Introduction This article provides information about the criminal, Mohammad Abdulazeez, and the feedback from his acquaintances, friends, and teachers. This information will help to make a description of the character of the criminal. According to this article, the criminal who killed four people was twenty-four years old man. Discussion He...
Introduction It is important to note that white-collar crime is as destructive and damaging as any other form of criminal activity. However, its treatment and public perception are less visceral and emotional due to its inherent racial and socioeconomic elements. White-collar crime is persecuted, sentenced, and perceived less harshly because...
Restorative law is a system that focuses on reconciling offenders and the community through rehabilitation in criminal justice. It responds to the culprit’s behavior that anchors on the restitution of lawbreakers and issues to resolve arising crimes that help bring the victims together in the society and restore harmony. Its...
The nomothetic research is more complicated to apply within the practical criminal justice analysis scope. It mainly requires experiment design allowing to compare the variables in similar conditions (Bachman & Schutt, 2017). At the same time, criminal justice researchers can use the ideographic explanations of causality more frequently because it...
Introduction When speaking about causal relationships, many people see them simply as a sequence of events in which the final results are directly from the previous. This explanation is referred to as idiographic, or qualitative, apparently because it only includes descriptive data (Bachmann & Schutt, 2017). Due to the lack...
Patterns of Campus Theft Mirroring Wolfgang and Amir’s approaches concerning victimology, I would start by looking at the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator. By looking at the interaction between the two parties, it becomes easier to know the reason why the offender decide to steal. It could also...
Introduction Development criminology refers to the study of criminal behaviors and the factors that lead people to participate or exhibit such characteristics at various times or ages in their lifetime. The majority of criminologists who focus on the field possess an academic background in psychology, sociology, or social work. Since...
There exist several differences in the two states’ programs and their crime report rates. First, Massachusetts and Texas classify crimes with a varying degree of particularity – Texas’ report reflects types of offences that are not seen in the numbers provided by Massachusetts law enforcement. For example, such offences as...
Contemporary schools of criminology demonstrate the evolution of the Canadian justice system under the influence of factors discussed in the paper. The new deviancy theory emerged in the 1960s in response to the inefficiency of the positivist school and the development of the counter-culture criticizing functionalism (Pavlich, 2001). Russel Sandych...
Introduction This scientific paper aims to examine the Foucauldian perspective and the relationship of this concept with the phenomenon of power, its implications, racial bias, and its impact on criminology. Foucault’s influence on the understanding of power goes beyond the assessment of players who use authority as a mechanism of...
Introduction Criminology is a social science that considers crime a social phenomenon and has theories that interpret the emergence of crime and its punishment in different ways. It means that in criminology, there are theories based on a different understanding of the nature of crime and the causes of its...
Introduction While conducting research, it is essential to avoid any confusion regarding its concept. For this purpose, researchers indulge in conceptualization and operationalization, identifying the exact definition of the research subject and its variables (Schutt & Bachman, 2010). For example, the operational definition of the word assault can and should...
Introduction From a personal perspective, a dictionary definition of any term presents its generalized meaning. In turn, an operationalized definition is the term’s thorough description that helps to perceive the characteristics and predictors of a particular phenomenon to differentiate it from similar ones. According to a dictionary definition, assault is...
Introduction Life-course theory, commonly known as the life course perspective, was founded by Glen Elder over six decades ago in his efforts to explore the world of crimes. It was not approved formally until the 1990s when rapid economic and population changes took place (Robert, 2018). These variations intensified the...
Introduction State-specific definitions of violent crimes may differ, although they frequently include significant property crimes like arson, assault, and battery on another person, as well as sexual offenses like rape. The Federal Bureau of Investigation divides violent crimes into four categories for statistical purposes: murder, forcible rape, robbery, and severe...
Introduction Artificial intelligence has significantly benefited humanity during the last ten years. Since artificial intelligence is gradually making its way into our regular digital services, this trend will likely persist for the foreseeable future. Many governments throughout the world are thinking about implementing AI systems and apps to aid in...
