. In addition, the last article is by Christopher J. Sullivan and Zachary K. Hamilton (2007) called “exploring careers in deviance: a joint…

for protecting their own citizen. According to CNN, Mexican federal police tortured 5 people to get confess that they killed an officer and participated in a car bomb attack. People pay taxes to the government so it can protect them from any sort of crime and discomfort. For nations, it is their duty to protect their own citizens. Just like Mexican federal police, if the government realized terrorist or criminals attempting to give harm on their citizen, nations must do their best to prevent bad…

legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a capital crime. However, since this punishment is established people are still wondering if the death penalty is a fair verdict. The first death penalty laws are established as far back as the Eighteenth Century B.C. in the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon (in modern-day Iraq). The code implies that there are twenty-five crimes punishable by death in these times. The Death Penalty Information Center states that…

arson (1989 – 1996) on the basis of the competition theory. The authors first mention several ideas that surfaced as an attempt to explain the phenomenon. Some scholars claim that the arson wave is a part of a conspiracy of hate groups to start a race war. Other scholars suggest that vandalism, insurance fraud and drunkenness explain the phenomenon of discussion. The third explanation refers to the idea that there was no racial motivation at all behind the arsons. Soule and Van Dyke conclude…

shows such as American Idol and Survivor, part-time crime drama’s have been classified as one of the most favoured genre (DeTardo-Bora, pg. 154, 2009). The relationship between the media and criminal justice system is delicate, where more often than not,…

admitted to murdering at least 22 people and raping 1000 men. In his last years of living, he had written a memoir to document his life. The Spirit of Hate and Vengeance, Panzram’s published autobiography, described his cruel childhood, his barbaric crimes, and life up until his sentence to the death penalty, which he gratefully accepted. When faced with brutal monsters like Panzram, it begs the question: what made him evil? The answer is simple: society. Panzram had been born in Minnesota on…

filmmaker in America. His films, focusing exclusively on American history and culture, include Brooklyn Bridge, The Civil War, Prohibition, and The Vietnam War. Most of his films are often long and expansive: The Civil War is 11 hours long, Jazz is 19 hours, and The Vietnam…

“The history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat. So information is a defense. Through this we can build, we must build, a defense against repetition” (Wiesenthal). Simon Wiesenthal has shown moral courage throughout his life, whether it comes from growing up or what he has become. He is a Jewish Austrian survivor of the holocaust and deciated is time to gathering information and tracking down fugitive Nazi war criminals such as Adolf Eichmann. By seeking justice and not…

There is no doubt that execution is an extreme punishment for a crime. Today, it’s one of the most debated issues in the Criminal Justice System or the Capital Punishment (the death penalty). Capital punishment its use today and back in ancient times to punish certain crimes. Also the bible prescribes that death for murdered other crimes like kidnapping and witchcraft. The alternative to execution is to have a life in prison with no parole. Still most of the nation has the death penalty this law…

biases usually leads to believing that Latinos are more inclined to a life of crime. But, the facts, Morin said, show just the opposite Latinos are actually less likely to be involved in violent crime than any other racial or ethnic group, Morin said. The majority of imprisoned Latinos and Latinas are usually convicted of comparatively minor non-violent crimes and/or many are first-time offenders. In regards to Latinos and crime, there are many contradictions, myths, as well as realities, that…