Law

 Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 The main focus of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967 was to prevent any age based discrimination in employment.  The Act appears in the volume 29 of the United States Code at the beginning of section 621.  American population is aging fast and the aging […]

List three ways in which groups deal with deviants. Explain why groups feel it is necessary to deal with deviance. Explain why groups occasionally tolerate deviance and identify factors that determine the degree of tolerance exhibited by group members. Groups have several ways of dealing with the deviants. The correctional systems can vary from group […]

Theories in Criminology: From Demonology to Biological Theories of Crime #Demonology  Crime does not evolve from any single source.There can be several reasons behind a person’s criminal behavior. The theorists in criminology have tried to explain these reasons through several theories. From Demonology to the Born Criminal theory, several theories have been advanced in an […]

Delinquency and Childhood Abuse Research has highlighted a very important link between delinquency and childhood abuse. However, apart from delinquency, childhood abuse has also been linked with several other negative outcomes. People who have experienced childhood abuse are 5 times more likely than those who have not to be ill with PTSD.  The likelihood of being […]

Correctional eras in US Criminal Justice System: From the Penitentiary to the Just Deserts era   The penitentiary era marks the beginning of the US correctional system.  Since then several eras have passed and the philosophy of the correctional system has kept changing as these eras changed. It is important to have a knowledge of these eras […]