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    Crime and Justice

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    Crime and Justice: The Criminal Process - What Works? Submitted: August 6‚ 2013 Crime takes but a moment‚ but justice an eternity. - Unknown Crime is a complex social‚ economic and political problem. Crime refers to conduct in violation of the sanctioned laws of a state‚ the federal government‚ or a local jurisdiction for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse. There are several explanations put forward by criminologists for the problem of crime‚ and these influence

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    Women & Crime

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    Female offenders started to increase in numbers during the 1980s‚ as reported by the Uniformed Crime Report (UCR). However‚ the majority of offenses committed by females are not violent offenses (Wormer‚ 2010). As shown in the UCR‚ the percentage of females imprisoned for violent offenses have been declining over the past two decades (United States Department of Justice‚ 2010). When looking at crimes committed by women‚ compared to those committed by men‚ they are obviously smaller in numbers. The

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    Cyber Crime Chester Colbert Grantham University CJ102 Introduction to Criminology October 6‚ 2011 Carolyn Dennis Crime is global issue and for years researchers and law enforcement agencies have tried to determine why people choose the lifestyle of crime. They have theorized it down to social economics. But not all criminals commit crimes because of life disadvantages. Some criminals are adventure seekers and they seek the thrill and adventure of committing crimes and getting away without

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    Crimes of the Heart The play‚ "Crimes of the Heart‚" written by Beth Henley‚ is brilliantly charming‚ and Henley is completely deserving of her Pulitzer-Prize for this piece. My father suggested I read this play because she says that I am very much like one of the main characters Lenny McGrath‚ and she said that I would be able to relate to many parts of the story. I found that the beginning of the play was somewhat slow and not very uplifting‚ but as the play progressed‚ I found it to be heart-warming

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    Crime Statistics

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    Justin Dodson 25 Nov 2012 Crime statistics as stated by the FBI’s Crime in the United States 2008 can paint a picture of crime in America; unfortunately‚ the picture is not 100% reliable. It is important for all users to become as well educated as possible about how to understand and quantify the nature and extent of crime in the United States and in any of the more than 17‚000 jurisdictions represented by law enforcement contributors to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. Some factors

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    Kaplan University Crime Mapping Course Number CJ 425-01 Professor Michael Krupnik December 14‚ 2009 Burglary To Motor Vehicles The United States have experienced waves of crime which have come and gone. Most well known‚ the crime epidemic between 1850-1880 which appeared associated with social cataclysm induced by outsized-scale immigration. So‚ how do we study these events to avoid history repeating itself (Schmalleger‚ 2007). Rachel Boba (2009) explains‚ "crime mapping is the process

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    Organized Crime

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    Organized crime CJA/384 Organized Crime‚ to me the definition of organized crime is a group of people that come together whom have a hierarchy system in place and they buy and sell illegal products or do underground trades‚ which can range from drugs to human body parts. I found on Your Dictionary their definition of organized crime and they stated that it’s a widespread of professional criminals who rely on illegal activities as their way of

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    Race and Crime

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    "The Uniform Crime Report statistics state that blacks are more frequently arrested than whites. While this may mean that blacks actually commit more crime‚ what are some other factors that may be driving the statistics?" "If black neighborhoods are under more police surveillance than white neighborhoods‚ what does this mean for crime statistics?" "Can you give examples of how blacks receive differential treatment in the criminal justice system?" What are your thoughts? Remember to back your comments

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    Digital Crime

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    CIS170 Fighting Digital Crime Professor Randy Smith February 27‚ 2012 The purpose of this paper is to explain the existing challenges that result from the independent nature of federal agencies‚ as well as the other factors that are common to each of them and discuss how the U.S. could align these efforts to better protect the nation against digital crimes and terrorism. The National Security Agency (NSA) aims to use social media and improved data sharing as part of an enhanced strategy

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    CRIME TYPOLOGIES

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    CRIME TYPOLOGIES VIOLENT CRIME Forcible rape – defined in common law as “the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will.” * Population density influences the rape rate. Metropolitan areas today have rape rates significantly higher than rural areas * Rape is a warm-weather crime with most incidents occurring during July and August and the lowest rates occurring during December‚ January‚ and February. * Rape is frequently underreported * Fail to report

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