Guns Should Not Be Banned in the US Essay

Only half a month prior a man with the name Adam Lanza chose to take the weapons of his mom and end the life of 20 youngsters and 8 grown-ups, including his mother’s and his own. This barbarity hasn’t been the first. In the weeks since the slaughter, firearm control supporters have required another government prohibition on attack weapons and for decreases in the quantity of covered convey licenses gave to private residents. Nonetheless, to accuse ambush weapons for this catastrophe bodes well as reprimanding planes for the 9-11 assaults. The issue lies with the culprit, not the apparatus used to perpetrate the wrongdoing. It is a deception that further firearm control will ensure the general population since no law, regardless of how prohibitive, can shield us from individuals who choose to carry out savage wrongdoings. Firearms ought to never be restricted in the United States, on the grounds that the ownership of weapons at last improves open security. Epitomized in the Second Amendment to the Constitution is simply reality that administering people should bear the obligation regarding safeguarding themselves. The Amendment states, â€Å"A very much managed Militia, being important to the security of a free State, the privilege of the individuals to keep and carry weapons, will not be infringed.† Many warmed contentions as to the Second Amendment have been created among legitimate researchers. The most lively discussion among everything is the right significance of the expression. Some contend that the privilege of carrying weapons just applies all in all to those in the volunteer army. In any case, Pratt shows that numerous researchers disregard the fundamental standards in the Amendment, including the law of self-government and the privilege of self-preservation. His contention is upheld by a statement from one establishing father, â€Å"a essential law of nature, which . . . (is] the prompt endowment of the Creator.† Pratt shows that, self-preservation is an undeniable right that is unalienable and unequipped for being given up or moved. Numerous star weapon control supporters hold fast to the conviction that the accessibility of firearms cause vicious wrongdoing to occur and, all the more significantly, that criminal brutality as a rule can be decreased by restrict ing access to guns. This is a testable experimental suggestion. Research shows that incapacitating the general population has not diminished criminal savagery. For instance, in Washington, D.C. what's more, New York City, serious firearm control laws had been applied, yet Washington D.C. is the â€Å"murder capital of the US† and New York City positions among the most risky places in the nation. In the two urban areas, savage lawbreakers can without much of a stretch get the most fatal weapons in the city in no time. Lawful researcher John Lott presents the most thoroughly far reaching information examination at any point done on wrongdoing measurements and option to-convey laws. Lott had sat the plan on the effect of weapons on wrongdoing in America by making a gigantic dataset of every one of the 3,054 areas in the United States during 18 years from 1977 through 1994. He proposed an amazing factual contention that state laws empowering residents to convey disguised handguns had decreased wrongdoing (18). There are two reasons why covered handgun laws decrease vicious wrongdoing. Initially, they diminish the quantity of endeavored violations since crooks are unsure about the chance of potential casualties shielding themselves. Second, casualties with ownership of weapons are in a vastly improved situation to safeguard them. Lott likewise introduced the solid adverse connection between the quantity of decent residents with grants and the crime percentage, which decreases as more individuals acquire licenses (59). A definitive inquiry that worries everybody is in the case of permitting decent residents to claim weapons will spare more lives or not. While there are numerous recounted stories delineating both great and terrible employments of weapons, Lott responded to this inquiry by outlining his information examination and finish up the net impact. This convenient and provocative work arrives at the frightening resolution: more firearms mean less wrongdoing. Having firearms is one of the significant techniques for residents to protection themselves. A few people may utilize weapons in illicit manners, yet more have the motivation behind keeping horrendous things from transpiring. Making firearms illicit will essentially incapacitate serene residents. Simultaneously, hoodlums will consistently discover the weapons they have to do their wrongdoing. This circumstance leaves a green light for brutal hoodlums to assault everybody, leaving potential casualties exposed. Consistently, a huge number of quiet Americans effectively use weapons to protect themselves. An investigation directed by Florida State University criminologist Gary Kleck found that Americans use weapons protectively 2.5 million times each year dependent on 16 national reviews of tests of the U.S. populace. Preceding Kleck’s study, thirteen different reviews s howed a scope of between 800,000 to 2.5 million cautious weapon utilizes every year. Given that there are undeniably more weapon possessing wrongdoing casualties than there are firearm claiming lawbreakers and that exploitation is spread out over various casualties while insulting is among a moderately modest number of guilty parties, Kleck come to the end result that guarded firearm utilizes are considerably more typical than criminal weapon utilizes (102). This case has been over and again affirmed, and stays one of the most reliably upheld declarations in the firearms brutality explore zone. Through long stretches of research, Kleck has discovered solid proof that â€Å"crime casualties who use firearms during a wrongdoing are more averse to be harmed or executed, and more averse to lose property than wrongdoing casualties who embrace some other system, including non-resistance.† The plan of certain promoters of weapon control can be deluding. As the discussion over the 1976 District of Columbia firearm boycott illustrates, â€Å"gun control† regularly covers for a concealed motivation. English Cabinet papers declassified in 1969-70 show that in spite of cases made in Parliamentary discussions, the aim of the Firearms Act 1920 was not to diminish or forestall wrongdoing, however to forestall a dreaded Bolshevik transformation in Britain. Direct proclamations by individuals from the Cabinet exhibit a plan to misdirect people in general about their goals. There are reasons other than the ownership of firearms that could cause the high recurrence of shooting. Being one of them, Cramer’s article, Ethical issues of mass homicide inclusion in the broad communications looks at the manner by which factually lopsided inclusion of mass killings by Newsweek and Time from 1984 to 1991 energized at any rate one copycat wrongdoing, and may have caused others. Cramer utilizes a copycat wrongdoing Joseph Wesbecker sentenced after Patrick Purdy for instance. Beginning inclusion of Purdy’s wrongdoing was moderately controlled, and just the fundamental subtleties were accounted for. Be that as it may, after seven days, Patrick Purdy’s name kept on getting press consideration, and thusly his acclaim expanded. Articles referencing Purdy or his wrongdoing kept on showing up in for a long time. On September 14, 1989, Joseph Wesbecker, utilizing precisely the same weapon as Purdy did, led his very own slaughter. In the wake of finding out about the dangerous intensity of Patrick Purdy’s weapon, Wesbecker cut out a February Time magazine article on some of Purdy’s abuses, so as to depict the firearm to a weapon seller. Popularity and ignominy are in a moral sense, alternate extremes. Practically, they are about indistinguishable. The human need to commend human honorability, and to reprove human debasement, has made us commit enormous consideration, both insightful and well known, to depicting the total inverses of go od and abhorrence. The quest for distinction can lead individuals to demonstrations of extraordinary boldness and respectability. It can likewise prompt demonstrations of extraordinary brutality. Other than the long-term banters on firearm control law itself, it is fundamental for the general population to consider different issues with respect to open wellbeing. In all cases, weapon bans have been incapable, costly, and significantly counter-gainful. In the event that appropriately gave, enrolled, observed and put away, weapons will help guard US citizens’ security. The truth of the matter is that we live in a risky world and the administration can't secure us for each and every moment. We should at last depend upon ourselves and just by having the vital apparatuses would we be able to make it feasible. In this manner, weapons ought to never be restricted in the United States.

the person you are now

the person you are now Six minutes ago I was supposed to be out on my flight from Los Angeles to Boston, returning a little later from my Thanksgiving break than everyone else due to the simple fact that flights were cheaper today rather than last Sunday. I am, unfortunately, not on that flight because it was delayed by 6 hours and am instead sitting on my couch, watching the time tick by, and reflecting. Airports have not treated me very kindly this past year. Every time Ive been at an airport, it was either to say hello to the boy I thought was the love of my life, or goodbye to the boy I thought was the love of my life. Ive spent these past few days revisiting old places I used to frequent a lot back when I was in high school. The Source in Buena Park, Baekjeong on Beach Blvd, my aunts house in Cerritos. Every place I went, everything felt a little bit off. I dont like being back in California because every memory here is now slightly tainted. Bittersweet. I look around in the places I used to call home and they feel like hollow shells with memories echoed in its crevices, both good and bad. I walk by the food court in The Source and only see shadows of past selves laughing with my friends who are no longer my friends, holding hands with a boy no longer in my life, crying as I confront the people who hurt me most. I am not fond of these echoes. And I think its for these reasons that Ive grown to dislike my time in California. Only a little bit ago I had come home for Columbus day weekend and everything was fine. In fact, I wanted to stay. Now, MIT represents something a lot more pure. Its a fresh start for me. I recently went through the process of cleaning out all of my social media, archiving posts from the past two years. I dont know if it was torture or therapy to have to relive every single post, every moment overshared. From an initial breakup of two boyfriends ago, to falling in love with the second boyfriend, to falling out love again. From anxiously choosing junior year classes, to summer internships, to college applications, to my MIT acceptance, and to now. I see names of people who are no longer here, whose voices and personalities and faces have started to erode with the passing of time and I am afraid that there will come a day where I dont remember her name anymore. And that will be the biggest injustice to her legacy yet. Ive been going through this series of remembering and forgetting, remembering and forgetting, curating these boxes of memories to throw and memories to keep. I sometimes ask myself if Id ever want to have my Clementine moment, erasing every moment that brings me pain. But I have to remind myself that its these very moments that helped shape me into the person Ive become. I say it all the time and I will continue to say it again but MIT has truly, truly changed my life in these few months. Ive been able to become more vulnerable and affectionate, loving and open, bold and daring.   At the end of my social media cleanse, I wrote a post to document everything Ive learned in life this past semester. Breakups I know this is a bit personal for the MIT blogs, but also I think its a veryimportant part to mention for the college experience. When I walked into MIT, 5 out of the 8 people in our friend group were in long distance relationships, myself included. By the middle of November, that number dropped to 2. Being single for the first time in a year and a half is incredibly jarring. I have no one to send good morning and good night texts to, no one to send stupid, trivial updates to, no one to call on Discord and watch Adventure Time with.   It has been a difficult adjustment and I cant say Ive been handling it well, but I know I made the best decision for me. Throughout my high school career, I clung onto my romantic relationship because I felt very isolated at school. It was there for me and grounded me in some of the worst times of my life and some of the best times of my life. Coming to college, I realized I no longer needed to be grounded, that I had found a group of my own to call home and no longer needed the protection that I found in my relationship, and I made the ultimate decision to utilize the time in college to focus and explore a new life of independence. I cried for the very first time over this breakup a month after it happened, proving to me that the weird, strange healing process is very, very different for every person and every relationship. But I am happy I cried because that means things are finally starting to process. Distance Ive been kind of neglecting myself in hopes of caring for others. Imagine a bird repeatedly flying into a cactus because it wants to hug it. Thats me. Im the bird. After I told my mom I hated being back home, she told me, Thats good. That means youre no longer needy for home. But its funny cause that means youre needy for your friends now. It isabsolutely known to me that I am, in fact, a very needy, emotional being. If you couldnt tell that from my posts, you should probably go back and reread them. They are volatile and full of mush. But I am volatile and full of mush, so it makes sense that my posts are, too. Ive been trying to find comfort in just  being. It seems that for these past years, Ive always had someone to cling on to and someone to turn to always. Now, Im kind of trying to realize that I dont need outside validation in order to feel good about myself. Its a process. I amdefinitely still the attention-seeking mess Ive always been, but there is slow improvement. Less message your ex at 2ams, less send this risky text to this person when you know it wont work out, less stay up and overthink this one event that happened 4 years ago. Its a process. Indulgence Ive mentioned in the past that Ive struggled a lot with body image and eating disorders. I have not mentioned that Ive qualified for the Miss Massachusetts Teen Pageant award taking place this January. I am now mentioning that unsurprisingly my participation in this pageant has brought back some of those demons. But, Im proud of myself because while there have been some sneaking thoughts creeping back, Ive been able to handle them pretty well. I returned back home for Thanksgiving and absolutely indulged myself in whatever food I wanted. Absolutely guilt free. I have not been to the gym since last Wednesday. I am going to go to the gym tomorrow after my midterm and classes. I am also going to start cooking again. (I have not cooked since the breakup and have been subsisting off of yogurt and granola for breakfast daily, Sate for lunch, and honestly forgetting to eat dinner.) Furthermore, I am going to eat three meals a day and Love Myself. Take that, eating disorders. Im considering doing keto, realized my blood pressures kind of fucked and its not a good idea to go on a high fat high protein diet when your blood pressure is fucked, and switched it instead to low carb. I am sad because my favorite foods include pasta, bread, and rice. Unfortunate. Overall, pretty pleased with how my mental has been handling my physical health. I said this in the blogger slack but just so everyone knows: I am terrified of the gym. I do not deadlift properly. I am currently perhaps on the search for a personal trainer when I get back home. Despite all these things, Ive been going to the gym four times a week during my time at MIT. Hoping to make that six times a week but baby steps, please, baby steps. Identity When writing my other post Be Social, I actually made a really big realization that Im uncomfortable in spaces with primarily East Asian women and feel very inferior/low in these spaces. I wanted to join ADT and do formal recruitment for some primarily Asian sororities earlier in the fall, but felt I wasnt Asian enough to join it, not because of their advertising, but more of because of this strange, internalized self-hatred thats managed to manifest. Growing up Filipino, Ive always noticed how we are not exactly the poster children for Asia. This was also mentioned in one of posts regarding my MIT essay revisions. I grew up being told that the Philippines was the mutt of Asia, that we were some fucked up hybrid of past colonizers and forced to scramble around, grabbing at colonial identities like straws in order to try and make something of our own. So, yeah, obviously Im still pretty fucked up about it. I didnt believe I was pretty for about 15 years of my life because I wasnt [insert literally any East Asian country here]. I wanted to change my race so badly, wanted to hear a different language around the house, wanted to be recognized and validated by the public eye. I love my identity, I love my heritage, I love being Filipino. But it gets hard sometimes when Im surrounded by pretty pale skinny Asian girls and I remember that I will never look like them. Next semester/next year, though, I plan to try and overcome these fears. To make space in places where I feel there is no space. Therapy Kind of twiddling with the idea of going back to therapy again. Ive been going on and off since the fourth grade. My last appointment was right before I left for August orientation. Did some self care over Thanksgiving break by a) not touching any work at all except for maybe a couple hours at a Starbucks as I cried over my 8.01L prepset and b) only listening to BTS for the past 4 days. Incredibly therapeutic. Please go watch their MMA performance, it is the best kpop performance of 2019 and an incredible way to close out the decade. Growth Speaking of lingering trauma at the places that used to mean the most to me in high school, I visited my old high school again! [RECORD SCRATCH NOISES TO INDICATE A BREAK IN THE FOURTH WALL OF THIS POST: Sorry, god, the tone of this post changed so much. Ive been writing for the past 50 minutes straight, okay, emotions change. I started this post off teary eyed and we really were not vibing but now Ive kind of sat back and am very pleased with how this post is going. Its so therapeutic to write this. I love oversharing on the Internet. I cant believe I have a job where I can cry publicly on the front page of a globally renowned