Major/National league athletes are well known and well paid. Are they being paid for their natural talent? Or power the performance enhancing drugs give them? Fan are all talking about the latest athletes getting accused of using these performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). This is a very controversial topic‚ some believe this is okay and others think it is unethical. In my opinion athletes do not have the right to take PEDs with no consequence‚ they are breaking laws and using an unfair advantage in
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DEFINITION OF CYBER CRIME The Oxford Reference Online defines cyber crime as crime committed over the Internet. The Encyclopedia Britannica defines cyber crime as any crime that is committed by means of special knowledge or expert use of computer technology. Cyber crime could reasonably include a wide variety of criminal offences and activities. The scope of this definition becomes wider with a frequent companion or substitute term “computer-related crime.” Examples activities that are
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Crime and Geography CRIME MAPPING Crime mapping is how we detect areas with crime. In Crime Mapping‚ it focuses on identifying places or areas where crime is high or low. Mapping crime is helpful as police can track down which areas in a city‚ town or country has high risk of crime. When a crime has been committed‚ the crime will be plotted on a map with information like when the crime was made‚ what offence was made and who the offender was. Currently‚ Crime mapping has been used actively
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Hate Crimes Hate crime is the new rape‚ but unlike rape‚ which is colossal violation of human virtue and sanctity. When in reality a hate crime is a crime that targets the victim’s identity‚ for example instead of the victim’s equality as described under law. Yet according to “Hope-Fulfilling or Effectively Chilling? Reconciling the Hate Crimes Prevention Act with the First Amendment.” By Carter Coker‚ published by the Vanderbilt Law Review in 2011‚ “The powerful sense of violation that hate crime
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AD‚ Ed D. Overtraining in Young Athletes: How Much Is Too Much? ASCM’s Health & Fitness Journal. 2009;13(4):8–13. In this journal article‚ the author discusses the causes‚ injuries and prevention strategies of overtraining in young athletes. The author has used data and statistics from various sources with the aim of recognising the causes and contributing factors of overtraining that can lead to burnout‚ as well as advice on managing the workloads of young athletes. Their research focusses on the
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Measuring Crime CJA/204 October 9‚ 2013 Richard Pacheco Measuring Crime There are two different instruments used in reporting crime. There are also major crimes reporting program used in the United States. These major crime reporting programs do have a purpose and does give statistical information on crime in the United States. There are a difference between crime rates‚ arrest rates‚ clearance rates‚ and recidivism rates. The information reported about crime rates can be misleading and give
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Classifying Crimes Kaplan University CJ 230 Professor Shipley October 8‚ 2011 When investigating crimes‚ two elements‚ Mens Rea‚ the mental element‚ and Actus Reus‚ the physical element‚ must be present. Mens Rea is “Latin for a guilty mind‚ or criminal intent in committing the act” (http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Mens+Rea). Actus Reus is “Latin for a "guilty act." The actus reus is the act which‚ in combination with a certain mental state‚ such as intent or recklessness
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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 questions being asked
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committing violent crimes‚ the question of whether they should be tried as adults has arisen. Children as young as 13 or 14 are committing violent crimes such as murder‚ rape‚ and armed robbery. Some of these children are being tried as adults while others are being tried as juveniles and receiving milder punishments. A juvenile offender may receive a few years in a juvenile detention facility and possibly probation following his release at age eighteen. An adult committing the same violent crime will receive
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Violence Hate Crimes A hate crime can be defined in two ways‚ by the legal definition and the criminological definition. The legal definition of a hate crime is a traditional offense like murder‚ arson‚ or vandalism with an added element of bias‚ a criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race‚ religion‚ disability‚ ethnic origin or sexual orientation. The criminological definition of a hate crime is a crime committed as an act of
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