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Opinions on Poverty as the Cause of Crime

that he has no good answer for it. The students response to these two essays is also likely to depend on where he or she is on th...

Student Supplied Case Study on Probability

will give us a 1 in 12 million chance. However we need to look at this in order to consider how correct it is. Here we can look at...

Organized Crime

the society was used to having it and thus would not simply sit quite while it was illegal. But, Prohibition is a good example of ...

What is Organized Crime?

house and steal, or mug someone on the street, in order to get money to get more drugs. This is not organized and is ultimately ve...

Drug Related Crimes

Another source indicates that, "Although the number of drug-related homicides has been decreasing in recent years, drugs still rem...

The Impact of Street Crime on Society

if their fear keeps them inside, there is a chance that they are not victims simply because they are not on the streets as frequen...

Use Of Shaming In Criminal Sentencing

and overlook the possible social benefits associated with alternative sentencing...If federally imposed mandatory minimum sentence...

Support for the Death Penalty

topic has led noted criminologists to conclude that "...executions have no discernible effect on homicide rates" (Goertzel). There...

Correctional Filter

to convict. This particular offenders filter ends with him walking out the courtroom once again a free man (Petersilia, 2006). A...

Historical Development of Prisons

accompanying technological advancement changed society to such an extent that people felt they had no guidelines for how to behave...

Purposes of Criminal Justice

offender population. Rehabilitation refers to "changing either the offenders objective circumstances or his value system in ways t...

Criminology Theories

get caught. Gleissner (2011) reported that only 1.2 percent of burglaries result in the burglar going to prison. If they do get ca...

Scared Straight Programs and Deterrence Theory

This paper's content is the speaker notes that accompany the PowerPoint presentation khjuvawarpro.ppt, and the topic addressed is ...

Imposing Sentence

duality of his parents being responsible for paying back every dollar he misappropriated from the victim (restitution), as well as...

The Westies/Organized Crime Theory

where Irish American presence was predominant well into the 1980s. The organized crime studies that discuss connections between n...

A Utilitarian Approach to Sports

school, and despite working as many hours as I could, I knew I could never afford tuition, so I had to win a scholarship. Winning ...

Why U.S. Policy Can Deter Terrorists

may in fact be behaving rationally-contrary to public opinion-options to control terrorism may be explored. Options to control te...

Sentencing for Identity Theft

sentencing, they generally provide a range within which the judge must remain when imposing sentence. Also, legal issues can affe...

Fraud in Medicare Deterrence and the False Claims Act

payments is more lucrative then the financial "risk" of being caught. Like any crime, if the law is lax in either the presence of...

Specific and General Deterrence Criminological Theories

other citizens from committing the same behavior (Renteln 192). General deterrence operates under the assumption that no matter h...

Identity Theft Sentencing Guidelines

such treatment? Is the crime all that bad that it necessitates prison time? Obviously, with the federal statute, law makers believ...

Criminal Justice V

offender and his history at the time of his arrest. Protection of society. This goal of sentencing is to remove the offend...

Homicide Deterrence and the Ineffectiveness of Gun Control

In eight pages this paper argues that gun control ineffectiveness is responsible for the rates of homicides in the United States a...

Youth Offenders and the Criminal Justice System

This paper examines what alternatives exist in the criminal justice system for youth offenders with the emphasis being on deterren...

Internal Auditing and Fraud Detection

of an organization by auditors trained in detecting fraudulent practices is of great importance from moral, legal, and profitabili...

Limit Pricing and Entry Deterrence

In three pages competitive prices and limit pricing are examined in a criticism of Sylos Labini and Bain who maintain companies sh...

Police Officers and Domestic Violence

In ten pages this research paper examines the incidences of domestic violence in the law enforcement profession and how the relati...

Criminal Justice System Deterrence

There are pros and cons to deterrence programs and some are far more effective than others. Comparing and contrasting these aspec...

Can Domestic Abuse Be Deterred?

who is looked upon as the ultimate decision-maker - runs the family. There is no question as to the distinctive roles played by b...

Supporting Argument for Operating Room Cameras

incidence of post-surgical infection (Weir, 2004). It therefore stands to reason that including cameras in the operating room wou...