Essays Tagged: "incarcerated"

The Canadian Justice System vs. Aboriginal People

kely to be denied bail, spend less time with their lawyers, and if convicted, are more likely to be incarcerated.It is not merely that the justice system has failed aboriginal people; justice has also ...

(2 pages) 85 0 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

The Silence of The Lambs

reparing for a life in the FBI, hunts a serial killer byuse of vague information given to her by an incarcerated psychologist. Hannibal "TheCannibal" Lecter relays information to Clarice in exchange f ...

(3 pages) 210 1 4.6 Oct/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Prison sentences...are they fair?

be released in five years 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 o ...

(2 pages) 106 0 3.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Critical Thinking and Perception Paper Perception is Reality! Oh Really

thought to be true and what reality was; were two different things. I believed that the individuals incarcerated were being punished and were not able or allowed to do much of anything. Additionally, ... hile listening to their music. I was surprised to find that the law mandated many privileges to the incarcerated individuals. Three hot meals a day was served and family members could send the inmates ...

(3 pages) 402 5 3.6 Jan/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Racism Post 911.

f the immigrant Japanese as well as the Japanese-American population is brought to light. They were incarcerated because of their potential threat to the United States, though they really presented no ... Japanese pilots with the attack. Why is it then that people of Middle Eastern descent have not been incarcerated like the Japanese were? The Muslims and Arabs of today are not being incarcerated like ...

(12 pages) 233 0 3.3 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Dna impact on law.

it seems as though the glorified DNA is the savior of all crimes. While there is no denying DNA has incarcerated and freed many justifiably, there are major flaws that need to be addressed. It challen ...

(6 pages) 213 0 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

The pros and cons of DNA profiling.

state offer foolproof identification? What needs to be in place for it to be error-free? Should all incarcerated criminals be forced to give samples? Should convicted juveniles? Should the general pub ... e many precautions to prevent mistakes, but human error can never be reduced to zero.I feel that incarcerated criminals should have samples of DNa taken and stored because our whole criminal justic ...

(4 pages) 110 0 3.7 Sep/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Phsycologial theories.

eing arrested and imprisoned can really alter and affect so many peoples lives. Not only the person incarcerated, but their families, close friends, and relatives as well.In this article Toney, who wa ...

(6 pages) 77 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Criminal Justice , incarceration, This paper is about the prison systems today and how they came to be.

. murder) individuals may be sentenced to a lifetime imprisonment. In order for an individual to be incarcerated, they have to be accused of violating criminal law and then tried and found convicted i ... ate (Paragraph 8).Maximum-security facilities make up about 15 percent of all U.S. prisons. Inmates incarcerated in these types of institutions are usually the most dangerous, high-risk, offenders.Max ...

(8 pages) 356 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

The analysis of Drugs and Crime.

e in some way or another involved. Drug addicts, at some time in their lives, often find themselves incarcerated. Our prisons are overcrowded with inmates because of this major drug problem. As a resu ...

(4 pages) 309 1 2.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Why Marijuana Should Be Legalized

na you go to jail or even sometimes prison. The majority of the two million U.S. prisoners that are incarcerated are due to drugs. In other words, we have to build more prisons and jails to hold the r ...

(2 pages) 217 5 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

The Japanese Internment and the Animosity that Lead up to it

hem American citizens, were forced to leave their homes and many of their belongings in order to be incarcerated in concentration camps. This act of discrimination against the Japanese-Americans had a ... ajority of the approximately 119,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese aliens had been rounded up and incarcerated (Daniels 106). They were living in unsatisfactory accommodations and being treated crue ...

(7 pages) 113 1 3.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

"A Junkyard for Young Lives"

ems include:A revolving door of crime. Nine out of 10 youth offenders released in California end up incarcerated again. This is far higher than the adult rate, which is 60% at the worst in the nation. ...

(2 pages) 41 2 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Disobeying a Law

Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" while he was incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama. The reason for King being in jail was due to him breaking the l ...

(4 pages) 113 1 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Assignment 3: Video Analysis, "Prisoners of the War on Drugs"

nmates by the names of Ralph Sowell and Michael Jones aka Snowball. Ralph Sowell was incarcerated for selling drugs. Ralph said since he has been in prison, his money has tripled. He is ...

(3 pages) 32 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Should Prison Inmates Be Allowed To Parent Children

children. The only problem is he is currently in jail with a 100-year-to-life sentence. After being incarcerated Mr. Gerber and his wife's desire to have children only grew stronger. Now that William ... problems for the prison. In many cases a woman being pregnant would probably interfere while she is incarcerated. Although many prisons do have programs for these women, not all prisons do. Another th ...

(8 pages) 69 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Family Education and management of Schizophrenia

focus on the later, family education and management in the treatment of schizophrenia. Many of our incarcerated individuals have no family to go back to once they are released from the system. These ... cause family members tend to speak more freely to each other than to therapists. If we can help the incarcerated get into focus groups that are tailored more like family group therapy this may help. I ...

(1 pages) 40 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

Probation and Parole: A Comparative View

s difference is that probationers have the opportunity to avoid incarceration where as parolees are incarcerated first and then have the opportunity for early release from prison after serving a porti ...

(7 pages) 145 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

No Mans Land--This is a great descriptive essay on traveling to Germany (Berlin)

ng out of my chest with every breath I take as I run faster and faster towards the barrier that has incarcerated me over the years.As I throw myself over the eleven-foot concrete wall with barbed wire ...

(4 pages) 32 0 4.3 Apr/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Prison Overcrowding

ve views concerning the construction of more prisons. In 2001, there were 1.4 million men and women incarcerated in state and federal correctional institutions. Due to many of these being recidivists, ... have favored longer sentences. These approaches have taken several forms that, when combined, have incarcerated people for longer times and less possibility for early release. Many other factors such ...

(5 pages) 274 2 4.5 Apr/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights