A Man's World How many times have you turned on the television and heard about a violent episode involving a young man? This seems to be the trend these days. Why is this? There are many different factors that could be the cause of these incidents. Is it race, poverty, neighborhood, famil...

Keep The Death PenaltyThe debate on the death penalty is a unique and controversial one, however after reviewing the relevant arguments associated with the debate the conclusion is quite clear. The death penalty should be retained. People throughout history have used the death penalty as a means o...

During the Second World War, the world looked at Adolph Hitler as a monster because he murdered Jews by means of gas. However, in the United States of America as recent as the 1990's we have used the same method to punish capitol offenders. What makes the use of the death penalty by proper auth...

In theory there is a rational difference between police profiling\' and racial discrimination\'. However, in actuality this distinction is open to suspicion of racial and other biases towards minorities and marginalized communities and cultures. The profiler is often seen as a discriminator ...

Alphonse Capone And His Rise To Power During the Capone era many mobsters were in power. As Al Capone grew, he began to associate with many different bosses and was in the neighborhood with many mob run gangs. After being involved and associated with these gangs, Capone then joined one, which...

Alphonse Capone And His Rise To Power During the Capone era many mobsters were in power. As Al Capone grew, he began to associate with many different bosses and was in the neighborhood with many mob run gangs. After being involved and associated with these gangs, Capone then joined one, which...

There are many controversial issues in our world today. Every issue has various standpoints, no matter whether it is a social, a psychological or a spiritual dilemma. One issue that people are faced with is the death penalty. Many believe that it is an unreasonable form of punishment, while other...

STATEMENT OF THESIS It is not violence that middle-school aged children are craving but indeed is the identity association, acceptance and the brother/sisterhood of the gang activity that draws them. The facilitation of "anti-gangs" is a viable option in lessening criminal gang activit...

As shots ring out at schools across America, one cannot help but assume that America is more violent now than it has been in the past. Has America really become more violent? Violence has always been present in the world, and in America, but it seems that in the twentieth century American violence ...

Justice cannot be served until the debate on capital punishment is resolved and all states have come to agree that the death penalty is the best way to stop crime completely. "The bottom line is, one method of execution is just as brutal and as barbaric as the next," says Mr. Breedlove of the Nation...

Should society execute killers? At this point, I have decided to take a position because there are many different cases. I am against Capital Punishment. There are too many inconsistencies within the judicial system that should be questioned when it comes to punishing a prisoner. The enforcement of ...

How do you feel about the saying, "an eye for an eye?" Do you feel that it is a good saying to run a nation by? Or do you agree with Gandhi who added to that statement, "--and everyone is blind?" There have been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion to gun ...

Abstract Throughout many years, capital punishment has been a debatable subject for skeptics from both perspectives. While analyzing this paper, you will find evidence and supporting information that leads to only one conclusion; the death penalty deters crime, is just, moral, and fair to all parti...

Gun ControlWe live in a society in which people may own firearms, and there is a strong history of ownership of firearms. Some will argue that in modern society, we no long need guns to defend ourselves from wild animals, hostile Indians, or ruthless holdup gangs, and that the police a...

Death Penalty for Juveniles: Is it Right? In October 1989, a month after turning seventeen, Dwayne Wright went on a violent crime spree that lead to a robbery, attempted rape, and shooting of thirty-three year old Saba Tekle. When caught the next day, Dwayne confessed to the police and was t...

Is Capital Punishment an effective penalty? Yes. It protects society and keeps order in it as well. Capital Punishment does not stop people from killing one another. However, the only thing it mainly does is stopping a known killer from killing more innocent people. I believe that it is a just and e...

Is Capital Punishment an effective penalty? Yes. It protects society and keeps order in it as well. Capital Punishment does not stop people from killing one another. However, the only thing it mainly does is stopping a known killer from killing more innocent people. I believe that it is a just and e...

Teen violence is very common over the U.S. "Violence is the threat or use of force that injures or intimidates a person or damages property" (Hoffman 1). "The United States of America, perhaps the greatest democracy in the history of the world, is also the most violent industrialize...

Abolition of the Death Penalty 1-AC Version 1.0 My partner and I stand Resolved: that the United States Federal Government should ratify or accede to, and implement The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the Abolition of the Death P...

Throughout history capital punishment has been supported by most societies, often even for crimes we would consider minor. During this century, more and more people are regarding it as morally intolerable. Do I agree? That is a question that I have a hard time finding an answer to since I seem to...

If It Wasn't For The Police, There Would Have Been No Riots in Recent Years. Discuss "The last centuries riots have a common cause: Police Brutality". David Greenberg In the UK, a Riot is defined by the 1986 Public Order Act as 12 or more persons who "together use or threa...

Capital punishment is the legal infliction of death as a penalty for violating criminal law. The capital punishment debate, in the United States, has been ongoing for almost four hundred years. Opponents of capital punishment cite that its arbitrariness and the execution of the \"innocent\" as reaso...

In the last century of America, the dramatic increasing of criminal rate had terrifies us for many years. Among these crimes, teenage violence had caught most of our attentions because of its incredible fast growth rate. In Jon Katz's essay titled "Media Violence...

Throughout recent history there has been a constant battle between the media and the rest of America. The masses are disgusted with the sex, drugs, and the most important issue, violence, that are contained in today's mass media. Violence is present in almost every aspect of the media. It fla...

Sad and horrific events happen all over the world, all the time. Robberies, hate crimes, killings, and vandalism are, to name a few. The truth is that people are murdered every day. This is a sad fact, but it is life. Friends kill friends, students kill students, even husbands kill wives. Serial ki...