Essays Tagged: "rapes"

Capital Punishment

e form of control and it must be capital punishment. Any person who kills people with no regrets or rapes innocent victims continuously, does not deserve to live in a luxurious North American penitent ...

(2 pages) 156 0 4.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

White collar vs. street crime

ty is crime. Crime is all around us in our everyday lives. Daily we hear of murders, robberies, and rapes. These are categorized as 'street crimes.' For many people, such crimes are the only 'tragic' ...

(3 pages) 423 4 3.9 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Date Rape

ping out from the shadows of a dark alley and attacking someone. Although this is partly true, most rapes are committed by people who know their victims. When intercourse is unwanted and forced upon b ...

(4 pages) 214 0 3.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Compare and contrast the Miller's Tale and Reeve's Tale from The Canterbury Tales.

as "Headstrong...and eager for a joke". John sleeps with the Miller's wife while another man, Alan, rapes the Miller's daughter. These characters are similar in that they both have adulterous sexual i ...

(1 pages) 67 0 2.5 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Rehabilatation of criminals, Awaste of time or worth the effort?

by more than 450%. More than 24,000 murders took place in America in 1991.. With each passing year, rapes, robberies, murder, and other forms of extreme violence has become a way of life for some indi ...

(3 pages) 118 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Sex, Violence, and Popular Culture: Sure! Blame It On TV!

ig deal is--it is today's entertainment industry. It is the cause of all the violence in the world. Rapes, murders, riots, drug abuse, and practically anything else that one can think of, are the resu ... developed, there would today be 10,000 fewer homicides each year in the United States, 70,000 fewer rapes, and 700,000 fewer injurious assaults. Violent crime would be half of what it is'" (Kristol 64 ...

(6 pages) 187 0 4.4 Nov/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

To Kill A Mockingbird essay on how setting effects conflict, character, and mood.

y life. In Scout's case, it is the trial with Tom Robinson and Bob Ewell. Mr. Ewell claims that Tom rapes his daughter. Although Tom is convicted, Scout's father Atticus proves his point in the case s ... (p.217) shows just how serious the problem is. It really shows when everyone gossips about how Tom rapes Mayella making the whole town believe he is guilty. If no one gossips, then they would have ju ...

(4 pages) 87 0 3.6 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

A persuasive essay leaning towards the fact abortion should be a decision women have the right to make.

s are the result of rape. Statistics show that 1.3 women are raped every minute. That results in 78 rapes each hour, 1872 rapes each day, 56,160 rapes each month and 683,280 rapes each year. Imagine h ... 160 rapes each month and 683,280 rapes each year. Imagine how many women become pregnant from these rapes. Having a baby is a life-changing experience; it is bringing someone into the world. You conce ...

(2 pages) 145 0 3.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Juvenile laws a collective of 4 essays in one.

action must be taken to slow down the problem. The use of drugs cause problems like theft, murders, rapes, break-ins, abuse, and all sorts of criminal actions. This results with the drug user not only ... person turn into an abusive and totally opposite of their nature. These mind alterations can cause rapes and get the drug user into more trouble than he/she had originally asked for.The challenges to ...

(7 pages) 133 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Should there be restrictions on where level 3 sex offenders can live?

Numerous studies have shown that the number of rapes increases as the population increases. However, the rate per 100,000 in the U.S. has increased ... hammy effect. If the population doubles and the rate quadruples, then there are eight times as many rapes. A level 3 sex offender lives a hop, skip, and a jump away from Highland Elementary School. Al ...

(2 pages) 54 0 3.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

An analysis and response to William Blake's Visions of the Daughters of Albion and a commentary involving the themes of various detrimental forms of repression

flower, Oothoon indicates that she is ready to experience a man. The first she encounters, Bromion, rapes her, then claims he has impregnated her, making her his possession. Theotormon, the object of ... hoon therefore, is unable to love anyone in her triangle because both repress her love.When Bromion rapes Oothoon he proclaims:Thy soft American plains are mine, and mine thy north & south:Stampt ...

(3 pages) 53 0 1.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Why do we strive to be just? To live within the constraints of our laws or for the benefit of our soul?

PLATO'S GIFT.In our society murders, rapes, and other such atrocities are steadily increasing in frequency. We who pride ourselves on our ...

(8 pages) 109 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Children and TV

has a large influence on children's attitudes, ideas, and behaviours. Teens witness 10,000 murders, rapes and aggravated assaults per year on TV, and four out of five Americans believe that violence o ...

(4 pages) 43 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Binge drinking in college

perience binge drinking, this type of drinking leads to many problems on campuses such as violence, rapes, sexually transmitted diseases and even suicides.To most people, binge drinking brings to mind ...

(2 pages) 68 1 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

The Ignorance of Man. It's a Persuasive essay. My teacher gave me a 5, (which is a 90% on her scale). Comment was "Excellent Work! Very articulate with strong opinions!"

le . Our world is going to shambles and many are allowing it. There are crimes, murders, homicides, rapes, and any other form of offense committed every second of the day, right under our noses. Just ...

(5 pages) 177 0 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Rape in the Civil War

the Civil War, however, in my research - it was very difficult to find information about the actual rapes that had occurred.Rape has had a history of its placement in war strategies. It is a method to ... orical artifacts of white slave holders raping black slaves, etc. However, little is said about the rapes that took place during the Civil War by the "soldiers" of both the Union and Confederate armie ...

(4 pages) 49 0 4.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Capital Punishment

e that the crimes may be well worth their risk. To punish those criminals, especially murderers and rapes, Capital Punishment would be the only fair "trade" for that what they did to those innocent pe ...

(3 pages) 53 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Violent Crime in America's Youth.

d newscasts and graphic scenes from television that eventually the endless reports of homicides and rapes become nothing more than background noise as we go about our lives. However, when the violence ...

(3 pages) 61 0 5.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis.

ime is everywhere that is caused by both adults and youth. Daily we hear of murders, robberies, and rapes that have been committed by juveniles. The Juvenile Court with Adult Court is different and si ...

(7 pages) 319 1 5.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

White Collar Crime vs. Street Crime.

everyone through out their day to day routines. On a daily basis we hear of murders, robberies, and rapes via the media. These types of crimes are categorized as "street crimes." For many individuals, ...

(3 pages) 99 0 0.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues