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The society can never be free of prejudice and discrimination, just as innate visible differences between people of various origins and backgrounds will always be present as a part of us and our identity that can never be eliminated unless through extreme means. The roots of prejudice and discrimination within us and the society lie…

Social perception is complex and category processing occurs rapidly. Stereotypes are cognitive representations of various social groups. Prejudices are affective associations about these groups. A variety of mechanisms operating at different levels feed into the processes of racial perception, stereotyping and prejudice formation. Intergroup bias is dynamically shaped through the interplay of multiple mechanisms that…

Budge et al (1998, p.177) defines a constitution as Denshrining in law the rights and duties of citizens and the functions and powers of the state and its major branches. In most countries throughout the world this constitution takes the form of an actual written document typically written on vellum with an official seal. An…

Targeting kids especially when it comes into sexual matter, it has always being seen as the worst possible act. From all criminals, child molesters are detested and everyone despises them, even murderers are more welcome in prison than them. John Wayne Gacy was one of those men that did everything; tortured, raped, and killed. Numerous…

Children in the media are a controversial subject because of the mainstream lines drawn that assess maturity and a judgment of which is age appropriate to know the moral standards of “right versus wrong”. When the media concentrates on the term “stranger danger”, it pulls attention away from other criminals and focuses primarily on forewarning…

On any given day you canâ€TMt open up a newspaper or watch television and not find an article or a broadcast about juveniles committing crimes. The government follows a policy that no crime goes unpunished. The controversy that surrounds courtrooms today is whether or not a juvenile should stand trial as an adult and be…

The Federal Government should have kids tried as adults. What happens to the teachers families who are killed in school shootings? I feel that the federal government should change these laws for the following reasons. It filters out bad kids, helps keep them off the streets, and lowers crime rates over all. It will help…

A movement has taken hold of our nation to change the juvenile justice system, and erase any distinction between young offenders and adult criminals. Almost all fifty states have changed their juvenile justice laws, allowing more youths to be tried as adults and scrapping long-time efforts to help rehabilitate delinquent kids and prevent future crimes….

What are the realities of juvenile crime? Determining what is considered a crime, status offense, or delinquency for a juvenile depends on their offense. There are many variables that correlate with juvenile crime statistics. The court process for a juvenile is different than that of an adult but it has many similarities as well. All…

In Laurence Steinberg’s essay, “Should Juvenile Offenders be Tried as Adults?, Steinberg expresses a clear opinion based on the juvenile court systems. And an issue that has considerable affects on juvenile delinquents. Steinberg states that it is now very common to see juveniles. Being transferred into the adult court system without age being taken into…