Gang prevention initiatives require a deep understanding of the risks factors associated with gang involvement. Continued studies have linked issues related to home life, school, community, peers and individual behaviors with gang involvement (National Gang Center [NGC], n.d.). Though gang members generally cite risk factors across multiple domains, the testimony...
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Introduction Gang life in the United States is common in poor black, white, and Latin neighborhoods. Gangs date back in the mid-20th century where people formed civil rights groups that later turned to gangs (Sloan, 2009). People often form gangs in a bid to protect themselves from other gang members,...
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Mass school shootings have tragically become a recurring trend in American society. They are usually performed by an individual who strides into a school and proceeds to unleash violence upon the unsuspecting students and teachers within it. Of course, there are some notable exceptions where more than one person is...
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Texting while driving falls into the category of distracted driving and is a leading cause of injuries and fatalities from driver-related accidents. The tragedy is not only in the number of injured, or the number of deaths but also the fact that statistics demonstrate that it is teenagers and young...
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Arguably, society today is in the grip of a remarkable reality; racism seems to be more overtly expressed recently, while opposition to racism becomes increasingly vocal in response. This then relates to hate crimes in general. Ageism, sexism, and other hostile ideologies notwithstanding, racism as embedded in American culture and...
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There are several different types of crime against person and property. Crimes against person involve a human victim, which generally includes violent crimes such as rape, murder, and assault. Crimes against property are crimes in which there is no physical harm against a person, but can lead to significant damage...
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This document compiles criminal data from more than eighteen thousand cities, universities and colledges and counties. This document is usually published by the federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which hands it to law enforcement executives. The law enforcers will use it to study the patterns of crimes in various town...
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The historical record suggests that the death penalty sentence has been carried out since at least 16th century B.C. The first record of death penalty sentence in the U.S. is of George Kendall of Virginia who was sentenced to death in 1608 for betraying the British . The death penalty...
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One factor that is important in violence risk assessment is the nature of the violence. Nature of potential violence denotes the type of violence involved, for example, sexual or domestic violence. Another factor is severity of violence such as comparing crimes such as murder to physical assault or reckless driving...
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A few weeks ago, on February 14, 2018, a young man, Nikolas Cruz attacked his school with a rifle and opened fire at his schoolmates at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (Rapp, 2018). According to reports, the teenage boy had been expelled from the school days before the attack....
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Identity theft is “the obtainment and fraudulent use of another person’s personal information, which can be relatively innocuous or much more serious” (May & Headley, 2004). Roberson (2008) explains that identity theft is not really a violent offense, yet its victims often feel as if their world was ending. He...
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The novel is authored by Angie Thomas mainly targeting the youth who happened to be the victims of police brutality in the U.S. The struggle between the African-Americans and the authority that was keen on suppressing them was one rife with open discrimination and extrajudicial killings. The paper will analyze...
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Introduction The number of terrorist groups in the United States continues to flourish. In 2011, the Huffington Post reported that there were “1,018 hate groups, nationally” (para. 1). Although there are notable differences between hate groups, there are some similarities. In order to meet the classification to be defined as...
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Posted on the United Nations Public Administration Network on October 15, 2014, a study produced by Intel’s McAfee Security and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) claimed that cybercrimes are the culprit for $400 billion in U.S. funds that are lost by companies each year. The data for...
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In Texas, all judges, including civil and criminal types, are elected in partisan elections. Though this system might seem like an efficient way to fill the bench with capable judges, it is actually counter-productive in a state like Texas. Because judges are elected rather than appointed, they are often beholden...
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What information did you find at the site that could help you design or carry out a research study? Research into juvenile crime issues requires a solid theoretical background. Incidences, programs, and policies need to be carefully studied in order to form an in objective view of the issue and...
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There are many different theories that discuss the different motivations behind criminal behavior, though there is very little literature in regards to the explanations and theories behind cybercrime, and the high tech offenders that perpetuate the crimes. It is possible that new theories do not need to be generated in...
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One myth about sexual offenders that I was surprised is not true is that recidivate rates are high. Given the popularity of news in television of sexual offenders that have reoffended after being released from prison, it has strengthened my belief that cases of recidivism are high. I believe that...
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The FBI and the Bureau of Prison both find that radicalization and recruitment in U.S. prisons is a major concern (Van Duyan, 2006). Prison radicalization occurs through the delivery of anti-U.S. sermons from a host of people, from volunteers, staff imams, and radicalized inmates who have gained religious influence (Van...
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The juvenile justice system is designed to treat and rehabilitate young lawbreakers effectively. The system's structure and the process involve three essential components of the justice system, i.e., law enforcement, court process, and correction. Under law enforcement the individuals, like the police, sheriffs, detectives, who make contact with the juvenile...
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Introduction A remarkable aspect of the Information Age is how, within only a few decades, the same technology changing how people work, interact, and manage all their financial affairs has enabled criminality on an equally massive and global scale. The Internet has become a staple of modern life, and the...
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Jails and Prisons Prisons and jails are legal facilities that are established for correction and rehabilitation purposes. There are various types of prisons. The variance in the prisons depends on the nature of the prison and the social aspects that they are attributed to (Paul, 2013). They can also be...
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Preventing crime is always the goal of law enforcement agencies, especially when it comes to youths. When children are taught early not to commit crimes, they can grow up to be productive members of society. But when they slip up, there are programs out there that are designed to teach...
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Sexual assault at any age is a very serious crime that has a tremendous immediate emotional impact and a long-term psychological impact. Even more traumatic is that often sexual assault victims, especially at-risk youth or runaway youths are ignored by law enforcement or the case load may be so backed...
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The issue of gangs and gang violence in New Zealand, in keeping with similar activities in other nations, is hardly new; just as the roots of gangs are typically traced in the United States to the 1950s and a post-World War II discontent emerging in youth, so too did the...
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