Criminal Justice

The time and place: 1959; Clinton, Ontario, Canada. The crime: the rape and murder of a 12 year old girl. The Suspect: a 14 year old boy, one of the victim’s classmates. The story of Steven Truscott and the crime …

All societies in the world are troubled by crime everyday. The general public has become very fascinated by criminals and fearful of criminal behavior. In the fight against crime, criminal profiling has been developed to aid the FBI in the …

McDowell v. Calderon, 130 F.3d 833 (9th Cir. 1997), cert. denied, 523 U.S. 1103 (1998). Death sentence reversed where jury misunderstood instructions regarding what may be considered as mitigating evidence. But see Coleman v. Calderon, 525 U.S. 141 (1998), overruling …

There are several different explanations for crime and the reasons or motifs behind the actions of a criminal. However, in determining which school of thought; classicism, biological/psychological positivism and sociological positivism, provides the best explanation to crime, the above theories …

The Hells Angels origination stems back from World War II and the B-17 Bomber group that was called Hells Angels. The Bomber Units, such as the 303rd bombardments group (Heavy) 303rd European Theater of Operations (ETO), were known to be …

The basic concepts of criminal defenses are to prove your client innocent or get them a lesser criminal charge. Therefore you and or your staff (paralegal(s)) needs to research the type of crime your client is being accused of to …

Imagine for a moment being Robert-Francois Damiens, who in 1757 was executed for the attempted murder of King Louis XV. Mostly likely one would expect to be put to death by a quick beheading through the use of a gelatin …

The number of inmates suffering from mental disorders in correctional institutions has burgeoned considerably in recent years. Consequently it is the single most important issue in corrections today. The task of correctional institutions is twofold,

firstly they serve to reprimand …

Crime and the Media
A lot of people blame the media for violence and crime. They say that making movies showing a lot of violence and drug use causes teenagers to want to act like the people on the movies. …

Introduction: My paper will cover the topic of how to how control organized crime and not just in the United States of America but also abroad. This is a country and others are wrought with opportunities, but many

would seek …

The United States should not have the right to torture terrorists. A terrorist can be defined as anyone who conducts a violent act or act dangerous to human life which violates the laws of the U.S. in order to

intimidate …

Gathered from the standardized crime statistics accumulated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation show the magnitude of Arizona’s serious crime problem. The rates of violent crimes such as rape, robbery,

murder, and aggravated assault has elevated in Arizona and this …

“Claims-making is” another way of viewing the ways in which victims’ rights, concern, and issues and discussed in society.” (Topic 4:Class Lecture). Claims that are made about and issue, event, or crime

can have weight on policy changes and reform …

Substance abuse in America has become an overwhelming problem considering the numbers of people who use today compared to fifty years ago. Today, drugs are used commonly by the rich and successful, the disadvantaged,

middle class and a majority of …

Fixing Broken Windows was written by George L. Kelling and Catherine M. Coles to explain the “Broken Windows” theory created by George L. Kelling and James Q. Wilson. The “Broken Windows” theory states that if a

window breaks in an …