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- 1861: Capital Punishment: Justice to the Victims and Their Families
- ... for his crime. What does it say about the value of Stephanie's life when the man who tortured, raped, and killed her is provided with clean clothes, three square meals a day, and cable television? Gideon will enjoy all of these things while Stephanie will still be dead. By not executing criminals like Gideon, the state is preserving a life that has lived to devalue others' lives. Executing murderers removes ...
- 1862: Crime and the Death Penalty
- ... in one New Jersey day-- a period of twenty-four hours. The word crime is not an unfamiliar word to any of us. We read the shocking headlines in newspapers, hear the broadcast announcements on television, we ourselves may have been victims of a crime. However, is there being anything done to end it. In recent years crime in America has been on a rise. This has not only led to ...
- 1863: The Social Plague of Crime and Criminals
- ... view on conjugal visits. The justice view is a get tough perspective on crime and criminals. The supporters of this view believe that prison life is simply not harsh enough. Some supporters feel that cable television, movies, video games, and stereos, should be a privilege not a punishment. They feel conjugal visits should absolutely be denied. Dangerous criminals are permitted to partake in sexual relations with spouses for a night, and ...
- 1864: The Death Penalty: To Be or Not to Be...
- ... and horrific cases have heightened the public's fear and anger over this issue to a near frenzy. When asked in January of this year, " How often do you see reports of violent crime on television ? " 68 % replied " almost every day ". Although the media have played an important role in raising the public's awareness of lawlessness, crime in America is far from a media - created phenomenon. Government statistics support the ...
- 1865: Issue of Gun Control and Violence
- ... in the public attitude towards firearms and gun control"(586). Both Canada and the United States were originally English colonies, and both have historically had similar patterns of immigration. Moreover, Canadians are exposed to American television (both entertainment and news programming) and, Canadians and Americans read many of the same books and magazines. As a result of this, the Canadian public has adopted "much of the American culture" . In an article ...
- 1866: Gun Control And Violence in Canada and the US
- ... in the public attitude towards firearms and gun control"(586). Both Canada and the United States were originally English colonies, and both have historically had similar patterns of immigration. Moreover, Canadians are exposed to American television (both entertainment and news programming) and, Canadians and Americans read many of the same books and magazines. As a result of this, the Canadian public has adopted "much of the American culture" . In an article ...
- 1867: Should Drugs Be Made Legal? (Against)
- ... not be forced to kick the habit due to the availability of the drug they would partake eagerly. The temptation to use drugs would increase when advertisements for cocaine, heroin and marijuana are displayed on television. Instead of money used by employed addicts, you will see welfare funds used to purchase drugs. If welfare funds were being misused, this would cause a major problem in the economy. Drugs must not be ...
- 1868: History of the American Drug War
- ... we could stop drugs at the border or if we could stop the sale of drugs within the United States. Stopping drug production in other countries has already proven to have failed. In 1993, ABC television aired a major special report on the drug war in Bolivia, which according to the Bush administration, is our "best hope" for winning the drug war in South America. They concluded that there was no ...
- 1869: Serial Killers and Society
- ... killers into our society, with their precision and strategy of the murder, the media became fascinated with these people, and so did society. So instead of killing or punishing these horrible people, we now have television networks arguing over movie rights to the killers story. News shows fighting to get the "exclusive interview". T-shirts with the killers faces on them(e.g.. the famous "Manson T-shirt"). The only explanation ...
- 1870: Should Drugs Be Legalized?
- ... not be forced to kick the habit due to the availability of the drug they would partake eagerly. The temptation to use drugs would increase when advertisements for cocaine, heroin and marijuana are displayed on television. Instead of money used by employed addicts, you will see welfare funds used to purchase drugs. If welfare funds were being misused, this would cause a major problem in the economy. Drugs must not be ...
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