Category: Criminal Justice

  • Collecting Crime Scene Evidence

    In this report I will discuss the importance of collecting evidence at a crime scene. The evidence can make or break a case. There are specific duties assigned to each member of the CSI team who investigates a crime scene. Strict protocols are followed when securing the crime scene, collection evidence and interviewing witnesses. There…

  • Juvenile Courts

    What was the social and historical context in which the juvenile court was created? What has been the fundamental difference between the procedures used in juvenile courts and those employed in criminal (adult) courts?

  • Important Federal Agencies

    In my opinion the three most important law enforcement agencies are our local law enforcement, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Every law enforcement agency plays a huge role and has its importance, but these three are the most important to me.

  • For Gun Control Legislation

    Discussing gun control in America Fear is in the eyes of every American citizen. Never knowing what this world can throw at you. Every citizen lives his or her own life thinking they are protected from by local law enforcement . With the numbers of them decreasing, do to the lack of funding and slow…

  • Juvenile Delinquency and Corrections

    Juvenile Delinquency and Corrections (Gender, Race, Ethics, and Class) Youth crime is disproportionately, committed by young men. Feminist theorists and others have examined why this is the case. One suggestion is that ideas of masculinity may make young men more likely to offend. Being tough, powerful, aggressive, daring and competitive may be a way of…

  • Imprisonments Effect on Recidivism

    The subject of recidivism in the Criminal Justice System has been long studied. It has also been argued over as to the extent of its effectiveness. Recidivism is defined as the repeating of a negative action after experiencing negative consequences from that action or receiving treatment for that action. In regards to the criminal justice…

  • Capital Crimes and Executives

    Capital Punishment Many distinctive doctrines in criminal law originated in efforts to restrict the number of capital crimes and executions. For instance, in the late 18th century, when all murder in the United States was punishable by death, Pennsylvania pioneered in dividing murder into two categories. The state enacted laws that authorized punishment of first-degree…

  • Pros and Cons of Capital Punishment

    The pros and cons of Capital Punishment. I will cover the United States citizen’s reaction towards using the death penalty as a form of punishment. Can criminals who commit murder actually be reformed?

  • Criminal Careers

    The Compact Oxford English Dictionary the study of crime is defined as “an offense against an individual or the state which is punishable by law; such actions collectively; informal something shameful or deplorable”. Norms come in different forms; potentially criminal acts can be judged against formal moral systems, such as religious beliefs. Under certain circumstances…

  • Crime Hotspots in Washington DC

    Crime hot spots are considered crime infested areas. A hot spot is an area that has a greater than average number of criminal or disorder events, or an area where people have a higher than average risk of victimization (Weisburd, 2005). Hot spots vary and may be hotter than others. All neighborhoods, good or bad,…

  • Social Factors Contributing to the Juvenile Crime

    One of the most notable causes of juvenile delinquency is fiat or the findings that a juvenile is delinquent by the juvenile court system without any trial, and the findings are only probable cause. Many states have laws that have less harsh treatment of juvenile delinquents than adult treatment. In return, the juvenile surrenders certain…

  • The Death Penalty, the Practice of Capital Punishment

    The death penalty is the most arguable and notorious practice today. The concept of capital punishment is a way of deterrence, retribution, restraint or incapacitation rehabilitation and restoration is not new and it is very much understandable from the way human psychology is molded by the fear of happening, the same with themselves. The idea…

  • The Insanity Plea

    The concept of defense by insanity has been in existence since ancient Greek and Roman times, although it did not emerge in American history until the mid 1800’s. In 1638, in colonial America, a delusional Dorothy Talbye was hanged for murdering her daughter. At that time, Massachusetts common law made no distinction between mental illness…

  • Racism and the law

    In the 1900 a prominent English scholar Gilbert Murray said: “There is in the world a hierarchy of races…[some] will direct and rule the others, and the lower work of the world will tend in the long run to be done by the lower breeds of men. This we of the ruling colour will no…

  • Punishment: Its Effects on Society

    In this paper there will be discussions on different types of punishment and how punishment affects society. In society everyone is taught that they will be punished if they do something wrong. [adsense:336×280:1:1]

  • Probation and Parole Through History

    In August 1841, a Boston, Massachusetts shoemaker named John Augustus bailed the first person out of jail. The person was a “common drunkard”, married with kids. A “common drunkard” is “legally defined at the time as someone who had arrested for intoxication at least three times in a six-month period” ( Panzarella, R. (2002, December).…

  • United States Court Systems

    The United States Court Systems – CJA/500 Survey of Justice and Security In the United States you will find two major court systems. They are the “State Court System” and the “Federal Court System.” The Federal Court System acts as an older brother to the state court system as federal law trumps state law. However,…

  • Prison Recidivism Impacts Society

    The purpose of this paper is to examine how prison recidivism impacts our society and why there is an enormous disparity between rehabilitation and incarceration rates. Prisons are constantly being constructed and are filled to capacity. Prisons simply do not eliminate crime and criminal behavior. In fact, In the United States, in many instances, the…

  • Organization of Police Departments

    There are many reasons as to why the effectiveness of the organization of the police departments are important. In my opinion, if there was no organization of the police departments then there would not be much done with in the field. The most important things that are involved in the organization of police departments are…

  • California’s Overcrowed Prison’s

    California’s Overcrowded Prison’s Axia College of University of Phoenix This is what conditions are like at one of California’s best prisons, the California Rehabilitation Center: Built to hold 1,800 inmates, it now bulges with more than 4,700 and is under nearly constant lockdown to prevent fights. Portions of the buildings, which date to the 1920s,…

  • Biography of Samuel Leibowitz: “The Scottsboro Trial”

    Samuel Leibowitz was a very prominent lawyer in the 1930’s, and one of America’s best, winning 77 out of 78 murder cases in fifteen years; the 78th was a result of a hung jury, and later becoming a supreme-court justice.1 One of Leibowitz’s greatest achievements as a criminal defense attorney was the Scottsboro trial. The…

  • Early Jail Conditions – Criminal Justice Essay

    Until the 19th century, children were punished and confined in the same ways as adults. Early jails housed adult men and women, juveniles, sane and insane all together. In the early 1800’s reformers became concerned about the overcrowded conditions in the jails and the corruption youth experienced when confined with adult felons. The first House…

  • Racism in United State Correctional Facilities

    Today there are over 2 million Americans incarcerated in our jails and prisons. More than one half of them are black men and women. For many years racial discrimination has been a problem that is deeply-rooted in our criminal justice system. Racial discrimination is the result of unethical practices that were never properly addressed and…

  • Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill

    Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill

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  • Self Assesment/Admissions Essay -Homeland Security

    I have always been intrigued by studying different topics related to Law Enforcement, specifically in the area of Homeland Security. I have taken many courses over the past 19 years relating to or touching the surface on issues surrounding 911 and Homeland Security. I find myself wanting to look deeper into these issues. I am…