Justice

As long as society existed, crimes accompanied it. The response to crime has changed over time, from revenge or “an eye for an eye” concept to various sanctions and treatment approaches. Today criminal justice alienates from “one sanction fits all” approach and attempts to understand the motives of the crime. The important issue is dividing […]

Crime Type Sociological Cause Sociological Theory Violent crimes Violent situations Micro-sociological theory of violent confrontations Economic crimes Criminal personality of the employees, failures in economic systems, economic instability and inequality Strain theory Street crimes Social inequality, economic instability Social disorganization theory, Social conflict theory Drug crimes Anti-social peer network, influence of the mass media, easy […]

Contract is an agreement between two or more persons which defines their rights and obligations and is legally enforceable. This means that once the agreement is not followed, the law of the land takes its course and persons involved are under obligation of the law. A contract to be true and enforceable, it must have […]

1. There is no compatibility of executions with the evolving decency standards as the protestors think because even the term used to describe the punishment is already indecent “cruel and unusual punishment”. Justice Brennan adds by arguing that this clause has to show a meaning from standards that are evolving of decency which marks the […]

Death penalty is a capital punishment usually given to people who have committed capital crimes. There has been a lot of campaign worldwide against the punishment, and some countries have abolished it. In the United States of America, some states like Illinois, Michigan, and Alaska among others have abolished the punishment. However, it is still […]