Even though marijuana is banned by the international treaties and most national laws, the question whether marijuana should be legalized remains open. Marijuana abuse and dependence are highly prevalent in the United States. On one hand, this substance has important medical implications. On the other hand, the chronic and regular...
Central Theme The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is officially titled “An act to protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures made pursuant to the securities laws, and for other purposes.” The goal of the law was to revise the requirements for the boards of public companies. The boards’...
Report for a Police Chief – Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, DC In 2014 there were 105 homicides, and in 2015 there were 162 – 54% increase. In 2014 there were 319 forcible rapes, and in 2015 there were 297 – 7% decrease. In 2014 there were 3,296 robberies, and in...
The Role of the Supreme Court The criminal justice system of the United States of America values the presumption of innocence, and numerous individuals who are suspected or accused of a crime have the opportunity to defend themselves. In addition, the government utilizes the Constitution to control the process of...
Introduction The US has been on the front line in combating drug trafficking. President Nixon initiated the fight in 1971. Since then, the war against drugs has been great. The intensity of the war is abridged by changing opinions and statistical evidence (Bourgois, Auyero, Bourgois, & Oxford, 2015). It is...
Criminal Justice Article Review The final paper will be concentrated on public opinion regarding various types of convictions. Moreover, the paper will be focused on identifying the essential reasons for wrongful convictions and how the effects of this misconception can be mitigated. Overall, the paper will discuss the implications inherent...
Concepts of National Rights vs. States Rights The concepts of state rights vs. national rights have been analyzed by legal experts and constitutional theorists for several decades. The Tenth Amendment of the Constitution outlines the division of power between states and the federal government. The amendment states that: “The powers...
Mature Enough According to the University of Rochester Medical Center, the human brain doesn’t reach its full maturity until the age of 25 years old (Shelat, 2018). If this is true how can a child be tried for a violent crime as an adult? I don’t believe you justifiably can...
Description Missions, Tasks, Duties, Responsibilities, and Operations Although the concepts of Homeland Security (HS) and Homeland Defense (HD) are often conflated, there is a significant difference between the two. HS implies a national endeavor at handling the risks associated with terrorist attacks and decreasing the rates of vulnerability toward terrorism among...
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 is a federal law of the United States that requires covered employers to grant employees job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified family and medical reasons. The qualified reasons include the following: pregnancy, adoption, personal illness or a family member’s illness, and...
Abstract This paper proposes the perspective study, focusing on qualitative and quantitative data collection methods. The research is to identify the extent to which neighborhood conditions affect the criminal behavior of youth. It is suggested that the mixed design of data collection will allow reflecting information comprehensively. While the qualitative...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted by President Barack Obama in 2010, but most of the ACA provisions took effect in 2014 (French, Homer, Gumus, & Hickling, 2016). Since the moment of its formulation, the public health reform remains a target for criticism. The act transformed...
The Constitution of the United States of America in the collection of fundamental laws that control the work of the government and outline the responsibilities of its legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The United States constitution also establishes the basic rules regarding the law of criminal procedure in order to...
The debate to bear arms is a factor that draws one of the biggest divides in the United States of America. One group of people advocates for bearing arms as provided for in the second amendment while another group proposes strict gun control laws. It is imperative to realize that...
Framing the Problem The article “where have all the criminals gone” was written by “Steven Levitt and Stephen Dunbar.” They argue that there is considerable proof to support a connection between abortion and crime falls. Initially, the authors discuss the case and history of abortion in Romania. They argue that...
Introduction The debate about whether marijuana should be legalized in the United States has been there for several years. The government drug regulatory policies are very inconsistent and regulatory interventions are normally based on 5 approaches. The 5 approaches which have been used by the government to regulate drugs include...
American Criminal Court system was constituted by the US Constitution and consists of a network of distinct parts that are coordinated with the main goal to achieve law enforcement that makes offenders pay for their crimes while ensuring that those affected are compensated appropriately. According to Neubauer and Fradella, law...