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Crimes and Drugs

according to Tonry, "fugitive," that is, it is carried out by private sector research firms, independent research agencies and non...

Crime and Substance Abuse

the increased propensity of our nations youth to use drugs can be traced back to the same root reasons as the other problems which...

Security Manager Assistance Offered by Analyzing Crime Patterns

in front of their school are all examples of provocative situations that may escalate and trigger crimes."1 Human nature i...

United Kingdom's Criminal Justice System, Crime, and Mental Illness

the criminal justice system has to protect society and seek to gain a balance between the required protection for each group. In...

Crimes Committed by Computers

The Comprehensive Crime Control Act was created as a means by which to provide Secret Service with legal influence over both compu...

Punishment for Crime in the U.S. China, Germany, and Israel

Israels rehabilitative methods, a turn toward changing attitudes fostered in great part by public opinion and public policy. Whil...

3 Point Supporting Argument for Gun Control

bloodshed and terror of such despicable crimes comes the most obvious of questions: Why are kids killing each other? In an ideal ...

Rates of Property Crime and the Impact of Unemployment

motor vehicle theft", the FBIs definition does not include robbery but does include arson (Imrohoro, Merlo and Rupert, 2001). Mer...

Crime Sociological Theory

objection to the idea. "...It is too risky to allow mentally ill adults in a residential neighborhood close to schools and senior...

Four Films and Their Portrayal of Crime and Judicial Procedures

element introduced when Utah encounters Bodhi, and is made to consider rather deeper philosophical aspects of life than the straig...

Juvenile Delinquency and Child Abuse Connection

if the child in question has been the victim themselves and in such cases recommends a course of treatment rather than incarcerati...

Accounting and White Collar Employment in 'Down and Out in White Collar America' by Nelson Schwartz

This has been especially true in accounting. Twenty years ago, the profession of accounting mainly focused on spreadsheets and the...

Campaign Promises and Crime

cities in the United States. Of course New York and Los Angeles had greater numbers of incidents of crime, but New Orleans ranked...

Crime Investigations and the Media's Role

has also led to accusations of copycat crimes. Overall, it has been determined that the best balance of this relationship is too m...

Film Industry and Revelations on Crime and Punishment

woman. She has the ability to ruin peoples lives. This gives her a great deal of power and it corrupts absolutely. As Judge Danfor...

Network Security and Computers

than fifteen percent back in 1994. It can be argued that with the ever-expanding user-friendly applications over the past decade ...

1980 Crimes

well-known and senseless killings of 1980 was the cold-blooded killing of famous Beatle John Lennon. As Lennon stepped from a lim...

Juvenile Crime and the Death Penalty

believes he can take the life of another without reciprocal discipline is a concept many find difficult to grasp, a point well tak...

Identity Theft

the identity gets the bill, at least eventually. Unscrupulous individuals pretending to be someone else in order to access mater...

Domestic Violence, Policing, and Feminist Response in the UK

define as well as measure. Violence and abuse is a wide ranging topic, physical violence may be seen as usually assumed to be in...

Three Strikes Law in California

of those that opponents to the law point to as evidence its injustice. In 1995, Andrade was arrested for shoplifting $84 worth of ...

California's Inmate Population and Gang Legislation

gang situation for most of the nation has escalated and California reflects those trends. As a result, specific laws pertaining on...

Report on Cyber Crime

situation has resulted in opportunities for great innovation and creativity in both legitimate and illegitimate enterprise. Not su...

Understanding How Crime is Experienced by Senior Citizens Research Proposal

The National Crime Victimization Survey reports that the rate of violent crime victimization of persons ages 65 or older was about...

How Being Victimized by Crime Can Change a Person

his anger, his confusion, have not receded and he is a victim of crime. We see how this man is affected by his position as a vi...

Durkheim, Lombroso, and Beccaria on Crime

Cesare Lombroso was an Italian medical doctor, psychiatrist and criminologist, who created a sensation with his book that was publ...

Crime and Punishment in The Odyssey

growing stronger and more defiant with every passing episode. "...Homer certainly recognizes the notion of intention, and in many...

Annotated Bibliography of 2002's Proceeds of Crime Act

reasonable funds may be seen as subjective guidance is also given on what would be deemed as reasonable grounds. There are other a...

Internet, Computers, and Global Issues

to create problems, while others are out to do damage (Adams, 2000). There is in fact a debate on the ethics of hacking as there a...

Rape Victims Issues

whether or not a woman has actually been the victim of a "real" rape. What the student working on this project will want to consi...