Part One The recent death of George Floyd sparked a tidal wave of violence and protests around the US in 2020. Black Lives Matter become stronger in its activism at an international level. The death of Floyd harkened back to the beating of Rodney Kin Continue Reading...
In 2002 the crime lab in the state of Mississippi found that the semen in the victim's body belonged to two different men and neither of them was Kennedy Brewer. Balko concludes by stating: "Forensic scandals have been troublingly common of late, wi Continue Reading...
Prisons The American criminal justice system can be divided into three components: law enforcement, the courts, and corrections. Each has its own unique problems and challenges that it must face in order to accomplish its combined goal of ensuring Continue Reading...
SPECIAL POPULATION & SUBSTANCE ABUSE Special Population and Substance Abuse Prison inmates and substance abuse Drug courses or rehabilitation programs for drug offenders The reoffender issue Drawbacks of not providing rehab treatments and fa Continue Reading...
Truancy is the first and most reliable indicator of future delinquent behavior. Youth missing school regularly are at a great risk of getting involved in drugs, alcohol and crimes. The rising instances of truancy in schools around the country indicat Continue Reading...
However many people displaying psychiatric symptoms were over represented in jail and there is no tangible evidence to prove that it is their mental illness that got them to jail. Indeed unless it can be shown that factors unique to serious mental Continue Reading...
Drug Laws The Shortcomings in our Current Drug Law Policy: Research Proposal As a major policy issue in the United States, the War on Drugs has been one of the most monumental failures on modern record. At a cost of billions of taxpayer dollars, th Continue Reading...
Mentally Ill The criminalization of the mentally ill is one of law enforcement's greatest challenges and tragedies. As Stephey points out, prisons have become the de facto mental health provider in the United States. That means that criminal behavio Continue Reading...
Compare and Contrast the Current Dominant Approaches to Crime Prevention Introduction Given the diverse definitions of crime prevention, Schneider looks at it from the consequences approach. He defines it as a program or strategy that serves the purp Continue Reading...
Alternative Sentencing Structures in US Prison System Contemporary laws and the practices of America’s justice system continue to exacerbate the crime problem and have unnecessarily damaged the lives of many people. Moreover, prisons are seen t Continue Reading...
Justice, Crime and Ethics Prepping the President: Ethical Analysis and Future Policy Initiatives Suggesting the Use of Rehabilitation in Corrections The President of the United States has just scheduled a town hall meeting entitled, "Criminal Just Continue Reading...
Criminal Decision Making: The Elements of the Culture of the Street and Party Life and Their Relation to Criminal Decision-Making Understanding offenders' lifestyles and the process by which they choose to commit criminal acts is critical particular Continue Reading...
"Approximately 27.5% of college women reported experiences that met the legal criteria for rape," even though some of them were not necessarily aware that the actions to which they were subjected satisfied such a definition (Rape and sexual violence Continue Reading...
In the meantime, new brain cells are constantly being developed, even into old age, but such alterations in the brain are largely contingent on what the individual has experienced in his or her environment" (Wright et al., 2008). Therefore, one of t Continue Reading...
But 50% the sample were recreational weightlifters who only used the drugs casually. Purpose of use thus affected the frequency of use, and different kinds of illicit drugs were also associated with the different abuser profiles. From a criminal pr Continue Reading...
Criminal Smehra Black Tar Heroin Dealer I am sitting in my ex-roommate's living room. The television casts the only light in the room. It dances on the coffee table and upon our faces; a dull placid light from some meaningless rerun on Nick at Nite Continue Reading...
Criminal Processing Officer Jim Rawlins, a fourteen-year veteran of the Anytown Police Department spent the morning working with Sadie. He hid a series of balls around his backyard, giving the golden retriever praise and pets every time she found on Continue Reading...
criminal justice system comprises of key features that generally include the criminal act, investigations into it and subsequently arresting the suspect, abhorrence to suspect's rights in the course of due process, the trial as well as the sentencin 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...
This requires identification of the barriers to the readiness of the offender to change as well as the strengths of the offender that will enable their making those changes. Latessa relates that the failure of researchers and scholars to "bridge the Continue Reading...
Using Intelligence and Surveillance at Border Control Part One 1. Summary The Hells Angels are a sizeable and hierarchically organized criminal outfit with chapters throughout Canada. The organization’s primary source of profit is drug traffick Continue Reading...
old African-American male, the client represents a seriously underserved population cohort when it comes to providing effective substance abuse prevention and intervention support. According to Williams & Chang (2000), research on adolescent sub Continue Reading...
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Criminal Justice Juvenile justice Gang Control Methods Descriptions Law Enforcement Efforts The traditional police personnel from the youth unit control the gang. Police officers from youth or detective unit are charged with controlling activit Continue Reading...
Criminal Acts and Offender Behavior Theoretical Dimensions of Criminal Behavior Laws exist to maintain order and peace and provide for the safety and well-being of all members of society. Acts that disrupt and threaten this system of order are deem Continue Reading...
HP) is a workable, respected program designed to offer support for those whose needs are not being met. The various settings in which the HP is put in action include people in a mental health setting, criminal justice, substance abuse issues, educat Continue Reading...
Substance Induced Insanity Psychosis is a psychiatric state that can either be enduring or temporary. A person suffering from the condition may experience memory lapses, incoherent speech or thoughts, lack of concentration, delusions and/or hallucin Continue Reading...
Human Sex Trafficking Introduction to the Issue Globalism may be increasing human trafficking Sex Trafficking is a global issue, developed and developing countries alike Trade is both overt and covert Statistics on the trade Reasons for the tra Continue Reading...
When examining both sides of the spectrum, the evidence for the "criminal mind" existing vs. The "criminal mind" not existing, it seems that the evidence supporting the concept of a criminal mind may hold more ground. Individuals come to their stat Continue Reading...
Treatment vs. Punishment Treatment Concept Juvenile crime is often serious because of the ability to represent a significant proportion in relation to the total criminal activity within the community. The normal assumption indicates that adolescent Continue Reading...
instant case are typical of many criminal cases presented to the courts on a daily basis and the role and responsibilities of the principals remain essentially the same. The prosecutor in the case has the primary duty to ensure that justice is done. Continue Reading...
Ideally, diversion should take place at the earliest stages of juvenile justice processing, to refer a youth to essential services and avert further involvement in the system. On the other hand, diversion mechanisms can be put into place at later s Continue Reading...
Mandatory Sentencing Public policy, crime, and criminal justice Mandatory Sentencing: Case Study Critique The prime grounds of mandatory sentencing laws are utilitarian. The laws come with long prison sentences for recidivists, drug dealers and is Continue Reading...
Culural Competence | Cultural Competence in the Criminal Justice System Culture determines people's experiences of their world. It is important in the reception and delivery of services. Cultural competence starts with knowing your cultural practic Continue Reading...
Crime As Schmalleger explains, the American juvenile-justice system was designed a century ago to reform kids found guilty of minor crimes, but more and more, the system has to cope with more violent crimes committed by younger people. The response Continue Reading...
Likewise, Gratton and Jones (2003) note that, "A literature review is the background to the research, where it is important to demonstrate a clear understanding of the relevant theories and concepts, the results of past research into the area, the t Continue Reading...
Crime Three Perspectives on Crime For decades sociologists have debated the causes of crime and criminal behavior and have created three sociological perspectives involving the cause of crime. Schmalleger identifies these three perspectives as Ind Continue Reading...
