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Guardian Ad Litem
Number of words: 346 - Number of pages: 2.... a guardian is a liaison between
the child and the courts, presenting written reports and recommendations to
help act in the child's best interests. Finally, as a spokesperson, a
guardian makes sure the child's wishes are heard and their best interests
are presented to the courts and social services agencies involved with the
child. Qualifications to be a Guardian Ad Litem are: at least 19 years old;
pass screenings with law enforcement agencies, the Abuse Registry, and
Guardian Ad Litem staff; and have a genuine concern for a child's welfare.
No prior experience is necessary as each v .....
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Pedophilia: Causes And Typologies
Number of words: 1667 - Number of pages: 7.... enhancement movement,
with confessed pedophiles insisting that their behavior is not wrong or immoral.
Organizations dedicated to the social acceptance of sex with children are not
new, yet have had a large upstart in membership since the early 1970's(Charon,
1979).
Because of the extreme sensitivity of the subject, research in this
field is quite underdeveloped. Researchers have even had trouble in agreeing
what to call the phenomenon. Much research on the victims has dubbed the act as
child sexual abuse, most research on the offenders has labeled it as child
molesting or pedophilia. T .....
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Fidel Castro's Reign In Cuba
Number of words: 3347 - Number of pages: 13.... shared the distaste for a regime increasingly nauseating to most public opinion. It became clear that Batista regime was an odious type of government. It killed its own citizens, it stifled dissent. (1) At this time Fidel Castro appeared as leader of the growing rebellion. Educated in America he was a proponent of the Marxist-Leninist philosophy. He conducted a brilliant guerilla campaign from the hills of Cuba against Batista. On January 1959, he prevailed and overthrew the Batista government. Castro promised to restore democracy in Cuba, a feat Batista had failed to accomplish. This promis .....
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A Democratic Society
Number of words: 1767 - Number of pages: 7.... is common.
Equality is said to be having the same rights and freedoms as everyone else. In
modern society this is very true to a certain extent. The only thing equal
about people is that we are all born and eventually we all die. In North
America, I believe that equality among people is nearly impossible. The
education is the main source of the problem. Education itself created
inequality between children at an early age. Since no two persons are created
equally, they will not have the same opportunities, nor will they make use of
opportunities offered to all people like the education s .....
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DNA And Crime
Number of words: 1299 - Number of pages: 5.... swab taken after a
rape, or root hairs are all available for analysis. Although other body tissues
such as skin cells and saliva can provide genetic information about a person for
Forensic Science purposes, blood is the most useful source of inherited traits.
If the DNA fingerprints produced from two different samples match, the two
samples probably came from the same person.
Here are some examples of court cases where DNA plays an important roll
in the outcome of the trial.
Hauppauge N.Y.: After 11 years in prison for rape Kerry Kotler cried tears
of joy becoming one of the first .....
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Legalization Of Marjuana
Number of words: 1194 - Number of pages: 5.... marijuana and considered the same, but
do not let this fool you. Marijuana comes from the flowers or "buds" of the
hemp plant. These buds are what contains the THC and gives the user the high
effect (Pluff 1). Other nations such as Europe have registered varieties of
hemp seeds that contain less than .03 percent of THC including the buds (Pluff
1).
Now that you know what hemp is, lets look at its uses. Hemp fiber can
be turned in to rope, canvas, and paper, and this is only a few of the uses.
The rope that is made with hemp is said to be resistant to both fresh water and
salt water. It .....
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Imperialism And India
Number of words: 1063 - Number of pages: 4.... as
coining money and act as government to British subjects at the East India
Company's posts. As well, the British government also gave the company the
right to make was or peaceful arrangements with powers who were non-Christian.
This control expanded with the founding of a port at Bombay in 1668, and the
founding of Calcutta in 1690. Then in 1756, a young employee named Robert Clive,
who had been named lieutenant-governor in 1755, was sent to take back Calcutta
from the Bengal nawab. He accomplished this in January of 1757. Then later
that year, Clive lead a group of 950 European and .....
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Was Khruschev's Foreign Policy Successful?
Number of words: 847 - Number of pages: 4.... not provide an impetus for the policy Khrushchev was calling “peaceful co-existence”.
Although certainly not insignificant, these episodes proved to be islands of co-operation a sea of confrontation. They did not prevent hardening of Europe’s division into Eastern and Western Blocs. The Soviet reaction included organising the Warsaw pact, the Moscow dominated military alliance that after 1955 stood opposed to Nato across Europe.
The Soviets also worked to mend their fences with communist nations in an attempt to reunite the communist world, including a 1954 treaty with China. The .....
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Marbury Vs. Madison (1803)
Number of words: 451 - Number of pages: 2.... the country offer him a remedy?3) Can the Supreme Court issue the proper remedy?
These ansewers were sought after in the rial and the here are the resaults.Given the nature of the job, once a commission is signed and sealed, it is law. A Justice of the Peace is entitled to serve the full term of his office and is not subject to removal by executive whim.Since all the proper procedures were followed, Marbury has a vested right to his commission and to withhold it is to violate the law.
The ansewer to the first question wasyes.The Anglo-American legal system is premissed on the assumption tha .....
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Capital Punishment: Does The End Justify The Means?
Number of words: 1487 - Number of pages: 6.... on the grounds by the government,
that society has a moral obligation to protect the safety and the welfare of its
citizens. Murderers threaten this safety and welfare. Only by putting murderers
to death can society ensure that convicted killers do not kill again.
Second, those favoring capital punishment contend that society should
support those practices that will bring about the greatest balance of good over
evil, and capital punishment is one such practice. Capital punishment benefits
society because it may deter violent crime. While it is difficult to produce
direct evidence to support .....
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