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Political Environment of Gun Control

In six pages this paper discusses gun control in terms of legislation and politics with the positions of 2000 presidential candida...

George W. Bush's and Albert Gore Jr.'s Philosophies on Gun Control

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the radically different gun control views of presidential candidates Texas Gov. Ge...

Gun Control and the Policy of the Government

murders that occur in that area. The warnings are part of a federal experiment labeled "Project Exile" (Ragavan 18). The e...

U.S. Crime

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

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...

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...

Investigating Different Crimes

Over the last decade, there have been numerous high-profile, huge scams from organizations. These are called white-collar crimes a...

Dispelling Police Investigation Myths

In three pages this paper exposes the false myth that all crimes are investigated by law enforcement officials. Three sources are...

Natural and Legal Crime

that "natural crime" is a crime against the laws that were given to all men by God, whereas "legal crime" is "an act that violates...

Primary Crime Data Sources: Compare/Contrast

rural, urban, gender, culture and age (Bureau of Justice, 2001). NCVS modified its methodology in the late 1980s to improve upon ...

“Natural Crimes” and “Legal Crimes”

be charged with statutory rape even if the girl consents, provided she is not of age. If she wants to make love with her boyfriend...

Bringing CPTED to the University Campus

not directly under campus managements control. University of Tennessee pre-vet student Jessica Smith parked her car after g...

“Fist Stick Knife Gun”: Addressing Juvenile Delinquency

in the world and a greater and greater percentage of violent crimes in particular. The behavior of far too many of our nations ch...

Bowling for Columbine

emotions and sympathy for the Columbine victims and families. For example, it is difficult not to agree with Moore that the decisi...

Why Study Computer Crime?

damage caused by incidence of computer crime. This includes virus attacks, spam, worms, denial of service (DOS) attacks or other ...

Security Manager Assistance Offered by Analyzing Crime Patterns

in front of their school are all examples of provocative situations that may escalate and trigger crimes."1 Human nature i...

Need for Community Prevention and Correction Programs

officers and to a much lesser extent fund prevention programs ( Petersilia, 1995). In the next year, 1995, the bill was revised a...

The Man Who Was Almost a Man by Richard Wright and the Gun's Role

do that. Dave needs to understand himself well enough to determine that it is actually he who is flawed, and not society....

Situational Prevention and Social Prevention

A four-year programme from 1989 to 1993 in five American cities -the Quantum Opportunities Programme- paid disadvantaged youths fo...

Australia and Crime Prevention

in use that may be encountered with the product or service" (p. 24). This applies to every effective business organization in ope...

3 Questions Regarding Economic Issues and Problems

convenience" (Thomas PG). For example, there is no question how the concept of Electronic Funds Transfer, which has been in...

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...

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...

The gun control debate

This paper uses a single article that supports gun ownership to argue that guns are harmful. Castle laws are discussed. There is o...

Hate Crimes Legislation

history, and how politics and media have affected it can help shed light on this relevant issue. The Hate Crimes Prevention Ac...

Intimidation

the most recent evolution of this age-old behavior. Cyber-bullying refers to use of any type of technology such as cell phones and...

Stun Gun Usage: Is It Really Helpful?

61 deaths in 2005 alone" (Link & Estes, 2008). Many believe that the reason for these deaths and any injuries sustained due to the...

Safety in Schools

remains a mystery. Professor Ewing has studied juvenile murders for years and has written several books about this topic (Perrita...

Effectiveness of Law Enforcement

is occasionally not as effective in fulfilling its role to society and its citizens as it should be. There can be little doubt t...