Background Justice is among the cornerstones of the United States democratic system; however, today, the criminal justice system is challenged by increasingly complex and multi-dimensional issues, ranging from human trafficking to terrorism. Professionals working within the criminal justice system have to confront these issues on a daily basis and work...
There is a high ambiguity about how to define the term cybercrime. Formally, it means computer activities that are either illegal or considered illegal by some parties, and that may be carried out via global electronic networks (Phillips et al., 2022). The Internet Crime Complaint Center provides extensive overviews of...
Crime is an old phenomenon in society worldwide tracing back to the biblical narration of human existence and suffering due to God’s punishment for disobedience. Since then, crime became part of human nature, occurring in social communities of every kind. Over the years, society associated crimes with males more than...
Introduction It is important to note that imposing law and order on a group of people, such as society, is a challenging task that needs to utilize a form of reinforcement measures. Breaking the legal boundaries requires some form of punitive action to discourage others from doing the same. The...
Introduction The Department of Justice has several practical tools for bringing about lawful and fair policing. Section 14141 of the Violent Crime Act substantially reorganized the principles of police behavior in the United States. One of the procedures is a “pattern and practice” investigation. The department applied this process to...
Introduction The criminal justice system entails the courts, police, and correctional units that aim to prevent crimes and create peaceful and law-abiding citizens in a friendly method. This article will cover the experiences of both Female criminal justice professionals and the arrestees in the criminal legal structure (Van & Bartollas,...
The topic of DNA-structure is important both for me personally and society in general. One of the most useful ways of implying the DNA-structure to the modern world can be found in the field of forensic science. Adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and thymine (T) are the four chemical...
The investigation of a crime is a complex and multifaceted process. The investigation may involve different tools and techniques that complement each other. Existing models in the criminal justice system include the crime control model and the due process model. Both models have their own principles of crime investigation, similarities...
Introduction To begin with, I would like to say that I found this experiment extremely engaging and interesting. I was able to identify numerous prints on various surfaces, analyze how the marks are different from each other, and see how the porousness of surfaces affects the visibility of marks. Overall,...
Any violation of the law is the responsibility of every citizen, and any reason they violate does not justify them from acting. For this reason, a child who grows up in a dysfunctional environment should be punished for any misconduct. However, if such a youngster is not supported at home,...
There are several documents and artifacts – represented by particular cases and practices – that are significant for the US Criminal justice system. The first one is related to Thomas Jennings, a Chicago resident who was found guilty of killing a man in his home in People v. Jennings in...
Since statistics have two real-world uses, the term is frequently misconstrued. The first, which reflects the term’s history, defines a body of facts that is gathered, stored, and frequently expressed in summary form (Walker & Maddan, 2019). Demographic statistics and death rates statistics, which show the attributes of the living...
Introduction The Metropolitan police department of Washington D.C. website presents a humble but concise and informative design. It is structured in the following way: a header, the main body, and a footer. The header consists of a button and a series of drop-down lists. The button links to an external...
The definition of punishment for various types of criminal offense is to take into account many factors and features. Researchers consider how the public punitive attitude is formed and what influences the society’s perception of the severity of the crime (Kääriäinen, 2018). Kääriäinen (2018) reports that “the background attributes had...
Abstract This essay focuses on establishing five fundamental theories of the emergence of crime in man. The purpose of the study is to show the factors that influence the development of crime. Literature and theoretical methods of evaluating the material were used as research methods. It is established that the...
Over the past hundred years, fingerprinting as a science has been receiving powerful development due to its significant assistance to law enforcement agencies in solving crimes. At the same time, the involvement of new forensic sciences revealed some fingerprint errors that may be made in the inquiry (Peterson et al.,...
Introduction In their daily lives, people constantly touch objects: a cup of coffee, a bunch of keys, and a cell phone. Every time they do, they most likely leave a unique signature behind in one’s fingerprints. According to Forensic Science Simplified (n.d.), fingerprint analysis has been employed in the identification...
Introduction The criminal justice system in recent years has been experiencing many changes due to technological advancement. One of the recent innovations in the criminal field is the body camera. Those cameras are attached to the uniform of a police officer and record all the person’s movements. This essay will...
