Law

This essay aims to highlight the role of the theory of governmentality in the workings of criminology and how it has affected the reward and punishment system. Crime is...

Slightly over a year after the shocking killing of a Black teen, Michael Brown, the country has been treated to even more cruel killings and/or use of excessive force on Black/Hispanic suspects by law enforcement agencies.

Law on criminal activities has been changing to accommodate the new and emerging human rights, but some issues have come up. As the author of the article, Jeff Jacoby states, during the era of Boston Puritan forefathers...

The hypothesis of this study was to examine whether having friends who display specialization in specific deliquescence acts about other offensive types would predict an individual's tendency...

America has undergone a lot of transformations regarding issues dealing with domestic violence from the time when women were not recognized in the household to the present era, in which they are considered equal to men.

Maritime law, otherwise called the admiralty law is a distinct body of laws that helps in governing the issues relating to the maritime questions and offenses in the society and helps in tackling the challenges...

The United States Supreme Court on June 2013 issued a ruling on Fisher v. University of Texas Abigail Fisher the petitioner, from Texas, was disallowed admission to the institution at Austin, to join the class of 2008.

The Boston police department is indeed the definition of change and improvement of police-community relations. Coupled with engaging programs the department has set the ball running for other state agencies and counties.

The increasing number of fatal accidents in the United States has raised questions about the quality of drivers in the country. Particularly, the legal age of driving has been a matter of debate.

Rape could be defined as an assault involving use of sex without clear consent of one party. It may also involve physical penetration by use of hands, fingers or objects...

Baby boomers refer to the population that was born between 1946 and 1964 in the United States. This portion of the population has been recognized for its considerable contribution to economic growth and development.

Social scientists, societal opinion-shapers and ordinary members of the American demographic component have all converged in their opinions that racism has been one of the major social, political, and economic problems in America.

Community policing is a strategy that supports and promotes the regular exercise of partnerships and trouble solving systems, to tackle practically the immediate situations that provide an increase to public safety concerns.

This article, The costs and benefits of Sarbanes Act, was compiled and written by Julia Hanna, who is an associate editor for the Harvard Business Schools Alumnis Bulletin.

In the United States, there have been 294 mass shootings in the year 2015 as of October according to data from the BBC. The shootings are defined as incidents when four or more people are killed or injured by a firearm.

The article by Sanchez and Tran (2015), presents a classical case of parricide, and exhibits how social decadence has taken root in the contemporary American society. Acc...

Professional liability refers to the concern for purported uncomplimentary outcomes that may result in providing the advice to a client like MacArthur requested in accord with the terms of the contract.

Guns should be controlled as they are the main reason for the mass shootings that are experienced in the United States. Additionally, the cases of homicides have risen in the present days due to the lack of gun control mechanisms.

Persons with Intellectual Disability often face a lot of challenges in their day-to-day lives. There has always existed a link between crime and developmental disabilities as well as in the development of policies and laws.