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- 1641: Interaction Between Gods and Mortals In Agamemnon
- ... one should make sacrifices to the gods. She only makes sacrifices to the gods when she knows that she needs something. She is asking for good luck and understanding from the gods because of what crime she is about to commit. She is one of the characters that is not scared of the wrath of the gods. She knows that they have total power yet she does not feel threatened by ... as though she is justified in killing Agamemnon. She believes that she has been fated to avenge the death of her daughter. She is not considering what the gods may think when she commits this crime, rather all she is worried only about herself. She feels that she has a valid reason to kill Agamemnon and nothing anyone says can sway her from that mind set not even the gods. The ... though he is unselfish and likes to make sure that greater good is achieved. Contrast this to Clytaemestra who uses the gods for selfish purposes. She uses the gods as an excuse for committing a crime against her husband. By using this type of contrast in the play, Aeschylus is able to portray Agamemnon as the tragic hero and makes the reader feel bad about the fact that Clytaemestra killed ...
- 1642: The Lottery
- ... ticket and twenty-five percent are in a weekly habit of doing so.(Issues of Gambling) How can they play so well on the emotions of the poor. With billboards that describe going from the crime ridden urban areas to a life on easy street. This is the worst kind of fraud because it plays a poor persons weakness for a better life and how fast they want to get there ... Dr. James C. Dobson gambling destroys lives of not just the gambler but also the family of the gambler. He has also found a direct relation between gambling and divorce, child abuse, domestic violence, bankruptcy, crime, and suicide. (Dobson 2)Dobson has also found that gambling can be dangerous to the youth of America. According to Dobson youth is interested in exciting and risky behavior. As of now eighty five percent ... the amount of law enforcement is drastically increased. When you discover that child abuse is more likely in the home of a gambler you also realize the extra social service needed to help that child. Crime is increased in the homes where gambling is present. That means increased need for correctional facilities. Since we have discovered that the lottery targets the poor it is obvious that those addicted probably can ...
- 1643: Persuasive Essay on Capital Punishment
- ... life imprisonment has been the more frequently used punishment for crimes such as murder (McAnay 124). If used appropriately, the death penalty could be a great success because it could teach people that the murderous crime(s) committed by a person is wrong and that the country will no longer tolerate such acts of violence (Bedau). Although many adversaries argue that the death penalty can never fully eliminate criminals, the death ... best in its defense which is capital punishment. It not only forever bars the murderer from killing again, it also prevents parole boards and criminal rights activists from giving him the chance to repeat his crime (Lowe). In conclusion, capital punishment is the better alternative in murder cases because it prevents more crimes from occurring by avoiding them before they can even happen. It is a sure-fire way to eliminate already low murder crime rates in the United States.
- 1644: The Rise of Auto Thefts In Charlotte, North Carolina
- ... and then the victim. Within the interaction with this type of work, I learned how reports can be made and initialized, how the reports reach Detective Clayton, his duties, levels of felonies associated in this crime and other various information. In a case such as a victim making a report of auto theft, the victim can make the report three different ways. First, the victim can call 911 to report a ... then makes an APB. The victim can also call the NEPS. The same process occurs in this way of making a report, only with a few changes. First, after initializing the report, the operators computer automatically issues a generate police report number. When they are done making the report, they can send out an APB when they hang up with the victim. The operator must immediately walk over toRecords office ...
- 1645: Gun Control: Simple Solution or Ticket to Trouble
- ... for a collective party? There are some other statistics and facts that can back up the con side argument, besides the 2nd Amendment. First off states with right to carry laws have lower overall violent crime rates. These states homicide rates are 27% lower, firearm homicide rates are 33% lower, and handgun homicide rates are 38% lower. Right there is food for thought if you ask me. (News Release, 1998) The ... in 1989, yet its homicide rate today is 38% higher than the rest of the US. In 1975, South Carolina limited handgun sales to individuals to one per month. Since then, South Carolinas violent crime rate has risen 100%. In 1976, the District of Columbia enacted a virtual ban on handguns. By 1991, D.C.s homicide rate had tripled. New York City, Chicago, L.A., and D.C., all ... the question I asked earlier, what is gun control? Well, from what I learned it is a way to ensure the safety of our nation and a good start at cutting down the amount of crime and violence in society today. Like I said before, Gun Control: Simple Solution or Ticket to Trouble, I would go with simple solution every time.