institution. I love MIT. MIT is great, kids. You get to do shit like this. Sorry, moving on.] It was both uncomfortable and rewarding to visit my old high school again. The best parts of high school were my teachers and few close friends and maybe Organic Chemistry and Engineering102. The worst part of high school was everything else. But going back to high school and seeing how far Id come was incredibly validating to me and made me appreciate college even more. In December 2018, I wasnt even sure if I was going to live to see the end of senior year. Now, Im crying in my California home because Im so excited to go home and see my friends again.01 hello crabmeats if youre reading this i love you. thank you. I made sure to fill my teachers in on everything my classes, MIT admissions blogging, my dorm, my friends, my social life. Everything. And as I walked them through it, I couldnt help but smile to myself because I was so genuinely happy about where I was in life and where Im headed. I was also happy I was able to talk to my friends who are currently undergoing the very stressful, difficult process of being a high school senior. College application season is one of the worst times in anyones life. But also, senior year is really when you realize your fake and real friends. And its very, very difficult to have to go through friend drama alongside college applications. I am wishing all the love and support to all of my high school seniors out there. Conclusion MITs kind of fucking amazing. The classes are hard, but fulfilling. The people are incredibly unique and supportive. The faculty are passionate and kind and helpful. There is an insane amount of opportunities here that I never thought Id ever get to explore or do. Ive tried so many new things, met so many people, and learned so much academically and emotionally that I am eternally grateful for this first semester at MIT. PNR is coming to a close and I am very nervous to receive actual grades. But I am excited for my classes and excited to spend another semester with my friends and family at MIT. I am proud of the person I am now and the person I am becoming. And I look forward to seeing where these upcoming months bring me next. hello crabmeats if you're reading this i love you. thank you. back to text ?

Jacquelinemcneal1 PA260 Unit 9 Final Project Essay

Making the Amber Alert Jacqueline McNealy Kaplan University Authors Note: This paper was prepared for Criminal Law, Section 2, Instructed by Stacey Callaway. In 1996, a 9 year old girl, Amber Hagerman was riding her bike around the neighborhood when a neighbor heard her scream. The neighbor witnessed the little girl being pulled off her bike, by a man, and thrown into a pickup truck. The neighbor called the police, and Amber’s brother went home and notified their parents. After contacting a man who had a similar event happen to his daughter, the family began contacting the media and the FBI. Neighbors, friends and family began searching for Amber, and after the media aired information about her case, most in Arlington, Texas†¦show more content†¦Amber Hagerman’s case is unsolved, to date. In February 2011 the police was lead into a child pornography and trafficking network resulting in the police questioning a man, Bill Fry. In 1996 Fry, who has been living in Arizona, had an apartment in Texas not far from the location Amber was abducted. By August the police raided Fry’s home. While the police found child pornography, Fry was dismissed by the police from being a suspect in the Hagerman’s case (The Tarrant County Observer, 2011). Because there has been no arrest, no trial, and the case is still open and being investigated, the case information is unattainable. While the court may not have made a decision which began the legislative process changing a law, the Amber Hagerman case is still a landmark case because it is responsible for The Amber Alert system. Because the idea to quickly find Amber via the media and broadcast agencies was successful, the idea of using the media to locate a child became more routine. It is designed to locate and retrieve a child who has been kidnapped and or missing and in possible danger. The word Amber became an acronym for America’s Missing Broadcast Emergency Response. After Texas began using the Amber Alert system more routinely, more states began adopting the Amber Alert as well. 3 years later, the White House held a conference to discuss Missing and Exploited and runaway children, with the result of the President appointing the first ever

Syphilis Infection and Potential Progression Free Essay Example, 2500 words

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Truth in Sentencing Free Essays

Truth-in-sentencing debate Learning Team B CJA/204 November 26, 2012 Deana Bohenek Truth-In-Sentencing Debate Opening Argument Truth-in-sentencing laws do not deter crime. The federal truth-in-sentencing law guarantees that certain violent offenders will serve at least 85% of their sentence  (Schmalleger, 2012). However, if the offender acts accordingly in prison, he or she can attain parole for good behavior. We will write a custom essay sample on Truth in Sentencing or any similar topic only for you Order Now What about the victims? Victims do not want to hear this. If an offender is sentenced for 30 years, the victim wants justice and wants to see the full 30 years served. They do not want to see the offender getting released after 25 years. The truth-in-sentencing laws are the judges’ guideline when choosing the sentence of the offender. The law is a structured guideline for sentencing the offenders. However, the judge can deviate from the guidelines if there are mitigating and aggravating circumstances. Look at plea bargaining,  this is still a possibility even though there are truth-in-sentencing laws in place. The offender knows that if they get caught, they can plea bargain for a lesser sentence and be back out on the streets sooner. Let me say it again, truth-in-sentencing laws do not deter crime. The offenders know they will get out of prison soon through a plea bargain or parole. They know they can avoid serving the full sentence that the judge imposed on him or her. The only way to deter crime and reduce recidivism is to abolish the possibility of parole and ensure that the sentence the judge renders is carried out to full-term. Obviously, to take away the