Academic papers on Criminal Justice & Corrections

Ethnicity, Race Link to Crime
This 6 page paper links ethnicity to more violent crimes, greater recidivism, greater drug and alcohol use. It continues to be shown that ethnicity plays a significant role in the juvenile offenders who commit more violent crimes, as well as who...
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Correctional Systems
This 4-page paper compares and contrasts the penal systems in both the United States and Australia and the changes each of them could make to enhance their systems. There are 3 sources cited.
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Criminal Justice Terminology
This 3-page paper examines the terminology used in criminal justice circles and whether not having the knowledge of that terminology can hurt someone pursuing a degree or profession in that respective field. There are 3 sources cited.
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Improving the Criminal Justice System
In this 4-page paper, the author suggests that the best way to fix the criminal justice system is to start with the juvenile courts. Getting judges to not make quick decisions and providing more case workers to programs are discussed. There are 3...
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Australia's Criminal Justice System
This 7-page paper examines Australia's criminal justice system and how it is considered one of the fairest and most effective systems in the entire world. There are 8 sources cited.
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Renditions
This 2.5-page paper examines the unjust transfer of terrorist suspects from one country to another, often from Western countries to those in the Middle East or Asia, but in other cases between countries within a single region. These transfers, which...
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Oklahoma City Bombing
This 12-page paper analyzes the Oklahoma City Bombing and the court case surrounding Timothy McVeigh. There are 6 sources cited.
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Social Implications of a Biological Theory of Crime
This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of the science of biological criminology and its potential effects on society. It considers issues such as unjust judicial intervention on the assumption of future crime, as well as the impact on...
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Racial Dispartiy in the Application of the Death Penalty
In this 8-page paper, the author discusses the reasoning behind racial disparity on death row. Jury-picking process is analyzed. There are 3 references.
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Overcrowded Prisons
In this 6-page paper, the author discusses the problems behind the overcrowded prisons in the United States. Potential solutions are mentioned. There are 3 references supplied.
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