Essays on Crime

The year is 1932, Amelia Earhart has just become the first woman to fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean, Radio City Music Hall has been opened in New York City, and an atom has been split for the very first time. But, an event that...

The documentary Blackfish brings attention to the captivity of whales as a form of entertainment. Sea World is filled everyday with thousands of people, whether it be adults or children roaming in excitement to see these amazing whales do tricks. What they don’t see is...

In 2013, Gabriela Cowperthwaile released her documentary Blackfish to the world, turning heads and fins of everyone who watched it. Her documentary dives deep into the disturbing lives the orcas go through at Sea World. She follows the life of a famous whale, Tilikum, who...

“I’m the most cold-hearted son of a bitch you’ll ever meet.” These are one of the most iconic quotes from one of the most notorious criminals in the 20th century, Ted Bundy. Ted Bundy was a serial killer, rapist, kidnapper, and necrophiliac who had his...

Theodore Robert Cowell, also known as Ted Bundy, was a man who attended law school and took part in Seattle’s crime prevention agency where he was socially recognized as the assistant director, however, no one suspected this seemingly normal young man of being a serial...

In America today, people have high interest in criminals and their doings. People love to watch the popular crime and investigation television shows and movies that are consistently played on everyday TV. There have been a large number of psychopaths and killers in the United...

Introduction Charles Manson and his followers later known as ‘The Family’ killed innocent people in 1969 in order to start a counter-revolution in the US. The details of these crimes that the cult stood trial for are well known and studied even today. On the...

Apocalyptic is a term used to predict the end of the world. In Ancient Greek, the word means an uncovering. In Revelations in the Bible, it is the uncovering of knowledge in the form of a revelation from God. The term ‘apocalypse’ in Revelations represents...

How does a young fourteen year old girl from a conservative family from Minnesota end up as a part of Charles Manson’s family? This is what Dianne Lake seeks to answer in her autobiography Member Of The Family. Dianne Lake was the youngest girl in...

The mind of a serial killer has never been formally diagnosed serial killers have shown that they are definitely obsessed with specific individuals, with specific characteristics that meet their “standards”. Studies show that, while doing their killings, they truly have no consciousness, or no lack...

Charles Manson was the leader of the Manson Family, a cult that caused terror in the late 60s. Charged with killing seven people, Manson and members of his “family” were sentenced to life in prison with the option of parole. These killings had a confound...

Charles Manson and the “family” killed several innocent people in the late 1960s to attempt the counterrevolution in the United States. The lead prosecutors on the trial were Vincient Bugliosi and Curt Gentry. They captured worldwide attention from the public and educated society of the...

The broken windows theory is a criminological theory, the essence of which is that explicit disorders such as crime, anti-social attitude, and civil disorder auspiciously effect on an urban environment which induces even more crime and disorder, including serious crime (Wilson & Kellin, 1982). From...

Imagine that you are walking towards a park by yourself, but this park seems to be run down and dirty. You can’t tell when the last time someone cleaned up. If you had garbage in need of disposal, you wouldn’t think twice about adding their...

In the United States we have heard and seen crime happening right in our neighborhood and most minorities do not think of how our neighborhoods can affect our safety. Our neighborhoods can affect our safety if minor things like a broken street light isn’t fixed...

Likely America’s most well-known gangster from the Prohibition Era, Al Capone made his way into history by being one of the most successful gangsters of all time. With a nickname like Scarface, how could he not get into some kind of life of crime? He...

Al Capone was most known in movies and spectacle for his gruesome crimes, so how did the government forget about all the murders and harm he orchestrated; charging him with tax evasion instead. Legendary crime boss Alfonse ‘Al’ Capone, also known as the infamous scarface...

Every film contains multiple themes that create powerful storylines to satisfy an audience. A director’s most powerful tools in a film are his or her ability to use camera techniques to communicate with the audience. In the movie “The Untouchables” directed by Brian De Palma...

Born in the midst of harsh conditions surrounding him and his immigrant family, Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born on 1899 in New York. Born into a immigrant family from Italy, Al had a semi average upbringing his father was a barber and his mother a...