Measuring Crime During the latter half of the twentieth century, evidence-based policing became more commonplace, partly as a means to reduce corruption, but also as a means to make crime fighting more effective. Instruments used to measure crime at Continue Reading...
In essence, the program will help meet the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs of crime victims in the remote areas in South Carolina. Generally, the program is expected to have several impacts such as helping rural crime victim Continue Reading...
Timeline and Narrative of Gang Activity: 1800 -- 2000 Throughout history, humans have banded together for mutual protection and to pursue their mutual interests in ways that would not be possible individually. The historical record has shown that hu Continue Reading...
Medico-Legal Investigations HOW ADEQUATE? Medical Death Investigative Systems Past and Present Systems Death investigation of some sort has existed in all countries for centuries, but not always performed by medical professionals (Committee, 2003 Continue Reading...
Perjury Aristotle believed there should be guidelines governing the act of giving testimony (Kennedy, 2004, p. 227-228). For example, a jury member should place greater weight on the reputation and social standing of the witness, than on the content Continue Reading...
Philosophy of Teaching Statement I have heard people compare teaching to shining a light into the darkness. I like this analogy, because teachers certainly do bring light to the darkness. However, I do not think such a statement is strong enough. Wh Continue Reading...
" (Potter, 1999) Supreme Court finally strikes down juvenile executions On Mar. 1, 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down once and for all juvenile executions in the United States, abandoning nations such as Nigeria, Congo, China, Pakistan and ot Continue Reading...
Jails and Prisons The general characteristics of prisons and jails are almost the same though they are considered as different entities in the criminal justice system. The main difference them is that whereas a prison holds convicted offenders who h Continue Reading...
Many times, police officers are attacked or the prisoners themselves are injured during this booking process. The deaths and injuries, specifically of prisoners belonging to ethnic minorities, have triggered conflicts between the police and the comm Continue Reading...
police Misconduct Case Study The district attorney declines to press charges and both juveniles are released. They flee the jurisdiction and are never found. Your partner is brought before a police investigation Board and suspended from the Departme Continue Reading...
Capital Punishment & DNA DNA Evidence, Capital Punishment, & the Criminal Justice System Capital Punishment is an issue of great contention. There are many people who strongly favor the use of capital punishment; there are also a great numb 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...
The victims of crimes are very important in the operation of the criminal justice system; this is because they are the ones who can lead the police to the offender. However, after the victim reports incidents to the police, provide vital informatio Continue Reading...
life have the ability (and actually do) impact each and every member of society. Crime is one such issue that crosses economic, ethnic, political, religious, and social backgrounds. One reason why crime is such a paramount issue in modern society is Continue Reading...
Exclusionary Rule The Future of the Exclusionary Rule The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, otherwise known as the Bill of Rights, were designed to protect citizens against abusive state power. These protections include preventing the g Continue Reading...
This is one of the reasons that the United States Supreme Court has noted the difficulty in distinguishing common crime from the "gray zone of socially acceptable and economically justifiable business conduct. Prosecutors are not eager to 'overcrim Continue Reading...
Conflict/Crime Control Model vs. The Consensus/Due Process Model Over the years, theorists have developed several theories to describe crime as a social phenomenon. Two of today's most popular theories are the conflict/crime control model and the co Continue Reading...
Public Policy Analysis There is a sense that politics operates on a continuum scale whose extremes are rationality and irrationality. Politicians make laws that can be seen from both perspectives depending on the particular position of the person ju Continue Reading...
Prison overcrowding is indeed a grave problem that many states face. It is a phenomenon that both the international and national parties have faced for decades (Howard,1996). Overcrowded correction facilities may lead to the failures of programs in t Continue Reading...
Powell points to the fact that "in Georgia, for example, the time between the date of the murder and the murderer's execution (if it occurs) averages close to I0 years 25 Although the average lapsed time in Georgia may be the highest, the same situa Continue Reading...
