Guadagni 1 Steven Guadagni English 100 September 16‚ 2012 Social Profiles Effects on Employment Time and time again‚ people are denied or terminated from jobs based on inappropriate material found on their social media profiles. In current years‚ the issue of hiring/firing based on information found on social media devices such as MySpace‚ Twitter‚ or Facebook has been a hot topic. Many people believe that these factors should be overlooked when it comes to employment based on the idea that
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Forensic DNA Profiling Forensic DNA Profiling Recent advancements in science and computer technology have allowed scientists and investigators to use genetics to aid in solving crime cases. Although there are many different types of methods used to analyze DNA‚ the general process is based upon the uniqueness of each individual’s DNA‚ much like a fingerprint. Due to this uniqueness‚ genetic evidence that matches a specific individual to a crime scene is often viewed as concrete and undeniable
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matter what. In order to understand the role that racism plays in the criminal justice system we must‚ first‚ look at the role that it plays before the criminal reaches the day of sentencing in the court. There are various publications that speak on profiling and actuarial methods which unwillingly get people into the system. Though these are two major components of the discriminatory acts that exist within the criminal justice system‚ it does not actually begin with these institutionalized methods. It
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When DNA profiling was first used in criminal cases‚ it was often difficult for prosecutors and defense attorneys‚ as well as the experts they hired to testify‚ to explain the significance of their DNA match to the jury. Fingerprints are still considered by most people to be an ironclad way to identify someone‚ but an expert testifying about fingerprints discusses them in terms of "points of similarity." DNA matches are discussed in terms of statistical probability using what is currently known about
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Warehouse Profiling I. Problem Statement A warehouse is a complicated and busy place and it can be hard to get an accurate sense of what is happening. Warehouse activity profiling is the careful measure and statistical analysis of warehouse activity. This is a necessary first step to almost any significant warehouse project: Understand the customer orders‚ which drive the system. Two types of data are applied to profile the warehouse: data pertaining to each sku and data pertaining to customer
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Recent Developments in Geographical Profiling Geographical profiling is defined as a method for evaluating locations connected to a crime in order to identify the probable area of an offender’s home location‚ place of work‚ or other relevant locations based off of nomothetic data and assumptions (Turvey‚ 2012). Dr. Darcy Kim Rossmo‚ a Canadian criminologist‚ is accredited for his influence on geographical profiling. Rossmo concluded in his research that offender’s geographical correlation to a crime
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While offender profiling is a significant part of the criminal justice system the exact definition of this practice tends to vary from source to source‚ overall the general consensus is that it is “an investigative technique by which to identify the major personality and behavioral characteristics of the offender based upon an analysis of the crime(s) he or she has committed” (FBI‚ 1998). Although having grown in popularity in the recent decades profiling criminals based on behavior patterns is
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Societies’ Misconceptions Concerning Criminal Profiling Media attention on understanding the psyche of the criminal mind – lawbreaker’s behavioral and mental processes‚ culture identity‚ and daily routines – has made a recent resurgence in America’s society. However‚ recent findings are questioning the validity of criminal profiling‚ and its ability to accurately contribute to identifying criminals using psychology. Rather‚ it seems to be founded on conjecture and the ability to make educated
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The Future of Psychological Profiling CJ430-01: Psychological Profiling Professor William Formby Kaplan University May 18‚ 2012 The purpose of this paper is to provide an assessment of psychological profiling as an investigative tool for the future. The paper will try to focus on what happens if profiles are developed that have not accurately portrayed the apprehended. Additionally this paper will be reviewing the Baton Rouge Serial Killer and The Unabomer cases in order to answer additional
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Formal profiling is said to be started in 1956 when the New York City police asked help from psychiatrist James Brussel to study crime scene photos and notes of the “mad bomber” George Metesky‚ who was able to elude the police for 16 years (Winerman‚ 2004). According to the same article‚ some of the psychiatrist’s judgments were based on psychological ideas and since then‚ the police has started to confer with the experts in the field to construct profiles of difficult- to- catch lawbreakers. Much
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