Essays Tagged: "Arson"

"Fahrenheit 451", by Ray Bradbury

Life may be confusing to you when your job is to commit arson to any house that has a book in it. At least that's the way it was for Guy Montag.Guy Montag w ... were notified about a woman that had a large supply of books in her house. When Guy went to commit arson at the house, he slipped a book into his coat pocket. Over time, Guy began to receive more and ... ks really have to offer and that is why he decides to slip a book into his pocket during one of the arsons.

(2 pages) 65 0 3.5 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Who Burned Down the Reichstag

was burnt to the ground. A halfwitted Dutchmen, Van Der Lubbe was arrested and shot for thecrime of arson, though it is unlikely that he had the intelligence orthe equipment to start such an effective ... arting the fire and ischarged.Shortly after the arrest Van der lubbe gave a statement, heconsidered arson a suitable method and he insisted that hisactions were inspired by political motives.A summary ...

(2 pages) 38 0 4.5 Dec/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Death Penalty. Paper speaking in favor of it

penalty to be used in their states. Capital punishment is most often saved for murder and sometimes arson, treason, burglary, and forcible rape of a 14 year old or under from a 18 year old or older, b ...

(5 pages) 301 0 3.9 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Death Penalty in the USA

penalty to be used in their states. Capital punishment is most often saved for murder and sometimes arson, treason, burglary, and forcible rape of a 14 year old or under from a 18 year old or older, b ...

(5 pages) 157 0 4.5 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Reverse Racism In America by Dan Heffron, a short 6 page essay describing reverse racism in America Today. Gives examples and references.

more reprehensible. The press and public have become so used to tales of murder, rape, robbery and arson, that any but the most spectacular crimes are shrugged off as part of the inevitable texture o ...

(7 pages) 512 5 3.9 Oct/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Capital Punishment - The Pros and Cons

the 1400's, English law recognised seven major crimes; Treason, murder, larceny, burglary, rape and arson. Methods of punishment were; Crucifixion, burning in oil, drawing and quartering, impalement, ...

(5 pages) 174 0 3.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Persuasive Writing on topic of Animal Rights

lure. In 1997, Barry Horne was sentenced to 18 years in prison for carrying out vicious attacks and arson on legitimate facilities that he claimed promoted animal cruelty. His attacks put human beings ...

(3 pages) 220 0 4.2 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Who Started The Reichstag Fire?

the building. After they left, ayoung Dutchman, ( Van der Lubbe) who had previously been seized for arson by the S.A, and had been hand pickedfor the plan, entered the building, and began to start fir ... officialinvestigation, which would fix responsibility for the fire on the Communists. The supposed arsonist was a Dutchman,Marinus van der Lubbe, whom some have claimed was brought to the scene of th ...

(5 pages) 36 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

The history of hate crimes of african americans and how it became a controverial issue today.

urder, non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, aggravated assault, simple assault, intimidation, arson, and destruction, damage or vandalism of property" (Meadows, 1998 p. 2). At present, there are ...

(8 pages) 177 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Fire investigations.

tionAs a fire investigator, my job is to arrest and put to trail any person who by "Intentionally" "Arson by negligence" "Marked Departure" or even "Non-Compliance with Prevention Laws" has caused a f ... ater work load keeping in mind the limited resources.Within this essay, I will convey a theory that arson crimes investigation are harder to manage and are slowed down due to excessive evidence gather ...

(5 pages) 60 0 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

African Americans have suffered and struggled throught history.

urder, non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, aggravated assault, simple assault, intimidation, arson, and destruction, damage or vandalism of property". At present, there are groups of people tha ...

(7 pages) 188 0 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

The Uniform Crime Reports -Part 1 offenses

) rape, (3) robbery, (4) aggravatedassault, (5) burglary, (6) larceny, (7) motor vehicle theft, (8) arson.Murder is the defined as the unlawful killing of a human being. This definitionmay include 1st ... crime in which most occurrences are reported to the law enforcement agencies.The eight major crime, Arson is the burning or the attempted burning of propertywith or without the intent to defraud. The ...

(2 pages) 98 0 4.2 May/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Should juveniles be tried as adults?

l be charged as an adult understate law.I firmly believe that in cases of felonies suchas murder or arson committed by juveniles over theage of reason, those juveniles should be tried asadults. The ab ...

(3 pages) 97 0 3.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Please describe the current three (3) strikes law in California. Also, give any solutions you feel would correct the problems that are now occuring. Please attach a bibliography.

ould do the greatest harm to society or ones that would warrant a life sentence, like murder, rape, arson, or other serious or violent offenses? This is what California legislators had in mind when th ...

(8 pages) 101 0 4.8 Apr/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Abortion Clinic Violence

fication: In ten years, seven lives have been taken. There have also been 38 bombings, 146 cases of arson, and 733 acts of vandalism. These total 924 incidents of abortion clinic violence, many tragic ...

(2 pages) 16 0 4.3 Apr/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

The Similarities and Differences Between the Views of the Chinese, the Japanese, and the Westerners on the Rape of Nanking

e", the Japanese were accused of committing crimes such as mass victimization, rape, pillaging, and arson. As a Chinese student, it was impulsive to demonstrate anger when I first read an account of t ... used during their mop-up operation. These procedures involved numerous atrocities such as looting, arson, and the mass murdering. It was known that during the executions of Chinese soldiers disguised ...

(15 pages) 57 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Coming Of Age In Mississippi

ciety during the mid-decades of the nineties and survived with pride. She endured poverty, threats, arson, police brutality, lynching, rights demonstrations, and violence to prove her point that black ...

(7 pages) 51 0 5.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Aggressive Policing

ng that strictly focuses on the offenses that are serious in nature such as crimes of murder, rape, arson, and so on. This type of policing is considered non-aggressive. I believe, in order to ...

(2 pages) 1072 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Natural Crime versus Legal Crime

follows: murder, forcible rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.MurderMurder is the illegal killing of one human being by another (Wikipedia, 2007). All ju ... . The offense includes the stealing of automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, snowmobiles, etc.Arson. Arson is the crime of setting a fire for an unlawful or improper purpose (Wikipedia, 2007). A ...

(5 pages) 161 2 4.1 Sep/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

To Save A Nation

ual economic cost of crime is 31 billion dollars (Cull 23). Crimes can range from murder, burglary, arson, and kidnapping to fraud, prostitution, speeding, and vandalism. Basically, a crime is defined ...

(8 pages) 28 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology