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Types of Serial Killers

relative change in the number of incidents. Mitchell (1996) cites the words of retired FBI Agent Robert Ressler: "Serial killing ...

Arguing in Favor of Adult Sentences for Certain Juvenile Offenders

by firearms is the number one cause of death among black males between the ages of fifteen and thirty-four (Lovett, 1997). The is...

Global Violent Crime in the 21st Century

of the marriage, it is not uncommon to find a significant percentage of the married female population enduring regular and constan...

Minorities and the US Justice System

average offender what a thinking, compassionate, middle-class parent or brother or son would do for someone in their family, were ...

Arguing in Support of Violent Juvenile Offender Sentencing as Adults

As a consequence there has been a growing tendency within our criminal justice system to try juveniles who commit such atrocities ...

Society's Violence and Executions

the execution I felt an extreme compulsion to shower and shower and shower again. Eventually I realized that I felt filthy because...

Crime Types, Causes, and Solutions

the desire to destroy something or to remove it from the possession and control of its rightful owner. Enterprise crime most ofte...

Violent Crimes and Female Perpetrators

"The mythology of Myra Hindley reveals, above all, that we do not have a language to represent female killing..."....

An Argument for the Death Penalty

another. That, however, is precisely the point that a strict adherence to the death penalty would bring home to potential crimina...

Bullying and How to Address It

other fatal acts. Various efforts have been launched around the nation in an attempt to eradicate bullying. Those that h...

Stricter Gun Control Leaves People Vulnerable

that the average citizen is allowed to own a gun they are wary of breaking into peoples homes, or wary of committing crime in some...

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...

Diploma Forgery and Identity Theft

a fake Kansas State University diploma and transcript for $249.99" (Rock, 2006). The same thing could be, and probably is, happeni...

Prostate Victims & Their Partners/Quality of Life

et al, 2007). Over the last several decades, clinicians have come to regard treatment decisions in terms of quality of life "ben...

A Case of Statutory Rape, Crime Scene Investigation

This research paper focuses on crime scene investigation in regards to a case of statutory rape. Evidence and scene processing, c...

Hypersexuality in Sexual Offenders

In a four page paper, the author considers the issue of hypersexuality in sexual offenders. Many sexual predators have been the v...

Reasons for Predatory Crime and How to Prevent It

up indifferent and hostile as well (Anonymous, 1996). "Growing up in such families is like being raised by a pack of wolves," the ...

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...

Identity Theft

the identity gets the bill, at least eventually. Unscrupulous individuals pretending to be someone else in order to access mater...

Juvenile Crime Approaches and Restorative Judgment Value

groups, prison reformers, and other activists" Restorative justice restores rather than punishes (Dzur, 2003)....

How Being Victimized by Crime Can Change a Person

his anger, his confusion, have not receded and he is a victim of crime. We see how this man is affected by his position as a vi...

Crime Investigations and the Media's Role

has also led to accusations of copycat crimes. Overall, it has been determined that the best balance of this relationship is too m...

Criminal Profitability at the Victim's Expense

In eight pages victims rights and restricting a criminal from profiting off of crime and victimization is discussed in a considera...

Post Terrorist Attack Discrimination Against Arabs

In five pages the hate crimes that have been launched against Middle Easterners and Arabs in particular are examined in terms of t...

Problems and Solutions Regarding Juvenile Crime

In 8 pages this paper offers solutions to the growing juvenile crime problems and focuses upon valuable programs of victim and off...

Prostitution and Legalization

This research paper discusses the issues surrounding prostitution and whether or not this is a victim-less crime that should be le...

Neonaticide

The writer discusses the crime of neonaticide (killing of infants) with specific reference to the case of Amy Grossberg and Brian ...

The Practice of Trying Juveniles As Adults

by the managers and administrators when a juvenile is reminded to an adult facility. Conclusion: Provides a summary of the points...

U.S. Crime

publication from the University of Maryland, the authors note that one of the reasons for discrepancies in crime statistics is tha...

4 Questions on Criminal Justice

II. HOW EFFECTIVE IS PUNISHMENT IN CONTROLLING CRIME? WHY? Warehousing of prisoners is perhaps the most prevalent of all ap...