A major tool that measures crime, and subsequently counteracts it, are crime databases. These databases include, but are not limited to, the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), Uniform Crime Report (UCR), National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), and others. ... " The data collected on index crimes, are more complete than non-index crimes. ... The National Crime Victimization Survey and the Uniform Crime Report help us to foresee some trends in crime. ... The Uniformed Crime Reports are based on crimes reported to the police. ...

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i) The Crime Scene Examiner within the Police Force The main function of a Crime Scene Examiner (also known as a Scenes of Crime Officer – SOCO or Crime Scene Investigator – CSI) is to record, gather and preserve all available potential physical evidence to support the investigating officer in their inquiry [Pep05]. ... The result of that test was the only evidence linked him to the crime[Her12]. ... Crime scene investigators are therefore classed as professional witnesses [Elm10]. ... On the other hand, expert witnesses are often called upon to state conclusions and opinions based...

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Arrest • Arrest takes place when a person suspected of a crime is taken into custody • An arrest is considered a "seizure" under the 4th amendment and the constitution requires that seizures be reasonable. ... • If, on the basis of the information provided, the judge finds probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed and the accused committed said crime, then a warrant will be issued. No time for a Warrant • Police can make a warrant-less arrest based on probable cause • Probable cause is defined as a reasonable belief that a p...

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Hate that is based on race, religion, and sexual orientation can exist within any cultural rich society. ... People have discriminated against others based upon these attributes from the beginning of time. Prejudice has become a complex problem in society today and much of the world's history is based upon such hatred. ... Society is riddled with such hatred based upon peoples" benefits and origins and it seems millions are fighting each other for no relevant reason at all. ... Many people try to fight these hate crimes. ...

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Unfortunately, the Uniform Crime Reports do not record all reported crimes. ... Aggravated assault falls under the Violent Crime Index whereas larceny and burglary fall under the Property Crime Index of the Part I Index Crimes. ... Ever since the transition from agricultural-based to industrial-based societies developing cities have been hotbeds for crime. ... A group of people who accept crime as a cultural norm will continue to commit crime at much higher levels. ... The most common crimes in an area are going to be the crimes that the most common people are able to commit. ...

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Canada has developed policies and laws that are based on the principles that terrorism must be prevented, perpetrators of terrorist acts must be brought to swift justice, and terrorists should be denied sanctuary and support. ... Cyber crime consists of specific crimes dealing with computers and networks (such as hacking) and the facilitation of traditional crime through the use of computers (child pornography, hate crimes, telemarketing /Internet fraud). In addition to cyber crime, there is also "computer-supported crime" which covers the use of computers by criminals for communication an...

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There is much deliberation on the definition of crime, because it ia viewed differently in every culture. ... The interactionist view is based on a number of assumptions which fall between the two previously discussed theories because it maintains that there is no moral right or wrong, but rather changes in moral standards which affect the legal constraints of society. ... One thing most psychologists agree upon is the belief that before an actual crime occurs it has to be committed - so without an action there is no crime. The Oxford Dictionary (2011) states crime is "an act that is illega...

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Existing state laws to combat gender-based hate crimes are ineffective. ... Three states and the District of Columbia impose tougher penalties for crimes based on political affiliation. ... Even with federal jurisdiction over gender-based hate crimes, the federal government's jurisdiction would remain limited to only the most violent gender-based hate crimes, as it is under current law. ... The dictionary defines a hate crime as "any of various crimes... when motivated by hostility to the victim as a member of a group (as one based on color, creed, gender, or sexual orientation)." ... Th...

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Existing state laws to combat gender-based hate crimes are ineffective. ... Three states and the District of Columbia impose tougher penalties for crimes based on political affiliation. ... Even with federal jurisdiction over gender-based hate crimes, the federal government's jurisdiction would remain limited to only the most violent gender-based hate crimes, as it is under current law. ... The dictionary defines a hate crime as "any of various crimes... when motivated by hostility to the victim as a member of a group (as one based on color, creed, gender, or sexual orientation)." ... Th...

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In my thoughts there will always be hate crimes. ... Hate crimes are crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on certain group characteristics. These are crimes that are motivated by this person's prejudice. ... In that case it is difficult to know whether the offender committed this crime due to their bias, or did for other reasons. Along with the thousands of hate crimes committed every year there are many organized hate groups all over the U.S. ...

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Juvenile crime has always been so serious issue in many countries. ... There could be many reasons why juveniles commit crime but generally there are two main reasons which are psychological and family based. ... The second aspect about juvenile crime is personality traits. ... To sum up, for the aforementioned two reasons which are psychological and family based juvenile delinquency, there is no doubt that juvenile delinquency is a critical issue for many countries. ... Furthermore, in the light of previous researches, family based problems such as mother-child attachment and parental viole...

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Another example is a group called Christian Identity, who describes a religion that is fundamentally racist and anti-Semitic; and other are the Black Separatist groups, who are organizations whose ideologies include tenets of racially based hatred. ... As hate crimes have risen in number during the past five years; many state governments have attempted to prevent such crimes by passing laws called bias laws. These laws make a crime that is motivated by hatred based on the victim's race, religion, ethnic background, or sexual orientation a more serious crime than such an act would ordi...