The term “trial of the media,” which has been popular over the past two decades to characterize the influence of television and print media coverage in the case of an assassination attempt, is similar to asserting that whoever controls the media in some way or another controls the mind. Even...
Criminology is a scientific field that studies the complexity of crime in society. It encompasses many disciplines, such as law, sociology, genetics, psychology, and more. After completing my GE courses on criminology, I realize there are many benefits to these courses and their application later in life. Namely, the value...
To enhance the living conditions in Little Rock by collaborating with the community to fight crime, uphold the law, maintain the peace, and ensure a secure environment by defending people’s freedom while decreasing fear, combating violence, and enforcing the law is crucial. On their own, prosecutors and police cannot solve...
Introduction It is essential to keep the law representatives at the highest standard, as they serve as role models for society. The need to upkeep the image and the violent incidents that occurred in the 19th century made Congress specify the rights of citizens to sue government officials for breaching...
Podcast Summary The topic of the first episode was “New Beginnings”, streamed on November 17, 1995, where multiple people, including Ira Glass himself, speculate on how their life or a new stage of life began. It was so simple to recognize the host’s distinctive voice and speaking manner, which was...
Internal and external trends are important elements of the modern criminal justice system. They play a big role in rapid intervention, as they are aimed at more effective development of criminal law policy and implementation of reactions. Both external and internal factors present various challenges that are important to consider...
One of the important areas of research in criminology is crime prevention. There are many concepts and theories that focus on the causes of crime, but little attention has been paid to the environment in which crimes occur. Despite this, spatial and environmental factors are often not only incidental but...
Criminology as a science is a powerful tool for analyzing and studying criminality. The conclusions formed in such studies can then be applied in real settings to improve the social situation. Therefore, from my perspective, the most important of all aspects of criminology is experimental, which is most closely related...
Discretionary decision-making is influenced by internal as well as external factors. The example of an internal factor can refer to the way the crime was committed, mitigating circumstances if any, and the severity of the crime itself. Similar crimes may be classified differently when discretionary decision-making is used, and offenders...
The issue of drug abuse in the criminal world is ambiguous due to the radically different opinions related to the punishment of criminals. While some people believe that sending criminal drug addicts to special drug-treatment programs is effective, I think that the majority of people judge differently. There is a...
The stigmatization of prisoners by society has always been a pressing problem for the American system. The significant nature of the personality of the judicial officer, the existence of effective programs for the readaptation of feelings, the difficult economic situation after the seizure, and the stigmatization of people with a...
An undercover agent and several officers stormed a Mincey’s residence in Mincey v. Arizona case. The undercover policeman was shot, and Mincey was injured. In the afternoon of the same day as the attack, another murder investigator went to Mincey’s hospital (Justia Law, n.d.). After Miranda warnings, the investigator continued...
The simple pretest-posttest research design is based on observing a single treatment group before and after the intervention. Simplicity in use can be considered the only strength of this research design (Welsh & Harris, 2015). The lack of comparison to the control group does not allow drawing a reliable conclusion...
Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso considered an atavistic form as the justification for criminal behavior. The criminal man theory, developed by Lombroso, proposed the use of phenotypes to recognize criminals. Among the observable visible traits when identifying criminals are hawk-shaped noses, dark eyes, dark hair, and a slanting forehead (Miller, 2009)....
During an investigation, law enforcement agents in investigative positions commonly encounter ethical difficulties. Investigators with a large caseload are required to prioritize which cases they would analyze above others. Officers frequently depend on the case’s solvability to focus their efforts, which implies that crimes that are significantly more complex to...
Introduction Few topics provoke as much debate as the question of drug legality. On the one hand, there is a social and scientific consensus that substance abuse is extremely harmful. It leads to the deterioration of health and proliferation of immoral and unlawful behavior. On the other hand, the way...
Abstract The research analysis focuses on reviewing the recent and credible literature on the topics of illegal prostitution, illegal drug use, and money laundering. The detailed assessment of these issues is analyzed under the framework of criminology and criminal justice with an emphasis on causes, policies, prevention, and solutions. When...
