Criminal Justice Computers and Their Effects upon Police Efficiency Computer technology has transformed the modern day police department. Numerous systems now provide assistance in fields ranging from communication, to information storage and retri Continue Reading...
Police Management: Throughout history, police management has experienced numerous changes because of the various significant changes that have continued to occur in the society. The emerging trends have contributed to the development of new policin Continue Reading...
The view, for example, of criminal behavior from a labeling perspective tends to focus on the social and cultural background from which the criminal emerges; and Rational Choice theory stresses individual decision-making and culpability in crime. Ho Continue Reading...
Cultural beliefs transmitted by media include such notions as police officers are heroes. In reality, the media works in strengthening and affirming the cultural notions present in a society. It holds true particularly for the messages about the et Continue Reading...
Political Science The USA Patriot Act Congress passed the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act in response to the terrorists' attacks of September 11, 2001. The Act gives federal officials larger authority to follow and seize communications, both for law enforcement Continue Reading...
Features of Positivist Criminology Positivist criminology uses scientific research (primarily quantitative, laboratory, empirical experiment) to investigate the causes of crime and deviant behavior. Positivist criminology posits that the roots of d Continue Reading...
Washington D.C. Police Department Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Washington D.C. is the nation's capital, and thus holds a special responsibility in terms of providing the ultimate image of safety and enforcement of American ideals. Continue Reading...
S. (MS-13, 2012). More specifically, the gang's code is: "First is God, then your mother, then your gang. You live for God, you live for your mother, you die for your gang" (Lineberger & Padgett, 2011, p. 188). Prison where gang is strongest and Continue Reading...
Youth Justice System in Canada The doli incapax defence, which refers to the incapacity to do wrong, was developed under the English common law where a child under the age of seven was deemed incapable to do wrong. The same immunity was extended to Continue Reading...
Predictive policing is a trend that uses technology to predict hot crime spots and send police to the area before a crime is committed. By using data mining and crime mapping, police are deployed to areas based on statistical probability and geospati Continue Reading...
Stakeholder Map: Mdpd High-priority stakeholders (Must meet their needs and please): Public (residents and tourists) Community public advocacy groups (victim's rights groups and anti-crime groups) Community interest groups such as schools Communi Continue Reading...
Importance of information technology application to crime analysis 1. Identify and explain three types of technology that are necessary for accurate crime analysis. Technology employed in analyzing crime resembles that employed elsewhere. Analysts ut Continue Reading...
Government Since gang-related crimes fall within the jurisdiction of state, this research will give an insight on the need to find solutions that increasingly include all levels of government. Congress needs to pass legislation that will change im Continue Reading...
Psychological Trait Theory in Criminology: The field of criminology can basically be described as the scientific study of criminals and criminal behavior since professionals in this field try to develop theories that explain the reason for the occur Continue Reading...
Criminal gangs do exploit global trade networks using confusing documentation associated with legitimate business transactions. Such criminals ideally make use of Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML). This is a scheme that Colombian drug cartels have Continue Reading...
Organized Crime Reduction Strategy There is no doubt whatsoever that transnational organized crime groups are a threat to not only the security of the countries in which they operate, but also global security in general. Often operating in well-orga Continue Reading...
Police Administration; Structures, Processes, And Behaviors 8th Edition The Evolution of Police Administration Over the centuries, police administration has evolved in several important respects including how police have been organized and what the Continue Reading...
Even thenm once in a while the heads of the more powerful families would meet to work out differences (Meltzer, 1990, pp. 40-41). Still, striking at the mob could not be effected easily by the use of normal investigative methods alone. Indeed, the Continue Reading...
History Policing, the Law Enforcement Industry America, Police Role Society and the Functions Policing America; a critical analysis A critical analysis: History Policing; the Law Enforcement Industry America; Police Role Society and the Functions Po Continue Reading...
3. Variables Such as Gender There are various disparities in the overall demographics of this type of offense. As one report on the demographics of sex offenders in the United States, notes; "… although the vast majority of attention on sex Continue Reading...
