RICO The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) is a federal law that was passed in 1970. This law permits the trial and prosecution for actions that are performed as part of an ongoing criminal enterprise. Actions that include su Continue Reading...
Crime Statistics UCR/NIBRS and NCVS UCR vs. NCVS The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program UCR and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) were established with two different intents and purposes. The FBI's UCR is the older of the two datab Continue Reading...
238). Furthermore, prison stigmatizes convicts, and, upon release many people, particularly employers, are reluctant to take a chance on someone with the stigma of a prison record (Macionis, p.238). Prison also breaks social ties between the prisoner Continue Reading...
Serial Murder Requires Both a Reactive and Proactive Investigative Approach Serial Murder Requires Both the Reactive and Proactive Approaches The most convenient starting point for this present discussion is to explain the features of serial killer Continue Reading...
"Criminology & Public Policy 7.1 (2008): 37-42. The research study conducted experiments which provided information on the most effective means of treatment within the criminal justice system in regards to its incarcerated. This study is an exper Continue Reading...
As a consequence, it is difficult to conclude that strict liabilities for gun owners (a la LaFollette) represent and appropriate and reasoned response. "Gun ownership fails to clearly possess any of the three characteristics of ultra-hazardous activ Continue Reading...
The courts retooled by a generation of conservative judicial appointments and crazed case law now function as social abettors, in which the poor and the dark skinned are shunted off to a concrete hell with industrial efficiency. Left behind are brok Continue Reading...
Maryland Prison System Crime is expensive. But so too is punishment. The state of Maryland, like the majority of states across the nation at the moment, is facing a period of slow economic growth and shrinking economic resources even as it continues Continue Reading...
Exclusionary Rule prevents the admission of evidence that was gathered in an unconstitutional way as specified by the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution, which covers the parameters of searches and seizures. In fact, officers of the law who conduc Continue Reading...
NIBRS National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) is a database of crime statistics compiled and maintained by the National Institute of Justice. It records and analyzes specific categories Continue Reading...
Victimology is the branch of criminology dealing with victim characteristics, victim data, and patterns of victimization. The study of victimology is useful to criminologists for a variety of reasons. Victimology can help show which populations are a Continue Reading...
Crime Statistics The author of this report is to compare and contrast two different areas from a crime rate standpoint. The current rates of crime for different crime types will be assessed as well as the change in those rates from year to year. The Continue Reading...
Crisis Negotiation and Deception Crisis negotiation entails law enforcement communication and interaction with people threatening to cause actual bodily harm or property destruction. This may include hostage takers, suicidal individuals, stalkers, a Continue Reading...
crime statistics goes far beyond mere tables, numbers, techniques and formulas. Through the effective use of this information it is possible to garner a greater understanding of the individuals who make up the criminal world, the types of crimes tha Continue Reading...
This 'law and order' approach, however, will tend to invoke discomfort amongst civil libertarians, who will object to the danger that this poses to the constitution. Accordingly, we consider the Due Process Model of criminal justice, which U.S. Leg Continue Reading...
706). Yet, this clearly does not eliminate the possibility of abuse of power and wrongful use of police discretion as the disproportionate application of justice upon those of lower class and of minority races is fundamentally present in both lesser Continue Reading...
Not only was it cost effective but the study also reported that offenders who were treated in the community setting were 43% less likely to reoffend compared to the prison population clearly suggesting the effectiveness of community-based sentences. Continue Reading...
A major concern regarding crime today that exists within prisons as well as on the streets is the formation of gangs. "Prison gangs are flourishing across the country. Organized, stealthy and deadly, they are reaching out from their cells to organi Continue Reading...
TERRORIST THREAT ASSESSMENT Terrorist Threat Assessment: White SupremacyIn its September 2021 report to the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform, the FBI acknowledged that the greatest terrorism threat in the US is posed by smal Continue Reading...
The High Incarceration Rate: A Significant Issue Faced by the Criminal Justice System Abstract This paper examines the problem of the high rate of incarceration in America. This is a major challenge for the criminal justice system, as many people, fa Continue Reading...