option for parole would mean that the prison populations would increase. Well, we should take the funds left over from overhead to run the parole division and build more prisons to house these offenders. The longer we keep them off the streets, the safer society will be. Rebuttal Argument Each state has to look at the amount of money being spent to house each inmate they have in custody. Because the Truth-In Sentencing Law wants to keep the offender behind bars until they complete their entire sentence/term in prison no matter what the costs are to the public. Meaning, everyone’s hard earned income  (taxes) are used to keep them in their present place of occupancy. This law depletes the services we receive from our state revenues. We don’t have much say in the budget spending but we do see the increase in taxes used for each state program. I have to disagree with the statement made â€Å"The offenders know they will get out of prison sooner through a plea bargain or parole. †Ã‚   Not all offenders before or during their trial will know the outcome of sentencing. Many do not have the option for plea bargaining because plea bargaining depends on the severity of the crime committed. Instead, if the case went directly to trial, (this includes judge and jury) the accused might have a chance of plea bargaining. No plea bargaining makes the offender eligible for a parole based on his or her behavior during incarceration and no plea bargaining being offered. But if society had no parole system, then the correctional system will have to face overcrowding in the institutions. The lack of Rehabilitation for said prisoner would be non-effective because there would be no programs such as work-time credit or good-time credit, which is the main reason why early release would benefit them. With those programs the time served by offenders would be less and would allow the offenders to enter back into society. The fear of re-entry of said offenders are the defense for keeping them locked up. These programs should be used for offenders that have this as a first offense on their record and have shown they can be productive in today’s society. Not all inmates are repeat offenders some are just non-violent offenses but carry a great penalty. When I was younger it was a big deal to go to jail because it showed most people that they were a â€Å"badass†, a badge of honor, and should be feared. In my eyes it was a waste of mind, body, and productive individual. Those same individuals found when they came out ithout a trade they were worthless and the only way to survive was crime and more time in jail. In Illinois, Governor Pat Quinn on October 2, 2012 has reinstated the program for â€Å"Good-time† releases,  a way to bring down the overcrowding in his state and federal prison system. Opening Argument Truth-in-Sentencing laws deter crime because they ensure that offenders are in prison for at least 85% of their sentence. Therefore, the convicted offenders stay in prison for longer periods and not able to commit additional crimes and endanger the member of society. TIS laws are the assurance of longer prison terms as punishment and serve as an effective deterrent from criminal actions to the serving offender and others who may be considering criminal acts. The laws provide the ability for the criminal justice system to operate more effectively by lowering violent crimes as well punishing violent criminals. According  to the publication from  University  of Alabama at Birmingham (2005) citing data from Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the decade following the passage and implementation of the truth-in-sentencing laws in 1994, the arrests for violent crimes were reduced by 16% by the year of 2005. The TIS laws also limit some of the discretion of the judges and parole boards with regard to release of the offenders prematurely and being â€Å"too soft† on crime, thus eliminating the many possibilities for the offenders getting away without receiving the well-deserved punishment. The Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report from January 1999 indicates that prior to the TIS laws violent offenders barely served half the length of their sentences. What kind of message did that send to the convicted or potential criminals? With the availability of TIS laws, criminal justice administrators can build public confidence by ensuring that the just punishment is served to anyone breaking the law. In the article written by Joanna Shepherd published in the Journal of Law and Economics, she makes this statement: â€Å"Using a country-level data set, empirical results confirm that TIS laws deter violent offenders, increase the probability of arrest, and increase maximum imposed prison sentences. TIS laws decrease murders by 16%, aggravated assaults by 12%, robberies by 24%, rapes by 12%, and larcenies by 3%† (Shepherd,  2002,  p. 09). Today, more states are implementing the TIS laws and abolishing parole and indeterminate sentencing, demonstrating that the state legislature believes in this uniform application of justice processes and effectiveness of these laws in crime prevention. This information clearly shows that TIS laws are very effective in deterring crime by ensuring the stern and just punishm ent for offenders and sending the clear message to potential criminals that criminal behavior will be punished by lengthy imprisonment. Rebuttal Argument What about crime being committed in prisons around the world? Are we just going to ignore that fact because victimization is still happening across the boards of federal and state prisons? According to  a writer of The  New Yorker, Adam Gopnik, darkly described America prisons as â€Å"the moral scandal of America life. Prison rape is so endemic- more than seventy thousand prisoners are raped each year. † That is routinely held out as a threat, part of punishment to be expected. † (Gopnik, 2012). The National inmate survey reported that â€Å"An estimated 4. 