Not Again: A School Shooting Thwarted Anderson (2018) describes a recent event at a Florida high school, not long after the Parkland massacre. In this case, a nineteen year-old suspect named Sky Bouche opened fire at Forest High School in Fort Lauder Continue Reading...
Criminology is not an abstract discipline. It is designed to have real world, real-life implications and thus must be undertaken with care. However, human beings' behavior cannot be perfectly controlled, and no experiment conducted in the field can Continue Reading...
In both cases, that label can make intervention more difficult instead of less difficult. Certainly, some types of behavioral issues are functions of immaturity or of stages of development and personality or identity experimentation. However, bona f Continue Reading...
Description Law enforcement has a distinct professional culture that is comprised of both formal and informal elements. Formal elements are ensconced in rules and regulations. For example, training, hours of work, how to fill out paperwork, and wear Continue Reading...
State v. Stark (1992) Mr. Stark was the defendant in this case which concerned her action of infecting three women with HIV sexually. He tested positive for HIV, which was then confirmed twice by doing two other independent tests. As an ordinary pro Continue Reading...
1. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory states that every individual has different levels of needs that must be met for them to reach their ultimate potential. The basic level includes the necessities o Continue Reading...
Concept of Ethics in Criminal Justice Research Ethics is one of the most important issues in the field of criminal justice given its consideration as the mainstay of professionalism in this discipline. The significance of ethics in the criminal just Continue Reading...
Leadership in Criminal JusticePart 1Competence and Skill in Criminal Justice LeadershipThere are a wide range of inefficiencies that have been identified and explored in the criminal justice realm. Similarly, entire studies have been conducted in an Continue Reading...
Victim Advocate Victim advocates, also known as witness specialist or victim service providers are professionals within the criminal justice trained to offer support to crime victims in a compassionate and helpful manner. While the role of a victim a Continue Reading...
Does Criminal Profiling Work or is it Unjustified The Case of Tim Masters Introduction Criminal profiling allows law enforcement to develop their understanding of particular types of crime, criminals, criminal behaviors, and crime-ridden areas. The F Continue Reading...
Civil versus Criminal Liability Introduction Criminal justice practitioners do have a civil liability that puts them at risk of being sued by the public. The purpose of civil liability is to encourage accountability and responsible in the field of cr Continue Reading...
Criminality Offender Behavior With correctional populations at an all time high, the cost of maintaining the prison system has been breaking state budgets for years (Pew Center on the States, 2009). For example, the state of Kentucky was facing a Continue Reading...
The consequences of impermissible detention and searches without sufficient probable cause or reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct can result in civil liability on the part of the police agency involved. The most serious types of criminal proce Continue Reading...
Research and Policy Development Paper Introduction Irrespective of how advanced the devices and systems used in receiving and sending information are, much success would not be achieved in crime reduction until important information and facts about c Continue Reading...
Some of the characteristics of this country include community policing, a patriarchal family system, the importance of higher education, and the way businesses serve as surrogate families. Asian societies are also "shame-based" rather than "guilt-ba Continue Reading...
Unethical behavior that a few years ago would have been considered appalling has become acceptable. Dishonesty, cheating, lying, and sexual misconduct, is not only common, but in most cases is expected" (Ramirez 2006). In order to reduce police bru Continue Reading...
Psychologists serve in various roles within the criminal justice system, as well as at every level of the criminal justice system from law enforcement to corrections. Some of the most common categories of criminal justice psychologist include as appl Continue Reading...
sold to law enforcement as a way to implement stringent policing structure while at the same time ensuring that community safety is maintained at minimal cost to the department and without job loss or reductions in force due to economical policing p Continue Reading...
Attitude and Personality: Most police organizations have in-depth policy and procedure manuals, rules and regulations, or standard operating procedures. Since all organizations are formed for the achievement of specific objectives, they have well-d Continue Reading...
Atwater v. City of Lago Vista Supreme Court's decision in Atwater v. City of Lago Vista (Atwater v. City of Lago Vista, 2001) has been highly criticized. Interestingly, the case has been criticized by conservatives and liberals alike. Even for the m Continue Reading...
Generational Differences in the Criminal Justice WorkforceIntroductionLaw enforcement agencies are currently faced with multiple challenges than any other time in the recent past. Other than the traditional crime-related challenges that continue to p Continue Reading...
Law Enforcement Areas of Interest Law Enforcement Moral Code of Ethics: Although various police departments have individual rules and morals based upon the community in which they live, there are universal morals and ethics which police officers mu Continue Reading...
role of police in the society. The purpose of the paper is to discuss and elaborate the relative functions, which the police officers have to perform in the country for the protection of the citizens from the criminals, and injustices, which have be Continue Reading...
Defining the ProblemCybersecurity has become a top concern in criminal justice policy at the local, state, and federal levels. Coordination between different law enforcement agencies is required to effectively detect and responds to threats. The prop Continue Reading...
Organizational Design and Development In the criminal justice organization, the decision making process is very important. It is also extremely hierarchical in nature, because it requires that people in all levels follow the chain of command for the Continue Reading...
raged among those in law enforcement: do prisons exist to punish, or to rehabilitate? I argue that they can, and should be, both. While certainly some prisoners will never reform and will always remain a threat to society, others do their time and t Continue Reading...
The Problem of Bias in Policing From 2015-2016, 1,146 victims of police violence lost their lives. More disturbingly, however, is that 38.5% of them were minorities, mainly African Americans (Bui, Coates & Matthay, 2018). This is problematic beca Continue Reading...
The Importance of Appropriate Evaluation Models Criminal justice policy and program evaluation is not a monolithic or standardized process. In other words there is no one size fits all approach to policy evaluation and assessment. Evaluation of polic Continue Reading...
Albert and Smith delve into the controversial and complex topic of the use of excessive force in policing. The authors note two important points about the complex topic. First, use of excessive police force is poorly researched and understood. The t Continue Reading...
Budget Basics in Criminal JusticeUnderstanding the basic budget components in any criminal justice role is essential. It helps create budgets retrieves information from that budget or outcome of funding from a department. In this particular assignmen Continue Reading...
Criminal Justice Code of EthicsThe code of ethics provided by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences has stipulations on the ethical standards and the general principles underlying the professional conduct, responsibility, and behavior of the organ Continue Reading...
shame in teenage sextual relations," Nina Funnell outlines a conceptual criticism of the approach taken by the Commonwealth on matters relating to the laws governing various sex crimes. According to Funnel (2011), there are fundamental problems with Continue Reading...
Stress in Law Enforcement Stress and Law Enforcement Professionals of law enforcements are responsible for some crucial and informative decision-making in their offices and fields which requires a standard operating procedures or codes to find the Continue Reading...
Prison Architecture Criminal Justice, Prison Architecture The evolution of prison architecture is a reflection of societies changing attitudes toward crime and punishment. Prisons have progressed from simple places for incarceration where the prima Continue Reading...
Types of Criminal Profiling According to Bartol & Bartol (2017), there are five broad categories of criminal profiling, but they are not mutually exclusive and are frequently used in tandem with one another to aid investigations. The first type of cr Continue Reading...
