FBI's first female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos, gained worldwide notoriety with her murders of seven men, a long legal trial, and her want for execution. With notoriety comes the life history of a criminal, people want to know what makes them tick, what caused these fateful days, and how can...

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In recent years, tragedies have been visited upon schools across the country. From Kentucky to Oregon to Colorado, the notion of schools as safe havens has been shattered by the sound of gunfire. These acts are not limited to any geographic regions or family backgrounds, nor do they have a single ...

Juvenile crime is a term used to describe a criminal offense committed by a child under the age of 18 years old. Some offenses are minor: parental disobedience, shoplifting, and truancy, while others are much more serious. Children can have criminal intent at any age; there is no limit. According to...

Problems in Juvenile Delinquency The post world-war II era saw an unprecedented rate of growth for America. The birth of Corporate America gave people an opportunity to move out of the cities and into kinder, more picturesque suburbs. Women were entering the workforce in greater numbers. Wit...

On the night of January 23rd, 1978, a 21 year-old woman was found murdered. The killer, in no way connected to the victim, had torn all clothes from the woman's body and had ripped open her lower abdomen. A huge knife wound gaped from breast to navel , some inner organs had been cut out. Several ...

Mead Shumway of Nebraska, was convicted of the first degree murder of his employer's wife on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to death by jury. His last words before his execution were: "I am an innocent man. May God forgive everyone who said anything against me." The next year, the v...

When young people commit violent acts, who and/or what is to blame? When young people commit particularly violent acts in society, people are very quick to point the finger at the most obvious causes for these problems, but according to recent studies, young people's reasoning for committing...

Causes of Juvenile Crime In the early 1960's, the epidemic of juvenile crime began to take shape. The problem of juvenile crime is becoming an increasingly pressing matter in America. Anyone who watches the news or reads the newspapers is well aware of the intensity of America's juveni...