4% of prison inmates and 3. % of jail inmates reported experiencing one or more incidents of victimization by another inmate or facility staff since admission to the facility  (Beck Harrison, 2010). The total federal and state population in 2010 was 1,605,127, while the total jail population in 2009 was 767,620. This implies that there were over 94,000 victims subject to multiple violations (Beck Harrison, 2 010). No I don’t agree with the fact that offenders being incapacitated for longer periods of time don’t commit another crime. For people who want to do so, they will commit crimes anyway, and largely at that. Especially, the incentive behind good time credit is to have offenders behave in prison. If you lock them up in less than ideal conditions with no incentive to behave appropriately while incarcerated, they will be a population difficulty to control because they have nothing to lose. Earning good time credit gives them an insight to behave well inside. As for truth-in sentencing laws, I don’t know if I  would actually say it is a deterrent or at least how much of a deterrent it  is, but I think it is  important nonetheless. Prior to 2003, legislation allowed for automatic emission of every sentence imposed to be reduced by one third (Chong, 2008). If the offender was made eligible for parole, a portion of that sentence is served under supervision in the community to enable their reintegration  into the community when released (Chong, 2008). Legislation introduced in 2003 abolished the automatic remission provision, so the sentence  imposed would more truly reflect the time to be served. In its place, legislation required courts to adjust the sentence actually imposed by one third, to reflect the abolition of automatic remission (Chong, 2008). What the government has done is  replace  automatic remission with reduction of sentence (Chong, 2008). The more things change, the more they remain the same. Sentences are more or less duration  for the same type of offenses (Chong, 2008). Some say the money being used for these criminals sitting in  jail should be more valuable of utilizing for work  time credits and more programs  for educational, substance abuse, psychiatric help programs for these offenders before being released out into the world again. I think it will better prepare themselves rather than not knowing what to do and all they are use to is the  jail’s way of life in which they will end up back  in having that kind of mind set. References Beck, A. J. , Harrison, P. M. (2010, August). Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2008-09. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Retrieved from http://bjs. ojp. usdoj. gov/content/pub/press/svpjri0809pr. cfm Chong, P. (2008, June 19). The Truth about ‘Truth in Sentencing’. WAtoday. Retrieved from http://blogs. watoday. com. u/theverdict/2008/06/the_truth_about. html Ditton, P. M. , Wilson, D. J. (1999, January). Truth in Sentencing in State Prisons. Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report,  (NCJ 170032). Retrieved  from  http://bjsdata. ojp. usdoj. gov/content/pub/pdf/tssp. pdf Gopnik, A. (2012, January 30). The Caging of America. The New Yorker. Retrieved from http://www. newyorker. com/arts/critics/atlarge/2012/01/30/12030crat_ atlarge_gopnik Schmalleger, F. (2012). Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century, 11th ed. Upper Saddle River: NJ. Shepherd, J. M. (2002, How to cite Truth in Sentencing, Essay examples

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Truth-in-sentencing debate Learning Team B CJA/204 November 26, 2012 Deana Bohenek Truth-In-Sentencing Debate Opening Argument Truth-in-sentencing laws do not deter crime. The federal truth-in-sentencing law guarantees that certain violent offenders will serve at least 85% of their sentence  (Schmalleger, 2012). However, if the offender acts accordingly in prison, he or she can attain parole for good behavior. We will write a custom essay sample on Truth in Sentencing or any similar topic only for you Order Now What about the victims? Victims do not want to hear this. If an offender is sentenced for 30 years, the victim wants justice and wants to see the full 30 years served. They do not want to see the offender getting released after 25 years. The truth-in-sentencing laws are the judges’ guideline when choosing the sentence of the offender. The law is a structured guideline for sentencing the offenders. However, the judge can deviate from the guidelines if there are mitigating and aggravating circumstances. Look at plea bargaining,  this is still a possibility even though there are truth-in-sentencing laws in place. The offender knows that if they get caught, they can plea bargain for a lesser sentence and be back out on the streets sooner. Let me say it again, truth-in-sentencing laws do not deter crime. The offenders know they will get out of prison soon through a plea bargain or parole. They know they can avoid serving the full sentence that the judge imposed on him or her. The only way to deter crime and reduce recidivism is to abolish the possibility of parole and ensure that the sentence the judge renders is carried out to full-term. Obviously, to take away the option for parole would mean that the prison populations would increase. Well, we should take the funds left over from overhead to run the parole division and build more prisons to house these offenders. The longer we keep them off the streets, the safer society will be. Rebuttal Argument Each state has to look at the amount of money being spent to house each inmate they have in custody. Because the Truth-In Sentencing Law wants to keep the offender behind bars until they complete their entire sentence/term in prison no matter what the costs are to the public. Meaning, everyone’s hard earned income  (taxes) are used to keep them in their present place of occupancy. This law depletes the services we receive from our state revenues. We don’t have much say in the budget spending but we do see the increase in taxes used for each state program. I have to disagree with the statement made â€Å"The offenders know they will get out of prison sooner through a plea bargain or parole. †Ã‚   Not all offenders before or during their trial will know the outcome of sentencing. Many do not have the option for plea bargaining because plea bargaining depends on the severity of the crime committed. Instead, if the case went directly to trial, (this includes judge and jury) the accused might have a chance of plea bargaining. No plea bargaining makes the offender eligible for a parole based on his or her behavior during incarceration and no plea bargaining being offered. But if society had no parole system, then the correctional system will have to face overcrowding in the institutions. The lack