...I will be introducing you to stalking from the State and Federal perspective and the penalties that are involved for committing this crime. Stalking is a crime of terror with a beginning, but seemingly no end. It's a crime of fear that leaves no physical cuts or bruises at least not unless the stalker becomes desperate and acts out in violence, which is often the case. According to a nineteen hundred and ninety three and nineteen ninety four U.S. Department of Justice study, women are the victims in ninety percent of the cases nationwide and one in twenty of them will be stalked sometime in their life.( National Center for Victims of Crime )Thirty eight percent of stalking victims are single women between twenty and forty five years old, but teens and older people can be targets too. More and more of them are being caught up in terrifying web of obsession, a terrifying pursuit of the victim. (National Center for Victims of Crime) The difference between harassment and stalking is a distinction of the law. Stalking occurs when harassing behavior is repeated, is threatening, is purposefully directed at a specific person, and would cause a reasonable person to fear bodily injury or death for themselves or a family member(AARDVARC) Sometimes, it's just surveillance; everyplace you go, the stalker is there. Without a doubt it's emotional terrorism. The victim can't get away. Then there are telephone calls twenty to fifty a day, notes on the windshield, or they're in the grocery...
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...The Uniform Crime Reporting Program and Understanding the Victims Name: Institution: Uniform Crime Reporting is a program that is a national wide statistical effort which comprises over 15,000 state, city, and county laws enforcement agencies that report data on criminal offences voluntarily (Schmalleger, 2006). This data is later forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation directly or through the state-level Uniform Crime Reporting program from the local law enforcement agencies. The offences in the program are divided into two categories, part 1 and part 2 for data reporting purposes. The part 1 offences reported by the Uniform Crime Reporting program are categorized into two groups which include property and violent crimes and later used to measure the scope and level of crime rate in the country (FBI, 2004). The crimes reported in this part are called index crimes because reports the crimes that are very serious and they have a tendency of being reported reliably compared to others. These crimes are mostly reported directly to the police and not the separate agencies which do not contribute to the UCR program. These crimes include; forcible rape, aggravated assault, criminal homicide, forcible sex, arson, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and larceny-theft (FBI, 2004). The part 2 offences comprises of less serious crimes which are either reported directly to the police or through the separate agencies. Only the arrest data is collected and reported to the FBI...
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...Domestic violence, as defined by the Crimes Act, is a “personal violence offence committed by a person against another person with whom the person who commits the offence has or has had a domestic relationship” (Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 pg 3 and pg 8). The term domestic relationship can be classified as a marriage, de facto partner, intimate personal relationship (sexual or not), relative or person living in the same household as the other person. Domestic violence is used as a means of intimidation where one partner aims to gain dominance over the other through either physical, sexual, emotional, verbal, or financial abuse. Under such a definition I was able to gather data on the occurrence of domestic violence related...
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...partnership where there is both general partners and limited partners that break down to managers of the business and investors in the business. The final type of partnership is a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) where no one is the manager or liable for the debts and obligations. With LLP all partners involved are limited, or investing partners. A corporation is a form of business organization in which the owner’s, or shareholders, are only liable to the extent of their capital contributions. When describing a corporation it is safe to say that it is a fictitious entity that can both sue and be sued under its own name. There are two different types of corporations classified as S Corporation which is those that elect to be taxed under Subchapter S and all others are classified as C Corporation. Thomas F. Goldman Henry R. Cheeseman The Paralegal Professional page 678 (2011). There are three different classifications of crimes depending on severity and type of crime committed determines whether it is a violation, misdemeanor, and felony. The three are similar in the fact that with all three there is the chance of imprisonment. Though they do have that in common these three are very different. The most severe crimes that you can commit are classified as felonies which typically consist of murder, rape, embezzlement, bribery and more. Felonies such as first degree murder can also be punishable by death. Misdemeanor is the next type of crime as far as severity which can be robbery...
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...cases the relationship will be between partners (married, cohabiting or otherwise), ex-partners. ( domestic violence: a national survey ….). Some statistics: who are the victims? • Nearly 1 million women experience at least one incident of domestic abuse each year (2009/10 British Crime Survey data:http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs10/hosb1210.pdf as reported in latest cross-government VAWG strategy http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/crime/call-end-violence-women-girls/vawg-paper?view=Binary) • At least 750,000 children a year witness domestic violence (DoH, (2002) Women's Mental Health : Into the Mainstream, accessed at: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Closedconsultations/DH_4075478 p.16) • Two women are killed each week by their partner or ex-partner (Womens Aid (March 2011) accessed at: http://www.womensaid.org.uk/domesticviolencearticles.asp?section=00010001002200410001&itemid=1280) • 54 per cent of women victims of serious sexual assault were assaulted by their partner or ex-partner (Stern, (2010) The Stern Review p.9 accessed at http://www.equalities.gov.uk/pdf/Stern_Review_of_Rape_Reporting_1FINAL.pdf) • Victims of domestic violence are more likely to experience repeat victimisation than victims of any other types of crime(British Crime Survey Reports) • 76 per cent of all DV incidents are repeat (Flatley, Kershaw, Smith, Chaplin and Moon (July 2010) BCS - Crime in England and Wales 2009/10 , Home Office...