- 1646: The Death Penalty for Justice and Safety
- ... death penalty. General deterrence is the premise that the death penalty may discourage would-be offenders from committing violent acts against another person. If an offender murders another person then the punishment should fit the crime to act as plausible as deterrent. Thus, society may punish the criminal anyway it deems necessary to set an example for other would-be offenders. The death penalty threats are constructed deliberately by well-intentioned ... If guilty whites escape the gallows and guilty blacks do not, the black does not become less guilty because the others escape their deserved punishment. Justice involves punishment according to what is deserved by the crime and the guilt of the criminal, regardless of whether others guilty of the same crime escape. The death penalty is a deserved and just punishment for murder, and is likely to deter some murders, thereby saving innocent lives. This possibility, as well as its justice, explains why more than ...
- 1647: The Increase of Violent Crimes
- The Increase of Violent Crimes Violent crime is on the increase in the United States. Handguns are used in more than 184,000 armed robberies every year, and more than 11,000 murders and manslaughter's. More than 34,000 people die from gunfire in the United States every year and 16,000 of those people were between 15 and 34. The danger is that as crime increases more people will buy guns to protect themselves. Eventually some of the guns will find their way to criminals and be used by them, making the problem worse. Some Americans buy guns as protection against mugging, house breaking, and assault. The law of self defense, both in Britain and the United States, specifies that a person may use "reasonable force" to prevent crime. More than 2,000 people a year use a handgun to defend themselves and more and more women are buying guns for protection. In the eyes of many the United States is a gun ...
- 1648: Capital Punishment
- ... 1,400 lives annually since there are over twenty-two thousand murders every year (Gottfried 23.) Capital punishment opponents also argue that states without the death penalty that adjoin states with the death penalty have crime rates that are just as low (McCuen 45.) However, this is circumstantial and it must be considered that a state with the death penalty has the death penalty for a reason, and that its crime level could be higher without it. Murders that require planning and forethought are also affected by the death penalty. In a study of collected files of the Los Angeles Police conducted by Justice McComb of ... in support of the death penalty is found in other instances, one of which is the fifth amendment. The fifth amendment says: "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when actual service in time of War or public danger; nor ...
- 1649: Legalization of Drugs
- ... Legalizing drugs would immediately relieve the pressure on the prison system, since there would no longer be "drug offenders" to incarcerate. And, since many drug users would no longer need to commit violent or property crime to pay for their habits, there would be fewer "drug" criminals to house. Instead of building more prisons, we could pocket the money and still be safer. As a consequence, all criminals have a much ... about those slick young drug dealers who are the new role models for the youth of the inner cities? With their designer clothes and Mercedes convertibles, being seen everyday with a smug smile that says crime pays. They snicker at the honest kids going to school or to work at the minimum wage. The day after legalization, the honest kids will have the last laugh. The dealers will be out of ... only 15% of teenagers who got into serious trouble in New York City were carrying guns, now the rate is 60%-65 Creating incentives to steal and rob to buy drugs is not the only crime-inducing effect of prohibition, perhaps not even the main one. This essay was to let you know the factual problems that prohibition causes, mainly how prohibition effects us the U.S. citizens. In major ...
- 1650: Capital Punishment: The Only Defense
- ... is feared more than imprisonment. Sparing the lives of even a few prospective victims by deterring their murderers is more important than preserving the lives of convicted murderers. We threaten punishments in order to deter crime. Threats and punishments are necessary to deter and deterrence is a sufficient practical justification for them. By committing the crime, the criminal volunteered to assume the risk of receiving a legal punishment that he/she could have avoided by not committing the crime in the first place. Thus the death penalty cannot be unjust to the guilty criminal. Execution of those who have committed heinous murders may deter only one murder per year. If it does, it ...
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