Juvenile Arrests: The law enforcement agencies in the United States reported approximately 2.11 million juvenile arrests in 2008 of people younger than 18 years. As compared to 2007, there were fewer juvenile arrests with 3% decline and 2% decline i Continue Reading...
Blood Evidence A POTENTIAL AND VALUABLE LINK Blood evidence is an extremely valuable item in criminal justice (Schiro, 2011; NIJ, 2000; OSP, 2002; NFSTC, 2013; Bestino, 2013). It has the unique and undisputable potential of solving a case or a cri Continue Reading...
Rights of the Accused The Due Process Clause is considered as one of the most important legal principles and controversial provisions in the U.S. Constitution. While the emergence of due process can be traced from the English common law tradition, t Continue Reading...
Classical criminology was an idea formed because there was no formal understanding of what caused criminal behavior. In an attempt to make sense of what was deemed socially irresponsible behavior, Cesare Beccaria was determined to formulate a theory Continue Reading...
Most of the owners agreed to sell their property to the city and Kelo was the last holdout. The city then exercised its power of eminent domain and condemned Kelo's property for use in its economic redevelopment plan. Kelo then brought suit in state Continue Reading...
Some sheriffs kept multiple deputies on hand and this system became the foundation for the modern county police force still found in some counties. As these western towns became more populated and organized, the town governments were able to organi Continue Reading...
7% from 2002 to 2012 was revealed. Lawyers, on the other hand, reported an average annual income of $108,790 in 2004, while job openings for lawyers are expected to increase 17% between 2002 and 2012. (World Wide Learn, 2006) However, it appears tha Continue Reading...
For a punishment to be fair and equal, it should be implemented in every case, but as the author notes, each case is different, the circumstances and the way they are tried is different, and so, there are irregularities in the way the punishment is Continue Reading...
This element is necessary to determine whether or not the offense can be considered to be aggravated sexual assault. Explain why locating the point of origin is so important in arson investigation. Determining the point of origin of a fire is a cr Continue Reading...
Environmental Impact Requirements. As noted above, many citizens maintain that the aesthetic impact of cellular towers lowers their residential property values, but there are other concerns involved in such installations as well. According to Crowe Continue Reading...
Program Evaluation EVALUATING A PROGRAM Evaluation of a project or program plays an important role in future funding or accreditation of the program and also lends credibility to the service provided. When an organization launches a new program esp Continue Reading...
Warrants for Digital DataA search warrant is a legal document issued by a judge or a magistrate, giving law enforcement officials the authority to search a particular property or area for specific evidence related to a crime (Kerr, 2005). Its primary Continue Reading...
Case Facts: On July 26, 1985, police officers were called to the residence of Dorothy Jackson whose daughter, Gail Fischer, showed signs of having been battered. She stated that she had been beaten earlier that day by Edward Rodriguez who was sleepin Continue Reading...
police case wherein a man is robbed of his car, at gunpoint. The victim is unable to identify the crooks. Ultimately his car is successfully located. The paper will examine legal issues linked to the scenario. 'Carjacking' is what has happened in t Continue Reading...
Community policing is a strategy that requires both new attitudes and commitments from citizens and new attitudes and commitments from police officers. It builds on the basic practices of policing by emphasizing cooperation between the police departm Continue Reading...
Skid Row "It is the poor man's underworld; a cross-section of American futility, the place where men who have lost hope go after they have jettisoned their dreams." ~ Hal Boyle, Evening Independent In any great metropolitan city there will be areas Continue Reading...
UCR Uniform Crime Report Uniform Crime Report It is the belief of some people that the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) system, through the Uniform Crime Reports collected by the FBI, provides a completely accurate indicator of crime in the United Sta Continue Reading...
Police Ethics Order #: Police ethics Police ethics have always been a big concern in the United States and the criminal system have to deal with it on a regular basis. The law enforcement personnel have the obligation of operating in a professional Continue Reading...
Teas n' Line Communications Plan Key Issues: The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Conferences have a history of citizen unrest, protests, and violence. Seattle's was heavily criticized, for instance, during the 1999 conference, and now the con Continue Reading...
