... . It seems that way because they are not the topic of much discussion in the media. Gangs have only become smarter and better at the crimes and the way they carry out their crimes. They still commit violent crimes and there are still a lot of murders. There some examples of what is going with gangs on the website http://www.iir ... .com/nygc/summaries.cfm. This website gives some summaries of what is going on currently with gangs, by looking at this website you can tell gangs are still a challenge for law enforcement. The computer is now ... ...

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... ways that the media represents organized crime, it is important to first understand what organized crime actually is, apart from what the media portrays it as. Michael Lyman and Gary Potter (2015) explain that there is no set definition of organized crime as it varies from police definitions, international definitions, and definitions in scholarly literature (p. 6-7). However, a definition of what an ... like The Godfather and other media portrayals of organized crime highly influence the way that society thinks about organized crime as they focus on infamous individuals and events (Ly...

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... treat and prevent juvenile crime. Nonetheless, these programs and developments will not succeed unless officials start putting more focus and effort into these programs. In their article, the Jenson, Potter and Howard all strongly believe that a high priority should be placed on funding and developing delinquency programs within neighborhood and school settings (63). Those authors also point out that there ... are very "few efficacious treatments" and that "innovative and effective treatment approaches" need to be developed and considered (Jenson, Potter and Howard 63). There are youth w...

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... that is most discussed. Also, most perpetrators of hate crimes are young people and a lot of them are juvenile offenders. Often, the perpetrators are "hardly older than juveniles"(Jacobs and Potter, ). They get very harsh penalties and go to prison for a long time for something that was not really a serious act, but an act of ignorance. In their book "Hate Crimes ... : Criminal Law and Identity Politics" Jacobs and Potter give an example about a man in his 20s who has burnt a wooden cross and is in prison now for ten years. This penalty seems much too high and would never ... ...

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... capital punishment also argues that society must retaliate against criminals. They conclude that the best possible retribution against a murderer is capital punishment. Sellin quotes Exodus 21:23-25. This quotation summaries that if someone has deliberately planned and committed the murder of an innocent person, then taking the life of the person who took a life is fair. If you take a life ... ...

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... police management process developed by the New York City Police Department. In New York, staff from each of 76 precincts, nine service areas and 12 transit districts compile weekly statistical summaries of crime complaints, arrests and summons activity, as well as written recapitulations of significant cases, crime patterns and police actions. This data, which includes the specific times and locations at ... ...

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... monitor the reintegration of criminal offenders serving the remainder of sentences while conditionally released into the community on parole. Parole officers spend most of their time preparing detailed offender case summaries. A case summary is a document that details an offender's criminal, social, psychological, and institutional adjustment history; it is completed after an in-depth interview between a parole officer and an offender, who ... ...

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... the regional patterns of police misconduct. Before thematic maps could be developed, it was necessary to create tables containing information combined by state, and categorizing the different forms of malpractice. Summaries of cases tried in Federal court by U.S. Attorneys form 1989 to May 1999 that involved state and Federal law enforcement were used in the development of the maps" table. Some ... ...

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... through the multiple definitions hate crime is it can also be difficult to properly characterize what it is. In Hate Crimes: Criminal Law and Identity Politics, James B. Jacobs and Kimberly Potter describe hate crime as "a social construct it focuses on the psyche of the criminal rather than on the criminal's conduct" (Counterpoint: Loving Hate: Why Hate Crime Legislation is ... ...

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... support, but that can be due to social change and new forms of social media (Britto and Noga-Styron 2014). Another look is how media affects other media. Baum and Potter (2008) notice that, "journalists shape news by determining the newsworthiness of storiesThis potential for bias increases the heightened prominence of more-partisan 'new' media outlets." The news ... ...

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... circumstances. "The new death penalty statutes were drafted to conform to the opinions of the two justices [of the Supreme Court] who had held the balance of power in Furman, Potter Stewart and Bryon White. What had troubled them about the death penalty was its randomness." (Banner 70) The new laws were put to the test in Gregg v. Georgia and were ... ...

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... to the execution of innocent persons (321). Lee goes on to say that failure to punish crimes such as murder are the seeds of anarchy. Lee quotes Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart saying that the "instinct for retribution is part of the nature of man and channeling the instinct in the administration of criminal justice serves an important purpose in promoting ... ...

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... the devastating school shooting at Columbine High School, Minnesota governor Jesse Venture said in an official announcement, "To me, it justifies conceal and carry more." Upon social pressure from outraged citizens of Minnesota (where concealed weapons are restricted), however, the governor retracted his statement (Pearkstein). Would ... in the 1930's and '40's. These laws allow those in authority (most commonly the police or local sheriff) to distribute conceal-and-carry permits to people upon their own discretion, as they see need (Korwin). Between 1984 and 1992, according to Californi...

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... citizens may have no interest in or need for this information, but criminals surely will. Burglars generally tend to break into homes owned by citizens who don't carry guns. If the residents of the home don't own guns, then the thief is in virtually no danger if he is discovered. A map showing the homes ... activists in America claim that if we get rid of firearms, violent acts can't occur. Yet it is obvious that criminals will find other ways to carry out their nefarious deeds. In short, the only people hurt by firearm bans or restriction laws are law-abiding citizens, which is ironic ...

