Category: Criminal Justice
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Criminal Justice’s Struggled to Stay Current
Criminal justice is struggling to stay current with cybercrimes. Cybercrime is a rapidly evolving field, and the criminal justice system is often unable to keep up with the latest developments. This poses significant challenges for law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and courts as they try to effectively investigate, prosecute, and sentence cybercriminals. One major challenge facing…
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A Molestation Epidemic – Essay
If you have a daughter, she has a one in five chance of being sexually abused before she turns twelve. One in five little girls under the age of twelve has been molested nationally by someone claiming the only thing they are guilty of is love. Through this paper you will find facts and statistics…
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History of American Policing Essay
Dr. Virginia Jeronimus CJAD 101 L. Diaz 30 August 2008 Discuss the historical development of American Policing The development of law enforcement in colonial America was similar to that of England during the same time period. Law enforcement in colonial America was considered a local responsibility. As in England, the colonies established a system of…
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Biological, Strain, & Radical Theory Essay
Introduction Despite a focus on constructing and testing theories about the causes of crime, researchers frequently avoid explicit discussion of causal issues. Researchers argue that attention to particular causal issues will both facilitate theory construction and testing and provide a more systematic basis for identifying policy implications for criminological theory and research. Researchers also suggest…
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Probation Officers
The field in Criminal Justice that I have chosen will take me a few steps to get there but I do have a plan. The beginning of my plan starts out here at IBC and ends at the juvenile probation department. In the state of Indiana you have to have a bachelors degree to become…
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Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
The Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution provides that persons are free in their persons from unreasonable searches and seizures.
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What Justice Means to Me
While many people disagree that criminals get away with things, due to all the people involved in the process of the case not doing their share.
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The NYS Prison System
The New York State prison system till this day continues to be one of the most popular prison systems in our country.
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Plea Bargaining is Unfair to the Victim
An act is not automatically a crime because it is hurtful or sinful. A crime in my opinion is when a person or persons intentionally violates the safety of an individual by breaking the law. I believe that plea bargaining can be an unfair process to the victims family and others because the offender can…
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Juvenile Court Systems
Our juvenile court systems have come a long way. Juveniles sometimes need help to get there life’s in order and track. There are various ways for juveniles to get the help they may need to get back on track The major difference between our juveniles and the adults they commit crimes is that there are…
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Influence of Family Structure on Juvenile Deliquency
INFLUENCE OF FAMILY STRUCTURE ON JUVENILE DELIQUENCY IN NAKURU CHILDREN’S REMAND HOME By ANTHONY KIRORI KIMANI A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
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Should Juvenile Committing Felonies be Tried As Adults?
Introduction: Issue, Policy, Problem: States are legislating juvenile justice policy at a remarkable pace. An analysis of proposed and enacted legislation between 2005 and 2007 suggests that over a thousand juvenile justice measures have been introduced in state legislatures in the past several years, resulting in more than 300 new laws and policies. In the…
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Binge Drinking Among College Students
Introduction Many studies have shown that the age of onset of heavy drinking has been strongly linked to the formation of harmful drinking habits later in life (Berkowitz, 1990; Glassman, 2010). The increased levels of binge drinking and alcohol abuse reported among university students within one year of entering college may possibly point to increases…
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Biological and Psychological Explanations of Crime.
The purpose of this assignment is to examine the biological and psychological explanations of crime. It will primarily focus on Cesare Lombroso’s theory in that he believed that criminals could be determined and identified by their physical appearance and attributes. It will cover Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation and how childhood violence and trauma can…
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Defining and Measuring Crime and Deviance.
This assignment will discuss the problems between crime and deviance, what counts as crime and deviance and how it varies with place and time. It will include the difference and similarities and give examples of defining crime and deviance. Finally the essay moves on to looking at how to identify why official statistics do not…
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Early Roots of Policing: Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel is known in the books as the founder of the first form of an English police department: the London Metropolitan Police. This was after his London Metropolitan Police Act passed in 1829, giving greater power to the English police force and establishing what he is known for today. Peels ideas were very…
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Alternative Sentencing
If we are to be a serious society then we need to address the human element seriously, and that means addressing the worst of the human element along with the best. As humans are raised differently and their amount of self control varies with each individual there can be no constant as to the degree…
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Police Patrolling Methods
Policing is an integral part of all civilized societies. For a society to be maintain peace and order the police must have demonstrate effective patrol. Over the years many departments face the same dilemma; how to effectively and efficiently patrol force while maintaining the safest working conditions possible for its officers. There have been several…
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Models of Organized Crime Executive Summary
There are two different types of organizations within organized crime and these organizations are called the bureaucratic and patron-client organizations. In this paper we will compare distinctions between the bureaucratic and patron-client organizations and this will include some similarities and differences between the main models of organized crime and why these models are important for…
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Legalization of Prostitution
Prostitution: Ethics to Legitimize the Business Many people find the ethical considerations of the death penalty to be highly controversial. However, another highly controversial topic is the legalization of prostitution. Considering my knowledge on this subject and talking to average women who aren’t prostitutes, I’ve come to the conclusion that prostitution should be legalized.
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Pro Death Panalty Speech – Fiction
Good day ladies and gentlemen. I would like to thank all of you for coming out today and hope you are all enjoying the croissants and Starbuck’s coffee provided as a courtesy of your great state. Please allow me to introduce myself before we get started. My name is Slick Perry and if you didn’t…
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The Evolution of DNA
Man has sought answers to the meaning of life trying to understand the fundamentals of our existence. Over the past couple of decades we have been able to uncover a substantial amount of knowledge pertaining to the instructions that allow life to continue. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid has been identified in all forms of life.…
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Can Crime Be Measured in a Valid and Reliable Way?
In this essay it will be shown how crime in this day and age is measured and to what extent the different methods are valid and drawing from this, how reliable such methods are. For the most part, there are 3 major or respected methods used by most countries in determining the nature and extent…
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Robert Peel Nine Principles
Before 1829, law enforcement was normally handled by regular people who volunteered, sheriffs, constables and night watchmen. They were an informal unorganized group who were trying to solve crime without some type of organized charter. Robert Peel, Home Secretary in the British Cabinet, recognized some of the problems with this informal group and suggested solutions…