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Women Victims of Violence in America

because of domestic violence. According to the FBI, thats about 1,400 a year - with most of those killings occurring by what NOW d...

Prostitution and Legalization

This research paper discusses the issues surrounding prostitution and whether or not this is a victim-less crime that should be le...

Unjust Treatment of Female Victims of Violent Crimes

assertive women. Women who file claims of rape must first be subjected to a battery of evidence collecting tests to determine the...

Problems and Solutions Regarding Juvenile Crime

In 8 pages this paper offers solutions to the growing juvenile crime problems and focuses upon valuable programs of victim and off...

Hypersexuality in Sexual Offenders

In a four page paper, the author considers the issue of hypersexuality in sexual offenders. Many sexual predators have been the v...

Innovative Approaches to Victim Assistance

Criminal justice is comprised of a variety of approaches to solving and preventing crime. Another...

A Case of Statutory Rape, Crime Scene Investigation

This research paper focuses on crime scene investigation in regards to a case of statutory rape. Evidence and scene processing, c...

“Natural Crimes” and “Legal Crimes”

be charged with statutory rape even if the girl consents, provided she is not of age. If she wants to make love with her boyfriend...

U.S. Crime

publication from the University of Maryland, the authors note that one of the reasons for discrepancies in crime statistics is tha...

Neonaticide

The writer discusses the crime of neonaticide (killing of infants) with specific reference to the case of Amy Grossberg and Brian ...

4 Questions on Criminal Justice

II. HOW EFFECTIVE IS PUNISHMENT IN CONTROLLING CRIME? WHY? Warehousing of prisoners is perhaps the most prevalent of all ap...

Natural and Legal Crime

that "natural crime" is a crime against the laws that were given to all men by God, whereas "legal crime" is "an act that violates...

The Practice of Trying Juveniles As Adults

by the managers and administrators when a juvenile is reminded to an adult facility. Conclusion: Provides a summary of the points...

Primary Crime Data Sources: Compare/Contrast

rural, urban, gender, culture and age (Bureau of Justice, 2001). NCVS modified its methodology in the late 1980s to improve upon ...

Investigating Different Crimes

Over the last decade, there have been numerous high-profile, huge scams from organizations. These are called white-collar crimes a...

Why Study Computer Crime?

damage caused by incidence of computer crime. This includes virus attacks, spam, worms, denial of service (DOS) attacks or other ...

The Victims' Rights Movement

grass roots movement and aligned with a variety of groups, such as MADD and others that try to change the system and make their pr...

Restitution in the Criminal Justice System

are victims of hate crimes. Other special victims may be disabled, gay, HIV-infected, prisoners or students (Wallace, 2007). These...

Practicum Proposal: PTSD in Women Victims of Violent Crime

diagnosis or believe they do not. PTSD The American Psychiatric Association has specific guidelines for diagnosing PTSD, sp...

The Victims' Rights Amendment

federal and state courts. But that didnt sit well with senators who favored a statutory approach" ("Senate Affirms," 2004). The...

Victims and the Role of Journalists

one that truly shows the media as trying to be responsible (Cote & Bucqueroux, 1996). The examples provide one situation where it ...

Victim’s Rights Legislation in Washington State

or when their status changes; it says in part that a new "statewide automated victim information and notification system" will be ...

Types, Causes, and Results of Rape

rapists only 17% will be strangers to their victims (the remaining 83% will fall into the later acquaintance categories (Rape 101,...

Book Review of Child Victims Crime, Impact, and Criminal Justice

by many experts to be a "breakthrough" book - for the most part, while studies of victimization of adults of crime have been print...

American Youth as Crime Victims

for a few days. They engage in many risky behaviors. Further, juveniles are not rational actors who look at the potential results ...

Memo, Letter and Email Writing Exercises

There is always uncertainty in any new venture, and I found in the course of the research for this report that other cities essent...

New York Penal Law § 215.14 and the Rights of Victims

compares it to other state laws as well. Applicable federal law is duly noted and the importance of the victim impact statement is...

Attack Vulnerabilities in Controlled Populations and Crime Victims

be. In 1964, the landmark case of Cooper v. Pate served to secure prisoners civil rights with the Supreme Court ruled that they "...

Stroke Victims and Their Rights

The generic term "stroke" refers to a cerebro-vascular accident (CVA), which may occur on the left or right-hand side of the brain...

Crime and Victim Precipitation

But during the 1980s, the concept of victimology and victim precipitation was attacked, especially in cases of rape, by feminists ...