Essays on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice

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The Need to Combat The School-to-prison Pipeline Trend in The U.s

5 pages / 2161 words

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...

Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile Justice System

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Drug Testing for Welfare Benefits: Both The Rich and The Poor Should Be Tested

3 pages / 1288 words

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...

Drug Testing

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Mass Incarceration and Overcriminalization in Today's America

4 pages / 1969 words

”Our criminal justice system is not as smart as it should be” and ”Mass incarceration makes our entire country worse off, and we need to do something about it” is what President Obama declared in 2015. Now, in 2020, five years later, despite all the...

American Criminal Justice System Criminal Law Mass Incarceration

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The Relationship Between Psychopathy and Criminal Behavior

4 pages / 1803 words

Introduction 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...

Criminal Behavior Psychopaths

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Criminal Profiling: Modus Operandi and Signature

6 pages / 2868 words

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 Procedure Criminal Profiling

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An Overview of Criminal Profiling and Its Evolution

2 pages / 1015 words

Introduction “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...

Criminal Behavior Criminal Profiling

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The Need of Reforms to Stop Prison Violence

2 pages / 753 words

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...

Prison Prison Violence

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Usefulness of Criminal Profiling and Its Validity

2 pages / 961 words

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...

Criminal Behavior Criminal Profiling

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The Problem of Rape and Sexual Violence in Prison

3 pages / 1348 words

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...

Prison Prison Violence Sexual Harassment

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Discussion of Whether Criminal Profiling is Still Relevant

1 page / 621 words

Criminal profiling is a strategy used by police and investigators in criminal cases such as rape, murder, and abduction. However, since the late 1990s criminal profiling was extended to other criminal cases like arson, terrorism, and burglary. Most people have an understanding of criminal profiling...

Criminal Behavior Criminal Profiling

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The Wedding Cake Model of Criminal Justice: Celebrated Cases Examples

3 pages / 1144 words

This paper’s topic is over the articles that CNN uses under its “Crime + Justice” category. The articles selected for the paper show multiple different cases that would be considered “celebrated cases” under “The Wedding Cake Model of Criminal Justice”. After looking through many of...

Criminal Justice

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Critique of The Expert’s Role in Forensic Assessment and as a Witness in Court

2 pages / 686 words

An expert witness is an individual with training, knowledge and experience that assists the judge or the jury to understand the evidence or the scientific, technical and specialized facts regarding the case. Additionally, experts are often questioned about their opinion which they developed based on...

Eyewitness Testimony Forensic Science Witness

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Critical Analysis of The Effectiveness of The Juvenile Justice System

5 pages / 2161 words

Self-restraint in the society is paramount among its members. Mistakes committed by members of the society are punishable as either criminal activities or some are taken as light mistakes. When a member of the society commits a criminal activity he or she is subjected to...

Criminal Justice Juvenile Justice System Punishment

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The Lack of Support Given to Black Youth in The Juvenile Justice System

8 pages / 3468 words

Introduction Over about more than a decade, Cook County, Illinois held the first juvenile court system in 1899. Prior to the juvenile court system children were seen as “miniature adults” causing them to be tried and punished as adults were. However, improvements in the understanding...

Court Juvenile Justice System Racial Discrimination

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The Controversial Issues of The Stanford Prison Experiment

2 pages / 1098 words

It was early on the Sunday morning of August 17, 1971, when the Stanford Study Experiment first commenced. A college student was confused as he heard sirens blaring and a police officer placed him under arrest and drove him towards Stanford University. The “prison” made...

Controversial Issue Prison Stanford Prison Experiment

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Common Pathway of Delinquency by Juveniles into Street Gangs

1 page / 592 words

As humans by nature we are social creatures. We form groups and become part of several distinct groups throughout the course of our lives. One very particular group that plays one of the most important roles in our lives are our primary groups, this includes...

Adolescence Gang Juvenile Delinquency

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The Issue of Confidentiality Related to Juvenile Delinquency

2 pages / 927 words

Recognizing the critical element of the recovery of young people through the preservation of their privacy, the public are now interested to seek more information about juvenile crime and violence, state authorities, school officials, the public and victims. A growing amount of States are satisfying...

Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile Justice System Privacy

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The Role of Recreational Sport in Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency

2 pages / 895 words

Every young black male I grew up with played some kind of recreational sport at the local recreation center at one point in their life. Sport was an outlet for us to express ourselves, hangout with people who had similar interests, focus our attention on...

Adolescence Juvenile Delinquency Recreation and Sports

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Correctional Education: How Education Reduces Recidivism Rates for Juvenile Delinquents

5 pages / 2470 words

Juveniles and their involvement with the criminal justice system have become an important issue in our modern-day society. Formerly incarcerated youth are at a high risk of recidivism, in fact, over half are re-incarcerated within three years of release. To combat against the high rates...

Juvenile Delinquency