The research paper that you write for this class will be an argumentative paper on a current topic of significance. The paper should be at least five pages in length and should utilize a minimum of five sources.<\/p>\n
It can be from any of the topics<\/p>\n
Criminal Justice
\n\u2022 Should the judicial system be reevaluated or changed because of racially unfair
\nsentences?
\n\u2022 What changes should be implemented to prevent male-male prison rape?
\n\u2022 How has the proliferation of privately funded prisons changed the criminal justice
\nsystem in America?
\n\u2022 Should certain non-violent crimes be punishable by fines rather than jail time?
\n\u2022 Are state-mandated “three-strikes” policies unfair?
\n\u2022 Should children who commit certain crimes be treated as adults? If so, is there a
\nlower age limit to this policy?
\n\u2022 Are exile programs (where a criminal is sent to prison in a distant state) fair?
\n\u2022 What kinds of rights should criminals have?
\n\u2022 What conditions of incarceration are fair?
\n\u2022 Are certain kinds of capital punishment cruel and unusual?
\n\u2022 Should prison be punitive or rehabilitory in nature?
\n\u2022 Now that genetic\/DNA evidence is admissable in court, should controversial closed
\ncases be re-opened?
\n\u2022 If someone has already been executed, should his or her case be re-opened under
\ncertain circumstances? Should some kind of reparation be made to the families of the
\nwrongfully accused?
\n\u2022 Should there be a limit to the number of death row appeals that can be made?
\n\u2022 Is society’s obligation to simply remove a criminal from society, to actually punish
\nthe criminal for crime, or a combination of both? Considering this, then what is the
\nnature of the death penalty in America today?
\n\u2022 Should the legal requirements for obtaining a search warrant be changed?
\n\u2022 If an officer finds something that he was not looking for (e.g., narcotics in an
\nautomobile that was being searched for firearms), why should or shouldn’t the officer
\nhave the right to take the accused into custody? Consider the issue of “reasonable
\nsuspicion” in your discussion.
\n\u2022 Why are lawyers stereotyped as sharks? Is this a fair representation, and if not, why
\nis it so prevalent?
\n\u2022 Many consider today’s justice system to be too slow. What improvements could be
\nmade to expedite the system without sacrificing due process?
\n\u2022 Many states have harsher penalties than others for drunk driving. Consider the
\npolicies of a particular state and argue for a change in the penalties.
\n\u2022 Define “terrorist.” Under what circumstances, if any, is “terrorism” acceptable?
\n\u2022 Should terrorists be tried in a military or civil court?
\n\u2022 If being tried in our court system, should the citizens of other countries have the
\nsame rights as citizens of the United States?
\n\u2022 Argue for or against an amendment to the statute of limitations for a particular
\ncrime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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