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Criminal Investigation Design

synthesize this data in such a manner that it can be used to narrow the scope of the new investigation, to increase the likelihood...

North Carolin's Justice

of age or older at the time the juvenile allegedly committed an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult. If the al...

Majority Rule, Tocqueville, Olsen

This essay refers to the writing of contemporary author Theodore Olsen and nineteenth century author Alexis de Tocqueville to argu...

The Canadian Justice System and Fitness to Stand Trial

In a paper of eleven pages, the writer looks at the Canadian justice system. Fitness to stand trial is examined in respect to a nu...

The Concept of Criminal

This essay reports different definitions of the concept of criminal as it is used as a noun and has an adjective. One of the ways ...

Chapter 9, Forensics Handbook, An Analysis

This paper discusses the five-stage model developed by the Vera Institute, which describes the process used to enter adolescents i...

Issues Pertaining to Juvenile Court System

This paper discusses the aspects of the juvenile justice system that are working effectively and those aspects that need improveme...

Emily Mann's The Execution of Justice and Social Injustice

an interesting portrayal of the injustices which exist in American culture and, in particular, our justice system. The play is cl...

Criminal Theory and Crime's Psychological Correlates

in the future. While the early years of forensic psychology were characterized more by mistakes in psychological diagnose...

Justice System and the Poor Speech Example

Today in America there is a great but subtle poison that has worked its way into the minds of those who recline nightly in their c...

Concept of a International System of Justice

nations would "interact with one another in a zone of comity, cooperation and law" (see 142, 143). The Kantian theory, in fact, is...

The Law of the Cayman Islands and the Process of Judicial Review

review may be sought, this was seen in the case of Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service [1985] AC 374...

Criminal Behavior and Influential Factors

resources on deterring individuals from crime. Socioeconomically disadvantaged and lesser educated individuals seem to be...

Liberals and Conservatives, Pro and Con

varies considerably from the twentieth century definition quoted above. Regulation, of course, is typically implemented by govern...

Is Community Policing a Shaky Proposition?

been stretched into prevention efforts. Based on a wide range of viewpoints and actual criminal activity within each of th...

Battered Child and Battered Woman Syndrome Legal Overview

Lenore Walker which outlined the relationship between the defendants (Mrs. Ibn-Tamas) behavior and the characteristics of a "batte...

Comparison of Juvenile and Adult Courts

In 1899, the first juvenile court case was heard in Chicago as authorized by the Illinois Juvenile Court Act (Penn, 2001). The ju...

Welfare State, Power Transformation, and Managerialism

for various programs and those who are involved in these programs. Most of the incentives fall for the department themselves, shif...

America's System of Justice and the Influence of the British Examples

during the seventeenth century, where jurors were disqualified from judging if they had a precious knowledge of that case (Smith ...

Unjust Treatment of Female Victims of Violent Crimes

assertive women. Women who file claims of rape must first be subjected to a battery of evidence collecting tests to determine the...

America's System of Justice and Women

to those of the mid-1980s. Two of those appointed judges are more notable than many of the rest, however. Constance Baker Motley...

Justice System of Puerto Rico

In four pages this overview of Puerto Rico's system of justice includes its constitution, civil laws, and also considers how the f...

Juvenile Offenders and Treatment Options

The juvenile justice system and success treatment program implementations are discussed in thirteen pages. Ten sources are cited ...

Unique Murderers and Criminological Explanations

an early incident sent Gacy to prison for molesting a teenager and then his wife divorced him (1997). After he served a short pris...

Social Justice and the Performing Arts in Appalachia

In ten pages the impact of geographical isolation on Appalachia's system of social justice and performing arts and includes a regi...

Massachusetts Program of Juvenile Courts and Crime Prevention Policy

amounted to youth prisons in the guise of "training" or "reform" schools, Massachusetts formulated the necessary policies for a sy...

Youth Violence

In seven pages 2 violent child crime videos are reviewed in terms of the justice system and whether or not it is fair to try youth...

Juvenile Offenses and Education

expect to see relatively consistent figures at each successive stage of the juvenile justice system. In fact, the disparities get...

Sanctuary by William Faulkner and Justice

In 6 pages this paper discusses human and cosmic justice within the context of this novel by William Faulkner and also considers h...

Insanity Plea Evolution

In five pages this paper considers how the insanity plea evolved in the cirminal justice system. Five sources are cited in the bi...