Gangs in Prison Although the United States prison system remains extremely dangerous due to overcrowding, guard and administrator abuse, and widespread detention and isolation practices that would be considered torture by the United Nations, they al Continue Reading...
These measures included laws, which denied services to undocumented residents, alerted police to assume ICE functions, penalized for employers who hired the aliens, and made English the official language. In Arizona, ordinary citizens were encourage Continue Reading...
471). Fagan and Davies suggest that in the case of the NYPD, the department first erred when "Broken Windows theory [was] recast from physical to social disorder," even as neither the original theory nor Fagan and Davies are able to provide a suffic Continue Reading...
There are, for example, great differences among states regarding the way in which these systems are managed and the rights and responsibilities of officers for both sectors of the legal system. In New Jersey, the goal of probation is to promote the Continue Reading...
Among them, the article notes that more than half of all executions have occurred in the three states of Texas, Oklahoma and Virginia. This geographical bias, the article notes, is indicative of some degree of inconsistency in a system that determin Continue Reading...
Government The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act Final Project / Dissertation Degree: Juris Doctorate Specialized Major: Specialization: Constitutional Law Full Address: The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act Continue Reading...
In fact, he did time in jail while he was the leader for arms possession and hijacking. Violence was common with this particular group, and in an effort to frighten and "intimidate" police, prison guards were killed by Hells Angel members in 1997. E Continue Reading...
During the 1960's and 1970's, violent contact with the police, resulting in force occurred during anti-war, labor and civil rights demonstrations, during a politically tumultuous time. It is safe to conclude that excessive force was used during the Continue Reading...
adults have an episode or two from their youth of which they are not extremely proud. Perhaps it involved sneaking a beer (or several beers) at a social function, or lying about one's plans for the evening to get permission to attend a questionable Continue Reading...
Community Policing Efficacy The Violent Crime Control & Law Enforcement Act of 1994 heralded the beginning of a massive effort to reform policing strategies in the United States, in part through implementation of community-policing programs at t Continue Reading...
Organized Crime and the Russian Mafia Few observers would have predicted that when President Ronald Reagan implored Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!" In 1987 that not only would the Berlin Wall be torn down, but the entire So Continue Reading...
Under no circumstances will I condone officers committing felony acts on our watch; any who do so should be disavowed legal protection and prosecuted summarily. Third, I believe that Detectives Underwood and Freeman can do their jobs successfully w Continue Reading...
This is as long as such as move would not in any way compromises the safety as well as promptness of a thorough investigation.The verbal as well as written document shall in this case be restricted to the persons responsible for the receiving, respo Continue Reading...
The COP will be responsible to attend the Police Commission meetings to keep commission members knowledgeable about any issue related to the Department's operations, and to respond to citizens' complaints or concerns. The COP acts on all matters re Continue Reading...
police dept. Proposal for City Police Department (State of Florida) The objective of this proposal is to establish a Police Department, Macomb Police Department and employ the number of personnel needed to deliver professional and competent police Continue Reading...
There are three types of stimuli used, which are: 1) Targets; 2) Irrelevant; and 3) Probes. These are used "in the form of words, pictures, or sounds..." which a computer presents for a second or even a partial second. Incoming stimulus, if it is Continue Reading...
Marion Barry on Political Perceptions in D.C. This paper examines the political life of Marion Barry, former mayor of Washington D.C. And current member of Washington's city council. Barry was arrested and convicted of possession of crack. He has a Continue Reading...
Supreme Court's recent decision to ban the execution of mentally challenged individuals raises important ethical issues. Judges must be able to determine if a person is indeed mentally challenged. While the legal system and psychology have made impo Continue Reading...
race & arrest rates? Black arrests vs. white arrests The higher frequency of black arrests has been taken to a whole new level as Criminal Justice System is deemed predisposed towards minorities. Primary focus is on two questions here: Is the Continue Reading...
