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Issues & Controversies explores and analyzes hundreds of hot topics in politics, business, government, crime, law, energy, education, health, family, science, foreign policy, race, rights, society, and culture. Updated weekly, with a wire-service newsfeed providing the latest headline stories, Issues & Controversies offers in-depth articles designed to inspire thought-provoking debates and research papers. Since its inception in 1995, Issues & Controversies has been a core student and educator resource for understanding and writing about contemporary events and conflicts, as well as for debate prep. It also provides comprehensive coverage and analysis every year of the National High School Debate Topic.

Browse Issues: Crime, Law, and Judicial System
Results: 60

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Boot Camp
Capital Punishment
Civil Forfeiture
Constitution
Copyright Infringement
Copyright Law
Criminal Justice System
Cybercrime
Date Rape
Death Penalty
Detainees' Rights
DNA Evidence
Domestic Terrorism
Drug Legalization
Drug Violence
Early Release for Prisoners
FBI
Felony-Murder Laws
Fourth Amendment
Hate Crime Laws
Judicial Activism
Judicial Elections
Juror Anonymity
Jury Nullification
Juvenile Justice
Juvenile Sentencing
Law Enforcement
Lethal Injection
Marijuana Legalization
Mass Incarceration
Militarization of Police
Military Tribunals
Minimum Sentencing Laws
Plea Bargains
Police Brutality
Police Lineups
Prison Overcrowding
Prisoners' Rights
Prisons
Private Security
Prostitution Legalization
Quality-of-Life Policing
Racial Profiling
Right to Bear Arms
Search and Seizure
Self-Defense Laws
Sentencing Laws
Sexual Assault in the Military
Sexual Assault on Campus
Sexual Harassment
Sharia Law
Solitary Confinement
Stop and Frisk
Strip Searches
Supreme Court
Teen Courts
Texting While Driving
War on Drugs
Wiretapping
Wiretapping the Internet