Research the McNaughton rule. What was McNaughton and how did the McNaughton Rule come into being? The name McNaughton came from the son of A Glasgow wood turner who was deluded that there was conspiracy against him when the catholic priests sent spi Continue Reading...
Physical Security in Public AreasAbstract/SummaryThis paper examines the effectiveness of physical security measures in public areas, by looking at spaces such as schools, airports, stadiums, and malls. It discusses current strategies, including surv Continue Reading...
Racial Profiling: Driving While Black For years, the Black community believed that Black Americans were routinely and disproportionately stopped by police officers while driving in their cars. Statistical evidence now supports the anecdotal evidenc Continue Reading...
Discrimination in Law Enforcement: Lethal Consequences The constitution guarantees life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to all Americans, yet there is a group who endures a life without total liberty, restrictions on their choice of lifestyle Continue Reading...
Offenders here might physically transport cash to those countries in small amounts that will not violate customs regulations. However, this method is not viable for transferring large amounts of money. Very large amounts of money can be informally Continue Reading...
New York City has some of the toughest gun laws in the country. And it's essentially impossible for a normal, law-abiding citizen to acquire a concealed handgun permit. The result is that the majority of New Yorkers are defenseless against the crim Continue Reading...
role that bail is playing in the criminal justice system and how these amounts are determined. This is accomplished by looking at the Robert Blake murder trial, the Roman Polanski rape case and the Carlos Lehder drug trial. Once this occurs, is when Continue Reading...
Racism in Canada In March of 2012, a white power rally in Edmonton drew out a dozen or two members of the Blood and Honour racist group. They were met and peaceably challenged by hundreds of participants in an anti-racism rally, which was "coinciden Continue Reading...
Female Violent OffendersWomen are more apt to be the victims than the perpetrators of crimes. The purpose of a recent quantitative, descriptive study by Coleman, Almond, and McManus (2018) was to determine some of the essential characteristics of fem Continue Reading...
Introduction Californian lawmakers and citizens, in the year 1994, ratified a key amendment in the crime sentencing regulation of the nation (touted as ‘Three Strikes and You’re Out’ or the ‘Three Strikes Law’). Implemen Continue Reading...
This program requires the states to create their own safety standards and to implement their rail safety oversight and audit programs in measuring compliance to that program. But the diversity of legal authorities, budgets and staff levels of oversi Continue Reading...
Hypothetical Incident and Response Investigating Fraud and Embezzlement in White Collar Crime Incident It is believed by the CEO of a medium-sized tech company that the CFO is engaged in the white collar crime of embezzlement. He is not sure why this Continue Reading...
Sinaloa Drug Cartel: Drug cartels are described as large and highly sophisticated organizations that consist of several drug trafficking organizations and cells with certain assignments like security/enforcement, drug transportation, and money laund Continue Reading...
One of the most brutal crimes in North Carolina occurred in 1984 when a young white newspaper reporter, Deborah Sykes, was assaulted, raped, sodomized, and stabbed to death a few blocks from her workplace in Winston-Salem (Stern & Sundberg, 2006) Continue Reading...
Victimology and the Problem of Elder Abuse Part 1 Introduction Just as criminology is the study of crime and the criminal’s role in crime, victimology is the study of victimization and how victims are impacted by crime and how they in turn also Continue Reading...
Safeguarding the criminal justice system from wrongful convictions through an efficient innocence program policy evaluation proposalExecutive summaryConvicting innocent people is a global concern. The problem has been brought to the fore in the US t Continue Reading...
Executive SummaryThe Summer of 2020 witnessed growing civil unrest in many U.S. cities, including one midwestern city of interest with a population of about 600,000 people. This city is experiencing continuous unrest as a result of a police-involved Continue Reading...
Developing Ethical Leaders in Law Enforcement At any point in time but especially during periods of social and political unrest, American citizens look to law enforcement authorities to provide them with the informed guidance and support they need to Continue Reading...
Business Ethics and Positive Social Change at Wells FargoIn early 2016, Wells Fargo was formally implicated in a corporate scandal which reflected the failure of its officers and directors to fulfill their duties and responsibilities. The purpose of Continue Reading...
Strategic, Tactical and Administrative Crime Analysis Crime analysis is one of the most important processes in the fight against crime and efforts towards enhancing the effectiveness of the criminal justice system in dealing with crime. In the past Continue Reading...
Hernandez vs. Texas and its Importance to Latinos in the U.S. Studies conducted in the past have clearly indicated that some racial groups are overrepresented in the U.S. criminal justice system. There have been claims that some stages of the crimin Continue Reading...
data collection includes survey form, structured interviews using closed ended questions, and gathering information regarding a sample size appropriate to analyze and draw conclusion on the basis of the research results. The statistical techniques a Continue Reading...
All of these killers had problem childhoods, often including sexual abuse. Almost all of them had some kind of psychological disorder, and many were declared criminally insane. All the killers had a compulsion to continue killing. None of them stop Continue Reading...
(Aronson, 2007) The problems and future of DNA Testing The scientific soundness of the DNA test has not been doubted at all. Courts have increasingly relied on the outcomes of DNA tests. The common man is at a loss to understand the complexities o Continue Reading...
Arrest Rates The possibility of racial discrimination in the criminal justice system warrants attention from researchers, in order to encourage evidence-based policy change. Prior research has shown a clear connection between race and rates of arres Continue Reading...
Rule: Any out-of-court statement offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted is generally inadmissible as hearsay. (801-802) However, hearsay may be admitted, in a prosecution for homicide or in a civil case, if the declarant, while believing Continue Reading...
Future Applications of Forensic DNA Analytical Methods Following the description of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) by Nobel Prize laureates Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953, a vast array of applications have emerged based on thi Continue Reading...
Current Events Medical-Marijuana On July 12, 2011 the Seattle city council took the first steps toward the regulation of medical-marijuana dispensaries within city limits. The city would require that "medical-marijuana operations get a city busines Continue Reading...
If Harry had been stopped at a sobriety checkpoint, the outcome of his case would be dramatically different. The Supreme Court has determined that sobriety checkpoints are legal, as long as they are conducted in a neutral manner. Stopping all appro Continue Reading...
Other determining factors influencing long-term affects of abuse to a child include: Whether the child's mother is supportive and child can confide in her. Whether the child's experiences success at school Whether the child has nurturing relation Continue Reading...
government policy in criminal justice. Specifically it will answer the question: Do government policy and regulation help or hurt in the racial, ethnic, religious, gender, and sexual orientation area? These members of society could be called "vulner Continue Reading...
Much of the credit for these exonerations goes to teams of reporters, professors, students, and pro bono attorneys who were willing to listen to the claims of innocence from imprisoned defendants and who dedicated hundreds of hours of uncompensated Continue Reading...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) defines racial profiling this way: "Racial Profiling' refers to the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual's race, ethn Continue Reading...
The impact of the psychological profiles of the offender and victims on the court evidence presented by the prosecutor and defense teams and witness use Psychological profiling involves developing a composition of behavioral attributes. It combines Continue Reading...
Social Concern In complex societies such as the United States, few things happen in isolation. When the country sets national policies into effect, those policies ripple throughout the population and affect other features of the society in dynamic w Continue Reading...
They also had the power to decide the merits of evidence and arguments. In the 19th century, judges gained greater control over juries and the role of juries became what it is currently; hearing evidence presented on both sides and determining the g Continue Reading...
Preventing Bias-Based Profiling Law enforcement officers can sometimes reflect personal and cultural bias in the exercising of their duties as a law enforcement agent. For example, when developing a criminal profile, victim profile or geographical pr Continue Reading...