of Rehabilitation for said prisoner would be non-effective because there would be no programs such as work-time credit or good-time credit, which is the main reason why early release would benefit them. With those programs the time served by offenders would be less and would allow the offenders to enter back into society. The fear of re-entry of said offenders are the defense for keeping them locked up. These programs should be used for offenders that have this as a first offense on their record and have shown they can be productive in today’s society. Not all inmates are repeat offenders some are just non-violent offenses but carry a great penalty. When I was younger it was a big deal to go to jail because it showed most people that they were a â€Å"badass†, a badge of honor, and should be feared. In my eyes it was a waste of mind, body, and productive individual. Those same individuals found when they came out ithout a trade they were worthless and the only way to survive was crime and more time in jail. In Illinois, Governor Pat Quinn on October 2, 2012 has reinstated the program for â€Å"Good-time† releases,  a way to bring down the overcrowding in his state and federal prison system. Opening Argument Truth-in-Sentencing laws deter crime because they ensure that offenders are in prison for at least 85% of their sentence. Therefore, the convicted offenders stay in prison for longer periods and not able to commit additional crimes and endanger the member of society. TIS laws are the assurance of longer prison terms as punishment and serve as an effective deterrent from criminal actions to the serving offender and others who may be considering criminal acts. The laws provide the ability for the criminal justice system to operate more effectively by lowering violent crimes as well punishing violent criminals. According  to the publication from  University  of Alabama at Birmingham (2005) citing data from Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the decade following the passage and implementation of the truth-in-sentencing laws in 1994, the arrests for violent crimes were reduced by 16% by the year of 2005. The TIS laws also limit some of the discretion of the judges and parole boards with regard to release of the offenders prematurely and being â€Å"too soft† on crime, thus eliminating the many possibilities for the offenders getting away without receiving the well-deserved punishment. The Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report from January 1999 indicates that prior to the TIS laws violent offenders barely served half the length of their sentences. What kind of message did that send to the convicted or potential criminals? With the availability of TIS laws, criminal justice administrators can build public confidence by ensuring that the just punishment is served to anyone breaking the law. In the article written by Joanna Shepherd published in the Journal of Law and Economics, she makes this statement: â€Å"Using a country-level data set, empirical results confirm that TIS laws deter violent offenders, increase the probability of arrest, and increase maximum imposed prison sentences. TIS laws decrease murders by 16%, aggravated assaults by 12%, robberies by 24%, rapes by 12%, and larcenies by 3%† (Shepherd,  2002,  p. 09). Today, more states are implementing the TIS laws and abolishing parole and indeterminate sentencing, demonstrating that the state legislature believes in this uniform application of justice processes and effectiveness of these laws in crime prevention. This information clearly shows that TIS laws are very effective in deterring crime by ensuring the stern and just punishm ent for offenders and sending the clear message to potential criminals that criminal behavior will be punished by lengthy imprisonment. Rebuttal Argument What about crime being committed in prisons around the world? Are we just going to ignore that fact because victimization is still happening across the boards of federal and state prisons? According to  a writer of The  New Yorker, Adam Gopnik, darkly described America prisons as â€Å"the moral scandal of America life. Prison rape is so endemic- more than seventy thousand prisoners are raped each year. † That is routinely held out as a threat, part of punishment to be expected. † (Gopnik, 2012). The National inmate survey reported that â€Å"An estimated 4. 4% of prison inmates and 3. % of jail inmates reported experiencing one or more incidents of victimization by another inmate or facility staff since admission to the facility  (Beck Harrison, 2010). The total federal and state population in 2010 was 1,605,127, while the total jail population in 2009 was 767,620. This implies that there were over 94,000 victims subject to multiple violations (Beck Harrison, 2 010). No I don’t agree with the fact that offenders being incapacitated for longer periods of time don’t commit another crime. For people who want to do so, they will commit crimes anyway, and largely at that. Especially, the incentive behind good time credit is to have offenders behave in prison. If you lock them up in less than ideal conditions with no incentive to behave appropriately while incarcerated, they will be a population difficulty to control because they have nothing to lose. Earning good time credit gives them an insight to behave well inside. As for truth-in sentencing laws, I don’t know if I  would actually say it is a deterrent or at least how much of a deterrent it  is, but I think it is  important nonetheless. Prior to 2003, legislation allowed for automatic emission of every sentence imposed to be reduced by one third (Chong, 2008). If the offender was made eligible for parole, a portion of that sentence is served under supervision in the community to enable their reintegration  into the community when released (Chong, 2008). Legislation introduced in 2003 abolished the automatic remission provision, so the sentence  imposed would more truly reflect the time to be served. In its place, legislation required courts to adjust the sentence actually imposed by one third, to reflect the abolition of automatic remission (Chong, 2008). What the government has done is  replace  automatic remission with reduction of sentence (Chong, 2008). The more things change, the more they remain the same. Sentences are more or less duration  for the same type of offenses (Chong, 2008). Some say the money being used for these criminals sitting in  jail should be more valuable of utilizing for work  time credits and more programs  for educational, substance abuse, psychiatric help programs for these offenders before being released out into the world again. I think it will better prepare themselves rather than not knowing what to do and all they are use to is the  jail’s way of life in which they will end up back  in having that kind of mind set. References Beck, A. J. , Harrison, P. M. (2010, August). Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2008-09. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Retrieved from http://bjs. ojp. usdoj. gov/content/pub/press/svpjri0809pr. cfm Chong, P. (2008, June 19). The Truth about ‘Truth in Sentencing’. WAtoday. Retrieved from http://blogs. watoday. com. u/theverdict/2008/06/the_truth_about. html Ditton, P. M. , Wilson, D. J. (1999, January). Truth in Sentencing in State Prisons. Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report,  (NCJ 170032). Retrieved  from  http://bjsdata. ojp. usdoj. gov/content/pub/pdf/tssp. pdf Gopnik, A. (2012, January 30). The Caging of America. The New Yorker. Retrieved from http://www. newyorker. com/arts/critics/atlarge/2012/01/30/12030crat_ atlarge_gopnik Schmalleger, F. (2012). Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century, 11th ed. Upper Saddle River: NJ. Shepherd, J. M. (2002, How to cite Truth in Sentencing, Essay examples

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Wwii (1981 words) Essay WwiiPursuant to the agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 1 July 1997. Under the terms of this agreement, China has promised that under its one country, two systems formula its socialist economic system will not be practiced in Hong Kong, and that Hong Kong shall enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs. Location: Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China The Hong Kong Region Lies on the Eastern side of the Pearl River Estuary, facing Macau across the river, bordering on the South China Sea and bounded by 3 Special Economic Zone on the north. Its railway distance is 140 Kilometers to the city center of Guangzhou in GuangDong Province. (Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and Macau will ultimately form a very vital triangle in the Pearl River Delta making this region one of the strongest is the world economically.) 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Near the end of the 19th century, the western powers and Japan scrambled for their spheres of influence in China one after another. Russia leased the Port of Dalian in the Northeast, Germany leased Qingdao City and some other places in Shangdong Province, while France leased the then Guangzhou Wan (Now Zhenjiang City) in the west part of Guangdong Province. Under such circumstances, The British did not lag behind, so just two and a half years after Japan occupied Taiwan as the result of the defeat of Qing Em pire in the Sino-Japanese War in 1895. The British lost no time in seizing a large piece of land and a large number of islands around Hong Kong which made up what Hong Kong is today. At a discussion in the Parliament on whether to take this voracious imperialistic action or not, a minister warned, if we miss this chance to de so, it will be too late. 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When Hong Kong sees the sunrise, its midnight in London so when the Hong Kong bankers get up in the morning they can see the closing quotation of stock exchange of London. When the Hong Kong financial organizations finish in the afternoon, the London market is going on powerfully. Hong Kong can adjust their counter measures according to the change of market quotations of London. When evening comes to Hong Kong the New York stock exchange reopens. Then Hong Kong influences the U.S. stock market. So, Hon g Kong links the three time zones of Europe, Asia, and America into a one. Hong Kong today is one of the three biggest financial centers in the world together with New York and Frankfurt. Its also one of the three gold trade centers besides London ; Zurich of Switzerland. The following facts and figures may help us understand further the position of Hong Kong in the world economic life today. ? Hong Kong is the biggest transit port in the world. 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This event happened one year and 7 months before the signing of the humiliating Nanjing Treaty, according to which, Hong Kong was ceded to Britain. The Nanjing Treaty was the first unfair treaty of national betrayal and humiliation in the modern history of China. Since then, China had been reduced to the status of a semi-colonial feudalistic country. The cession of Hong Kong was a sign of Qing Dynastys sinking into depravity until its doom. The Political Status of Hong Kong (Prior to July 1, 1997)Hong Kong, in a strict sense is not a British colony. It is a piece of foreign occupied land of Chinas territory. The Chinese governments standing towards the status of Hong Kong and Macau won wide support from the international society. In November 1972, at a voting of the Assembly of the United Nations, a solution was by overwhelming majority of 99 to 5 votes to cancel the names of Hong Kong and Macau from the list of existing colonies in the world. 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Coincidentally, the British had just won a war against Argentina over Malvinas Islands. . Mrs. Thatcher must have thought that being a victor in a newly won war would strengthen her position in the talks with China, but she found she had miscalculated. In face the British proposals- sovereignty for dominion, co-dominion, and extension of the lease of the New Territory for 50 more years from 1997 were all rejected by China one by one. Finally both sides came to a solution of one country two systems. A capitalist economic system remains unchanged after 1997 for at least 50 years. Hong Kong people will enjoy a very high autonomy, exercising their administrative power under the sovereignty of the P.R.C. (Peoples Republic of China). This solution will be satisfactory to China, Britain and Hong Kong people as well. As a result of this mutually beneficial solutions the Sino -British Joint Declaration was signed in Dec. 1984. 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