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Federal vs. State Crime
While some crimes are deemed to be state crimes, others are considered to be federal crimes. In essence, a vast majority of crimes are heard and determined in state courts as they happen to be state crimes. In seeking to disti Continue Reading...
The last and final level of the federal court system is the U.S. Supreme Court. A federal defendant begins his case in the District Court, but can appeal decisions.
Because there is an essential difference between the violation of state and local l Continue Reading...
Crime Trends in Indiana, 1981-2011
With an economy founded on agriculture and industry, and few blighted urban centers, Indiana's crime rates in all indexed categories have historically been lower than the national average. However, data collected b Continue Reading...
Federal Taxation
One of the important procedures involved in Federal taxation is the apprehension of those persons and firms and trusts and others who evade tax payment and thereby break the law. This means that these entities may either conceal fac Continue Reading...
Federal and State Court Authority
The federal court system was founded by the United States Constitution and derives its authority from that document. The establishment of the federal court system is specifically derived from Article II which create Continue Reading...
"Greater freedom has increased female participation in the public sphere," which would expose greater numbers of women to criminal behaviors and the opportunities to commit crimes (Steffensmeier & Allan1996, p. 469). Combined with social control Continue Reading...
Crime and Social Theory
Deviance Interpreted by Social Theories
Illicit Drug Use
Illicit drug use has historically been seen as a global threat towards society and a primary contributing factor for the prevalence other crimes, such as smuggling, h 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...
In this regard, Fathi adds that the Standards stipulate that: "When private facilities are used, the Standards require multiple means of oversight, including applicability of freedom of information laws; contract provisions for oversight; and on-sit 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...
New York State Department of Parole or the Department of Corrections is an agency of the state responsible for the supervision and management of criminals convicted of a crime, felony level or higher. The Department of Corrections was put in place t Continue Reading...
C. By Michael Shively (June, 2005), the first hate crime laws were enacted during the sixties, seventies, and eighties. The first states to pass hate crime legislation were Oregon and Washington in 1981. The first federal hate crime legislation, Shiv Continue Reading...
Hate is in fact moving the modern society away from freedom and democracy, and it is imperative that remedial measures are taken immediately to combat this. (Shulman, 1997)
Some of the tools, other than legal options, can be education, and the prom Continue Reading...
Criminal Justice
Does the criminal justice system work? This is a very interesting question indeed? Many proponents of system believe it to be a deterrent to manner would be criminals across the United States. However, many pundits point to high pro Continue Reading...
Tucker, deputy sheriff of said county, from giving and securing to the said Robert R. Smith and others, naming them, the due and equal protection of the laws of said state, in this, to-wit, that at and before the entering into said conspiracy, the s Continue Reading...
Marijuana
Medical Marijuana:
The Interplay between State and Federal Law
History of Criminalization
The Current War on Drugs
Political Issues
The legal status of medical marijuana in the United States is something of a paradox. On one hand, fed Continue Reading...
(1990) Municipal Government Involvement in Crime Prevention in Canada. This work provides insight into the way that municipal government interacts with the police in the organization of crime prevention structures and the delivery of crime preventio Continue Reading...
Controlling Legislation
Role of the Law Enforcement Community
The Role of the Law Enforcement Community in Combatting Hate Crimes
Hate crimes are a form of domestic terrorism. They send the poisonous message that some Americans deserve to be victi Continue Reading...
United States has the highest rate of confinement of prisoners per 100,000 population than any other Western country. Analyze this phenomena and discuss actions that you feel are necessary to combat this problem.
The United States currently has the Continue Reading...
Introduction
A defendant that has successfully been prosecuted and then found guilty will have their sentence determined and read out by a judge at the sentencing hearing. The sentencing hearing can only take place after the criminal conviction. Duri Continue Reading...
Incarceration Rates in the United States Versus Other CountriesThe US incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than any other country on earth (Wagner & Sawyer, 2018). It has the largest prison population by far with over 2,000,000 prisoner Continue Reading...
Stress: Regulation of Wetlands in the United States
Regulation of Wetlands in the United States
Defining Wetlands and their Value
A wetland refers to a place where water covers the soil. A wetland is a saturated land that comprises of swamps or ma Continue Reading...
Long, 463 U.S. 1032, 1040 (1983)) since the independence of a state court's state-law judgment is not clear.
Furthermore the Court stated that the Florida Supreme Court treated state and federal law as interchangeable and interwoven and therefore w Continue Reading...
Until we can raise the dead, this will remain the fact and justice demands that in the rare times the death penalty is carried out, the evidence commanding its use must incontrovertible and absolutely certain or the punishment can not be carried out Continue Reading...
5%, compared to 4.8% for males). (Chesney-Lind, 1998, p. 66)
The author also re-confirms the fact that data regarding of female inmate's indicate that as cited the passage of increased penalties for drug offenses has certainly been a major factor in Continue Reading...
FBI vs. Apple in Relation to the Patriot Act
America is divided over the tradeoff between personal privacy and security needs. The focus is, now, on the government surveillance, but there are concerns over how data is being used by businesses. The i Continue Reading...
Human Trafficking:
Comparative Analysis of Human Trafficking in the United States with the World
Stephanie I.
Specialized Field Project
Human Trafficking is a very serious issue that affects every country around the world. Human Trafficking is al Continue Reading...
Second Amendment Should be Sacrosanct
What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms." Or. "A strong body makes the mind strong. As to t Continue Reading...
Legalize Marijuana Now!
Today, the United States enjoys the dubious distinction of incarcerating more of its citizens than any other industrialized nation on earth. Perhaps even more troubling still, the majority of these citizens have been imprison Continue Reading...
U.S. MILITARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Military & Environmental Law
Environmental Analysis and Impact of the United States Military
Military activity affects the environment in direct and indirect ways. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Continue Reading...
Private Security
The various factors that influence both the definition and the perception of private security are typically environmental but can be internal and external to the issue of security itself. In most developed nations, the state provide Continue Reading...
Alaska Federal and State Jurisdiction
THE ALASKA MODEL
Federal and State Jurisdiction
Alaska is the 49h state of the United States of America and the largest (State of Alaska, 2013). Its capital is Juneau and Fairbanks is the only large city. Its Continue Reading...
S.B. 1070, ACA, AND FEDERAL PREEMPTION
1070, the ACA, and Federal Preemption
S.B. 1070, the ACA, and Federal Preemption
Tenth Amendment
The Tenth Amendment was intended to limit the scope and power of the federal government, thereby preserving so Continue Reading...
RIGHTS VS. NATIONAL LAWS
National laws formulated and implemented by the federal government have often been criticized for their centralizing effect and for restraining/restricting the power of state laws. In a republican form of government, state Continue Reading...
Prisoner Demographics
How would you differentiate male and female prisoner backgrounds? Is there a better solution to prisoner background classification? Explain.
The basic cognitive, psychological and emotional differences between males and femal Continue Reading...
Crime and Punishment
Ours is an extremely violent kind of world where even the most common type of folk can find themselves faced with types of unspeakable horrors and criminal activity through little or no intention of their own. In American litera Continue Reading...
Organized crime has been romanticized in American film and television media. Although some of the depictions are stereotyped and exaggerated, many of the core elements revealed in fictionalized accounts of organized crime are real. The history of org Continue Reading...
Organized Crime / Counterterrorism
AL CAPONE OR AL QAEDA?:
ORGANIZED CRIME AND COUNTERTERRORISM
AS LAW ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES IN 2014
Should law enforcement in America prioritize fighting counter-terrorism or fighting organized crime? A full exam Continue Reading...