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    Juvenile Crime Statistics Crime is not an act that is limited to adults. Not all crime is considered illegal for adults but is for juveniles. Juveniles are subject to committing criminal acts whether it is due to peer pressure‚ problems in the home‚ or just simply because they want to. Juveniles are subject to committing the same types of crimes as adults along with status offenses. Status offenses are acts that are not considered illegal for adults but are for juveniles (Champion‚ 2010). In this

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    Crime in Urban America

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    Crime in Urban America has been around for many years‚ it is atrocious and there are many reasons why people commit these crimes. Crime is a big issue all around the world and while there is more production of drugs and loss of jobs‚ the crime rate will continue to increase day by day. While there are many motives that contribute to crime the most obvious causes would be poverty which causes the poor to adapt into a violent and aggressive behavior to which later becomes ingrained into them. The environment

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    Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper University of Phoenix CJA374 May 10‚ 2011 Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper This paper will address and summarize four different points from the juvenile arrests bulletin from 2001. Such points included in the summary are the overall decrease in juvenile arrests‚ the increase in drug offenses and simple assaults‚ implications for juvenile females and minorities‚ and last an assessment of the tracking of juvenile arrests as a method of measuring the amount

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    Black Crime In America

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    This will be a very long but necessary and thoughtful post detailing current event issues regarding police‚ racism‚ and black on black crime in America and their correlation. Specifically regarding the LaQuan McDonald case (may your soul rest in peace) and the city of Chicago. I’m not activist‚ revolutionary‚ and I don’t even have a college degree‚ yet‚ but I do have passion‚ a voice‚ and means to articulate myself to those willing to listen/read as I exercise my right to the First Amendment of the

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    Cyber Crime in America

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    Abstract Cyber-crime is becoming a massive problem for citizens and businesses. Every day there is a hacker that gets into a computer system and causes trouble. It’s all due to businesses and individuals being careless with their computer security. People need to start realizing this is a serious issue and can affect anybody. There are numerous steps that need to be taken in order to protect individuals and businesses security. Hackers are getting smarter and want to find new ways to infiltrate

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    Americans are scared‚ and they are angry. The scary orgy of violent crime has made average citizens afraid to walk the streets in front of their homes. And this fear has fueled a public cry to end the killing fields in America. Americans have had enough‚ and they want to know why known criminals were let back out on the streets so they could kill Polly Klaas and James Jordan. In America‚ the crime clock continues to click: one murder every 22 minutes‚ one rape every 5 minutes‚ one robbery every

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    Cyber Crime in America

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    Running Head: Cyber Crime Cyber Crime in America Name University Tutor Course Date Cyber Crime Cyber crime‚ also referred to as computer crime comprises of all crimes that are committed using a computer or with the help of a computer. Cyber crime is not a single activity but instead there are various activities that may be categorized as cyber crimes. However‚ the major activities involved include illegal or unauthorized access of information or data

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    Hate Crimes in America

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    Hate Crimes in America How serious should the threat of a hate crime be taken? According to Ellis Cose‚ the African American author of Ignore the Noose Makers‚ to pay too much attention to the idiocy of those who hang nooses simply to intimidate their black target‚ “is to grant them an importance they do not deserve.” Nooses have a horrific history associated with them. They are known to be used in lynching (punishing people for crimes by private citizens without trial‚ whether they are guilty or

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    The Future of Computer Crime in America Sociology Research Paper Sociology per. #2 10/8/96 Sociology Topics: Future Society Social Change Social and Environmental Issues Deviant Behavior Crime/Corrections Name: Brandon Robinson Period: # 2 The proliferation of home computers‚ and of home computers equipped with modems‚ has brought about a major transformation in the way American society communicates‚ interacts‚ and receives information

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    What are the major problems with regard to the collection of crime statistics? There are two main sources for published crime statistics; the British Crime Survey‚ a face to face victimization survey‚ covering experiences of crime in the previous twelve months‚ and police recorded crime which is supplied by 43 different territorial police forces on a monthly basis (Home Office‚ 2011). Both sources have different strengths and weaknesses such as police discretion for recording certain crimes or

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