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...I chose to look at an article relating to gun crimes and the cause and affect they have on gun ownership. The article takes several things into consideration such as gun types like rifle, shotgun, or handgun, and also whether the owning of a gun increases the related crime. The writer also looked at several different crimes including murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, and vehicle thefts (Southwick Jr., L. (1997). By looking at the different crimes and the guns used to commit these crimes the researcher was abe to gather a positive or negative relationship between gun ownership and the time the crime was committed. Another article which I looked at examines the events of guns used in intimate relationship assaults....
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...Crime analysis Student’s name Institution Affiliation Date of submission Ensuring the safety and security of communities is one of the major and primary responsibilities of local governments. It involves community policing and problems solving methods. Problem-solving are the strategies that extend the traditional community policing hence considered to be critical elements in community policing. Problem-solving methods for crimes are expanding police agencies globally. Community policing majorly focuses social disorders and crimes by delivering police services that enforce the law as well as problem-solving, prevention, partnership and community engagement. There are three major techniques for solving problems especially crimes, and they include crime analysis, crime mapping, and patterning. All this methods are dedicated to helping law enforcement agencies so that they can to help curb crime activities. The above listed problem-solving methods are characterized by a number of limitations that make them not be entirely adequately. Remarkably convincing this article discusses the limitation of the problem-solving methods as well as covering the similarities and differences between partnership and stakeholders in community policing comprehensively. Crime analysis is one of the professions that have a noble and long history. Crime analysis is the process of law enforcement usually includes various techniques and analysis so as to identify certain crime and disorder patterns...
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...hit em' up." A quote from late Tupac Shakur and most young men's anthem and golden rule they live by. Each factor of a person's life or make up can affect and be affected by another factor. Peer pressure, drugs and alcohol, lack of intelligence, negligence in the home, revenge, and abuse can cause psychological problems. When the accumulation of negative factors is present and there are no positive factors such as opportunities to be successful, adults who provide encouragement, or a resilient temperament reach a threshold, that's when violence is more likely to erupt as a means of coping with life's problems. Statistics show that most young men between the ages of 16-21 cope with their life problems by resorting to violence and crime. They steal- because of jealousy and greed; money, clothes,jewelry or cars has to be in their possesion by an means necessary. Peer pressure- the lack of intelligence and wanting to be accepted and fit in because of the lack of attention and love at home, they follow the crowd and never make wise decisions. Or they look up to a certain person in their neighborhood and want to mimic them and live their lifestyle. But, the main and most commonly known contributing factor is revenge. Losing a loved one to hands of another human being is never a easy pill to swallow and everyone deals with a loss differently. Most of us cry and help the authorities to bring justice and others seek revenge. Revenge is a harmful action against a person or a...
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...childbirth: see below. In 2011/12, the police reported nearly 800,000 incidents of domestic violence4. Domestic violence accounts for 10% of emergency calls5. Domestic violence has consistently accounted for between 16% and one quarter of all recorded violent crime6. There has been a 65% increase in number of domestic violence prosecutions between 2005/6 and 2010/11 and a corresponding 99% increase in number of defendents convicted7. Despite this, domestic violence conviction rates in the five years to 2011 stood at just 6.5% of incidents reported to police – though a much higher proportion of around 70% of those charged8. Women are much more likely than men to be the victim of multiple incidents of abuse, of different types of domestic abuse (partner abuse, family abuse, sexual assault and stalking) and in particular of sexual violence9. Hester, 2008. Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2013. 3 This is a smaller proportion of the population than identified by Syvia Walby and Jonathan Allen in their analysis of the BCS 2011. (Walby and Allen, 2004) They concluded that 45% women and 26% men had experienced at least one incident of inter-personal violence in their lifetimes, and that women were much more likely than men to be the victim of multiple incidents of abuse. This discrepancy could be due, at least...
