Essays on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice

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An Overview of Strain Theory by Robert K. Merton

2 pages / 956 words

Merton’s strain theory, in general, is a theory found in both sociology and criminology that states that society puts certain pressures, referred to as strains, on individuals to achieve socially accepted goals e.g. the American dream, despite having the means to do so, may lead...

Mass Incarceration

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A Review of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in The Age of Colorblindness

2 pages / 778 words

The New Jim Crow Book Report “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” was written in by Michelle Alexander and was published on January 5, 2010. Michelle Alexander is a professor at Union Theological Seminary and graduated from Vanderbilt University. Michelle...

Mass Incarceration

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A Testimony on How Mass Incarceration Negatively Affects The Community Around Me

2 pages / 1021 words

Introduction My name is Angie Canas, and I am currently enrolled in Hartford Public High School Law & Government. This testimony is being submitted to the Criminal Justice System Reform Committee to express how mass incarceration affects the community around me. Mass incarceration impacts a...

Mass Incarceration

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A Study of The Movement Advocating for Fair Chances for Former Prisoners, and Outsiders in The Community

2 pages / 1062 words

Ex-Convicts and Social Outcasts Ex-convicts are held to different standards than the average person: they are excluded, ridiculed, some have lost their rights, and others cannot find housing or jobs. In the Kingdom of God, in the present and physical world, Jesus’ teachings tell humankind...

Prison System Society

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A Look at Juvenile Offending in The Criminal Justice System

5 pages / 2282 words

Juvenile Delinquency in Criminal Justice Introduction The United States has one of the best criminal justice systems in the world but it is not immune to contemporary issues. The issue addressed in this paper is the high rate of juvenile delinquency. Juvenile Delinquency refers to...

Criminal Justice Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile Justice System

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American Criminal Justice System: The Different Stages of an Arrest

2 pages / 758 words

he criminal justice system process for an arrest is pretty much the same for every state, with just a few exceptions. Depending on the state that an individual is in will determine the process of their arrest and the crimes they are charged with. Suspects...

American Criminal Justice System Criminal Justice Justice

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Criminal Careers: How They Are Produced

3 pages / 1332 words

Even though so much research has been conducted on crime, it is still a major publicpolicy issue, and one of the most elusive topics of scientific research. Many scholars haveaddressed the subject, theorized about its etiology, and formed valid opinions on the best policiesto deal...

Criminal Justice

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The Youth Criminal Justice Act

1 page / 446 words

Youth crime is a growing epidemic that affects most teenagers at one point in their life. There is no question in society to whether youths are committing crimes. It has been shown that since 1986 to 1998 violent crime committed by youth jumped approximately 120%...

Criminal Justice Juvenile Delinquency Youth Violence

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An Question of Justification of The Reign of Terror

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Was the Reign of Terror justified or not? It was necessary for the revolution. Even though the Reign of Terror didn’t protect the rights of man like the starters of the French Revolution wanted, it allowed the military to secure victories for the French against...

Criminal Justice Reign of Terror

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Forensic Science to Solve Crimes

3 pages / 1337 words

A mysterious white powder, a blood smear, and a moldy ham sandwich—completely unrelated items to most. But they could be meaningful for forensic scientist, who analyze physical evidence and samples for clues to solve crimes. Television shows such as Bones, CSI, and Law & Order...

Forensic Science

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The Henry Classification System for Fingerprint Identification

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The earliest form of Biometrics looked on the act back in the 1800’s. Alphonse Bertillon, a Parisian anthropologist and police department desk worker, established a method for recognizing criminals that became known as Bertillonage. Bertillonage was a form of anthropometry, a organization by which dimensions...

Criminal Investigation Criminology Forensic Science

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Biological and Psychological Theories on Juvenile Offenders

1 page / 536 words

Due to the nature of juvenile delinquency, the problem of the personality is put first in the study of this phenomenon. A juvenile offender does not become so suddenly, at the time of the commission of a crime. As a rule, the antisocial properties of...

Juvenile Crime Juvenile Delinquency

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The Errors and Gaps in The Criminal Justice System in The Film 12 Angry Men

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The film 12 Angry Men is trying to shed light on the errors and gaps in the criminal justice system. The film focuses on 12 men who all have different personalities that affect the case and the final verdict. The film touches on racism in...

12 Angry Men Criminal Justice Film Analysis

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An Analysis of The Effects of Mass Incarceration in Doing Time on The Outside by Donald Braman

4 pages / 1678 words

In Doing Time on the Outside, anthropologist Donald Braman investigates an aspect of the effects of mass incarceration that is oftentimes neglected by other scholars. Through analyzing personal accounts of families with close relatives in prison and of those incarcerated as well, Braman claims that...

Mass Incarceration

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Mass Incarceration as The Modern Day Slavery in The United States

1 page / 539 words

The 13th Amendment and Its Implications The 13th Amendment significantly highlights the key aspects comparing slavery to mass incarceration. The Jim Crow laws emerged after slavery, spanning the years from 1877 through the 1960s. Many believe that the Jim Crow Laws were merely a set...

Mass Incarceration

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The Effects of Mass Incarceration and The Solutions to It

2 pages / 1089 words

The U.S. has a history of certain policy-making that has deliberately incarcerated a mass amount of Blacks and Latinos disproportionately over the course of the past fifty years. Throughout that course of fifty years, the policies implemented were sought out by public figures who hid...

Mass Incarceration

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The Responsibility of The Government in Ensuring The Citizens’ Protection

1 page / 643 words

Administrative justification involves the critical consideration where the government has legal authority to occasionally conduct searches in circumstances other than criminal investigations; there exists a standard for administrative search, which has been effectively highlighted within the United States legal framework. The searches are warranted in...

Criminal Investigation Criminal Procedure Public Service

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Crime Scene Investigator in The USA

1 page / 423 words

Crime scene investigators collect forensic evidence, such as fibers, hair, weapons, or tissue samples to determine their importance in investigations. Typically, crime scene investigators are forensic scientists or field analysts who have been specifically trained to preserve and collect evidence. The most applicable education for...

Criminal Investigation

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The First Female Detective in The United States: Kate Warne’s Biography

2 pages / 888 words

Kate Warne, the first female detective in the United States, born in 1833, grew up in Erin Cheung County, New York. Not much is known about her mother or her father, but she was not the only child. Kate Warne is an inspiration to all...

Biography Criminal Investigation