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Essays 1981 - 2010

Indigenous Peoples of Canada and Sociology of Crime

criminologists and sociologists have been actively involved in determining which factors contribute to such risk, how they may be ...

Singapore and Criminal Justice

the primary influences in the restructuring and rebuilding of the civilian forces. A womens unit was added and new uniforms were s...

Crime and Social Policy's Impact

helm of this controversial topic is the mandate of minimum drug sentencing for what some consider to be insignificant usage. As s...

Programs and Juvenile Crime

a 17- and 18-year-old can turn a gun on a student population and that an 11-year-old can kill a three-year-old child. Nor is it li...

Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun and Canada

his story in addition to it being a book about recommendations in respect to societal violence as a whole. The author begins with...

U.S., Saudi Arabia, Thievery and Its Social Consequences

of morality crimes in Saudi Arabia relates to the concept of Shariah (a term which translates to mean "path") (Dowling, 2001). Th...

Aristotle's Legal Defense of a Guilty Man

and then define the perfect solution to problems that might arise. Aristotle claimed that: "I have gained this from philosophy: I ...

Hate Crimes That Are Motivated by Race

find that our citizens are no more enlightened than we were during times of slavery, or during witch trials, or during any other p...

School Deviancy and Crime

a perspective, and as such will act accordingly. As two authors note, "Until we make schools engaging learning communities whose m...

Crime and Youth Myths

people, accost individuals with their language, and generally make a nuisance of themselves. We can even go a bit further and argu...

False Crime Accusation

student, follows. II. Case Study A bogus report had been made against Rosie Crawford. The complainant gave a false name which...

Fort Vancouver Regional Library District

website, they have a "TEENS" section with sections labeled "Dirt," "Hookup," "Inside Story," "Lowdown," "This is Serious" and "YAA...

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...

Preventing Attacks: A Comparison of Two Approaches in Reducing Susceptibility to Becoming a Victim

The articles reviewed for the purpose of this paper parallel one another quite closely in terms of the criteria that they identify...

Processing Human Remains

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

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...

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...

Heroic Medical Treatment of Death Row Inmates

life but do not choose to execute them are "ensuring the deaths of a large number of innocent people. On moral grounds, a choice t...

Crime Theory: Felson's Routine Activity Approach

is to remove the elements inherent to crime: a location with minimal security is more likely to be robbed than one that has invest...

Strain Theories of Crime

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

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, ...

Casino Gambling Should be Prohibited

simply a money making venture that serves to create a larger divide between social classes. Alexander and Roberts note that the...

Poor Decisions by African Americans

remain marginalized; when it comes to choice, few believe they have any options at all (Street, 2007). Street notes that whites, a...

Victims of Crime

stories, and information, without really caring what their situation is and this can leave a victim feeling very violated and dist...

Jeffrey Dahmer: An Analysis of Crime Causation

left behind a criminal legacy that hopefully will never be equaled. His perverse activities spanned a thirteen year period but hi...

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...

Two Major Social Problems

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

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...