next layer would consist of the less serious felonies. These are usually committed by first time offenders. Some of the cases include small robberies of a low dollar value with no weapons involved or something as simple as a fight that ended with assault charges. Most of the time‚ depending on the severance of the case‚ these felonies are not dealt with like they should be. The punishments for these types of cases are things like probation or home incarceration. The third layer of the criminal justice
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acceptance. But more and more we see women still being victimized and abused by their partners. These are women who are our mothers‚ sisters‚ grandmothers‚ etc. It is said that women experience about 4.8 million intimate partner-related physical assaults and rapes every year. Less than 20 percent of battered women sought medical treatment following an injury. These problems vary in what is experienced by women. Some rationalize why they are abused. Some believe in their heart they are in love
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Gay and Lesbian Hate Crime Analysis Ron Lawler CJA 540 Criminological Theory October 31‚ 2010 Dr. Shaunita Grase Gay and Lesbian Hate Crime Analysis The United States Justice Department defines hate crimes as “the violence of intolerance and bigotry‚ intended to hurt and intimidate someone because of their race‚ ethnicity‚ national origin‚ religion‚ sexual orientation or disability” (National Crime Prevention Council‚ 2010‚ p. 1). Over the centuries and throughout the world‚ history shows
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frequently travel alone. She practiced taking safe precautions such as avoiding bars‚ approaching her car like an Indian scout‚ and by locking doors and windows. However‚ Hasselstrom ’s life style choices increased her risk for being a victim to crimes of assault‚ rape‚ robbery‚ and murder. During a ten-year period‚ Hasselstrom experienced several "close call" perpetrator attacks that prompted her to examine various methods of self-defense. Hasselstrom even entertained the idea of a CB radio purchase which
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Guns Must Be Allowed On Campus With college shootings on the rise‚ the recent debate between colleges is on allowing students and staff to conceal and carry on campus. College students and staff should be permitted to carry guns on campus with a concealed carry license‚ to protect themselves and others from sexuall assualt‚ combat school shootings‚ and make campus safer. The number of college students who are sexually assaulted is rising and not going away. “One in 5 women and one in 16 men are
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biker colors on then Pub Zone might not have been responsible for the attack. As between the Pagans and Kuehn‚ what criminal charges might arise from these facts? The Pagans could be charged with several felony charges. Those charges could be assault and battery high aggravated nature‚ or attempted murder because Mr. Kuehn
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Cons Official Information: Uniform Crime Report (UCR) According to "Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics" (n.d.)‚ " The UCR Program collects statistics on violent crime (murder and nonnegligent manslaughter‚ forcible rape‚ robbery‚ and aggravated assault) and property crime (burglary‚ larceny-theft‚ and motor vehicle theft)”. "By congressional mandate‚ arson was added as the eighth Part I offense in 1979. Arson statistics are not available for access on this site" ("Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics"
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compact handguns. - 60% of handgun owners and half the USA population live in RTC states. States with RTC laws have seen a crime decrease (24% lower total violent crime rate/19% lower homicide rate/39% lower robbery rate/ 19% lower aggravated assault rate)- homicide rates are lower than anytime before 1960 - Court approval of common law rule that a person ’may repel force by force’ in selfdefense and concluded that when attacked a person ’s as entitled to stand his ground and meet any attack
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Hate Crime Analysis Kim Hull CJA/540 Criminological Theory October 13‚ 2011 Facilitator David Mailloux CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I certify that the attached paper is my original work. I am familiar with‚ and acknowledge my responsibilities which are part of‚ the University of Phoenix Student Code of Academic Integrity. I affirm that any section of the paper which has been submitted previously is attributed and cited as such‚ and that this paper has not been submitted by anyone else. I have
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a. Imagine asking 100 strangers to describe a criminal. Predict whether those descriptions would be likely to focus on street criminals‚ or the variety of topics covered in this video. With everything that’s going on nowadays I would say that it’s a combination of both‚ although it is more likely that those 100 strangers will choose the street criminals. Most people don’t know too much about the white collar or corporate crimes until it happens and maybe because it something that affects
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