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Essays 1861 - 1890

Is Jay Gatsby Really Likeable?

that sometimes money will create more problems than it solves. Such is the case with Jay Gatsby, and this essay will examine Fitzg...

Feminist Criminal Theory

This paper addresses how criminologists developed a theory of feminist criminal behaviors. This ten page paper has seven sources ...

Biography of Charles Colson

In five pages the transformation from Watergate criminal to Christ convert is examined in this biography of Charles Colson, with t...

Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers and Criminological Theories

commit violent criminal acts" (Nottingham Screening DNA: Exploring the Cinema-Genetics Interface). Furthermore, according to "gen...

Criminals and Psychological Cognition

AND CLASS Authors Messner and Rosenfeld strive to demonstrate the inherent relationship between crime and the manner in which soc...

Crime in the Making by Robert Sampson and John Laub

overwhelming temptations, from the smallest infraction of stealing candy to the most contemptible of all crimes: murder. Ke...

English Criminal Law's Function

or threat may cease to be a threat yet still remain a crime (James, 1984). The English Criminal Justice system is unlike ot...

Criminal Behavior and Criminology Theory

diverse. Many criminals are characterized by some type of drug addiction (alcohol included) and they engage in criminal activity ...

Industrial Pollution and Moral Philosophy

a toxic substance. When corporations repeatedly break the rules regarding environmental protection, it says in a very loud voice ...

Lombroso and Criminal Behavior

a sensation with his book that was published in 1876 ("Cesare," 2001). In the work, the doctor utilized Darwinian principals of ev...

Rely Tampons and White Collar Crime

shock syndrome.") In spite of this, tampon manufacturers did not conduct any research into TSS for five years (Kohen, 2001). In te...

Dentistry and Criminal Law

by a dental hygienist, freeing the dentist from complex surgical procedures on one hand and routine work on the other ("Dentist: A...

The Biological Bases of Behavior

parents have a heightened probability of developing alcoholism than do children of nonalcoholic parents (Grucza and Bierut 172). ...

Sworn Strength And Its Impact Upon Crime: Times Have Changed

- cowardly - that he is compelled to go along with the illegal activities of others of his group, is not qualified to wear a badge...

Criminal Issues

that is raised by this example, then, is what would make Marias actions when entering Joes bedroom a case of attempted murder inst...

Social Expectations Significance and Criminal Activity

handled around the world. A comparison between countries who boast of a low crime rate is particularly instructive. Japan is one...

Is It Possible to Be Born a Criminal?

strange and terrible" (Lanier and Henry, p. 94). Interestingly, this theory was supported by sociologist Richard Dugdale, who art...

Burden of Proof: Criminal Procedure

crime he did not commit still possesses a picture of one of the prosecutors in the case wherein this man, Jim Williams, sits at hi...

Social Engineering and Predatory Crime

social engineering. Judging from the rampant crime rate that afflicts our nation today, however, additional criminal law is very ...

Administrator Challenges: Law Enforcement Ethics

who are supposed to uphold this duty are the ones perpetuating the problem, the fine line that already exists between criminality ...

Criminal Sentencing

Justice Statistics, 1996 was the first year State and Federal courts convicted a combined total of over 1 million adults of feloni...

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 ...

Standard Probation and the Alternative of Intensive Supervision Programs

In fourteen pages this paper discusses how to reduce criminal recidivism through intensive supervision programs instead of standar...

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 ...

Edwin Sutherland's Theory of Criminology

Edwin Sutherland in the 1930s broke from tradition when he posited that criminal behavior is not genetically controlled, but is a ...

Classical Theory and the Demonic Perspective

In five pages this paper takes a theoretical examination of criminal deviance. Three sources are listed in the bibliography....

History of Vocational Youth Organizations

In nine pages this paper examines vocational youth organizations from an historical perspective with criminal offender retraining ...

Crime and Women from a Feminist Perspective

This paper takes a feminist approach to female criminal behavior in five pages. Three sources are cited in the bibilography....

Theories Regarding Teen Misbehavior Regarding Sex and Substance Abuse

In twelve pages this paper examines teenage deviant behavior in a consideration of various social factors and how they can escalat...

Motivations and Personalities of Serial Killers

has also been pointed out that those with active or high fantasy prone imaginations are more apt to be able to become serial kille...