Social Issues
Published: 04/03/2008
Growing up 20 years ago was quite different than it is today, and for obvious reasons. Kids in the 80's -- before the advent of video games -- used to climb trees, ride bicycles, and play sports (the kind that used real balls, not remote controls). City-organized little league football, baseball,...
Published: 03/03/2008
At the National Conference of Criminal Law and Criminology, held in Chicago, at Northwestern University, in June, 1909, the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology was organized; and, as a part of its work, the following resolution was passed:
"Whereas, it is exceedingly desirable...
Published: 03/03/2008
The female occupants of our penitentiaries are comparatively few in number, and although much is being written nowadays concerning the treatment meted out to male convicts, that to which women are subjected has excited little attention.
The Los Angeles branch of the Prison Reform League is...
Published: 02/03/2008
Fifty years ago emigration to New Zealand would have been a fearful and pioneering move. It would have involved weeks on a boat travelling around the world then arriving in a country you knew very little about. In many ways you would be forfeiting any contact with family other than by mail which...
Published: 02/03/2008
Recidivism is the tendency of criminals to return to crime after spending time in an institution for the reform of the criminal character. This term applies to both juvenile and adult delinquents, and is seen to be the major reason behind the soaring crime rates of late.
The problem is not a...
Published: 02/03/2008
The passage from the old to the new ; from the regime of vengeance and deterrence, operating through the base passion of fear, to that of social protection and individual reformation, naturally finds its most complete expression in the treatment of juvenile delinquents. We say " naturally "...
Published: 02/03/2008
Every year, literally millions of Americans suffer from the gripping pain of drug addiction. Whether the addiction involves marijuana, heroin, cocaine, club drugs or prescription drugs, addiction is a powerful force to contend. Many drug users do want to be free of their addiction, but feel...
Published: 02/03/2008
In order to understand the failings of the modern Western Prison system, it is fruitful to examine the results obtained in Japan, where better reform rates are to be found.
It is difficult to associate the light-hearted Japanese women with the dark, forbidding and depressing side of life...
Published: 02/03/2008
Open the page of any popular 21st century newspaper and you will see story after story exposing individuals who have been arrested in connection to some crime or other. Uniformly, you will find them treated as guilty before the trial. It is this treatment which ruins the reputations of many...
Published: 01/03/2008
Plastic surgery is becoming an increasingly popular option for Britons, an industry expert reports.
According to Felicity Quigley, editor of Looking Good BuyAssociation, more people are getting surgical work done. Although levels among both sexes are rising, she suggested that a surging number...
