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White Collar Crimes and Prosecution Difficulties

There are a variety of reasons for that from the fact that usually the thief is someone with means and can meet the challenges pro...

A Perspective on the Value of Juvenile Offenders Being Sentenced as Adults

out harsher sentences to juvenile offenders. For particularly violent crimes, in fact, one of the most effective means of crime c...

Yakuza, Triad, and Mafia History

1924, when Mussilini made an aggressive move to get rid of the Mafia in Italy, many more fled to the United States which increased...

Prevention Programs for Juvenile Delinquency

all under the influence of some substance (Califano and Colson, 2005, p. 34). Another study found that adolescents who are isolat...

Special Education: Cost Effectiveness In Relation To The Educational System In Particular And American Society In General

critical information with regard to the need for these specialized focus points, reminding all that special needs students require...

"Desert Exile"

and wound up in camps. The Issei often simply went along obediently, as was their tradition; but the Nisei were not as willing to ...

Crime Theories: Comparison

enforcement and behavioral experts can better understand the reason for its presence, as well as the best way to approach therapeu...

“The Female Offender” by Chesney-Lind and Pasko

them a growing population in the world of crime and incarceration. The first section of the book deals with such things as "Trends...

Hickman v. Taylor: Facts, Issue, Reasoning And Decision

through Hickman v. Taylor focuses its application upon defending discovery of tangible components whereby the lawyer has prepared ...

The World Pre- And Post-911: Better Or Worse?

British government source said an intercepted message from Pakistan telling the bombers to go now had triggered the arrests" (Lavi...

Forensic Science: Overview

presence of embalming fluid and the interaction with soil. Chapter 2 Obtaining evidence is not considered a free-for-all where f...

The Worst Incident in My Life So Far

I had just briefly stopped my car, but it was still running. I realized that helping this individual could take some time, so I pa...

The Bill of Rights and Law Enforcement Procedures

seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and parti...

Jimmy Hoffa and Robert F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy. The Kennedys too, however, had connections it seems on both sides of the fence. Just as Hoffa has some...

Italian and Irish Criminal Groups

may be witnesses who refuse to talk. In fact, because most witnesses realize that their lives could be threatened, a witness prote...

The Knapp Commission: Organized Crime and Police Corruption

lure police officers into its grip is disturbing to say the least. Police officers are in constant public contact and have ample ...

The Impact of Fraud on Business

who became aware that someone else has been defrauded often label them as "gullible," "stupid" or "greedy," and that they got what...

New Orleans Police Department Corruption

murdered on October 13 of that year (Good Bad and Corrupt, 2006). Federal agents had Davis under surveillance for suspected drug-d...

Russian Organized Crime

to the Russian Mafia are members of an organization that has "hundreds of gangs" and its membership numbers in the thousands (Meye...

Organized Crime

representatives has shrunk, and it is presumed that much of the activity is based on the east coast of the country (Grabianowske, ...

Sociology - Two Essays

to the fact that people learn behavior due to interactions with others (Andersen & Taylor, 2005). Conflict theory, on the other ha...

The Effects of Truancy on Society

gang activity. It is also noted that in particular graffiti and burglaries may subside as a result of targeting truancy. One may t...

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

the legislation enacted with regard to punishment is concerned with the method used, not with the fact that an individual is being...

Overview of Serial Killers

is irrefutable. Senator Ed Perlmutter, who sponsored a bill to stiffen the punishment of animal cruelty charges, has no doubt th...

Criminal Recidivism

the adults in his life frequently quarrel and vent their frustrations physically; he, or a member of his family, may suffer one or...

Hate Crimes and Gay Rights

In six pages this paper examines homosexuality in terms of cultural unacceptability and how it inspires hate crimes. Two sources ...

Wisconsin v. Mitchell and Hate Crimes

There was little argument about the teenagers guilt, and he was convicted quite easily. The controversy came about when he was se...

Crime and the 'Black Myth'

In five pages this paper dispels the mistaken notion that blacks are responsible for committing more crimes than whites are. Six ...

Controversy Regarding Guidelines for Legislative Sentencing

In twelve pages this research paper discusses crime sentencing, politics, and the controversy surrounding legislative guidelines r...

White Collar Crime and the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

crime theory one reviews, e.g., Merton, Sutherland, Hirshi, Exxons actions reflect the definitions and inherent behaviors. This es...