Bureau of Prohibition

In the film, The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991), FBI student Clarice Starling challenges traditional gender roles as she struggles to assert her equality and overcome sexism within a traditionally male-dominated profession. However, the constant pressures placed on Starling to mask her femininity in order to gain respect, as a result of sexist attitudes portrayed in the film, as well as Starling’s reliance on male characters, undermine the movie’s liberal feminist perspective and reinforce a

Legalization of Marijuana Several topics in modern day society cause controversy, but one topic that out ranks them all is the legalization of marijuana. The main argument is whether not marijuana should be treated the same as already legalized drugs, such as tobacco and alcohol. Many Americans use marijuana illegally; the people using the drug range from the age of teens to even adults in their eighties. Marijuana is considered by most, especially in legal terms, as a dangerous drug. Although

“The Most” Known Unknown in the World Racism has been and always will be a form of segregation concurrently and in the history of humanity. From Ancient times to current, the status of segregation by any means of oppression privy of power, wealth, and prestige has been as second nature as drinking water. While Coates has his own perspective of reality and its structure, it’s interesting that a so called genius had taken almost 30 years to finally see the true nature of “the beast” he frequented.

contraception during sex. After her founding of Parenthood in 1916, It led to major modifications in the laws governing birth control and sex education in the United States. Planned Parenthood originally went by the name Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau but later formed with the American Birth Control League (ABCL) which eventually evolved itself to become a center advocating for women's health with a primary focus on providing abortions for women (“History of Planned Parenthood”). Previously, this

prevent snooping and eavesdropping, situated only blocks from the US Capitol building and the White House, it is quite possibly the most powerful court ever heard of. This paper will discuss the decision of the FISA Court (FISC) regarding the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) July 18, 2013 Application for Certain Tangible Things for Investigations to Protect Against International Terrorism. This application is for an order pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) Title

Law Enforcement Angela Primiano CRJ 201 Instructor: Donald Mason January 13, 2012 Every society has rules to go by and laws that must not be broken and along with that is the criminal justice that even gives the criminal rights. Criminals in the United States are to be given their rights and not to have harm to them in any way under the justice system as they may be freed from their prosecution and their case be acquitted if found in their favor if an act of unjust or immoral conduct

RODUCTION Consumer rights protection has been an ongoing phenomena, since the 50 B.C when the Roman Government passed the Lex Julia de Annona statute to protect consumers for roman citizens. In Tanzania consumer rights protection came during the era of low commodity production, consumers faced a problems in terms of goods that were imported and exported, hence it became necessary to have laws to protect the consumers. It is vivid that consumer protection goes hand in hand with the laws on competition

that we will talk about today, few are more famous than the men in this room. Eliot Ness, Elmer Irey, Harry Anslinger, and J. Edgar Hoover were all well known for taking down criminals involved in many different rackets. Eliot Ness of the Bureau of Prohibition and Elmer Irey of the IRS were particularly influential in taking down gangsters during the 1920’s and 30’s. Though Ness could not get a conviction to stick to Al Capone, he and his posse of agents were famous for being “The Untouchables”,

Framing the User: Social Constructions of Marijuana Users and the Medical Marijuana Movement Nelson A. Pichardo Almanzar Dept. of Sociology Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA 98926 Pichardn@cwu.edu Thanks to Laura Appleton and Ericka Stange for comments on an earlier draft. Thanks also to Kirk Johnson for his assistance in locating criminal data sets. Framing the User: Social Constructions of Marijuana Users and the Medical Marijuana Movement ABSTRACT Social movements are continuously

Post). Also according to the Huffington Post, with this legalization it can improve the economy as much as 13.7 billion per year, and as the Huffington post states, “At a minimum, this debate will force advocates of current policy to show that prohibition has benefits sufficient to justify the cost of