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Urban Renewal Project

This research paper pertains to recommendations for a redevelopment project for a run-down neighborhood with a high crime rate. Th...

Overcrowding in US Jails, Prisons

This essay offers an argument that it is a moral and ethical outrage that overcrowding in the nation's jails and prisons has been ...

Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case that Launched Forensic Science by Colin Beavan

The Development of Modern Forensics This book review features The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case that Launched Fo...

When Are Your Creations Yours

Copyright laws have been in force for decades. They tend to be somewhat vague leaving people confused about things like plagiarism...

Hell's Angels, An Overview

This research paper pertains to Hell's Angels, tracing the history of the motorcycle club, and describing its prevalence and invol...

The "Craigslist Killer," Philip Markoff

This research paper pertains to the case of the "Craigslist Killer," Philip Markoff. The writer describes his early life, the case...

Crime Perspectives and the Influence of Public Images

argument and the response by Janet Chan. First, a number of different social theories have been applied to an understand of crime...

Forensics and 'Cyber' Crime

computer system with the intent to destroy or manipulate data is more than enough reason to augment security measures. According ...

A Case Study of the Application of California Penal Code

placed wooden horses and other toys around the still to disguise it. These elements contributed to the criminal act, but they als...

Juvenile Crime Approaches and Restorative Judgment Value

groups, prison reformers, and other activists" Restorative justice restores rather than punishes (Dzur, 2003)....

Serial Killers and Hate Crimes

anything other than oppression and autocracy. Freedom represents many things, not the least of which is the envy and hatred...

Insurance Fraud and Organized Crime

tissue injuries and psychological stress are not easy to disprove. Dirty professionals make the job tougher" (Schlossberg, 1992, ...

Juvenile Delinquency Among Females

experienced some form of abuse - whether sexual, physical and/or emotional (Juvenile Justice Experts Should Focus on Girls Unique ...

Analyzing the Case of Marcus Dixon

does not have a good track record in terms of sexual encounters. In defense of the verdict, Rainey (2004) notes that those who op...

Sociology and Theory

and only five rapes. There is an absence of true fear and so the petty crimes, the drug offenses and so forth serve a function in ...

Crimes on the Internet

Finally, another Internet crimes (which is similar to hacking) is to release a virus on the Internet. Again, viruses can disrupt t...

Arguing in Favor of Adult Sentences for Certain Juvenile Offenders

by firearms is the number one cause of death among black males between the ages of fifteen and thirty-four (Lovett, 1997). The is...

American Criminal Justice Policy and 'On the Waterfront'

Malden), the movie offers viewers a glimpse into the underworld dealings of crooked unions and the infiltration or organized crime...

Crime Scene Investigation Example

gloves were donned. The narrative description would be done next, including the fact that the womans partially nude body had been...

Stuart Woods' Capital Crimes

conservative who is on a regular CNN television show debating issues with liberal commentator Evan Turner. As Ted is on the escala...

UK Youth Crime Representations and Public Perceptions

see a violent scene on televisions or a film does not shock us or surprise us, we see it as normal, and for many, especially where...

Society and Crime

themselves in a great deal of trouble. They may not be able to pay their bills and this can create more criminology such as borrow...

Are There Similarities in Patterns of Crime Between First and Third World Countries?

and also poverty. This is ongoing, one example may be the country of South Africa, where in the 1980s there were increases in stre...

Future Outlook for Organized Crime

Such groups are connected by strong ethnic ties (Chinese); large numbers (black gangs) and sophistication (Russian mobs) (Couns, 1...

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky and the Dream of Raskolnikov

met them" (Dostoevsky 54). These figures, the darkness, can easily represent the turmoil within Raskolnikov. His thoughts and plan...

Conflict Theory and White Collar Crime

75 percent of fraud is committed by employees and 41 percent of all businesses have suffered more than five incidents of fraud wit...

Death Penalty Social and Philosophical Justifications

who could argue with that idea? Of course, capital punishment is an ongoing debate and one that has been around for centuries. Als...

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...

Israel and Organized Crime

In five pages this paper examines such topics as money laundering in a consideration of the Russian mafia and Israel's organized c...

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...