This week, you are continuing your study of constitutional principles and discussing any biases that may exist in the legal system. In regard to the Eighth Amendment, the United States Supreme Court has held that the death penalty is not a per se violation of...
1. Issue Presented: Summarize the issue in the form of a brief one-sentence question. 2. Short Answer: Provide a short answer which summarizes the conclusion of the paper. 3. Statement of Facts: Describe how the issue may negatively affect public perception of the criminal justice...
Think about the terms: driving or walking or shopping while Black/Brown DWI: Driving while Indian flying while Muslim/Arabic illegal (immigrant/alien) until proven otherwise criming while white Look up each phrase. Discuss some of...
Legal Challenges and Shifting Enforcement Strategies Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapters 14 and 15 in the text and the Internet of Things: Finding a Way Out of the Security Nightmare (Links to an external site.) article (Ranger, 2016). Cyber crime brings with...
Three-strikes laws are the most obvious and controversial use of selective incapacitation. In 2004, approximately 26 states and the U.S. federal court system had three-strikes laws. In most cases, three felonious convictions result in a mandatory life sentence with no possibility of parole. In the...
Watch: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/showsasylums/ (Links to an external site.)) Eventually, a majority of mentally ill inmates are released back into the community, generally with a limited amount of medication, little preparation, and sometimes no family or support structure. "We release people with two weeks' worth of medication. Yet...
There has been an intense focus on both immigration and hate crimes in recent months. This module covers ethnicity and ethnoreligious groups, two groupings of people who may have experienced either immigration, hate crimes, or both. I want you to do a little research,...
Each of the victim types in this module have special needs. Discuss these needs and if they're being met by the criminal justice system and society. Make sure to touch on elder abuse, child abuse, hate crimes, and one other vulnerable population. How can we...
Short Response 2: The documentary The Pruitt-Ioge Myth presents a look at government housing in the United States. After watching the documentary, choose one scene that could be analyzed with any of the Chicago School Theories. After using the theories to analyze, answer the question,...
Short Response 4: Apply a part of subculture theory to the documentary Crips and Bloods: Made in America. Then answer the following question: How could one argue that the city of Los Angeles is responsible for the creation of the Crips and Bloods? Be sure...