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- 1691: The FBI and Its History
- ... officially received its present title in 1935. During the early period of the FBI's history, its Agents investigated violations of some of the comparatively few existing federal criminal violations, such as bankruptcy frauds, antitrust crime, and neutrality violations. During World War I, the Bureau was given responsibility for espionage, sabotage, sedition, and draft violations. Passage of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act in 1919 further broadened the Bureau's jurisdiction ... of the Atomic Age, the FBI began conducting background security investigations for the White House and other government agencies, as well as probes into internal security matters for the Executive Branch. Civil rights and organized crime became major concerns of the FBI in the 1960s, as did counterterrorism, financial crime, drugs, and violent crimes, during the 1970s and 1980s. In additional to its five priority programs, the FBI also concentrates significant investigative resources into applicant and civil rights matters.
- 1692: Young Offenders Act in Canada
- ... delinquency and reforms necessary to control this problem. The articles tend to lead the reader to see that the community must become involved in the control of the young people. With the rise in juvenile crime it is a problem that evolves with each new law that is designed to protect the public. What was once a question of young teenagers has become a problem of children from the ages of ... one of the publications that will be of use in examining the current treatment programs to explore the needs of new programs that meet the needs of society. Wood, Arthur Evans; Waite, John Baker. (1941). Crime And Its Treatment. New York: American Book Company. Although this publication dates back the authors have made some valid discoveries in the approaches to the problems of crime and delinquency that have not changed over the years. The authors investigate the theory of the practice of punishment and delves into the extra-mural form of treatment like probation. The authors also make ...
- 1693: The Right To A Free Trial
- ... their knowledge of the case being imaginary. Hopefully, a verdict would be discussed and deliberated more thoroughly in a realistic situation. Only one juror splintered from the majority to promote a debate, and discuss the crime in relation to the punishment. The exasperated members seemed more focused on concluding the class session, than on producing justice. Hence, until pointed out, juries seldom realize their significance in the judicial system. Throughout time ... They then followed a continuous pattern of discussing their differences and taking votes until a unanimous verdict was reached. They concluded that the man did not have the ability to understand the law nor what crime he committed, and thus, nullified the law for Leroy Reed. 12 Angry Men, followed the same procedures except for the fact that they took hand votes predominantly in lieu of paper ballot votes. One major ... unanimous verdict was reached. Our jury decided that the man was guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Due to a split initially between voluntary manslaughter and self-defense, a punishment of five years, a minimum for the crime committed, was issued to the man. Deliberations are consistent and have not changed significantly throughout the years. What is justice? According to Noah Webster, “Justice is the use of authority and power to uphold ...
- 1694: Affirmative Action
- ... White managers fell 25% in 1969 due to restrictions put on them when Affirmative Action was adopted (Nebraska Advisory Committee 27). You ask, ”What did these individuals do to bring about their termination?” The only crime that they were guilty of was being White. The injustice toward the White Male does not end there. After the White Male has been fired, he has to go out and find a new job ... points that our history has never seen. Works Cited “Affirmative Action at the University of California at Berkeley” Online. http://pwa.acusd.edu/~e_cook/ucb-95.html “Civil Rights” Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. (1996). [Computer Program] SoftKey Multimedia International Corporation. United States. Commission on Civil Rights. Affirmative Action in the 1980's: Dismantling the Process of Discrimination. Washington: 1981. United States. Nebraska Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on ...
- 1695: Analysis of Advertisements for Two Different Things
- ... to attract the attentions of the magazine reader. This very concept is well displayed in the two selected, yet very different, magazine ads from the software magnate Microsoft Corporation. The first ad is taken from Computer Games Strategy Plus - a gaming magazine, as one might infer from the title. The product `Monster Truck Madness' is a computer video game designed, quite obviously, for entertainment purposes. The second ad is from PC World, which is of a much more technical nature than its previous counterpart. The product in this ad is `Microsoft Project ... the reader has no preconception of what a monster truck is or how large it is, this picture may be nothing more impressive than a Micro Machine. Nextly, two additional pictures are taken from the computer game itself. Both, in an attempt to impress the viewer, are taken at an inspiring frame deserving of a highlight reel. The viewer can see the rich color and high resolution details of each ...
