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Crime in America

nearly 13.2 million offenses, a decline of 2 percent from the 1996 level and 7 percent from the 1993 figures" (FBI National Press ...

Global Violent Crime in the 21st Century

of the marriage, it is not uncommon to find a significant percentage of the married female population enduring regular and constan...

Meaning of Hate Crimes

are placid and do nothing, allowing these they of crime to continue. If we consider the way that those in society are...

Portrayal of Racial Stereotypes in the Media

to recognize the implications of such attitudes is the only way to fight against its continued allowance. Descriptions of such ra...

Due Process Model and Packer's Crime Control

models of the criminal justice system in order to better depict how these two different viewpoints "compete for priority in the op...

The Field of Forensic Entomology

the skin. The field of urban entomology can be of importance because the forensic entomologist can be a crucial part of civil jud...

Economics of Crime Problems and Solutions

because of their greater medical needs (Himelstein, 1993). A survey by the Rand Corporation found that longer jail terms cannot e...

U.S., Russia, and Crime

comparing pages of numbers that are in essence meaningless. TYPES OF CRIME IN EACH COUNTRY Research reveals that Russia is much...

Africa, AIDS, and Women

diagnosed with what many assume was AIDS, though this was never confirmed. Faced with the certainty that Caroline would never see ...

History of War Crimes Committed by Soldiers

Nazi assassins were brought to justice at the Nuremberg Trial and were themselves sentenced to die (Special Report: Yugoslavia War...

Crime and Charles Murray's 'Underclass' Theory

nearly 70 percent and that it can be seen to be directly related to the existence of the "criminal underclass" (pp. 34). He believ...

Policy and Issues Involving Gun Control

these two conditions; namely, common sense, in which guns should be kept away from untrustworthy people and, political philosophy ...

The Beggar's Opera and the Criminal World of Moll Flanders Compared

them. There was no such thing as government agencies in those days that would provide help for these children. In this novel, Mo...

Jasper, Texas' James Byrd Jr. Murder Case Investigation

(Bill) King, a building erector who had spent some time in prison for burglary, Lawrence Brewer, who had served seven years for a ...

Minorities and the US Justice System

average offender what a thinking, compassionate, middle-class parent or brother or son would do for someone in their family, were ...

Cumberland County, New Jersey, and Crime

rather rural or suburban, the state has its share of problems. In fact, in addition to boasting beautiful suburban areas, and vaca...

Organized Crime Activity and the Impact of the UN

these actions by the United Nations will help alleviate the numbers of smuggling activity going on across international borders. ...

Punishment and Poetry

The bright-eyed Mariner"(Coleridge, 2002). The sailor (or Mariner) says that though they started on calm enough seas, the wind p...

Arguing for Quick Executions of Convicted Death Penalty Inmates

as their cases are rehashed over and over again is not only expensive but allows these criminals a chance to profit from their cri...

Max Weber, Conflict Theory, and Crime

labeled criminal because the bourgeoisies control of the state protects them from such stigmatization. * As capitalist societies ...

Technology and Criminal Investigators

the latest technological innovations and how this information is being applied. These articles uniformly indicate that police inve...

Various Types of Crime Theories

might encompass the criminals perception of societal views if criminal activity and how that view would extend to them if they wer...

Elder Justice and King Lear by William Shakespeare

Unburdend crawl toward death", states King Lear in the opening act. Having decided to step down from the throne, King Lear has pos...

Various Criminal Acts

Anger and Sadistic Rape Information from Men Who Rape by Nicholas Groth, 2004). The pleasure they receive through raping is gained...

Options for Addressing the Problem of Juvenile Crime

houses between the juvenile leaving the correctional system and reentering the community. Juvenile delinquency is just one ...

Analysis and Collection of Forensic Evidence

This paper addresses common questions in the field of forensic evidence. The author covers polygraphs, fingerprints, DNA typing, ...

3 Strikes Law, Crime, and Punishment

In eight pages this student posed hypothetical scenario examines the implementation of Hawaii's 'three strikes' law as it impacts ...

American and Japanese Street Crime

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares street crime in Japan and the U.S. from a sociological perspective. Ten sources ar...

Overview of Crime

aggressively approach them, was no surprise. This particular writer also understood that there was a difference between mass murde...

US and Canadian Systems of Criminal Justice

(Dowd PG). Organizations such as the Dai Huen Jai or Big Circle Boys have created a business from planned home invasion robberies ...