War crimes

Even then their sentences were usually short. The more severe crimes such as murder, highway robbery and arson would more than likely receive the death penalty (Newburn, 2003). Even though these crimes were supposed to receive the death penalty, the sentence issued was under judicial discretion, it was noted by Ignatieff (1978) that in the 1750s, judges in the home circuit changed…

According to Marc Rosenblum in an interview done my PBS.org about crime rates and immigration cities, “when you look at crime rates and correlate them with immigration populations, immigrants are — cities with lots of immigrants don’t have lots of crime.” He saying that cities full of migrant “criminals” actually don’t have as much crime as we think they have, but with the media magnifying the crimes of migrants it put the titles criminal on every single migrant out there. When compared…

the 1990s American crack epidemic when there was an influx of crack cocaine use in major cities across America, which resulted in an increase in crime, violence and a backlash on tough on crime policies. Violence is still prevalent among inner city neighborhoods due to street gangs fighting for control of the territory. This has become a violent turf war between not only rival gangs but also community members caught in the cross fire of that mayhem. This rivalry is not only affecting the members…

As long as there has been some sort of prison system in the United States, there has always been a debate as to what role these prisons should play. Are they meant to punish those those have committed crimes, or to rehabilitate prisoners into a new and productive member of society and send them on their way? Some even believe prisons to be a holding place to keep the rest of society safe. All of this leads to the constitutional issue of how those who are incarcerated should be treated and what…

Ask anyone about what they think about a former convict and you will likely get a short list of attributes and issues that don’t paint a very positive light. People make mistakes and are expected to make up for those mistakes. Some do and some don’t. This paper will discuss the current prisoner release system, the short comings and ways to help remedy those roadblocks to produce active citizens that are a productive member in their communities. First, where and why the modern prison system was…

process? Most crime control policies/programs within today’s criminal justice system are irrational; not all, but most crime control ideas are based on belief(s) rather than facts and data. It’s interesting to note that both liberals and conservatives are blameworthy of soliciting such nonsense. When it comes to speaking of nonsense within our criminal justice programs and policies, nothing is proclaimed as bias. Both parties have been caught making indulgent assurances concerning crime…

You are in a dark room with concrete walls where no sound can enter or leave. The dim lights are flickering and there are two guards standing outside. In front of you, is a man tied to a chair, he has information on a plot to kill thousands or possibly millions of innocent lives. You've asked him repeatedly to tell you what he knows, but he won’t say a word. The question arises in your mind is: should you resort to using torture? Torture is considered the act of “inflicting physical or…

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Several decades ago the United States government created a set of mandatory minimum sentencing laws to help fight crime in the country. These laws require that judges sentence offenders of certain crimes for at least a minimum amount of years. Mandatory minimum sentences were created for a variety of crimes, but Robert NeSmith, editor-in-chief of the Law and Psychology Review of the University of Alabama Law School writes that the majority of federal prisoners is incarcerated for drug related…

This article is entitled “Experts say longer sentences don’t reduce crime”, and it was published by the Tennessean on October 19, 2015. The article discusses how the opinions concerning harsher sentences will deter criminals, is actually a misconception. In fact, this article discusses how crime rates in states are correlated with lower prison populations. This article relates these lower prison populations with shorter sentences. Topics like this are important to those in the field of…