"But they didn't have to beat me this bad. I don't know what I did to be beat up." Rodney King, March 3, 1991.Police brutality has been a long lasting problem in the United States since at least 1903 when police Captain Williams of the New York Police Departmen coined the phrase, "There is more law...

Racism is an issue that has been around for hundreds of years. Throughout the twentieth century movements have taken place in order to change the ways of our past. Although there have been significant strides in the world today I don't think that anyone can truly say that racism is gone for go...

police abuse Police Abuse In recent years, police actions, particularly police abuse, has come into view of a wide, public and critical eye. While citizens worry about protecting themselves from criminals, it has now been shown that they must also keep a watchful eye on those who are supposed to pro...

Throughout history, domestic violence has been one of the most common types of crime. Society's attitude toward situations involving intentionally violent and controlling behavior against intimate partners is that it is not a social problem. Rather, society believes domestic violence is a private ...

1. Introduction The problem of violence in our schools is a serious issue in modern society. The problem of school violence has reached levels that necessitate intervention on many levels – including community and parental involvement. There is also a general consensus that preventative measures t...

Tom ChappelleCivics p.1Police AbuseIn recent years, police actions, particularly police abuse, has come into view of a wide, public and critical eye. While citizens worry about protecting themselves from criminals, it has now been shown that they must also keep a watchful eye on those who are suppos...

In recent years, police actions, particularly police abuse, has come into view of a wide, public and critical eye. While citizens worry about protecting themselves from criminals, it has now been shown that they must also keep a watchful eye on those who are supposed to protect and serve. This paper...

Chabert 1 Guy Chabert Mr. Adkison English 102 12 April 2000 Solution in School Murder It is 7:30 on a normal Tuesday morning at Westside Elementary School. The buses have begun to pull into the child unloading dock and have unloaded the students. As the buses pull off, the student...

Police brutality has been a long lasting problem in the United States since at least 1903 when police Captain Williams of the New York Police Departmen coined the phrase, "There is more law at the end of a policeman's nightstick than in a decision of the Supreme Court." In the 1920&...

Issue of Gun Control and Violence The issue of gun control and violence, both in Canada and the United States, is one that simply will not go away. If history is to be any guide, no matter what the resolution to the gun control debate is, it is probable that the arguments pro and co...

I know the assignment was to deal with a certain aspect of terrorism, but I can't seem to keep my opinions based on one kind without comparing it to other acts of terrorism. Terrorism is defined in Webster's New World Dictionary as, "to use force or threats to intimidate, etc., especially as a po...

The act of terrorism can be traced back to the 1st century A.D. when Jewish rebel groups, known as Zealots, attacked Roman soldiers and destroyed Roman property (History 2005). The term assassin dates to 1090-1275, when a Shi'ite Muslim sect, known as Nizari Isma'ilis, fought Sunni Muslim...

The United States of America¹s war on drugs today is very similar to America¹s Prohibition of Alcohol in the 1920s. These two major issues of their time may not seem like they can be logically compared, but statistics for usage and a correlating rise in crime for both eras show a strong relationsh...

Gun Control Government 2301 02 November 1996 A Well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms , shall not be infringed. Amendment II, Bill of Rights ...

Juvenile Crime There has always been alarm and despair over escalating juvenile crime. In the 1950s there were reports about the mushrooming problems with youthful gangs in the big cities. In the 1960s we began to hear about a surge of juvenile crime in areas that had been regarded as virtually crim...

Child abuse is the deliberate and willful injury of a child involving active, hostile, aggressive treatment. The abuse can come in many forms, such as hitting the child, verbally abusing them, beating them with an object, sexually abusing them, slamming them against a wall, or even killing them. Tho...

Several pressing issues have arose throughout time, such as abortion and capitol punishment. The controversies have been addressed and decisions have been made. A new topic has emerged l states (1986, Congress), (Buchsbaum, 8). This crowds court rooms and jail cells, often times forcing judges...

United States involvement in Colombian Politics has always aimed at counter-insurgency, but has been justified to the American people and to the rest of the world as a "war on drugs." Although this moniker is a blatant misrepresentation of U.S. objectives, it has served as an effective ju...

Mead Shumway of Nebraska, was convicted of the first degree murder of his employer's wife on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to death by jury. His last words before his execution were: "I am an innocent man. May God forgive everyone who said anything against me." The next year, the v...

Drugs, Crime and Prohibition Do drugs really cause crime, or is it our governments way of controlling the communities? Many people blame drugs for every problem in our society, but is it the true evil in our society? No one person can answer that question. There are only opinions and s...

Since the introduction of narcotics in the United States, American society has felt the effects of drug use in all aspects of daily living. As drug use heightened to new levels in the 1980's the Bush Administration chose to declare a "war" on drugs. Never before in our history had crime been combate...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation defines serial murder as "the killing of several victims in three of more separate incidents over weeks or an extended period (Mitchell 1996). The conflict or inadequate socialization theory proposes that the serial killer or murderer never experienced normal ...

Case Management, Service Integration, and the Community-Centered Alternative in Forensic Human Services Criminal justice agencies across the nation are using case management practices to fight recidivism, homelessness, and unemployment. Case management is in operation in the courts, probation...

Ventures in Power: The White House and its Machinations South of United States Borders "I look forward to a great future for America--a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose." ...

Massive black rebellions, constant strikes, gigantic anti-war demonstrations, draft resistance, Cuba, Vietnam, Algeria, a cultural revolution of seven hundred million Chinese, occupations, red power, the rising of women, disobedience and sabotage, communes & marijuana: amongst this chaos, there was ...