Essays on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice

Normally, the start of any investigative inquiry commences at the crime scene. The crime scene is the initial step in the investigation where you can gather evidence or any data that may be critical to a case. Whether it is fingerprints, DNA, filaments, or possibly...

Are serial killers like Jack the Ripper and Harold Shipman born killers? Are drug dealers like Pablo Escobar and Rick Ross influenced into their crime? In 2016/17 there were 64 murder cases in Scotland alone. All of those who committed these incomprehensible acts of violence...

Why do Serial killers kill? Are they born or made? The main argument towards serial killers is if they are born or made because they become who they are or do because of experiences in early life. There is no proof if it is genetics...

“We serial killers are your sons. We are your husbands. We are everywhere. And there will be more of your children dead tomorrow.”This famous quote came from the notorious killer Ted Bundy, a man known for his ghastly crimes, his intelligence, his charm, and his...

Introduction There’s something about serial killers that makes most people fascinated. What makes them kill? Were they born with that desire? The issue regarding whether serial killers are born or made needs to be addressed because there is not much information known about them since...

The question of whether or not is predetermined at birth to lead a life of crime is a question that has been debated for decades. Nature and nurture is a hotly contested argument concerning what influences the behaviour and personality attributes of individuals. Nature is...

“Poverty is the mother of all crimes”, Marcus Aurelia (121-180AD). It has been a global issue that people are facing poverty, a state where people are facing financial issues and lack of daily essential needs. I do agree that poverty causes most crimes. Poverty’s effects...

Schools in is the US are known for their history of gun-violence and American citizens and politicians are still trying to agree on ways to prevent them. School shootings can be traced all the back to the 1760s where two students shot and killed a...

Executive Summary There continues to be a large concern with the issue in how you address the school to prison pipeline system. While statistics may suggest that juvenile incarcerations rates may be decreasing and the severity of kids who end up in the juvenile justice...

The problem presented in this paper is the school-to-prison pipeline. The explanation of the problem, a specific case, and a refutation will all be highlighted throughout this paper. To understand why something is a problem, you must first understand the problem. The school-to-prison pipeline refers...

From a young age children are taught that they need to graduate high school and go to college. They are told that education is the key to success in this world and it will be much harder to obtain a good job with no degree....

Introduction Two million children are arrested in the U.S. every year and about 95 percent of those arrests are for non-violent crimes (Mimms, 2014). Among them, African American youth are five times more likely than their white counterparts to be detained (Micahels, 2017), and children...

Since the earliest days of government benefits, when homes of welfare recipients were inspected by social workers for cleanliness, the poor have been asked to prove their worth in order to receive help from the state. Have you ever stopped and thought about how much...

Introduction Psychopaths are involved in all forms of crime, especially violent crime (Danka). Over the past several decades lots of researchers have been devoted to the relationship between psychopathy and crime (Danka). Psychopaths engaging in criminal behaviour is an inevitable occurrence which begs the question...

In order for a profiler to be successful in their attempts, several facets of the crime need to be considered. Modus Operandi (M.O.) and Signature are two key components. Through the exploration of the crime scene, all involved parties attempt to identify evidence germane to...

“Criminal profiling is the process of using behavioral evidence left at a crime scene to make inferences about the offender, including inferences about personality characteristics and psychopathology” (Torres, Boccaccini, Miller, 2006). Law enforcement, psychologist, academics and consultants use criminal profiling as an investigation tool to...

Prison violence occurs daily and has been an increasing epidemic across many prisons around the world. In prison, people who were a danger or a menace to society are put together in a small confined area, with rules forced upon them as they are expected...

Kocsis (2003) describes criminal profiling (CP) as the process of investigating behaviour patterns with the intention of building a profile of the possible perpetrator. This method of investigation uses evidence from the crime scene as well as any information about the crime to generate a...

Abstract Rape is the most closely protected secret of American prisons. Modern jails and prisons are designed to protect inmates from each other and allow for constant penal supervision. However, incarceration creates a high risk of sexual victimization for males. Prisoners are subjected to and...