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Jerry H. Ratcliffe's Damned if You Don't, Damned if You Do

crimes, this aggregate data may inadvertently taints certain areas which would then be determined at "greater risk" than other are...

Recommendations of Lord Justice Auld on Oral Evidence in Court

in a trial. These have all received a high level of coverage in the press. However, one of the lesser considered areas has been th...

Six Argument Schemas

employed. PREMISE 2: Self-defense must correlate with reasonableness. PREMISE 3: Both law and morality must play a role in the e...

UK Criminal Law and Intention

jury of needing to make a determination of intent, but it did not facilitate their decision-making to the extent that it was of an...

Criminal Justice System and the Importance of Societal Understanding

give a greater equality to those who do not have the political or economic power (Reiman, 2000). The role if position is im...

Criminal Profile of Gary Gilmore

fantasy to be played out in reality later on in life (Mitchell 1996). So far, however, not enough has been discovered in order to...

Therapeutic Approaches and Criminal Behavior Theory

to legitimate opportunities for attaining material goals" (Anonymous, 2002), as well as have no other availability to acquire thes...

Aspects of Crime

things in life is to deviate from what is considered by the masses to be normal; in fact, Morpheus points out that it is often con...

Sweden's System of Criminal Justice

three years. The age of accountability in Sweden is fifteen years of age, whereas in the United States the age of accountability t...

US and Canadian Systems of Criminal Justice

(Dowd PG). Organizations such as the Dai Huen Jai or Big Circle Boys have created a business from planned home invasion robberies ...

Article Interpretation

understand what this perspective means. Realism may be seen as a conservative ideology (Newman, 1998). In a realism perspective we...

Societal Changes and the Future of Law Enforcement

public reprisal. What happens is that when a suspect is unfortunately shot in the course of illegal activity, the officer is scrut...

U.S. and Austria's Systems of Criminal Justice

manner by which offenders were being sidelined from real punishment; however, their collective voices were not strong enough to de...

Minor Drug Offenses and Incarceration Alternatives

In ten pages this paper discusses the alternatives to incarceration that might be available to minor drug offenders in the crimina...

Child Pornography and Prostitution: A Question of Economics?

in many cases, to chide in unison that prostitution should be accepted as a valid part of the worlds economy and even as a means f...

Criminal Justice as a Career Choice

support at various law enforcement agencies (1993). There are a variety of jobs necessary at the federal level because areas such ...

Punishment and Its Effectiveness

works. Yerkes demonstrated the principal in a simple T-shaped maze, as in one of the places, the experimenter placed a strip of s...

Policies of Criminal Justice and Drug Issues

tend to have sufficient social and economic power to transcend even law enforcement agencies themselves. If profits from the drug ...

Parole and Probation in the Future

crimes. Allowing violent criminals to be released is ludicrous. Parole reform is necessary to ensure a safe society. While the law...

Changing the Study of Criminal Justice

must be aware. Alcohol & substance abuse are prevalent in todays society. It is important for the student of criminal justice to...

Rate of Recidivism and Drug Use

Before delving into proving the thesis, looking at relevant literature and statistics, it is important to look at drug use and its...

Gangs and Sociology

This paper consists of three pages and examines the similarities and differences that exist regarding gangs that are criminal, vio...

Justice System and the Impact of Victimology

The ways in which the system of criminal justice has been impacted by victimology are discussed with examples including the trial ...

Overview of Fingerprinting

In twelve pages the use of fingerprinting in criminal investigations is examined in an historical overview that also includes the ...

The Criminal Justice System in Liberal and Conservative

Criminal justice in the United States is a litmus-test issue for liberals and conservatives. This paper discusses the differences ...

Criminal Behavior and the Role of the Media

In two pages this paper examines criminal deviance and the role the media plays in encouraging this behavior. Two sources are cit...

The Commandant of the Andersonville Confederate Prison Camp Henry Wirz

Henry Wirz, an American Civil War criminal, is evaluated as to the truth of his criminality. Was he a scapegoat? Many details are ...

H. Packer's Due Process and Crime Control Models

In four pages these two criminal justice models by H. Packer are discussed along with the uses they might have and by whom also in...

Journey into Darkness by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker

In six pages this paper examines psychological criminal profiling of serial killers and how it can also be applied to someone who ...

C.S. Lewis and Karl Menninger on How Criminals Should be Properly Punished

In nine pages this paper contrasts and compares 'The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment' by C.S. Lewis and 'The Crime of Punishment...