Police Organization Operations The police department is one of the most significant departments in the supervision, maintenance and implementation of the societal order. It is the one that is entrusted with most of the communal maintenance of peace Continue Reading...
Workplace Harassment Policy Introduction The way that a society treats its criminals is indicative of the moral character and worthiness of that society. While it is easy for us to ignore and disregard the criminals amongst us by leading them to pr Continue Reading...
Prison GED Programs Hypothesis testing of the effectiveness of prison GED programs in reducing recidivism The effectiveness of prison GED programs in reducing recidivism Prison GED programs The General Education Development initialized as GED is Continue Reading...
3.0 Conclusion After exploring both sides of the death penalty argument, it's important to remember that neither side supports executions based on racial or financial bias. And, all want to see the defendant having competent defense and receiving Continue Reading...
Death Penalty Capital punishment is a controversial topic because it involves the taking of a human life as a punishment. Traditionally, Judeo-Christian and other mainstream religions strictly prohibit killing because they regard the matter of givi Continue Reading...
National Incident-Based Reporting System (IBRS) is a system used by national and state law enforcement agencies to report and analyze crimes. The system allows for the widespread use of data related to a variety of crimes coming to law enforcement a Continue Reading...
'" Two steps if taken, however, would almost halve our prison population. First, repeal state laws that now mandate the incarceration of drug offenders and develop instead many more public and private treatment centers to which nonviolent drug abuse Continue Reading...
This alternative essentially redistributes some of the power within the department in order to facilitate more successful service in individual communities. This clearly makes discretion appropriate based on the individual needs of the community. Po Continue Reading...
Offenders The career criminal A career criminal is a person who repeatedly participates in criminal acts for both a constant and central source of income DeLisi, 2005. A career criminal uses crime as their only source of income, and they will com 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...
Policing Dilemmas Ethical Dilemmas in Police Work For ethical training to be effective in a police profession then there must be continuous education and practice. Officers work in a rapidly evolving field that is in a dynamic environment and there Continue Reading...
efficiency and effectiveness. Is it possible for an agency to exhibit one but not the other? Most law enforcement agencies seek to be both efficient and effective because the two can go hand in hand when things are done correctly. It is possible, t Continue Reading...
What is the best solution for jail overcrowding? The best solution might be using a combination of different efficiency measures. These same efficiency measures and alternative programs have been tested in jurisdictions throughout the country. Com Continue Reading...
Juvenile Arrest Rates Review of the DOJ 2008 Juvenile Arrest Report The overall rate of juvenile arrests declined by 3% between 2007 and 2008 for all persons younger than the age of 18 (Puzzanchera, 2009). This continues a trend of year-to-year red Continue Reading...
Policy and Procedure Manual EZ Protective Consultant Company Policy and Procedures Manual Introduction to defensive weapons Carrying a concealed weapon Body armor Use of diversionary devices and various chemical weapons The shooting incident Continue Reading...
Troy Davis and the Lessons of DNA Exonerations Wrongful Convictions The Case of Troy Davis: What DNA Exonerations Can Teach Us about Wrongful Convictions When someone is wrongfully convicted of a crime they lose years of their lives to unjust sanc Continue Reading...
Panetti has not challenged those factual findings on appeal." Panetti could not be considered incompetent to stand execution based on Ford v. Wainwright. Similar to Panetti, Ford did not initially argue mental illness, but during the trial he devel Continue Reading...
This is particularly important when making decisions about court processes and sentencing practices in the juvenile court. The ability of youth to recognize that sanctions will drastically increase in the adult system is ample reason to justify the Continue Reading...
Community Oriented Policing new and comprehensive strategy against crime: Community Policing: For the purpose of reducing neighborhood crimes, creating a sense of security and reduce fear of crimes among the citizens and improving the quality of li Continue Reading...
Community Safety and Crime Reduction: An Evaluation of the Role of New Technology Recent technological advances have effectively changed the way we conduct business, secure our borders, fight our wars, diagnose diseases, etc. Indeed, thanks to advan Continue Reading...