Definition of the Term Sullivan et al. (2018) note that trauma-informed care includes five aspects. Among these, the authors highlight “understanding trauma and its consequences, addressing safety issues, using a culture-informed approach, helping to highlight the nature and consequences of abuse on the daily experience of survivors, and enabling clients...
Introduction The social construction of serial killers involves significant psychological distortions causing antisocial behavior. The inclination to commit violent actions is most often caused by problems with brain functioning or psychiatric illnesses. Both issues are directly related to society’s order and issues such as marginalization, bullying, and victimization. Serial killers...
Introduction Derrick Todd Lee was a Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based serial murderer, serial rapist, abductor, and thief. His crimes were timed to correspond with those of Sean Vincent Gillis, another Baton Rouge serial murderer (Johnston, 2021). Lee was one of four children who was violently mistreated by his stepfather, which his...
Definition Family violence screening may be defined as activities that involve a set of instruments to assess population groups within the scope of actions and behaviors that fall into the family violence category (Fisher et al., 2020). Article Summary Supporting individuals who are victims of domestic abuse is a critical...
The USA is one of the countries that is trying to reduce the rate of crimes, and people have different opinions regarding the most serious types. According to Worrall (2018), individuals have approximately the same rating for criminal actions, but some prefer to look deeper into the problems. For instance,...
Introduction Over the past two years, hate crimes have become more common. This is why this issue is very acute nowadays and needs to be abolished. The following essay will refer to this atrocity and what can be done to combat them. I have chosen this topic due to the...
Introduction In the United States, people from different spheres focus on analyzing and understanding serial killings to predict possible disasters and learn human behaviors. According to Choo and Choi (2020), murder is a combination of individual, social, health, cultural, and environmental factors, explaining the necessity to consider multiple perspectives of...
The legalization of drugs has long become a subject of controversy. Many debates regarding whether or not legalizing marijuana have reduced crime have been raised. The legalization of marijuana (Cannabis) in different states has shown many benefits in reducing crime over the stipulated increase of crimes. Specialists supporting the decriminalization...
Victim precipitated homicide (VPH) occurs when the sequence of events that result in murder is initiated by the person who ends up dead. The term was coined by Marvin Wolfgang in 1958 after his intense research on the nature of homicide (Siegel, 2018). Particularly, he investigated Philadelphian records on homicide...
Exercising Discretion As a rule, exercising discretion means weighing all the pros and cons, making logical judgments, and drawing specific conclusions. In general, this process implies a case in which an individual has the right to choose, regardless of the views of management or higher authorities (FLSA overtime security advisor,...
The job of the police, according to my opponent’s post, is inefficient. According to this theory, there should be faster reaction times and more proactive police officers than reactive ones. These solutions, it is also said, can contribute to creating a better environment for the community and the police. For...
Introduction The issue of people’s mental health has been extensively discussed in media over the past years. Nowadays, the majority of individuals understand the considerable impact mental health has on their life and try to maintain it in a proper state. Yet, there are populations which often do not receive...
Introduction Throughout the history, state crimes have changed and increased exponentially across the world. As a result, scholars, academics, and policy-makers have developed certain resistance mechanisms to oppose and prevent the crimes of the powerful in some of the most violent areas of the world. This document aims to present...
Introduction The atrocities, oppression, and injustice associated with the colonization of terra nullius, such as Australia, Northern and Sothern Americas, and Africa, during the past five centuries are well-acknowledged in the professional and popular literature. Although nowadays, there is less evidence of direct pressure and acts of unfair treatment of...
Serial murder can be considered one of the most terrifying and fascinating phenomena in modern criminology. The horror instilled in people’s minds by the brutality of such crimes results in significant public and media attention to the investigation (Hickey, 2015). Consequently, law enforcement agencies have to be prepared to withstand...
Modern society consists of a wide variety of different social and economic components. But also from the sum of these components and factors, certain phenomena proceed, which are the logical outcome of the processes taking place in any society. One of the most striking in its manifestations is the phenomenon...
