Academic papers on The Public & Crime Just Theory

Criminology and the Old School Theory of Thought
8 pages in length. Focuses on the old school theory of anomie of Emile Durkheim and applies it to criminology in society today. This old school theory used anomie to describe a condition of deregulation that was occurring in society. What this...
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Criminal Justice Research: Basic and Applied.
(6 pp) Focusing on "hot topics" is an accepted way to generate interest for criminal justice research, to secure grants, to conduct research, and to publish papers. While research methods are often thought of as a stand-alone topic, an...
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Social Control Theory.
(4 pp) Social Control theorists start with the premise that human behavior is by nature antisocial and delinquent. They focus on restraining or "controlling" factors that are broken or missing inside the personalities of criminals. If...
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A 5 page review of the findings of this 2001 research. Arnold, Stewart, and McNeece explore the issues surrounding prostitution in an effort to gain a better understanding of what causes women to choose to engage in the behavior and, potentially,...
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Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform
5 pages. An introduction to tort reform and medical malpractice. Focus is on Missouri as compared to what is going on in the rest of the country. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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THE PROBLEMS WITH SOCIAL CONTROL
This 5 page paper discusses the issues put forth in Reiman's The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison. Social control versus social coersion are discussed and exampled. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Community Policing, Sketchy Proposition?
Policing communities are now responsible for prevention, as well as follow through on criminal activity, and because of the labor intensive nature of this reality, the solutions to crime must be shared. The solution resides in policing both real...
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School Violence: Cause and Effect
A 4 page discussion of the increase in school violence. The author presents the case that an increased violent content in the media, in television in particular, can be held responsible. Bibliography lists sources.
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Global Terrorism
This 10-page paper covers an overview of global terrorism and the US goals and strategies developed to respond to it. 13 Sources.
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Plea Bargaining
This 12-page paper deals with the effect of plea bargaining on the criminal justice system. It argues that the relatively new practice of plea bargaining erodes our justice system, and clashes with the 6th Amendment. 16 Sources
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