Actual Innocence
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A 3 page book review of the text Actual Innocence. The Innocence Project is a program based at the Cardozo Law School in New York, which is run by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld. Jim Dwyer is a columnist for The Daily News, a New York newspaper (Boyer). Their book, Actual Innocence, describes some of the cases reopened by the Innocence Project, which uses DNA evidence to exonerate innocent people wrongly accused, convicted and imprisoned. Their book describes harrowing narratives that indicate that obtaining criminal justice in this country is something of a hit-or-miss proposition in this country and that, in terms of justice, the majority of cases fall on the "miss" side of the equation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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African-American Men and the Penal System:
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This 10 page paper discusses the history of black men in the United States penal system. This paper highlights the problem and the disproportionate number of black men in the system versus other racial groups. Half of this paper is a research paper while the other half is an annotated bibliography. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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AIDS and HIV in Correctional Facilities
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A 5 page paper which examines the condition of AIDS and HIV in correctional facilities and inmate healthcare. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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AIDS/HIV and Tuberculosis In Prison
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This 8 page paper provides background information on HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in the correctional system and proposes to initiate human clinical trials of the HIV vaccine within the prison population. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Alaska Senate Bill 56: A Policy Analysis
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A 10 page consideration of the provisions made by the law resulting from Senate Bill 56. This law allows more judicial discretion in criminal sentencing. At the same time, however, it introduces a prime environment for perverse incentive and injustice. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Alcoholism and Criminal Justice
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A 6 page overview of the problems alcoholism presents in terms of criminal justice. Evaluates the genetic and environmental determinants of the disease and suggests that the genetic may, in actuality, be more easily addressed than the environmental. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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American Criminal Justice System: Three Important Issues
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12 pages in length. The American criminal justice system face myriad challenges that threaten to undermine the very policies enacted to make the penal structure work smoothly amidst the ever-expansive criminal element. Examining the problems that exist within the system finds greater attention being paid to three specific issues pertaining to incarceration: prison overcrowding, prison privatization and the increase in women convicts. The main objective of this paper is to provide a literature review of research previously accomplished in each of the three areas as a way to synthesize - via the results - how they are all part of the same problem. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Americans In Jail Overseas
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Justice is often taken for granted in a country such as the United States where the rights of the individual are paramount. This 10 page paper explores the plight and resources available to those individuals incarcerated in other countries. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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AN ANALYSIS OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
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Using German professor Immanuel Kant's stance on capital punishment, this paper examines the history of the death penalty in the United States, as well as indicating the pros and cons that capital punishment has faced throughout the years. Bibliography lists 7 sources
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An Analysis of Crime Statistics (1968 through 2008)
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This 3 page paper evaluates crime statistics and trends. Sociological theory is discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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An Argument for a Quick and Unceremonious Execution of Death Penalty Convictions
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A 9 page contention that those who are sentenced to death should be quickly and unceremoniously executed. This contention is supported by the facts that the death penalty has been debated ad nauseum and has been upheld in one case after another, that stricter penalties and the application of those penalties are known to reduce crime, and that quick executions are economically more viable as they reduce costs to the criminal justice system and prevent the criminal from further profiting from their crime with book and movie deals and the like. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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An Argument for Funding Reallocation for Alcohol/Drug Abuse Treatment Programs
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A 3 page argument that partial reallocation of the funds that are customarily used in the law enforcement/criminal justice arenas to apprehend and imprison drug and alcohol abusers for their transgressions is necessary. These funds could be no more appropriately used than through well designed and implemented drug and alcohol treatment programs.
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An Evaluation of the Contention that "Criminal Justice is Not Racist"
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A 4 page debate as to the reasons behind the disproportionate representation of blacks in the criminal justice system. The author contends that although the criminal justice system is not racist, the racist aspects of many other components of society often result in a greater propensity for criminal activity among blacks. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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An Overview of Restorative Justice
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This 4 page paper looks at the criminal justice system and more specifically, restorative justice. Statistics are included. Attention is paid to race, gender and age. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Analysis of "Are Prisons Obsolete?"
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A 3 page paper analyzing the position of Angela Davis that prisons are racist, unjust and should be abolished. Davis (2003) presents compelling arguments for aligning prisons with racism and slavery, and the alternatives she provides certainly are worth pursuing. They are unlikely to have the effect she seeks, but merely calling attention to the issue in the way that she does effectively leads the reader to agree that the present system is indeed obsolete. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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