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... because criminals do not know who is armed and who is not. In the year 2000, a study by John Lott PhD showed that the legalization of concealed carry permit reduced homicides by 8.5%, aggravated assaults by 7%, rape by 5%, and robbery by 3%. Dr. Lott said, that "If states that did not permit ... of the laws that are currently in place. If this law were to be repealed these percentages would climb back to where they were before concealed carry was legal. This is a country built upon protecting the well-being of its people, and, more so protecting its people's freedom, specifically the fr...

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... control spectrum; either eliminating the legality to posses or own a firearm or the legitimacy of an endless supply of artillery for sale and the ability to carry those weapons. There are two main arguments: one, that guns kill people and without them there would be less crime, less death, and less fear ... The answer to this question is the answer to the debate over gun control. In no way should the second amendment and the right to own and carry a gun be abolished. However, the United States Government should have strict laws as to obtaining a firearm of any kind and should regulate the...

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... average person is neither smart enough, adept enough nor responsible enough to be trusted with firearms, especially when using firearms for protection. The right to carry permit laws reduces violent crime for two reasons. They reduce the number of attempted crimes, because criminals can't tell which potential victims are armed and ... defend themselves. Secondly, national crime victimization surveys show that victims who use firearms to defend themselves are statistically less likely to be injured. In short, carry laws deter crime, because they increase the criminal's risk of doing busi...

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... police officers would be killed more often, and crime would increase, but these concerns have all been proven unfounded. Opponents believe that people who carry concealed weapons will lose their temper wherever they may be, and shoot someone. The truth of the matter, "Is only one time has ... also believes that police officers will be injured or killed by a person who conceals a weapon. "There is no record in any state with a conceal carry law that a permit holder has ever killed a police officer." (Lott1) There are police who said that they would not be alive today if it had ... by t...

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... crimes "benefited the most from the right to legally posses firearms. Lott concluded his book by asking: Will allowing law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns save lives? The answer is positive (http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/493638). This conclusion seems outrageous to the critics ... public could easily lead to a more heavily armed army of robbers and assaulters- which would only result in a higher crime rate ("Should People Carry a Gun- 257). However, the assumption that easy access to guns causes crimes is refuted by the facts. The research conducted by the Natio...

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... first book More Guns, Less Crime, Lott discusses the relationship between the deterrence of crime and the right of the average citizen to carry concealed weapons, especially handguns. He clearly identifies the problem and purpose of his book through the title, which states the connection between guns ... passive. Lott goes even further by attempting to prove an attack could be prevented in the first instance if a "victim" was allowed to carry a handgun. Lott supports these ideas with extensive data that shows American states that have the largest increases in gun ownership, have shown th...

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... . It's unfortunate, but no additional laws could have prevented their attack on Columbine High School. (Myths and Realities) Furthermore, many states actually do have laws that make it legal to carry a concealed weapon, and surprisingly those states have lower crime rates than those that don't. The constitution gives us the right to bear arms, and the right for protection. Thirty-one ... states recognize this, and give their citizens the right to carry these concealed weapons for personal protection. On average, guns are used in self-defense more than two million times a year, which is t...

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... poverty and unemployment, rather than the other way round. The only safe way to find out the true direction of the relationship is to carry out a longitudinal study to see whether crime comes before or after having to face poverty and unemployment. Usually though, longitudinal studies suggest ... to this view. In truth illicit drug taking of course, causes crime, however not by making large numbers of people who are law-abiding carry out criminal acts? The control of illicit drug taking comes from two sources. Firstly, many individuals who are already into committing crime commit a ... ...

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... their own weapons, the reason for this is it relieved the government of a great expense. The government had little funds to spare for a standing army, let alone enough funds to carry on the basic duties of running a government. Recognizing the benefits of an armed populace to a novice democracy, the government not only condoned an armed citizenry, it encouraged it. The militia ... their two hundred million firearms would require the creation of a huge bureaucracy at a tremendous cost to the tax payer, with absolutely no substantial anti -crime return. (secondamendment.net) Liberalized con...

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... day, when the victim is at home and unable to defend themselves. One of the possible reasons for the decline in crime in the U.S. is the wider acceptance of concealed carry laws. Currently, 34 states, including Indiana, are "shall-issue" states. This means that unless the state government can prove that you should not own a weapon, they are required to issue ... the permit to carry concealed in a timely manner. The only way you can be denied a permit is if you have 1) been convicted of a felony, 2) been convicted of domestic abuse, or 3) have been committed to ... their firearms in ord...

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... of our day by day lives. Wiping out offence and crooks is our obligation, and we can't overlook it. Getting the rightly blamed to a fair discipline is imperative. A few lawbreakers carry out a offence on the grounds that they have no other choice to survive, yet some do it for no particular reason. I don't advocate capital punishment for everyone. The other hand ... recidivist later on. General discouragement is gone for the overall population. By making "an illustration" of a guilty party, it is contended that others will take in their lesson and not carry out a comparable wrongdoing. ...

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