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…Services Canada). Overcrowding leads to the loss of much needed federal money, dangerous conditions for both prisoners and guards alike, and to the early release of many violent offenders. In order to fix the problem of prison overcrowding in Canada…

…. Police officers have a lot of power. With this power comes responsibility. Police brutality can be defined as the excessive or unreasonable use of force in dealing with citizens, suspects and offenders. A nationally known example occurred on the morning…

…to juvenile delinquency. The report implied that paid working women were to blame for the " slower mental development, social ineptness, (and) weakened initiative (of children)." It can be argued that government agencies were genuinely concerned about…

…fac! ilities were woefully inadequate. Government policy conveniently endorsed a Children's Bureau report, which linked childcare to juvenile delinquency. The report implied that paid working women were to blame for the " slower mental development, social…

…states that no state shall ³deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws². The Wisconsin statute punishes offenders more seriously because of the views they express, and punishes more leniently those whose motives…

…of force in dealing with citizens, suspects and offenders. A nationally known example occurred on the morning of March 3, 1991. Rodney King was pulled out of his vehicle and beaten by two Los Angeles police officers. The LAPD had originally given chase to Mr…

…was a teenager named Anthony Di Lisio, whose testimony led to Mr. Spaziano’s conviction. What the prosecution failed to tell the jury was that Di Lisio did not remember anything about Mr. Spaziano or the crimes until police removed him from a juvenile detention…

…were juveniles, and the number of executions without having one’s conviction reviewed by a higher court was higher for blacks (NCADP). In recent years, there has been wide belief that racial discrimination is a thing of the past. However…

…-than-capital offenses for whites, such as rape and burglary (Dieter 145). Furthermore, a large percentage of the blacks who were executed were juveniles, and the number of executions without having one’s conviction reviewed by a higher court was higher…

…the equal protection of the laws". The Wisconsin statute punishes offenders more seriously because of the views they express, and punishes more leniently those whose motives are of an "acceptable" nature (Gellman, 379). This seems to be a clear violation…