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The most recent crimes to sweep across America and generate controversy are known as "hate crimes". ... The dictionary defines a hate crime as "any of various crimes when motivated by hostility to the victim as a member of a group (as one based on color, creed, gender, or sexual orientation)" (Siasco "Defining"). ... An important factor in defining hate crimes is to recognize the underlying messages of these crimes. ... Racial hatred, resentment of ethnic minorities, religious discrimination, gender-base bias, ridicule for disabled people, and disdain of homosexuals are considered the most ...

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Organized crime in America began shortly after the immigration of Italians coming over to America during the 1880s and 1890s. ... The Lufthansa heist of 1979 was carried out by the Lucchese crime family and representatives of the Gambino family. ... "Fortune 5: The Biggest Organized Crime Groups in the World." ... Matthews ranks the top five mafias or organized crime groups based on their income. ... Criminals are acting either in groups or independently based on the population that makes up all the criminals. ...

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Hate Crimes: Born Prejudice? Hate based on race, religion and sexual orientation exist within any cultural rich societies. ... Does hate crime imply on any case when a person is convicted for inflicting damage on someone "different"? It is often tricky to set a benchmark for measuring sufficiency of hate as a cause to label it in front of crime. ... It is ultimately in a person's perception, which concludes what is and what is not a hate crime....

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Question 2 Is Justice applied fairly when crime control is taken into perspective? ... However, taking crime control into perspective, justice is not applied fairly. ... The judgment in crime control is also based on social classes. ... Sometimes the criminal control is based on races. ... It is clear that just justice is not fairly applied in crime control perspective. ...

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By the end of Dostoyesky's Crime and Punishment, the reader is no longer under the illusion of the possible existence of "extraordinary" men. For an open-minded reader, and even perhaps the closed-minded ones too, the book is a journey through Raskolnikov's proposed theory on crime. It is a theory based on the ideas that had "been printed and read a thousand times"(313) by both Hegel and Nietzsche. ... In chapter five of part three in Crime and Punishment, this theory is outlined by its creator, Raskolnikov. ... Raskolnikov's idea that "the enactment of a crime is invariably acc...

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The severity of juvenile crimes has vastly increased from petty theft and vandalism to felonies. I think that because of television and the Internet, the parents inattentiveness, and our culture and society is why there has been such an increase in juvenile crime. ... JuliS34: I think that the internet and television has taught children how to be violent and it is easy access to find out anything and everything about crimes. ... Shows that I grew up watching like Tom and Jerry and the Road Runner is based on the two characters trying to kill each other. ... I also think that our culture has...

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By the end of Dostoyesky's Crime and Punishment, the reader is no longer under the illusion of the possible existence of "extraordinary" men. For an open-minded reader, and even perhaps the closed-minded ones too, the book is a journey through Raskolnikov's proposed theory on crime. It is a theory based on the ideas that had "been printed and read a thousand times"(313) by both Hegel and Nietzsche. ... In chapter five of part three in Crime and Punishment, this theory is outlined by its creator, Raskolnikov. ... Raskolnikov's idea that "the enactment of a crime is invariably ac...

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Hate crime is one of the biggest issues many people face today. ... According to Charley Reese, ""Hate crime" is step toward totalitarianism .. ... It seems to me that he not writing about hate crimes. ... I believe that hate crimes will always stay of no matter. ... I think the major structure of our society today is base on relationships, which good and bad. ...

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Crime and Punishment Around about the mid 1800s Emily Dickinson hit the nail on the head with a line from a poem she wrote: Part One: Life. ... The same stands for Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, where the lead character, Rodion Raskolnikov, demonstrates multiple stages of craziness but when examined by the a sensible reader his actions seem to be profound logic. ... Raskolnikov has developed his own theory based on theories of the time of Hegel (Superior men, like Napoleon and Caesar, have the right to breach laws for the advancement of mankind and those who are not superi...

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Another form of Gender-Based Violence is Mass Rape in which rape is happening everywhere in large rates. ... The reason why Gender-Based Violence still remains a problem is because of the lack of education in these developing countries. ... "If someone steals a goat, the people would beat him up More weight is still given to the crime of stealing a thing than the crime of a person.... Gender-Based Violence is still happening today in modern society whether we know it or not. ... We are an organization that supports victims of forced marriages and honor crimes....

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Based on the findings, it is argue that participation in combat sports can distance individuals from nonstructural risk factors in behavioral, community/social and economic spheres. ... Only a handful of studies realized in the United States have given consideration to combat sport and crime reduction, which remains an under-researched area. ... It seems that sport and recreation based crime reduction strategies have some theoretical and practical, if contested, justification. However, not much attention has been given to justifying the use of combat sport based interventions. ... It has shown...

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States recognize that children who commit crimes are different from adults: as a class, they are less blameworthy, and they have a greater capacity for change. To respond to these differences, states have established a separate court system for juveniles, and they have created a separate, youth-based service delivery system that is different than that provided to adults. ... Pursuant to the above constitutional provision, the State has responsibility to provide the youth with care, support and understanding especially during times when he/she experiences confusions and the complexities of life...

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Throughout this essay two community-based programs and their effectiveness in combating juvenile delinquency are discussed and some of the causes of juvenile delinquent behavior are analyzed. ... The fact that most juvenile crime takes place after-school hours further implicates the lack of adult supervision as a contributing factor in youth criminal behavior. ... In contrast, children with adult supervision are less likely to skip school, behave violently, experiment with and use illicit drugs, steal, and commit other types of crimes (Aizer, 2004). ... The impact the above-mentioned commun...

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