Sex Offender Legislation
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A 10 page research paper on recent laws and scientific support for the laws affecting sexual offenders. The writer focuses on both state and federal laws, including 'Megan's Laws,' Kansas's States recommitment law, California's chemical castration law, Delaware's drivers' license law, and recidivism statistics. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: Cnsexoff.wps

Sex Offender Registries and Constitutional Rights
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This 12 page report discusses the debate over the constitutionality of sexual registration laws (i.e. “Megan’s Law”). Are sex offenders subjected to additional punishment even after they have served prison time for their crime because they must register their whereabouts with a law enforcement agency? Or is the public’s need to know of greater concern? The issues surrounding such questions are discussed. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: BWsexreg.rtf

Sex offenders and Community Notification
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This 15 page paper evaluates the problem of sex offenders that are released into the community. Megan's law along with similar legislation is discussed in depth. The problem of impinging on offenders' rights, as well as these laws having the opposite of the intended effect, are issues included. Statistics regarding recidivism are relayed. The paper supports community notification despite some arguments made to the contrary . Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: SA341s.rtf

Should The Insanity Defense Be Broadened?
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6 pages in length. There is no set guideline as to what denotes mental illness in relation to the misuse of the insanity plea, which was a problem for the first case back in Victorian England. In fact, virtually anyone can employ this particular defense just as long as the individual's lawyer knows how to utilize it to the fullest extent. How would the line be effectively drawn in order to afford the insanity defense for those individuals who truly need it, while at the same time thwarting efforts of others not so deserving? Relevant sociological theories include those that postulate the reasons behind the need for any insanity plea. These theories address society's compulsion to assess such problems and then neatly place them in a convenient package. Indeed, the criminally insane must be protected from themselves in order to better fit in with society; as such, the inclusion of the insanity defense fits in quite well with the need to shuffle social problems from one area to another. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: TLCinsan.rtf

Social Consequences of Thievery in Saudi Arabia Verses the United States
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An 8 page discussion of the differences which exist in punishment and the incidence of criminal acts in Saudi Arabia and the United States. While an emphasis is put on theft, other criminal acts such as murder, adultery, and apostasy (the conversion of a Muslim to Christianity) are also considered. The author of this paper contends that the differences which exist in these countries’ crime rates relates to societal expectations as well as to the degree of punishment which can be expected. The point is made that while punishment in Saudi Arabia may seem harsh and reprehensible from a western perspective, it is certainly effective in reducing the country’s crime rate. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPsaudiT.rtf

Social Control Theory.
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(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 these restraining factors are thought to involve society in some way, as with the sociological notion that norms are internalized, then the theory is said to be a "social" control theory. Durkheim and Hirschi are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BbsocclR.doc

Social Control Theory: All People Have The Potential To Violate The Law
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6 pages in length. This two-part project randomly interviewed a dozen young men and women from a cross-section of society: Three Latinos, three African-Americans, three Caucasians and three Asians, all within the age bracket of eighteen to twenty-four years old and all from various socioeconomic backgrounds. Secondly, it examined the socially and emotionally underdeveloped characters of Rebel Without a Cause, with each one demonstrating various aspects of Hirschi's Social Control Theory in conjunction with their juvenile delinquent behavior. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TLCSocConTh.rtf

Social Theories Explained
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A variety of social theories are discussed in this 10 page paper. Specific theories include anomie, differential association, social strain, social stratification and alienation. The importance of the family, and different views on the subject, is also included. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Socthers.wps

Social Theory & Security Management
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An 18 page paper that explores the ramifications of social crime prevention through the application of social theories in the work of security managers. Paper deals with such issues as anomie, deviance, etc. and discusses these issues through the viewpoint of current research and application of the theories. Bibliography lists more than 15 sources.
Filename: Crimthry.rtf

Societal Perception of Blame in Sex Crimes
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A 5 page discussion of our societal tendency to place the blame on a woman when she becomes the victim of a sex crime. This paper pulls from Joyce Carol Oates" "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" (a short story fictionalizing the real-life murders of Charles Schmid in the 1960s) and the more contemporary considerations of blame found in Ellen Goodman's "When a Woman Says No" and Susan Jacoby's "Common Decency". No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPlitOa3.rtf

Societal Perceptions of Women Perpetrators of Violent Crimes
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A 5 page examination of author Helen Birch' suggestion that: "The mythology of Myra Hindley reveals, above all, that we do not have a language to represent female killing...". The author of this paper contends that while that has been the case throughout history, feminist criminology is slowly fashioning such a language. Bibliography lists sources.
Filename: PPcrmWmn.rtf

Sociocultural Forces and Juvenile Gangs
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A 3 page discussion of the influence sociocultural forces have in influencing juveniles to join gangs. The author demonstrates that the sociocultural forces come full circle when the same juveniles that were once influenced to join a gang start exerting influence on others. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPsocGng.rtf

Sociological Considerations in Parole and Probation
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An 18 page consideration of the numerous sociological factors that surround parole and probation. The author emphasizes the importance of societal integration in preventing recidivism and discusses the difficulties that are presented for minorities and in cases utilizing electronic monitoring. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: PPparol3.rtf

Sociology of Crime
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Sociology of Crime: This 8-page essay discusses a number of issues inherent in the sociology of crime, including types of law, judicial history, and a chronological look at the prevalent theories used to delineate both the causal factors and patterns of aberrant human behavior. Fundamental to our own system of justice, (and thereby the subsequent and relevant theories that came to reflect our contemporary beliefs about criminology), is the British monarchy and its Common Law dicta. Using this as the cornerstone of the U.S. Constitution, our Forefathers delineated the democratic rules and judicial parameters that have remained with us to this day. Bibliography lists 5 sources. SNNatlaw.doc
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Solutions For The Economics Of Crime
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6 pages in length. The writer discusses drug legalization and prison-based education programs as they relate to solutions for the economics of crime. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TLCEcoCr.rtf

Street Crime in Japan and the United States
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This 6 page paper examines crime in Japan and the United States, citing opinions from sociologists as well looking at how media has portrayed crime in each nation. Reasons for crime are examined and the two countries are compared and contrasted in respect to street crime. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: SA018Jap .wps

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