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…, and sexual molestation. On average a child abuser abuses 117 children before they are caught (“Sex Offenders”, 6). Not all of the cases involving child sexual abuses are documented because most of the victims don’t know or believe that they have been abused…

…an opportunity to recount in court the details surrounding attacks by criminals; that offenders are not punished on the basis of each crime perpetrated; and that the victim has little or no opportunity to participate in the selection of the punishment that is imposed…

…to create sufficient space for just the current prison population. Prisons take the nonviolent offender and make him live in the same conditions that a hardened killer would have. America has to wake up and realize that the current structure of our penal…

…target. Target Gratifiability explains having attractive possessions, such as a certain quality, skill, or attribute that an offender wants, makes them vulnerable to predatory crime. Target Antagonism describes some characteristics, such as being gay…

…are forced to make decisions on who to arrest and why. Prison overcrowding is quite possibly the direct result of an ensuing war on drugs. With this war on drugs have come many mandatory sentencing laws. Over one-third of all offenders in the Department…

…. Another reason the three strikes law should be repealed is because it is administered unevenly among races. According to a research done by the Prison Reform Trust, in 1995, blacks made up 43 percent of all third-strike offenders, though they only accounted…

…Case study: ‘Brass Eye’ paedophiles, representations and audience response. 1) Having watched the program outline all the possible ways in which it could have offended viewers. The makers of Brass Eye say they set out to portray the way the media…

…murderers removed from our society outweigh the losses of the offender. The second argument against capital punishment is that it is unfair in its administration. Statistics show that the poor and minorities are more likely to receive the death penalty…

…of arresting or the threat to arrest all domestic violence offenders or possible offenders deters further crime. Four different cities were used in this experiment, Milwaukee, Omaha, Dade County in Florida, and Colorado Springs. Three different strategies were used…

…. Another reason the three strikes law should be repealed is because it is administered unevenly among races. According to a research done by the Prison Reform Trust, in 1995, blacks made up 43 percent of all third-strike offenders, though they only accounted…