You wake up excited, thrilled. All your hard work is finally going to pay off. The year’s of studying, staying up late, exams and stress is finally going to be worthwhile. Today is the day you’ve been waiting for. There’s nothing holding you back, so...
The digital age of technology is now upon us. Everyday more information is being put online. From our medical records, to our online purchases, and other various things. Ever since 911 the government has been spying on us more and more. Using our phone calls,...
“More than 4,000 youth are incarcerated in adult prisons and jails”- The Sentencing Project. Juvenile sentencing has been an issue in the United States, mainly because there are a variety of sentence options that can be determined by a judge such as the death penalty...
The question of the effectiveness of rehabilitation vs harsh punishment has been widely debated. While dealing with the crime. There are lots of debates that follow the topic of what is more suitable for the inmates’ punishment or rehabilitation because both the concepts are apart...
Marijuana comes from the plant cannabis sativa. It is one of the oldest naturally psychoactive substances known to humans and recreationally thought the world for thousands of years, it still remains illegal to grow, use and possess in most countries, including Canada, which has been...
The statement ‘A criminal is ‘Born’ and not made’ is suggesting the idea that a person’s birth decides whether they will be a criminal without any other deciding factors. It takes away the idea that environmental factors have anything to do with a criminal’s pathway...
The Canadian Constitution Act of 1982 was a landmark in history. It enshrined the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in constitution ensuring that Canadian rights and freedoms are respected and honoured at all levels of government, in addition to the laws they create and in...
Are criminals born or made? Criminals are made, not born. The following essay is going to prove it. Individual learn crimes through outside influences or the events that happened in their past cause such as nature and the environment in which they surround themselves. Nobody...
Imagine someone growing up in a neighborhood and knowing a person of color who was only a few houses down, they’ve always been down to earth and friendly, but the next morning on the news, they see that this person got shot by a police...
The debate over private prisons is highly controversial, and most of the opposition is due to transparency, but private prisons offer the government the ability to transfer certain prisoners out of government run public prisons to reduce overcrowding, reduce cost, and provide greater flexibility in...
The grand controversy behind the “fruits of the forbidden tree” doctrine is whether or not legally damning evidence – obtained illegally should be admissible in the court of law. The idea – also known as the evidence exclusionary law – centres around the belief that...
I will be doing a paper on the effects of juveniles who are convicted as adults. Additionally, I want to explore the history of this topic. I personally believe it is unjust to issue minors the sentencing that adults normally receive. Observing our current Criminal...
A sixteen year old male was wrongfully arrested after being accused of stealing a backpack. He was never convicted of the crime but spent nearly three years in Riker’s Island. He went through beatings, starvation, and torture while being imprisoned. After being released, the young...
Police brutality is sadly, but inevitably, becoming a common trend in America. Tensions among the public and specifically the African American community are rising due to the latest cases of police brutality. Many believe that we have come far as a whole, but in reality,...
Police brutality has negatively affected the black community making them afraid, angry and cautious. Law enforcement is supposed to protect the citizens of the country. However, due to police brutality, the black community has a negative view of law enforcement because of incidents like the...
“In early August 1997, reports surfaced of a police brutality scandal in New York City. Newspapers across the country reported that Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant to the United States, was arrested on August 9, 1997, and brought to the station house of the 70th...
The judicialization of politics has been present through the Canadian constitutional politics, and it has improved a lot ever since the Charter establishment. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was added to the Canadian Constitution Act of 1982. The Constitution is a set of...
Case Currently throughout England and Wales, there is a total of 117 prisons. 104 of those are owned publically, the remaining 13, owned privately. The aim of this case study is to determine whether punishment should remain a government duty. To do this, the study...
This essay will be looking into the ‘less – eligibility’ argument, and how society and the state have such an influence on offender rehabilitation. Also, it will be analysing and justifying the need of rehabilitation and fair distribution of resources amongst the impoverished and the...