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- 1651: Bobbies
- ... a stop to criminals were constables and hired watchmen under the authority of various private business', there was a great need for an organized, efficient police force. The inability of these people to stop rising crime came to the attention of Britain's home secretary, Sir Robert Peel, as he was pushing a reform of the criminal laws through Parliament. This police force, the Bobbies or Peelers named after Peel himself ... reform criminal law. From 1823 to 130, he formed many new ordinances including the improvement of the prison system, lessening criminal punishments, and running the administration of justice. Peel's major problem was an increasing crime rate. He insisted on improving crime detection and in 1829, Peel established the London Metropolitan Police Force. The English policemen working for the organization were called "bobbies".
- 1652: Outlaws In The Frontier
- ... river pirates preyed upon the boat traffic on the Ohio, Mississippi, and other rivers. Some bandits engaged in both. Among the most notorious early outlaws were the Harpe brothers, Micajah and Wiley, who staged a crime wave of murder and robbery from Tennessee to Illinois between 1795 and 1800. Headquarters for the brothers and other notorious outlaws was Cave-in-Rock in Hardin County, Ill. This was long a meeting place ... with great bitterness against sheep farmers. In Texas, range wars were fought over the use of barbed wire to fence grazing land. By the end of the 19th century, the frontier era was past. Major crime shifted to the cities. Ethnic gangs had existed in the slums for decades, preying mostly on their fellow immigrants. With the arrival of Prohibition in the 1920s, an impetus was given to the formation of organized crime as it exists today.
- 1653: Should Drugs Be Made Legal?
- ... 1989 alone, but the bad news is the numbers of prisoners have increased by 70 percent which will cost about $30 million dollars. Despite common wisdom, the U.S isn't experiencing a drug related crime wave. Government surveys show between 1980 - 1987 burglary rates fell 27 percent, robbery 21 percent and murders 13 percent, but with new drugs on the market these numbers are up. One contraversial solution is the proposal of legalizing drugs. Although people feel that legalizing drugs would lessen crime, drugs should remain illegal in the U.S because there would be an increase of drug abuse and a rapid increase of diseases such as AIDS. Many believe that legalizing drugs would lessen crime. They point out that the legalization of drugs would deter future criminal acts. They also emphasize and contrast Prohibition. When the public realized that Prohibition could not be enforced the law was repealed. From ...
- 1654: Gun Control Isn't About Guns Its About Control
- ... enacted the murder rate has dropped by 29%. Over the same period of time the nationwide murder rate increased by 11%. This clearly shows that guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens can prevent crime. In contrast many of our countries major cities have banned all guns. In 1976 guns were banned in Washington DC. Since then the murder rate has risen 200%. According to a CBS poll, 64% of Americans rightfully understand and don't believe gun control laws reduce crime anyway. History has proven that every nation, which has disarmed its citizenry, has ended up with a dictator, a police state, and with countless horrible atrocities. It is true that we either learn from history ... common belief is that people don't need guns because we have the police to protect us. In most cases the police ca not protect you. First of all if you were involved in a crime you would not have time to call the police. Secondly even if you could call the police they probably would not arrive in time. Lastly if the police arrive in time, they are not ...
- 1655: Senseless Lawsuits
- ... his ex-wife and her friend Ron Goldman. If he was acquitted for the murders of these individuals, how could he be held liable for their deaths civilly? Whether or not he did do the crime the fact remains in the eyes of the law he was found innocent and therefore should not be able to be held accountable for their wrongful deaths. What was amazing about the case is the ... money and not who killed their children, if that was the case they would work with OJ to find out who the real killers are. Recently a lawsuit was filed against a college for a computer course that was too hard. Twelve students failed the course and decided to sue the college because the corse was not as easy as perceived by the school. If I were the judge on this ...
- 1656: Should Juveniles Be Waived To Adult Court
- ... 16 the prosecutor must show why the juvenile should be waived. One of main issues of side A, is that if the offender is too old the sentence would not be severe enough for the crime that had been committed. Another issue is the overcrowding of the juvenile justice system. Many of the offenders in the juvenile system, if a few years older, would have already been sentenced to life sentences ... a stiffer sentence, the community, as a hole, will be much better served. Side B believes ,essentially, that no child (juvenile) should be waived. Side B sees several key factors for the rise in juvenile crime. These reasons are ones that are out of the control of the juvenile. The key factors are: (a) Unemployment among teens was 19 percent in 1993, up from 15.3 percent five years earlier, and ... should never forget that however we choose to treat our nations children, we are shaping, in them, the future of our country. Works Cited Richard C. Monk. Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Crime and Criminology. Rose Giallombardo. Juvenile Deliquency: A Book of Readings
- 1657: How Should The United States Treat Todays Criminals?
- ... under the “Medical Model”, sentencing guidelines do not exist. When a person is convicted under the “Medical Model” , for say murder, that offender could serve life in prison, but another person convicted for the same crime and similar circumstances could serve one year in prison. Yet any person who is convicted under the “ Justice Model” for the same crime and exact same circumstances will be sentenced to a minimum of twenty years and a maximum penalty of death, depending upon the severity of the crime. With the guidelines of the “Justice Model” intact rather than the “Medical Model” the justice system of the United States of America will continue to make strides toward reaching the dream of “Peace in ...
- 1658: The Debate Over Capital Punishment
- ... taking away their lives to function and perform in our society. At the same time, we must insure that innocent people such as Marshall and Millgard are never convicted or sentenced to death for a crime that they did not commit. Many contend that the use of capital punishment as a form of deterrence does not work, as there are no fewer murders on a per-capita basis in countries or ... in the past for the offence that he or she is planning, and that what happened to another individual who committed this offence, can also happen to me. But individuals who commit any types of crime ranging from auto theft to 1st-Degree Murder, never take into account the consequences of their actions. Deterrence to crime, is rooted in the individuals themselves. Every human has a personal set of conduct. How much they will and will not tolerate. How far they will and will not go. This personal set of ...
- 1659: Capital Punishment: The Legal Punishment of a Criminal
- ... was to only be inflicted by the following methods: hanging, electrocution, the gas chamber, firing squad and lethal injection. The opinions brought upon us stating that the death penalty is a very strong deterrent against crime holds allot of water. It is a proven statistical fact that states that have reinstated and now enforce the death penalty show no difference in their crime and murder rate. In some cases, states that do impose the death penalty have a higher crime rate than the states that do not impose this “disciplinary” action. “Whosoever shed man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed”(Genesis 9:6). With this statement from Genesis, some people could ...
- 1660: Argument for Keeping Repeat Offenders in Jail
- ... prisoners commit serious crimes after being released. In fact, "in a three year follow-up of 108,850 state prisoners released in 1983 from institutions in 11 states, within three years sixty percent of violent crime offenders were re-arrested. More than half of those charged with violent crimes were discharged within two years."(from Truth In Sentencing by James Wooton). These criminals are sent right back to the streets to ... or less? We must make criminals pay for their crimes. If individuals are incarcerated for the full length of their given sentence, I believe that there will be less repeat offenders and an overall smaller crime rate. Some say that if we cut down on prison terms we will save loads of tax money. There will be less need to build, maintain, and expand existing staff if there are fewer prisoners ... Individuals must respect our laws and our society. If they can't show this respect, they should be punished in a straight forward manner. There should be no room for bargaining here, you do the crime, you do the time, all of it.
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