nations could be channelled towards properly developing rules and systems aimed at reducing criminal activities (Gonzalaez).
Case Study from Quebec Region
Crime cannot be truly referred to as an "urban problem". An analysis of police data from 2005 showed that the smaller urban regions experienced more levels of crime than the major urban regions. Rural areas, however, had the least crime rates. Analysing the situation in the Quebec region, it is discovered that criminal acts were most frequently reported from the major urban regions. These regions experienced the highest numbers of car thefts and robberies. Specifically, the frequency of robbery in these regions… Continue Reading...
involved in further deviance while still in custody or prison. They may coordinate criminal activities, be in possession of contraband objects, and/or assault fellow inmates and staff members. Law enforcement personnel and courts can rely on this information to convict individuals awaiting trial. Without the assistance of correctional officers, investigations and prosecution may not be successful.
Counsellors, educators, and the general public are also important stakeholders (Joyce, 2013). Counsellors are involved in providing behavioural therapy to inmates, and hence require the support of correctional officers to achieve this. By ensuring security within the facility in general and monitoring inmate behaviour, correctional officers provide… Continue Reading...
introduce the innovative social program that will assist the released prisoners moving away from the criminal activities. Despite the benefit of this program, the program is underfunded amidst of tight budget making the state government believing that the program is a risky initiative. However, the Roca's intervention model assists young people transforming their life and move towards achieving an economic independence. The model is designed to assist the released prisoners to move away from the prisons. The first strategy in the model is to use the behavioral and cognitive tools to change the behaviors of the selected people by making them engaging in the pre-vocational… Continue Reading...
under Federal Government management. They are equipped to keep extremely dangerous convicts found guilty of engaging in organized criminal activities at bay (Bruha, 2015).
Indian prisons and prison administrations fall under the jurisdiction of state governments. The Indian Constitution's Schedule VII (State List), Item IV addresses this area. State governments are solely in charge of prison administration and management, which is regulated by the 1894 Prisons Act as well as individual states' Prison manuals (Ali, 2014). Prisons in India also suffer from overcrowding. The average day of an inmate is tough. A majority of them remain waiting for word, and visits, from family members and lawyers. Indian prison… Continue Reading...
security lighting is purposed to aid the protection of people and property from criminal activities, and to generate a perception of security. The principles of security lighting that are applicable to not only new but also existent facilities comprise of the assimilation of illumination into the security system as a whole therefore facilitating the efficacy of other security devices or procedures, illumination to put off criminal acts by increasing the fear of recognition, identification and apprehension and also illumination that permits individuals to easily evade threats and to take cautious action when threats are observed (IESNA, 2003).
The images below illustrate the security… Continue Reading...
made legally answerable for his criminal activities. The juvenile is a child who has alleged violated certain laws which declares his act or omission as an offence” (Chapter 2). It’s important to distinguish that a juvenile and a minor or used in two distinct ways: a juvenile is a person who has committed a crime, a minor is term used to describe the overall legal capacity of a person (Chapter 2). In America the states can use their own discretion to determine what age makes someone a juvenile—for some states it’s the age 16 or… Continue Reading...
and other biological differences in men and women have been thought to contribute to predispositions based on gender for various criminal activities. For example, it is commonly assumed that women are less aggressive based on these biological differences. I believe that the science is important since many people attempt to justify their views based on evidence such as this.
The hormonal differences that exist between genders is thought to cause significant differences in behaviors based on the biological characteristics of each gender. For example, men on average have far more testosterone which has… Continue Reading...
the court pointed out that the police could not sit by the fence and watch perpetrators of criminal activities carry out their illegal operations. In any case, such activity can be observed by any private citizen (CALIFORNIA v. GREENWOOD). In any case, respondent took their garbage to the curb expecting third parties to access it. Thus by the sheer placing of the garbage in a location that the public could access and inspect uninhibited, the respondent had surrendered any claim to privacy under the fourth Amendment. The court made it clear that it was unreasonable to expect the police to ignore evidence of criminal pursuits that was… Continue Reading...
criminal activities has no direct bearing on the Lindbergh case, the police figured that their suspect fit the profile of someone who would be capable of committing a gruesome crime.
Further evidence surfaced in the trial that seemed to more connect Hauptmann to the kidnapping. One was that Hauptmann’s handwriting matched that on the ransom notes, and Hauptmann also made similar spelling mistakes (Linder 1). Another was that John Condon’s phone number was found in Hauptmann’s home. That meant Hauptmann… Continue Reading...
that people would perform on their vehicles were mainly conducted due to criminal activities. In the old cars, there was no matching of cars to engine numbers, transmission, or body frame. This made it possible for thieves to change engines and repaint a vehicle, which in turn meant they have a new car. This car modification was referred to as hot rodding. However, all this changed when the manufacturers began linking vehicles with different parts and people started performing modifications for preferences and not because they had stolen the car. These modifications are the main focus of this research, and we will… Continue Reading...