Critical justice is the criminological theory that focuses on revealing the core reasons for crimes. One of the peculiar features of this approach is that it centers on the untraditional understanding of criminal intentions. The crime-provoking psychological problems are found within the significant social aspects such as social inequality. Critical...
Introduction Nowadays, technologies permeate all life spheres, helping users perform various tasks faster and easier. Criminology is not an exception, as investigators utilize various digital tools to identify, find, and catch perpetrators. Most of these tools operate either on a web-based platform or a mobile-based platform. The major difference between...
The author primarily focuses on various cultural phenomena associated with history and folklore elements in his analysis. At the same time, he highlights the aspects of mysticism that have been present in society since ancient times. In this context, Hickey (2015) looks at the concepts of various monsters, analyzing these...
The search and detention of serial killers are fraught with various difficulties, such as their high mobility and the choice of victims. In addition, serial killers hide evidence more carefully. Often conducting an investigation requires the coordination of different groups within law enforcement agencies. At the same time, the public...
The Anatomy of Murder A criminal case was observed and evaluated during the study. The specific type of criminal case was a felony, a murder case. The exact title of the observed criminal case is “The Anatomy of Murder.” The film deals with a criminal matter, specifically a felony, first-degree...
Case Information As a high-profile criminal case under consideration, the brutal murder committed by William Wallace against his wife, Za’Zell Preston, is analyzed. The accused dockworker is 39, and the violence used on his 26-year-old wife has caused a high-profile hearing. On Christmas Eve in 2011, the man and his...
Validity of Criminal Profiling Criminal profiling is an approach law enforcer use to identify violent crime perpetrators by categorizing their behavioral features based on the examined crime committed. However, despite the application of this technique in identifying perpetrators of violent crimes, the profiler cannot show whether a specific offender was...
According to the lecture, crime rates in the United States have been steadily decreasing since the 1990s. After being temporarily elevated during the 1970s and 1980s, crime rates fell approximately 45% between 1990 and 2012 (Brown, 2018). There are three potential explanations for this downward trend. Firstly, although it may...
In the novel “In Cold Blood,” a family of four is killed terribly in a tiny town named Holcomb, Kansas, which had the whole town in shock and scared. Truman Capote wrote this to address the sensitive matter of what crime can affect a community (Baila-Bigné, 2020). Capote, throughout the...
Summary of the Case Charles Manson was an ex-con and aspiring musician who moved to California. Manson was charismatic and expert manipulator, but they also adopted strange practices such as polygamy. He quickly formed a social circle around himself that consisted mostly of women. The group began to form a...
Introduction In 1982 George L. Kelling and James Q. Wilson introduced their famous broken windows theory, explaining the emergence of serious crimes through disorder in the community. According to it, local disorders such as profanity, public intoxication, litter, graffiti and resident’s apathy creates ideal circumstances for an increase in serious...
Problem Statement Crimes in schools and colleges are becoming a pressing issue for policy-makers. Crime surveys published over the past few years indicate that a high number of crimes are occurring, leaving behind a growing number of victims. According to Bouchrika (2020), schools and colleges are often presumed to be...
The term psychopath describes an individual who lacks empathy and morality. Clinical and legal settings frequently use the phrase despite not being officially recognized as a mental health diagnosis. Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a more extensive mental health disease used to characterize people who consistently act out and breach...
Introduction Sexual violence is a common human rights violation around the world. It concerns the safety and freedom of the individual subjected to this kind of torture. Sexual abuse refers to conduct or action done with the intent or perceived to be done with the intent to cause physical harm...
In criminal justice, recidivism is one of the most basic ideas. It refers to an individual’s relapse into criminal activity following the imposition of sanctions or completing an intervention program for a previous offence. It is also described as any illegal conduct that results in a someone being detained, convicted...
The InnerChange Freedom Initiative (IFI) program or later called the Prison Fellowship Academy is a faith-based reintegration program with locations in six states. The program begins 18 to 24 months before a person is released from jail and continues for another 12 months after they are freed. According to an...
