Tag: Crime
The Theory and Testing of the Reconceptualization of General and Specific Deterrence
In the May 1993 issue of the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, the introduction of the reconceptualized deterrence theory was presented, explaining...
Computer Crime: Prevention and Innovation
Since the introduction of computers to our society, and in the early 80s the Internet, the world has never been the same. Suddenly our...
Anti-Crime Programs
The basis of our justice system has learned to treat criminals with punishing sentences to jail. The problem is, our jails are beyond their...
Computer Crime Report
Advances in telecommunications and in computer technology have brought us to the information revolution. The rapid advancement of the telephone, cable, satellite and computer...
Media Crime Essay
In a single generation, communications technology has turned the planet into one small global village. Within minutes television and radio relay stories across the...
Criminal law and criminology
Criminal law and criminology have, for the past several years, been confronted with a problem that reaches the very foundations and basic philosophies underlying...
Nicholas Green Story
As his family's month-long vacation to Italy approached, seven year-old Nicholas Green became increasingly excited about the trip. The rosy-cheeked second grader devoured books...
Murders Ted Bundy
Murder is the most vindictive crime society can commit. As individuals in society, the belief of being born a murderer is false. No one...
Prohibition Led to the Rapid Growth of Organized Crime
Prohibition was a period in which the sale, manufacture, or transport of alcoholic beverages became illegal. It started January 16, 1919 and continued to...
Computer Fraud and Crimes
In the world of computers, computer fraud and computer crime are very prevalent issues facing every computer user. This ranges from system administrators to...
Juveniles committing violent crimes should be tried as adults
When one hears of a criminal who has committed a violent crime, one does not usually conjure up images of a person with whom...
Drugs and Crime
The link between drug use and crime is not a new one. For more than twenty years, both the National Institute on Drug Abuse...
The Boston Strangler – Serial Killer
The Boston Strangler was probably the most notorious criminal that Boston, Massachusetts has ever known. But who was the Boston Strangler? Was he Albert...
Mafia of the 1920’s and 1930’s
Their guns terrorized the streets of New York. They were murderous, brutal thugs that killed with no feelings of remorse. They were bank-robbers, drug...
Computer Fraud and Crimes
In the world of computers, computer fraud and computer crime are very prevalent issues facing every computer user. This ranges from system administrators to...
Cybercrime on Computerized Systems
This situation involves a large bank that has recently installed a new software system for handling all transactions and account storage. An employee at...
Rape Law Essay
Only Words, by Catharine MacKinnon is a collection of three essays; each essay argues her claim that sexual words and pictures should be banned...
Computer Crime Essay
Advances in telecommunications and in computer technology have brought us to the information revolution. The rapid advancement of the telephone, cable, satellite and computer...
Ted Bundy, a vicious serial killer
Murder is the most vindictive crime society can commit. As individuals in society, the belief of being born a murderer is false. No one...
Internet Crimes Essay
The new discipline of computing and the sciences that depend upon it have led the way in making space for women's participation on an...
The Causes Of Crime
The causes of crime seem to be indefinite and ever changing. In the 19th century; slum poverty was blamed, in the 20th century, a...
Self-defense In Criminal Cases
One of the frustrations faced by many businesses is that after the perpetrators of crimes have been identified, the District Attorney's office will not...
Prohibition Led to the Rapid Growth of Organized Crime
Prohibition was a period in which the sale, manufacture, or transport of alcoholic beverages became illegal. It started January 16, 1919 and continued to...
Chemistry of Crime
The first images of JonBenet Ramsey that were broadcast to the world showed a pretty little girl in heavy make-up and flamboyant costumes parading...
Forensic Science Essay
Forensic Science, also known as Forensics, is the application of science to law. It uses highly developed technology to uncover scientific evidence in a...
Crimes of CIA and OPEC in 1975
We once again hear problems with governmental agency overly using their power and taking away rights of citizens unjustly. With these problems comes societies...
Organized Crime Essay
Organized crime has always been occupied with a negative label. Perhaps this is due to the constantly changing environment in America as well as...
Juvenille Delinquiency Report
Juvenile delinquency is a social problem that significantly impacts all members and processes of a social culture. Delinquency refers to behaviors that are not...
Cybercrime and Reliance on Computerized Systems
This situation involves a large bank that has recently installed a new software system for handling all transactions and account storage. An employee at...
Is there or is there not such a thing as crime
For this question, I have chosen to discuss the following three works of literature: Crime and Punishment, by Feodor Dostoevsky, Beloved, by Toni Morrison,...
Racism & Hate Crimes in America
Blacks were introduced to American soil during the 17th and 18th centuries via the triangular trade route, and were welcomed by whips, chains, shackles,...
Female Juvenile Crime
Traditionally, there has been little research on or interest in the impact of female crime in modern society. In addition, juvenile crime rates are...
Cyber Crimes Essay
Millions of people around the world use computers and the internet everyday. We all use it in school, work even at home, computers have...
Computer Crime Report
A young man sits illuminated only by the light of a computer screen. His
fingers dance across the keyboard. While it appears that he is...
Crime And Drug Use
Throughout my time as a criminal justice student, I have been interested about the relationship between drugs and crime. I have also been amazed...
Should Government Regulate Victimless Crimes
Throughout history, there have been moral rules, enforced, which have been instituted by society as a whole due to the nature of their ethical...
Gangs, A Violent Reality
Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in today's cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids...
Mafia Boss – John Gotti
If ever there was an incubator for crime it was the Italian Harlem tenements of the South Bronx. In one of those crowded dirty...
Crime In Sports
Many people have grown up watching their favorite player or team since they were old enough to understand the games. Sports is a big...
Delving Into Computer Crime
White-collar crime, specifically computer crime, is becoming more popular as computers become more readily available. Crimes using computers and crimes against computers are usually...
Computer crime history
Computer crime started in the early 1970s and has become more and more prevalent. Some computer crime are committed by outside individuals that hack...
Organized Crime in America
Organized crime has always been occupied with a negative label. Perhaps this is due to the constantly changing environment in America as well as...
Argumentative Againts Gun Control
Are you willing to sit back and become a victim of violent crime or allow the government to tamper with your civil liberties? In...
Analysis of Gangs
Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in today's cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids...
Serial Killers Essay
A serial killer is a person whom everybody knows as a friend, a lover or even a father but no one knows about his...
Penalty for Bias-Motivated Crimes
On June 11, 1993, the United State Supreme Court upheld Wisconsin's penalty enhancement law, which imposes harsher sentences on criminals who "intentionally select the...
The International Criminal Court
The United Nations first recognized the need to establish an international criminal court over 50 years ago. An international criminal court would be just...
Exactly what is the Mafia
Mafia, more specifically the Italian-American Mafia, is a group of criminals organized into "families," and operating primarily in North America. Also known as La...
Are the methods that major companies use to prevent shoplifting effective?
Shoplifting is a disease plaguing the American consumer and retail stores. Almost all companies are feeling the effect of shoplifting in one way or...
What is the Mafia?
What is the Mafia? Some believe the word Mafia was the battle cry of an Italian rebellious group- this battle of cry was the...
