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  • Street Racing

    Street Racing

    Street Racing It is the primal urge amongst male teenagers; put the pedal to the floor and see who wins. It is street racing and it has caught on in the U.S. over the past decade as one of the worst influences on young impressionable minds today. The feeling you get when your going fast cannot be replaced by any other stimulant known to man. It’s flashy, fun, and exciting until it goes wrong. The

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Does Capital Punishment Deter Crime?

    Does Capital Punishment Deter Crime?

    Does capital punishment deter crime? Capital punishment has been practiced since ancient times. For most time, it has not been considered as a controversial topic. Throughout history people have been put to death as a way of pay back for their crimes. However, since the 18th century a lot of people began to criticize this practice saying that it was unjust, cruel and unnecessary. In the modern world capital punishment is the most controversial

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    Essay Length: 516 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Computer Crime

    Computer Crime

    Computer Crime Computer Crime Billions of dollars in losses have already been discovered. Billions more have gone undetected. Trillions will be stolen, most without detection, by the emerging master criminal of the twenty-first century--the computer crime offender. Worst of all, anyone who is computer literate can become a computer criminal. He or she is everyman, everywoman, or even everychild. The crime itself will often be virtual in nature--sometimes recorded, more often not--occurring only on the

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    Essay Length: 2,808 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Unjust Application of Law

    Unjust Application of Law

    It was the great Martin Luther King Jr. who once stated, "Sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application." He was right in his beliefs as a law may appear correct on paper but when practiced, it becomes unfair and seemingly no longer applicable to the situation. In my own experience, King's statement came alive when a close friend was unjustly sentenced. It was through this that I discovered to

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Project Plan for Whitboard Sailboat Race

    Project Plan for Whitboard Sailboat Race

    Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race This paper describes the project plan for Bjorn Erickson to design and equip his country’s sailboat entry into the Whitbread Sailboat race. It was found that the project plan had met the budget requirements but had not met the timeline requirements. Reducing the timeline without budget is a difficult matter as usually decreasing the timeline costs money. We will show in this paper how time requirements can be

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Tort Law

    Tort Law

    Tort Law Imagine being pursued and attacked by a vicious dog. This dog not only caused physical damage, but also mental instability for you towards dogs. In this case, if the dog has an owner then there would be plausible cause to sue. This is where tort law comes into play. “Tort law is the name given to a body of law that creates, and provides remedies for, civil wrongs that do not arise out

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: regina
  • The Laws of Truth and Lies

    The Laws of Truth and Lies

    The basic laws of truth and lies. A lie is okay when it is to protect something that is positive without reprocussion. The truth is not okay when it gives people unnecessary information. when lying is okay; Official findings: 1. Lying to people who have more power than you in order to safeguard positive events. ex I. Mother, "Son did you go hang out with your druggie friend I told you not to visit?" Son,

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Top
  • Review on Randall Kennedy: Race and Justice

    Review on Randall Kennedy: Race and Justice

    The definition of criminal justice is: the system of law enforcement, the bar, the judiciary, corrections and probation that is directly involved in the apprehension, prosecution, defense, sentencing, incarceration and supervision of those suspected of or charged with criminal offenses. Throughout history we have seen this system bend and break in many areas because of the issue of race. Randall Kennedy gives a detailed and descriptive vision on how far this system has failed

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Artur
  • Frederic Bastiat - the Law

    Frederic Bastiat - the Law

    Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) was a French classical economist, statesman, and author. He did most of his writing during the years before and after the Revolution of February 1848. This was the period when France was rapidly turning to complete socialism. As a Deputy to the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Bastiat was studying and explaining each socialist fallacy as it appeared. And he explained how socialism must inevitably degenerate into communism. But most of his countrymen chose

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: David
  • Law Enforcement officers Role

    Law Enforcement officers Role

    The major issue affecting our community in the San Francisco County is the manner of how law enforcement officials are performing their duties. Are our police officer’s using excessive force needed to apply towards arresting or apprehending a suspect or suspects? This question seems to be the major issues that surround our police department. Sworn police officers not following their responsibilities and duties. Why I chose this field of expertise as a functional role in

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    Essay Length: 925 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Crime and Society

    Crime and Society

    The word �prison’ evokes a stream of images of inmates banging on the bars of their cells and armed uniformed guards, but lately it is becoming more of a popular belief that Prisons may be too soft. The basic reason for the existence of prisons is that society expresses its wishes through court and finds it necessary to separate and isolate some people, who have broken the law. The concept of this is as old

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Jack
  • A General Theory of Crime

    A General Theory of Crime

    Stephen J Heffernan General Theory of Crime Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi have devised the General Theory of Crime, or the GTC, as a way of explaining root causes of criminal behavior in an effort to find a solution to the problem of crime in America. The GTC is defined as: A developmental theory that modifies social control theory by integrating concepts from biosocial, psychological, routine activities and rational choice theories. (1) Unlike other crime

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Fonta
  • International Law

    International Law

    Whole Foods has been successful because it has stuck to its core strategy of providing high-quality produce, meat, and seafood while partnering with the communities where their stores are located. The core values listed on the Whole Foods website are 1) Selling the Highest Quality Natural and Organic Products Available 2) Satisfying and Delighting Our Customers 3) Supporting Team Member Happiness and Excellence 4) Creating Wealth Through Profits & Growth 5) Caring About Our Communities

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Janna
  • Roles and Functions of Law

