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Explaining Gang Violence From The Theoretical Perspective of Anomie And Labeling

their vastly segregated social and economic status, leaving the door wide open for resentment and intolerance, which effectively t...

Conflict And Crime Control Models Versus Consensus And Due Process Models

crime speaks to how competition and inequitable distribution of norms and values play a significant role in why race and crime are...

Forensic Science And Crime Scene Investigation: Importance Of Molecular Biology

and result. DNA testing within forensic science is one of the most important examples of how technology has enabled law enforceme...

Crime And Youth: How Family Relations Contribute To The Development

Aggressive behavior would not be such a concern in children if it were a natural occurrence for them to outgrow the tendency; howe...

The Murder of Cara Knott by California Highway Patrol Officer Craig Peyer and its Impacts

order to pull them over and harass them, and the general public is left with little about which to feel safe. This rising contemp...

Criminal Sexual-type Conduct Data

There have been a number of laws passed and numerous court cases regarding sexual harassment in the workplace. These span more tha...

John Wayne Gacy: A Victim of the Criminal Justice System

well as how he grew up to become a seemingly fine citizen (Chua-Eoan, 2007). The joke usually is that the most heinous offenders s...

Forced Drug Testing

"those who were tested for heroin use and placed in drug treatment in addition to other supervision services, and those who were s...

Argument: Carrying Concealed Firearms Helps Society

violent crime. They also state plainly that carrying concealed handguns has its "greatest deterrent effect in the highest crime co...

Imposing Sentence in an Identity Theft Crime for Monetary Gain Case

states laws regarding identity theft can be quite different with penalties varying significantly (Perl, 2003). Whether or not the...

In Support of the Death Penalty

that contend that it is a gruesome and uncivilized option for our society, those that contend that we have advanced to the point t...

Two Major Social Problems

computers, and increasing insurance coverage are three simple factors that might have increased the number of reports made to auth...

DIVERSION PROGRAMS AND JUVENILE CRIME IN NEW JERSEY

a result, non-profit and private organizations have tried to step forward to provide diversion programs, or alternates, to incarce...

Italian and Russian Organized Crime

In relationship to Italian organized crime the story is quite different for it is essentially based in a very rich and long...

Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles”

men are following a "preset plan" in their search for evidence and are, therefore, convinced at the end of the play that they have...

Terrorism: Prosecuting Terrorists Under International Law

affairs; if and when this body of rules is either ignored or blatantly disregarded, such disrespect for all other countries involv...

Crime Trends in Georgia

efforts on the part of city planners to attract both people and employment opportunities to the central city with improved MARTA a...

Criminal Behavior: John Wilkes Booth

and Bernstein, 2007, p. 78). While Eysenck apparently did not develop his theory of behavior specifically with regard to crime, la...

California Drug Statistics

groups during the ten-year period: 16.5% juveniles and 42.1% adults (Bureau of Criminal Information and Analysis, 2000). Gender p...

In Her Own Words

surface, to bring to the publics attention, the varied experiences and perspectives of women who have become involved in crime. In...

CSI Personal Code of Ethics

1. the best in the moral philosophy of all ages and places; 2. the moral standards of Christendom; 3. the ethics of the Christian ...

A Day in the Life of a CSI

evidence" (Byrd, 2000). He or she does this by first establishing a perimeter to "restrict access and prevent evidence destruction...

More Guns, Less Crime

wounded an intruder attempting to break into his row home (Gallagher 21). Police promptly removed the .22 rifle from Scotts posse...

Reducing Gang Violence In New York City

opportunities for city residents (Soglin, 2006). This author reports that studies consistently show an inverse relationship betwee...

An Analysis of Crime Statistics (1968 through 2008)

an interesting tale, but the data must be reviewed in concert with economic and social trends that affect the nation overall. Some...

Juvenile Arrests 2001

the problem of juvenile violence" (Snyder, 2003, p. 4). Arrests of juveniles peaked in 1994, then dropped every year from 1995 thr...

Processing Human Remains

and Planz (2008) explore the research question of whether or not improved processing capabilities in mitochondrial DNA and STR tha...

Rape as a Crime of Power and Shame Towards Women

of the female victim. In discussing the issue, it makes sense to address this in that context. Rape does scar women for life, ...

Community Nursing Problem/Yeadon, PA

avoidance, such as creating a buddy system, which pairs elderly neighbors with each other. Buddies check on one another and accomp...

Strain Theories of Crime

response to social structure. Merton argues that some social structure "exert a definite pressure upon certain persons in the soc...