Racism, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Watch the video -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt0f5WyAoGU&feature=youtu.be Summarize your thoughts about the video and answer the questions What are racism, prejudice, and discrimination? What factors contribute to racism, prejudice, and discrimination?...

Juvenile Justice

“Missouri Sees Teen Offenders as Kids, Not Inmates” (transcript available, 5 minutes in length). National Public Radio report: “Crisis-Prone Texas Juvenile Facilities Look to Reform” (transcript available, 5 minutes in length Assignment You are...

Harsh Prison sentencing

Description Do harsher prison sentencing laws, like mandatory sentencing, help prevent crime, or should Congress repeal mandatory minimum sentencing laws? California’s Three Strikes law is an example of a mandatory sentencing scheme that has been reformed since its...

Privacy, Security and Trust

Read “Privacy and Trust Issues with Invisible Computers” Lahlou, S. and Röcker, C. Communications of the ACM 48(3): 59-60 (March 2005). What are the five characteristics that make “invisible” computer systems different from more traditional ways of collecting and...

CRIMINAL LAW

You’ll assume the perspective of a criminal defense attorney who’s been asked to consult on two real, high-profile cases: The State of Texas v. Ethan Couch and The State of Texas v. Eric Miller. Both cases took place in Texas and involve a teenager who drove while...

Associative evidence

The essay must cite this following book; Criminalistics: Forensic Science, Crime, and Terrorism James E. Girard, 2017 Jones & Bartlett Learning ISBN.13: 978-1-284-14261-7 What is associative evidence? Explain the difference between the two types of associative...