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In 1899, the first juvenile court case was heard in Chicago as authorized by the Illinois Juvenile Court Act (Penn, 2001). The ju...
gang activity in Los Angeles is to realize how gang mentality universally displayed in this racially and ethnically homogeneous su...
not career criminals. While the label does have a negative connotation, it is not the same as calling someone a murderer or a thie...
of the frequency of their transgressions, as opposed to seriousness, it is also true that only certain types of juveniles are like...
Juveniles are responsible for an astounding percentage of the crime in this country. Even more disturbing is the degree of violen...
between Alien Conspiracy Theory and ethnic succession theories is that the former relies on physical and biological factors, where...
2007).by the year of 1996 there were ten states that had juvenile boot camps (Schnurer; Lyons, 2007). The states were "Alabama, Ca...
where Irish American presence was predominant well into the 1980s. The organized crime studies that discuss connections between n...
typically combined with estate forfeiture, so the condemned mans wife and children were destitute. This is the sociopolitical cl...
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...
Over the last decade, there have been numerous high-profile, huge scams from organizations. These are called white-collar crimes a...
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 writer discusses the crime of neonaticide (killing of infants) with specific reference to the case of Amy Grossberg and Brian ...
publication from the University of Maryland, the authors note that one of the reasons for discrepancies in crime statistics is tha...
rural, urban, gender, culture and age (Bureau of Justice, 2001). NCVS modified its methodology in the late 1980s to improve upon ...
II. HOW EFFECTIVE IS PUNISHMENT IN CONTROLLING CRIME? WHY? Warehousing of prisoners is perhaps the most prevalent of all ap...
an outcast. They are not allowed to bond back into the society so they become more entrenched in crime (OConnor, 2006). Hirschi...
she will not accept mental illness or any other cause except personal choice as the impetus for crime. Likewise, judgment must be ...
Thus, extraverts are not impacted by punishment as much as introverts are (Brennan & Raine, 1997). Eysenck also argued that extra...
by dispensing with safety measures required in the US led to the loss of life of hundreds in Bhopal, India and the demise of the c...
theories that serve to establish a basis upon which law enforcement and behavioral experts can better understand the reason for it...
resources on deterring individuals from crime. Socioeconomically disadvantaged and lesser educated individuals seem to be...
of the reasons behind crime. One such theory is social organization theory, which investigates the contribution of community socia...
and individuals within the group. Sutherland chose to focus on the individual and what it was in the persons own psychological mak...
In five pages criminology is examined in terms of control theories, their differences in focusing not on crime causes but on why c...
The sociological reasons for committing crimes are considered in this paper consisting seven pages with the emphasis on Polly Klaa...
In four pages 5 potential sociological 'cures' for crime are examined and include the crime causation theory of Southerland. Two ...
even when it comes to anonymous tip lines. The drug dealer will figure out who called and then, that endangers the life of the tip...
with the long iron rod that completed the stations armory. Not more than an hour later, he had been killed by a shotgun bullet fi...
affection for their families, friends, school, church or others, for instance. The others must also be prosocial. The commitment b...