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New York Penal Law § 215.14 and the Rights of Victims

compares it to other state laws as well. Applicable federal law is duly noted and the importance of the victim impact statement is...

Types, Causes, and Results of Rape

rapists only 17% will be strangers to their victims (the remaining 83% will fall into the later acquaintance categories (Rape 101,...

The Murder of Cara Knott by California Highway Patrol Officer Craig Peyer and its Impacts

order to pull them over and harass them, and the general public is left with little about which to feel safe. This rising contemp...

Violent Crime and its Impact Upon Victims, Offenders, and Society

up the world of Room 6. They worry about trauma. They worry about safety. They worry about a world where even a first grade cla...

Practicum Proposal: PTSD in Women Victims of Violent Crime

diagnosis or believe they do not. PTSD The American Psychiatric Association has specific guidelines for diagnosing PTSD, sp...

Attack Vulnerabilities in Controlled Populations and Crime Victims

be. In 1964, the landmark case of Cooper v. Pate served to secure prisoners civil rights with the Supreme Court ruled that they "...

Crime and Victim Precipitation

But during the 1980s, the concept of victimology and victim precipitation was attacked, especially in cases of rape, by feminists ...

Book Review of Child Victims Crime, Impact, and Criminal Justice

by many experts to be a "breakthrough" book - for the most part, while studies of victimization of adults of crime have been print...

American Youth as Crime Victims

for a few days. They engage in many risky behaviors. Further, juveniles are not rational actors who look at the potential results ...

Helping the Victims of Crime

victims of violent crime. Victim assistance is something that has been gaining more emphasisi in only the last few decades. The c...

The "Craigslist Killer," Philip Markoff

This research paper pertains to the case of the "Craigslist Killer," Philip Markoff. The writer describes his early life, the case...

Organized Crime, the Vincent Gigante Case and Uses of the RICO Law

In six pages this paper assesses the advantages and the disadvantages of the RICO law in organize crime case prosecution with the ...

Judaism in the Works of Franz Kafka

In five pages the ways in which Judaism ins represented in Franz Kafka's works are examined with an emphasis upon his story 'Metam...

Fraud and Cellular Phones

In twelve pages the practice of cell phone fraud is discussed in terms of perpetrators, victims, costs, and applicable case law. ...

Two Child Development Cases

In seven pages this research paper analyzes the lack of theory that would provide greater understanding in cases involving peer an...

Early Modern England and Perceived Correlation Between Crime and Sin

In seven pages English crime and punishment between the years 1550 and 1750 are examined in order to determine to what extent the ...

Case Study on Surplus Funds

In five pages this case study discusses a surplus of funds raised to assist victims and families with recommendations offered to t...

The Failure of Man to Recreate Woman in Mary Wollstonecraft's 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman'

of his created universe, representing both the male and female factors with his reasoning and observation. For centuries this tra...

Anne Moody's 'Coming of Age in Mississippi'

This is a 5 page book review in which the author relates her own upbringing which is in sharp contrast to most members of American...

Overview of Unsolved Crimes

overwhelming. In chapter two of "Criminal Justice Today : An Introductory Text for the Twenty-First Century" Schmalleger discusse...

Sexual Harassment in the Police Department

conduct of a sexual nature ... when ... submission to or rejection of such conduct is used as the basis for employment decisions ....

Nursing and Mandatory Overtime

In five pages this paper examines the exorbitant amount of overtime nurses are required to work in order to compensate for staff s...

Preventing Crime

crime prevention officer might begin by giving information at day care or at schools with hand-outs for children to take home. ...

Prejudice and Crime

optimism, there exists an invisible boundary line that, even though race relations seem to be improving, keeps the races separated...

Is The Uniform Crime Reporting System of the FBI Accurate?

The CIUS is the report most commonly used in research and articles addressing crime in this country (Maltz, 1999). The FBI obtains...

Programs Targeting Juvenile Crime

gets into trouble in the future, however, they are subject to sentencing as an adult (Montagne, 2000). There are certain ...

Domestic Violence Case Study

in her lifetime (1998). While there are some cases of abuse against men, for the most part, the women are the partners at risk. Th...

Argument in Favor of Increasing Veteran's Benefits

sacrifices their lives for their country, then the country should take care of their families. Of course, efforts like Hannitys an...

Law Enforcement and Cyber Crime

cyber crimes are actually reported (Joint Council on Information Age Crime, 2004). Consider the impact of one incident such as the...

Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment

figures, the darkness, can easily represent the turmoil within Raskolnikov. His thoughts and plans are dark and frightening, espec...