Lecture posted March 4, 1993 by Russell Kirk
The Meaning of Justice
The word "justice" is on everyone's lips nowadays, and may
signify almost anything. We hear the cry "Peace and Justice!" from
folk who would destroy existing societies with fire and sword.
Other folk fancy that perfect justice might readily be obtained by
certain financial rearrangements -- as if anything in this world
ever could be…
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Lecture posted July 29, 1992 by The Honorable William Barr
Crime, Poverty and the Familiy
I don't have to tell you that things are at a critical juncture
in our country when it comes to violent crime. We find violence now
running at intolerably high levels. The heyday of violent crime was
actually in the 1960s and 1970s, and I will describe it in more
detail later. It peaked…
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Testimony posted March 26, 2003 by Paul Rosenzweig
Sentencing of Corporate Fraud and White Collar Crimes
Good morning Judge
Murphy and Members of the Commission.Thank you for the opportunity
to testify on the proposed amendment regarding corporate fraud and,
more generally, about the nature of white-collar crime
sentencing.
For the record, I
am a Senior legal Research Fellow in the Center for legal and
Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation, an independent
research and…
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Backgrounder posted March 10, 2000 by Patrick Fagan, Ph.D.
Congress's Role in Improving Juvenile Delinquency Data
Mounting social science research confirms
what most Americans already know: The breakdown of the family
contributes significantly to many of society's ills, including
poverty, crime, drug addiction, school drop-out rates, and poor
health. From this same research, Americans also are learning that
when fathers are absent from their families, the rate of…
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