Case Attrition CJS/220 March 28‚ 2012 The exercising of discretion by all system actors‚ public and private‚ and from the nature of the criminal process itself is a result of case attrition. Basically‚ case attrition is when an arrest does not end in a trial conviction‚ which happens quite often in the court justice system. This is not new experience‚ nor one limited to the United States; several other Western countries and in the early parts of the twentieth century
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Problem Identification The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 was created to solve the problem of high crime. To deal with the crime problem in our nation‚ there must be a balance approach between getting tough on the hard-core violent offenders‚ and prevention and treatment for nonviolent offenders‚ all within the context of punishment. The major crimes that were going on in 1994 were the war on drugs‚ gun violence‚ and juvenile violence(book‚ pg.470). It was suggested that police
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512 Words Short Essay on The Scene at a Hospital by Anjana Mazumdar My friend has been lying ill in the Civil Hospital for some time past. I learnt about his illness only a few days back and‚ therefore‚ I decided to go and look him up. When I reached the hospital I found it a huge building consisting of several wings with a clock in the middle. The whole approach to the hospital was full of people waiting to be examined or waiting to see their relatives. When I entered the hospital
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Theme : Solution to a Malaysian Problem DRAFT 1 The Role of The Individual in Preventing and Reducing the Criminal Offences in Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia. Crime has always becoming a major issue in Malaysia. Crime statistics compiled by Habibullah and Baharom in 2008 showed that the crime rates in Malaysia in the last three decades (1973-2003) rose between 1 to 8% per year. Things are getting worst if none of the party was taking action in curbing this problem. Individual’s role is the most significant
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"All men have crimes‚ and most of them are hidden". Do you agree with this statement? As a matter of fact‚ in this modernization and globalization era‚ many people go against the laws to commit the immoral activities such as kidnapping‚ murdering and drug dealing because they are self-centered and they do not care about others’ feeling. Why do people commit crime? Normally‚ people commit crimes because that is what they want to do. Criminal behaviour is a matter of choices. Today‚ there are many
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discussed. Also in this paper the discussion on how crime‚ twin studies‚ adoption studies‚ and testosterone studies are linked to genetics will be discussed. This essay will show some of the strengths and weaknesses of the evidence that is linked to genetics and crime. I will also be giving my feelings on whether or not I agree with police departments using these findings‚ or if they should dismiss such findings. The link between genetics and crimes is a very contentious topic when it comes to
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In The Ethical Toolbox on page 370‚ it states that preventive thinking is “look before or behind a problem as it is usually preseneted.” Preventive thinking does not necessairly eliminate the problem but it helps the problem in some way. When thinking about the drug problem we want to figure out how to get the dealers off the streets. According to page 370 in The Ethical Toolbox‚ it ponders the idea of longer jail terms‚ more police and mandatory
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Violent crime among youth on the rise: StatsCan The overall crime rate among youth inched up by just three per cent between 2005 and 2006‚ but homicides and other violent crimes are becoming more common‚ Statistics Canada reported Friday. BY CANWEST NEWS SERVICE MAY 16‚ 2008 OTTAWA — The overall crime rate among youth inched up by just three per cent between 2005 and 2006‚ but homicides and other violent crimes are becoming more common‚ Statistics Canada reported Friday. According
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Research Application Psychology 370 7/31/2012 Integration Social psychology generally involves the way in which people behave‚ feel and think. All this is influenced by imagined‚ actual or the implied presence of other people. Since this is an article critique‚ it is indispensable to evaluate and analyze. This section therefore analyzes‚ evaluates and interprets a text. It answers questions including why‚ how well and how. This section analyzes the topics learnt in class. It evaluates‚ interprets
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Organizational Development Bus 370 Ashford University Within the challenges of human resource management there are some important issues that must be addressed in order to help a company to achieve a competitive advantage. Having successful human resource management will not only provide the company with the fulfillment of being able to recruit and maintain great employees it will also assist the company in maintaining a positive moral in terms of benefiting the employee and the
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