- 1696: Comparing The Murder of Duncan in Macbeth and The Assassination of Kennedy
- ... they were still alive. But when they were dead, no defense could be offered and they were assumed guilty. So, if Macbeth had quit with this one murder, he would have gotten away with his crime with no consequences. Who could have known that almost the same exact circumstances would be repeated some 800 years later. After President Kennedy was shot, there had to be a cover up. Someone had to ... situations discredited their entire story by trying to secure themselves. Assassinating the President is a difficult thing to do. It doesn't happen very often. However, it can be done. If a person plans the crime, and executes it according to plan, he can succeed in killing the President. The protection afforded the President is tremendous but not infallible. Men are willing to commit this crime in order to gain power. If a proper cover-up is planned and executed, then it is effective. If all of these obstacles are overcome properly, a man can assume the Presidency while not ...
- 1697: Macbeth Is A Tragic Hero
- ... of certain qualities: a man of noble stature, good, though not perfect, have a fall that results from committing an act of injustice, which is his own fault, and receive a punishment that exceeds the crime. A tragic hero is one of noble stature, and is good. Macbeth is known as the Thane of Cawdor. He receives this honor because he has just returned from a military success that has covered ... it. Macbeth spends most of the play in moral indecision. Lady Macbeth encourages him, but it is he that chooses his actions. A tragic hero's misfortune is not wholly deserved. The punishment exceeds the crime. Macbeth does not totally deserve to die as a result of these incidents. He begins the work as a good man, but later declines because of the desires of his wife, and bad choices. Macbeth ... required by Aristotle. Macbeth is of nobility, is good, though not perfect, experiences a downfall that is his own fault, has a misfortune that is now wholly deserved, and receives a punishment that exceeds the crime.
- 1698: Dead Man Walking
- Dead Man Walking The motion picture Dead Man Walking provided a non-fiction insight into the world of crime, justice, and capital punishment. The film cast several characters from different backgrounds and opinion sets in direct conflict with one another. Several small topics and one major topic, capital punishment, were explored over the duration ... beginning of the film, Matthew Poncelet was not a likable character. He was stubborn, arrogant, biased, hateful, and seemed to want company only for his own amusement. He did not appear to care about his crime, nor those whose lives his crime changed forever. However, he appeared to let down a guard during the course of the film, which revealed a less-monstrous human being struggling internally with a fact about himself that he could not ...
- 1699: Blood, Violence and Gore As Entertainment
- ... is the controversial film Natural Born Killers. Over twenty people lost their lives because of this film. In this film murder and violence are justified, and it is these films that affect children the most. Computer violence is a quite new phenomenon. It was introduced with the launch of Wolfenstein in 1990. In «Wolfenstein» you are trapped in a maze among an army of nazis. You'll have to kill your ... because they killed mutants, not humans. But is cutting up a mutant with a chainsaw good entertainment? There is no question about it, some children and adults suffer serious damage from watching films and playing computer games with extreme violence. The government should take immediate action and stop the distribution of these films and computer games. Parents must also try to gain control over their children. That is the only way we can stop the development.
- 1700: The Crucible: Characters
- ... their accusations, and the fact that the play is based on historical truth makes it even more intriguing. The characters in this play are simple, common people. The accused are charged and convicted of a crime that is impossible to prove. The following witchcraft hysteria takes place in one of America's wholesome, theocratic towns, which makes the miscarriage of justice such a mystery even today. The reasons the villains select ... sense. He thinks the girls can be cured of their "spells" with a good whipping. (Warshow 114) At the end of the play, Proctor has to make a choice. He can either confess to a crime he is innocent of to save himself from execution, or die proclaiming his innocence. He ends up choosing death because a false confession would mean implicating other accused people, including Rebecca Nurse. (Rovere 2632) Proctor ... of his other innocent friends by implicating them. (Warshow 117) By choosing death, Proctor takes the high road and becomes a true tragic hero. The reader feels that his punishment is unjust (especially since the crime of witchcraft is imagined and unprovable.) Because the trials take place in a Christian, American town, the reader must then wonder if anything like this could happen in his or her own time. This ...
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