Introduction Cyberbullying is an acute and urgent problem, the spread of which is increasing every year. This topic was chosen because cyberbullying is a relevant problem becoming more and more dangerous every year. As statistics show, from 2007 to 2019, the frequency of this phenomenon has almost doubled (Patchin, 2019)....
Introduction Complete, accurate, and well-written notes are the primary means of memorization and guidance during investigations and interrogations of witnesses, victims, and suspects. Responsible record keeping is an integral part of a police officer’s duties and an ethical and legal obligation. A proper record of an investigation makes it easier...
Introduction The popularity of online social movements such as #MeToo has demonstrated both the pervasiveness of sexual assault and decreased public willingness to tolerate it. One of the most effective ways to prevent sexual assault is to acknowledge its existence, increase positive police responses, and support victims. The application of...
Nowadays, White Collar Crimes are becoming more threatening, as their scale and negative consequences are getting more substantial. Malfeasance is an illegal activity for the purpose of enrichment, committed with the help of opportunities depending on the person’s or group of individuals’ positions. Such crimes are distinguished by the fact...
The concept of a psychopath is one of the most distorted in the public mind. The situation is also complicated because, in the early version, psychopaths were considered people with abnormal psychology, which includes a considerable number of different diseases. However, there is a series of well-articulated characteristics of psychopathy...
The Orlando shooting of 2016, commonly known as the Pulse nightclub shooting, was a mass shooting that occurred in the early morning hours of June 12, 2016, at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, leaving 49 people dead and more than 50 injured. It was, at the time, the bloodiest...
Law and order are among the most significant factors that help ensure a nation’s stability since it provides an environment for better well-being. The United States of America government has invested financial resources towards ensuring effectiveness in the delivery of justice within the nation. Justice is achieved only if the...
Introduction Randall is a 32-year-old African American man born and raised in Detroit. His life is overwhelmed with the experience of family neglect, sexual abuse, substance dependence, and repetitive criminal activity. Randall has nine felony convictions, including four probations, three jail times, and two imprisonments. Randall is now married, yet...
Introduction The criminal justice system often has complex relationships with different cultural communities. In order to address such an issue, it is essential to conduct an analysis of the factors affecting communities’ problematic views on the criminal justice. Hispanic communities, refugees, and people of color constitute groups of individuals who...
Introduction Over the past years, the issue of prison overcrowding has been a significant factor affecting the criminal justice system. The rate of congestion in the correctional facilities is fluctuating following the increase in the number of inmates serving their sentences. The overpopulation is causing severe impacts on the lives...
Introduction According to some critics, mental and cognitive isolation and discrimination are commonplace in juvenile justice systems. No one cares about how young people with disabilities are treated differently in prison. The Competitive Juvenile Penalization Program, a critical cross-jurisdictional study of the juvenile justice system and penality in the United...
Marty Meth and Todd Tweaker decide to rob Mel’s liquor store. Marty gets a billy club and Todd gets a 12-gauge shotgun with a 12-inch barrel. They arrive at Mel’s liquor store and see the owner, Mel, by himself in the store behind the counter. They did not know that...
Introduction: Americans’ Fear of Crime Despite the gradual decrease in crime rates in America since the early 1990s, Americans remain highly insecure (Koerth and Thomson-DeVeaux). Their fear of crime is driven by an array of issues, including their overestimation of the likelihood of a crime occurring. For instance, while carjacking...
In the modern world, large companies develop rapidly, which opens up opportunities for them to grow even more. However, sometimes corporations use their power and authority to become stronger and earn money by illegal means. Such actions can be considered White Collar Crime, moreover, it can harm many persons. The...
Abstract This study investigates the use of forensic linguistics tools in police interrogation texts. It identifies the problem of the lack of approaches informed by forensic linguistics used in the process of police interrogation. Two research questions are posed regarding the relative effectiveness of FL-informed approaches compared to usual approaches...
Introduction White-collar crime is an essential modern issue that may lead to irreparable consequences. It includes illegal enrichment or the pursuit of other personal goals by a person using one’s power, authority, or fame. Thus, the individual puts pressure on others or uses financial opportunities to achieve one’s own aims....
