popular crimes Almost everyone in American realizes that we have a crime problem. Being a criminal justice major‚ I will deal with crime my whole career. Cities have the highest crime rate‚ but small towns shouldn’t be overlooked. Crime is like an iceberg‚ with only the tip of it being what is reported. Some criminals that are reported just serve half of their sentence. Punishment for a serious crime in American needs to be swift and sure‚ especially for homicides and drug related crimes. Criminals
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Computer crime Computer crime‚ or cybercrime‚ refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network‚ where the computers may or may not have played an instrumental part in the commission of a crime.[1] Netcrime refers‚ more precisely‚ to criminal exploitation of the Internet.[2] Issues surrounding this type of crime have become high-profile‚ particularly those surrounding hacking‚ copyright infringement‚ child pornography‚ and child grooming. There are also problems of privacy when confidential
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role of gender in crime. That also means that female victimisation was minimised almost completely or ignored (Chesney-Lind et al.‚ 2004). Using legitimate statistics and some criminological theories‚ this essay will show extend of a gender gap in crime and try to explain reasons of this gap. The reason why criminology mainly focused on male offenders is pretty obvious – majority of criminal offences is done by men and women tend to be much less involved in any type of crime. Many studies and
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Computer Crime and e-Evidence What is the link between the development of technology and criminal offences? Trends are developing to shift the nature of crimes from traditional to Hi-Tech and it is impossible to prevent people from misusing technology to commit crimes. Computer or networks may be used as a tool or a storage medium to commit crimes. In the meantime‚ we must keep in mind that all computers related systems are vulnerable to destruction and intrusion. As a result some authors classify
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Before assessing different patterns of crime committed by the youth‚ a clarification is warranted. If we take the different age groups of persons arrested in three years (1996 to 1998)‚ we find that on an average 2.6 per cent were below 18 years‚ 51.6 per cent belonged to 18-30 years age group‚ 38.4 per cent belonged to 30-50 years age group and 7.4 per cent were above 50 years of age (Crime in India‚ 1998: 266). Thus about half of the offenders were young (18-30 years). The data on age structure
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rehabilitated into responsible adults. In a sense a Juvenile detention officer is the perfect blend of a jailer and social worker. While the Juvenile detention officers must be alert and tough enough to work with young criminals‚ he or she must also be committed to helping troubled youngsters change their life. Since Juvenile detention officers work with youth‚ they have to see to it that young offenders receive all the services they need and that they are meeting their legal and therapeutic obligations
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investigation of rape and other sex crimes represents a significant challenge for the criminal investigator. The manner in which the investigation is conducted can have an impact not only on a successful conclusion in court‚ but also on the psychological and social well-being of the victim. Sex crimes‚ more so than many other forms of criminal activity‚ are likely to leave an emotional scar that can last a lifetime. The focus of this chapter is on the crime of rape. However‚ it is important to
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times were it’ll gradually pickup‚ then suddenly begin to fall down. The crime rate throughout the world varies throughout the city and states of our country. Population and cities are all sorts of sizes‚ some with a higher crime rate than others. Our crime rate in the next decade could possibly lower‚ rise‚ or stay the same as now. It’s all based on an individual and how their actions take place. When our economy is bad our crime intends to rise. We have so many people that are unemployed‚ can’t find
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Theories of Crime: Comparisons and Contrasts Cheryl Diana Drake Everest University Phoenix The causes of crime are still really not known. There are many different theories and perspectives on why crime exists. However‚ even with all of the studies and perspectives on crimes committed‚ it appears to me that the causes of crime are only speculative. Biological Theory The biological theories primarily study the physical constitution and endocrinology. They are a very good example of the theories
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situational and social crime prevention techniques It is argued by many that the prevention of crime is far more effective than dealing with a criminal act once it has already taken place. This is basically due to the fact that the criminal investigation process‚ the trial process and the Australian criminal justice system in general is extremely costly‚ in terms of both resources‚ money and time. The two main types of crime prevention are categorised as situational and social crime prevention‚ and there
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