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perception, and attitudes towards the criminal justice system from various modes of media such as movies, magazines, articles, television programs, and news from real life events. Examples of current trending television shows in this field include Law and Order, CSI, Suits, Criminal Justice, Criminal Minds, and Luther among others. The justice system has drawn attention in several countries, especially the United States, to the extent of media houses formulating reports that represent daily…

Death Penalty Capital punishment is an issue that has been questioned on whether it is an effective method of deterrent or a flawed system. The U.S. Supreme Court declared the unconstitutionality of the death penalty as “cruel and unusual punishment” in the 1972 case of Furman vs. Georgia. A four year moratorium was put into effect evoking numerous studies evaluating the effectiveness of the death penalty. The legal proceedings involved in capital punishment is a lengthy process that concludes…

The movie A Few Good Men provides a perspective with which to view the issues of the defense of obedience to authority when following instructions from superiors. Stanley Milgram, author of “The Perils of Obedience,” and Herbert C. Kelman and V. Lee Hamilton, authors of “The My Lai Massacre: A Military Crime of Obedience,” would likely argue that numerous factors other than intentional sadistic urges could cause a person to unnecessarily inflict violence on another human being. Both articles use…

"Sentencing Guidelines and Prison Population Growth." The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-), vol. 85, no. 3, 1995, pp. 696-709. -Oberdorfer, L. F. (2003). Mandatory sentencing: One judge's perspective-2002(1). The American Criminal Law Review, 40(1), 11-18. -Richman, Daniel. "Federal White-Collar Sentencing in the United States: A Work in Progress." Law and Contemporary Problems, vol. 76, no. 1, 2013, pp. 53. -Rozen, Matthew S. "Abandoning the Victim…

One of the most waited for events, in an architectural sense, was the completion of Paul Rudolph’s Yale Art and Architecture building in 1963 a postwar American Architectural event. Also known as the A&A it was considered Rudolph’s master piece as it promised to be the solution to solving modernism’s major unsolved problems. As New York Times critic Ada Louise Huxtable said, “it asks and answers some of the major questions facing the art of architecture today, at a time of crisis and transition…

Prior to starting my higher education journey as a Youth and Community Work at University of East London (UEL) I had 5 year experience working in the social care sector. The majority of my experience was working with adults and families. I had also completed an Access to Social work course in Lewisham College, which provided me with some theoretical knowledge on services that support, empower and inform citizens. I then embarked on to a on to a BA Social work degree at the Brunel University. I…

Introduction The article Racially Based Jury Nullification: Black Power in the Criminal Justice system was written in December, 1995 in a Yale Law Journal by Paul Butler, and than later republished in 2015 in Introduction to Legal Studies. This article was published in North America, for academics in law stream, or anyone with an interest in law. The author poses different views on the racism in todays court rooms faced by African American, particularly by the men. In this essay, I will be…

Youth Theatre is defined by the National Association Youth Drama 2014 as ‘a safe place that supports young people by using group or ensemble drama approaches. Contributing to the artistic, personal and social development of young people through their commitment and voluntary participation ‘. Therefore Youth theatre groups promote different approaches, which have equivalent focuses such as the development of theatre skills or personal development in order to provide beneficial educational values.…

When considering the effects of nutrition and exercise on the child or young person the practitioners must take into account the child or young person’s background, culture and customs as the parents or guardians might live the lifestyle of being a vegan or vegetarian leading the child or young person to follow the lifestyle of their parents as they may not have the choice in what lifestyle they want. This leads to questions about if the child or young person is getting enough vitamins or…

Bibliography Barnhizer, D. (2013) ‘Through a PRISM Darkly: Surveillance and Speech Suppression in the “Post-Democracy Electronic State”’, SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2328744. Main argument The author argues that because the government is in a panic, and looking for a quick solution, it is trying to put forth several practices and laws swiftly without assessing the risks involved and the lack of design of how these practices will take place without setting any limits to the…