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…The punishment or treatment of addictive pregnant women and the risk of mental illness on their unborn child are very controversial issues in social work today(Young, 1996, 33). Should child-removal or time in a correctional facility punish substance…

…Crime as a Social Indicator Crime is regarded as a major social problem due to its inherent nature as a threat to society as a whole, and to the individuals who live in that society. Crime reduction and prevention has been, and always will remain…

…Crime as a Social Indicator Crime is regarded as a major social problem due to its inherent nature as a threat to society as a whole, and to the individuals who live in that society. Crime reduction and prevention has been, and always will remain…

…that capital punishment deterred murders more effectively than the threat of imprisonment. According to a US's national wide survey of police chiefs and sheriffs, capital punishment was ranked last as a way of reducing violent crime. Only twenty-six percent thought…

…Billions of dollars in losses have already been discovered. Billions more have gone undetected. Trillions will be stolen, most without detection, by the emerging master criminal of the twenty-first century--the computer crime offender. Worst…

…Billions of dollars in losses have already been discovered. Billions more have gone undetected. Trillions will be stolen, most without detection, by the emerging master criminal of the twenty-first century--the computer crime offender. Worst…

…Crime and Deviance in Our Society Crime and deviance to all different degrees is a normal part of our society. However, deviance varies according to cultural norms. No thought or action is inherently deviant, it is only seen…

…Punishment Quote “Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the other can only be hurt.” This is a very interesting quote, and depending what you make of it, it can be very confusing. To most…

…. Punishing criminals isn't the only way to solve the problem of high crime rates.…

…Poverty and Crime What causes crime? Does poverty cause crime? Or does crime cause poverty? Some feel that poverty causes crime. Others though, feel that crime rates have nothing to do with poverty and that crime may actually cause poverty. If poverty…