Actors in the Criminal Justice system face ethical dilemmas more often than the average person due to their interaction with the public and because of authority given to them by that same public. The police, arguably, might be subject to more ethical dilemmas than any other branch of the Criminal J...

Media is undoubtedly the greatest medium of communication in our society, but how does media's portrayal of violence affect us as a whole? Is music's explicit lyrics and televisions raunchy and violent content the cause of our downfall, or is it merely an accurate depiction of today&ap...

The rash of violent crimes in recent months seems to be on the rise. More teens than ever are becoming the culprits. Although more and more teens are the culprits, they are also three times as likely to become the victims. People ask why do young adults commit these crimes? The answer is ver...

White collar crime White collar crime refers to that category of crime that tends to be committed by professionals. Securities Fraud, Insider Trading, Bank Fraud, Tax Fraud, and Money Laundering are all examples of white-collar crime. COMMON TYPES OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME 1.Bank Fraud: To engage in a...

"I say all guns are good guns. There are no bad guns. I say the whole nation should be an armed nation. Period." This rather bold statement was made by the award winning actor Charlton Heston and current President of the NRA, or National Rifle Association. The NRA is a special interest group know...

Try to picture this scene: your favorite movie stare is caught with drugs on his person after being stopped by the police. Before even being take to trial, your celebrity is treated as if he didn't do a thing. The trial comes around and because of his status as an actor the charges are ...

Racial profiling is the police practice of using race as a determining factor in identifying a potential criminal. Although, under the constitution all people are equal, there are still stereotypes about minorities being a lower class even today. Certain minorities are treated unfairly and are ...

Individual Rights Versus Public Order The main reason behind the propagation of crime is that some people may not feel morally accountable and also get a chance to break the law. In other cases it is also true that most individuals with the early signs of criminal behavior do not become serious l...

At first glance, one would expect a movie titled "City of God" to show how poverty and marginalization would make criminals of frustrated people. Instead we see how, in an atmosphere of unsupervised chaos, a single charismatic psychopath can hold sway over an entire population with the force of his...

It seems as though the issue of race is unavoidable, regardless of the context in which we are speaking. It is a shame that the idea of race play a role in any aspect of life. For someone of color to be disregarded, or overlooked, when being considered for an education or employment is unacceptabl...

Many individuals in our society today believe that the positive portrayal of violence and sex in rap music has negative effects on its listeners. Due to this widespread perception, many studies have systematically examined rap music for evidence of its negative effects. This issue is important in th...

Deviance Abstract Based on the world as we see it today through our own eyes, we can tell that society is undergoing a constant change. You only need to pick up a newspaper or read a magazine to realize that society is different from from past decades. Children today are born into a tech...

Both Fyodor Dostoyevsky, in Crime and Punishment and Richard Wright, in Native Son look to men who have been pushed beyond reason into murder, and both authors ask us what justice means in such a context. The answers that the authors provide are quite different - which should ...

Alternatives to criminal justice system have been the growing part of the debate surrounding the theory of criminology. Shaming: In this arena of alternatives to criminal justice system, the most distinctive contribution has been John Braithwaite's theory of regenerative shaming which conjec...

Defense AttorneyBy Alexis RobinsonThere are many types of law along with many sub divisions for example administrative (ADM), bankruptcy including debtor, creditor (Ban). Most defense attorney handle criminal defense sex offenses, to white collar offenses and violent offenses. Under sex offenses the...

Under the United States Constitution it states, that all men are created equal. Numerous, people believe that all are not equal, and all are not treated the same in today's so-called "equal" justice system. "There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depe...

In formulating an appropriate and adequate response to any question or topic, it is almost essential for one to come to a thorough understanding of not only the question asked but also any other issues that might emanate from the topic. In the answering of the issue at hand, analysing the challenge ...

The defences of duress, necessity and duress of circumstances all recognise that a person ought not always to be regarded as criminally liable if he or she feels compelled to act against their will. Critically evaluate how and why the courts have limited the availability of these defences. If y...

The three classic gangster movies: Little Caesar (LeRoy, 1930), Public Enemy (Wellman, 1931), and Scarface (Hawks, 1932) usually took place at night in speakeasies, night clubs, elaborate apartments of the gangsters, and back rooms during the time of prohibition. Prohibition is believed to be the l...

Who's to Blame?Juvenile DelinquencyIt was a crime that shocked Chicago, that seemingly unshockable city - the murder of 11 year-old Ryan Harris in fall 1998, who had been bashed on the head with a rock, dragged into the bushes and sexually assaulted (Adler and Annin 28). We're used to seeing greed, ...

Case Management, Service Integration, and the Community-Centered Alternative in Forensic Human Services Criminal justice agencies across the nation are using case management practices to fight recidivism, homelessness, and unemployment. Case management is in operation in the courts, probation...

MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCESIntroduction The case of Robert Latimer, the Saskatchewan farmer who killed his disabled daughter Tracy, has once again brought into focus the issue of mandatory minimum sentences (MMS). Latimer was twice convicted of second degree murder for what he claimed was a compassi...

"I and the public know, What all school children learn. Those to whom evil is done, will do evil in return" (W.H. Auden). This quote is the basis to almost all forensic psychologists. It is a rough answer to the question: Why do they kill? Why do men, women, and children, assault, rape, mutilate and...

Scenario Baal was the sort of musician who plays in smokey, uncrowded bars,where only half the people there had come for the music and the rest aretalking over it with loud and drunken abandon. Still, he was sufficientlywell known that certain facts of his life were public knowledge -- at least...