    Roles and Functions of Law

    The Roles and Functions of Law There are many different functions and roles of law in the business society. The business law is a common set of rules which presides over businesses. These rules ensure the social functions in peacekeeping, checking government power and promoting personal freedom, facilitating planning and realization of reasonable expectations, promoting social justice, and protecting the environment. Peacekeeping may be one of the most important roles of law in the business

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Janna
  • Business Law-Historical Development of the Tests

    Business Law-Historical Development of the Tests

    We live in a legal system in which we all have a duty to protect other persons from harm. The question the court must examine is what degree of duty exists under what specific circumstances. Although there were some attempts in the late 19th century to develop a general test, there was no accepted test until 1932. Ø The neighbour test The classic formulation of the Ў®neighbourЎЇ test of Lord Atkin in Donoghue v Stevenson

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Top
  • The Interracial Mix for a Purer Race

    The Interracial Mix for a Purer Race

    The Interracial Mix for a Purer Race “Black children belong in black homes even if white families are capable and willing to raise them.” How is it that Americans can expect racial development, if people such as the National Association of Black Social Workers, a black advocacy group started to address social issues for blacks, are willing to remark in such a way to the idea of interracial adoption? One can fall into the ideas

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    Essay Length: 1,585 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Vika
  • Community Crime Profile Survey

    Community Crime Profile Survey

    Community Profile Questions The small community of Hasbrouck Heights, NJ is the one square mile home to a comparatively tiny population of approximately 7,600 people, including myself. I live on a residential street of this small suburban town where a great threat of danger and harm has never really been associated with its name. The crime rate on the city-data.com crime index is a minute 35.6 when compared to the U.S. average of 330.6. In

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Mike
  • Islam's Influence on Ottoman Government and Law

    Islam's Influence on Ottoman Government and Law

    Islam’s Influence on Ottoman Government and Law When discussing Islam’s influence on the Ottoman Empire, it is crucial to examine its effects on the government and the laws of the empire. However, one must keep in mind that during its long term as an empire, there were many different rulers, thus, allowing for many changes in the structure of the government in terms of laws and regulations, in accordance to the sultans in power (Burak,

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    Essay Length: 2,892 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Jack
  • Article Review - Big Debts Keep Law Grads out of Low-Paying Public Service Jobs”- James V. Grimaldi

    Article Review - Big Debts Keep Law Grads out of Low-Paying Public Service Jobs”- James V. Grimaldi

    http://www.ourpublicservice.org/pressroom/pressroom_show.htm?doc_id=147617 “Big Debts Keep Law Grads Out of Low-Paying Public Service Jobs”- James V. Grimaldi For many college students the idea of working in the public sector is fascinating. The thought of having first hand knowledge of how the United States government is run is an appeal to many; however it is not enough to include these students in the workforce. Perhaps the number one reason why many potential employees do no choose the

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Steve
  • How Can the Knowledge of the Gestalt Laws of Gestalt Pshychology Help a Visual Communication Designer to Produce More Effective Designs?

    How Can the Knowledge of the Gestalt Laws of Gestalt Pshychology Help a Visual Communication Designer to Produce More Effective Designs?

    How important is it to take into consideration the gestalt laws when you communicate visually. Is it possible that a good knowledge of them can help a designer to be more effective. And in that case, in what way. The Gestalt Laws was first written by Max Wertheimer in 1923 and is common laws that shows that different shapes creates wholes and was needed for the Gestalt Psychology to work practically. These laws were created

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Top
  • Death for the Crimes You Commit

    Death for the Crimes You Commit

    Mrs. Flamenco English 3 March 19, 2005 Death for the Crimes You Commit “If men were angels,” wrote James Madison, “no government would be necessary.” However, since neither men nor women are angels, governments establish and enforce laws and impose punishments when those laws are violated. The severest of all these punishments is the death penalty (Egendorf 9). Typically, when one thinks of capital punishment, one tends to place it into a moral realm. Whether

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Victor
  • Law

    Law

    Mrs. Smith had borrowed a barbecue and a CD player from Mrs. Jones. After the get-together, instead of returning them, she decided to exchange the CD player with a friend for a computer monitor and refused to return the barbecue although Mrs. Jones had requested her to do so. Clearly, this is a case under bailment. Bailment exists whenever possession of goods is transferred from one party (the bailor) to another (the bailee) on the

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Jon
  • F.O.L.K.S - Followand Obey the Laws the Kings Set

    F.O.L.K.S - Followand Obey the Laws the Kings Set

    F.O.L.K.S. Followand Obey the Laws the Kings Set Black Gangster Disciple In the 1960's another group was being formed to rival the Black P-Stone Nation. The Black Gangster Disciple Nation was started by a man named David Barksdale. The Black Gangster Disciple Nation {BGDN} fought bloody wars ont he Chicago south side over turf and drug sales. King David Barksdale was assassinated in 1974. As a symbol of honor and remembrance the six-pointed Jewish star

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Roman Law

    Roman Law

    Roman Law 1.Brake down Roman empire broken in to two periods republic 509-133BCE Empire 30BCE- 180CE 2.Republic ruled by senate senators were elected not everyone was able to vote woman slaves poor people 3.first laws: the twelve tables 450BCE ten consuls drafted first ten first ten took a year to write last two took another year to write twelve tables were embossed in copper and place on public display 4.The tables: Table 1 table 1:

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Victor
  • Do We Need Tougher Gun Control Laws?

    Do We Need Tougher Gun Control Laws?

    Do We Need Tougher Gun Control Laws? One of the most controversial issues in our society today is the topic of private gun ownership and gun control laws. This controversy has arisen mostly due to the different ways that the second constitutional amendment is interpreted. The amendment states that “a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right to the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Artur

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