Abstract The subject of considerations in this work is Smoking Ban Act, the laws prohibiting smoking in public places, adopted by the British parliament in 2006 and entered into force on July 1, 2007. The aim of the considerations is to present the political and...
Prior to beginning our research of vandalism we began discussing our own definition of vandalism and what it meant to us. The following is what we came up with for our own description of vandalism. Vandalism is the act in which one purposefully commits an...
Is the USA Patriot Act Constitutional? The USA Patriot act was erected in response to the September 11th terrorist attack. Numerous factors have altered it since it’s creation. The act’s sole purpose is to provide the government with a upper-hand in catching dangerous criminals and...
People turn to vandalism because of the satisfying feeling of watching something physically fall apart. The disassembling of objects creates a feeling of accomplishment for the vandalizer, because it was his goal to break someone’s belongings. The vandalizer has motive to break the possessions of...
My views on Graffiti is it Art or Vandalism that is the question many people want to know there are two sides to this debate the people who feels graffiti is art and also a form of self expression and the others who feels it...
History of Alcatraz What do you do with extremely dangerous prisoners? The answer is Alcatraz: “The Rock”, a small island off of San Francisco, California. Alcatraz kept some of the most ruthless killers and big name criminals locked up, safely away from society from 1943...
With his record of bloodshed and death, Al Capone may be considered to be the most notorious gangster in American history. His crimes–which include murder, illegal gambling, and bootlegging–will never be ignored and his death will surely leave a lasting legacy(pbs). Arriving as a child...
America’s Gangster On January 17th, 1899, a baby boy, who would very shortly become the face of organized crime in America, was born to an Italian-American family in Brooklyn, New York. Alphonsus “Al” Capone may have been as publically covered as a well loved celebrity,...
Introduction When criminal acts occur the victims in many instances would have preferred if the act had never been committed in the first place. They would have preferred that the criminal act had been prevented. Crime prevention therefore refers to any efforts to stop the...
Criminal Justice According to Mishra (2016), the four theories of punishment include reformative, retributive, preventive and deterrent theory. The difference between these theories lies in the goal of deterrent theory which serves as a form of punishment for wrong doers to deter them from future...
Abstract While all sorts of crime are unforgiveable especially for the victims and their families, not all cases are treated the same way and the severity of punishment depends on the circumstances of the crime committed. Sometimes, it also depends on the condition of the...
Gun violence in the U.S. can exhibit many different aspects from the modern liberal theories of Kant, Locke, and Smith. First, Kant’s exploration of social criticism can play a key role in why people participate in gun violence. Not all, but many perpetrators who use...
The recent switch back to determinate sentencing in the past thirty years has ultimately overcrowded America’s federal and state prison systems. Despite a substantial decline in crime rates since 1991, the number of people being imprisoned increased continuously until 2011 and the imprisonment rate until...
We have all been angry at some point or another in our lives, but is getting angry enough of a reason to go to jail? In this situation, that seemed to be exactly the case. Through this case study, we will explore whether this was...
The Fourth Amendment allows for people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures. This gives citizens assurance that authoritative figures such as police officers cannot search them without probable cause or a search warrant. To gain a...
Constitutional Rights The most important right for a criminal case which is covered in the constitutional amendments that we covered the class – the fourth, fifth, sixth, and eighth – is definitely the fifth amendment. Known for its infamous protection against self-incrimination in the form...
Even in popular media, the idea of equivalent exchange is commonly used to demonstrate the important value of morals and justice. The questioning of morality and justice has not been phased by the coming and going of eras, and authors of all time periods and...
Kairos of the 60’s: The Manson Family Murders Exigence In regards to the murders of the Manson Family, the only one to be focused on is Charles Manson. The “family members” that were involved in these murders were simply followers, blindly going with the flow....
Charles Manson Charles Manson was born on November 12th, 1934 in Cincinnati. From the very beginning, he was lonely. His mom, Kathleen Maddox, was only 16, unmarried, which made her feel very alone and overwhelmed. The father of Charles Manson is Colonel Scott, who had...