Advances in telecommunications and in computer technology have brought us to the information revolution. The rapid advancement of the telephone, cable, satellite, and computer networks, combined with the help of technological breakthroughs in computer processing speed, and information storage, has ...

Photography has always played a very important part in policing. In fact, photographs have many different functions in policing. It acts as a tool to solve crimes, when it can be used as evidence against a criminal. It also helps to deter crime when it is used as a public awareness medium. However t...

In today\'s modern society, the internet is a very educational and productive tool in order to become knowledgeable and stay well connected. Without technology, some individuals cannot function throughout their day. Many people use it for business purposes while others use technology in order to com...

DNA testing is a new technology with limitless applications, especially in the field of forensic science. It is a daunting task to keep up with the samples of DNA and the information obtained from those samples. DNA testing can be a useful tool for law enforcement, but if not properly regulated it c...

In today's society our most valuable commodity is not grain, steel or even technology; it is information. Because of computer networks, just about everyone can now access an astounding range of information. The Internet is international, even though 80 percent of the Internet use occurs in th...

Cybercrime: Identity FraudA small child steals a candy bar from the neighborhood grocery store because he likes the taste; a group of teens break into a car so that they can steal the stereo and listen to the latest CD's; a drug addict holds up a convince store so that he can get the money he needs ...

OBJECTIVE Using the insight of the Rational Theorists, the objective of this work is to provide an explanation of why willing offenders are able to find suitable targets and/or an absence of guardians in these areas that make them so crime prone. This work will further, based upon the knowledge ...

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. The fundamental issue of tonight's debate is the protection of citizen's privacy. As technology advances it is essential we choose the central lane, a balance between civil liberties and crime investigation. A DNA database would be both immoral in the unr...

The Use of Computers in Law Enforcement A person living in today's world can't help but notice that most all businesses use computers. These businesses use computers to do many things, but it seems to me that most computer activities in the business world are for three main reasons: (...

In seeking some form of rational explanation to comprehend the underlying reasons for the widespread, relentless, annoying scams on the Internet, looking at the classic strain theory (CST) puts things into a helpful context. According to an article in Youth & Society (Agnew, et al., 1997)...

Computer crime is a crime of fresh history. This crime affects all of us. People who are involved in this crime are looked at differently than people guilty of any other crime. This public offence is one which , in a very strange way, forces the accused to be looked at with respect, nobility, and i...

A civilized society should not exercise punishment as cruel as death penalty? Discuss. Death penalty also known as capital punishment is a kind of punishment given to a criminal who has committed a heinous crime especially murder or treason by taking their life. The term 'capital' ...

In 1977 the United States Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty, and since then about 3,625 people have been executed. (Copley News Service) The death penalty can be prescribed by Congress or State Legislatures as a form of "capital punishment for certain heinous crimes." (Legal Information...

We live in a large ordered society with millions of people. Privacy is essential for quality of life, but the security and order of society requires certain degree of government monitoring.So how much privacy we should give up to ensure our safety and being part of the society? Where do we draw the ...

Once convicted criminals have their DNA fingerprints in CrimTrac\'s database, police are able to identify them faster as suspects, if they re-offend, which saves investigation time. When confronted with DNA evidence, guilty suspects may be more likely to confess and plead guilty, also saving police ...

Television is playing a big role in today's society. Technology is growing and expanding into the 21st century. Almost everybody in the United States watches television. People even plan some of their lives around it by tuning in to a show every week. Stuff that people see on television affects ...

Choosing a particular job is a hard decision. Many things have to be considered about the possible place of employment to make the job search as beneficial as possible. The salary, benefits, commute time, and location are among the important to review. To further explore this question, the locati...

In Claire Sterling's Thieves' World, new light is shed on the current status of organized crime in the world today. The days of crime families battling it out in the streets is a thing of the past. The fall of communism in Soviet Russia and the tearing down of the Berlin Wall in Germany opened the...

Computer crime is any illegal act which involves a computer system whether the computer is an object of a crime, an instrument used to commit a crime or a repository of evidence related to a crime. Telecommunication crime is the fraudulent use of any telephone, microwave, satellite or other telecomm...

In this brief essay about Governor Bush, I will be talking about my standings on regarding his issues.I think Bush is making a great decision to reduce or completely stop abortion. Abortion is just like taking someone else's life. It is just as if someone was to go outside and shoot someone and go o...

Community Policing*Picture*Grade:B+Language:EnglishSystem:Four-Year CollegeCountry:USAAuthors Comments: : Crime is defined as commission of an act or act of omission that violates the law and is punishable by the state. Crimes are considered injurious to society and the community. As defined by la...