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...The victim of this crime was killed by a repeat offender in California and caused a public outcry for a change. 8. We discussed research on police intervention in situations of intimate partner violence. a) Prior to police interventions such as batterer arrest, what were 2 previous interventions used to combat the problem of intimate partner violence (IPV)? In order to combat intimate partner violence prior to police interventions, domestic violence shelters were used by victims of domestic violence. These shelters provided victims with temporary refuge, childcare, and legal advice. Also, victims could ask the court for a protective order to prevent batterers from getting close to them and causing them more harm. b) Prior to the batterer arrest interventions, what was one potential cause of police not being effective in incidents involving IPV? Prior to the batterer arrest interventions, police took “a do-nothing approach” because the issue of intimate partner violence was often viewed by the public and the police as a family issue and should be resolved by the...
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...are beaten in their homes each year by their husbands, ex-husbands, or male lovers. ("Women and Violence," Hearings before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, August 29 and December 11, 1990, Senate Hearing 101-939, pt. 1, p. 12.) One woman is beaten by her husband or partner every 15 seconds in the United States. (Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1991). One in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. (Tjaden, Patricia & Thoennes, Nancy. National Institute of Justice and the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, “Extent, Nature and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey,” 2000; Sara Glazer, "Violence, Against Women" CO Researcher, Congressional Quarterly, Inc., Volume 3, Number 8, February, 1993, p. 171; The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and The National Institute of Justice, Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence, July 2000; The Commonwealth Fund, Health Concerns Across a Woman’s Lifespan: 1998 Survey of Women’s Health, 1999). In 1992, the American Medical Association reported that as many as 1 in 3 women will be assaulted by a domestic partner in her lifetime -- 4 million in any given year. ("When Violence Hits Home." Time. June 4, 1994). An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of...
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...Crime In the US As crime rates in the categories of robbery, larceny, murder, rape and motor vehicle theft rise, so does violence against women. In the United States every one in three women have been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in their lifetime. Violence against women should be a zero tolerance law, like underage drinking. Every nine seconds in the US a woman is beaten by a man in their life. This is very unacceptable. Also, on average, more than three women everyday in the United States are murdered by a boyfriend or husband. As crime goes up in the United States women are even more endangered by any man in their life because they are more vulnerable to getting angrier and like to hit and punch women so hard sometimes it kills them. Women from ages 20 to 34 are at the highest risk for domestic violence. Only about one in five domestic violence against women cases seek professional care because women are to scared to turn the partner in for hurting them. The reason so many women don’t turn their partners in for domestic violence is because of the fact that so many men get angrier and hurt them worse later. Sexual violence against women starts very early in life. 54 percent of all rapes against women happen before the age of 18 and occur as early as before the age of 12. There was an estimated 10% - 20% of emergency room visits from women who had been hurt or violated by an intimate partner resulting in a domestic violence case. Domestic crime...
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...and Browning were dead. They then decided to leave the residence immediately. Betcher paniced at first and did not want to get involved; However, after having a discussion with Stuart they drove to the town of Ignacio, CO and contacted Town Marshal David Duschene, 111 Main Street, Ignacio, CO xxxxx, telephone number (xxx) xxx-xxxx. Marshal Duschene immediately contacted the Southern Ute Police Department (SUPD), 1973 Ute Way, SUIR, CO, xxxxx, telephone number (xxx) xxx-xxxx. The SUPD dispatched Officer Leonard Slye and Officer William Boyd to the crime scene. The Officers identified the victims and confirmed the double homicide. They contacted SUPD Dispatch via radio and secured the scene. Marshal Duschene then wrote an Incident Report regarding the information about Mr. Betcher and Ms. Stuart. The Marshal advised them to return to Farmington, New Mexico and that a representative from the agency that has jurisdiction in this crime would contact and interview them. Betcher and Stuart then drove back to Farmington, New Mexico. Agent Silverheels advised that he was at the SUPD Headquarters when the radio...
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...Betty Waltermire Crime and Criminology JUS110 December 21, 2013 Economically Disadvantaged: Women and Intimate Partner Violence According to some theorist who connect criminal behavior patterns to gender, interestingly created by management of material wealth and groups struggling in society. Although some women do not have the power and resigned to commit less serious, non-violent, self-destructive crimes such as abusing drugs sometimes to survive day to day. Federal and state cuts to social services in the budgets have also affected women. When lower class males, whether husbands or boyfriends lose their employment, they establish their self- image through acts of machismo and this includes violent abuse of wives and girlfriends (Siegel, 2013). Males typically seek out same-sex peer groups for social approval these groups encourage exploitation and sexual abuse of women. College campus fraternities and other groups may encourage violence against women who are touted as teasers, easy pickups or loose (Siegel, 2013). Exploitation of women may trigger the onset of deviant behaviors such as promiscuity, alcohol or drug abuse, theft, assault, and robbery. Females run away from home during their youth and turn to substance abuse to block the pain they suffered at the hands of a parent, relative or partner. By the time they are adults, who have been abused, tend to look at potential mates more closely to try...
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...concerns such as prosecuting the guilty, respecting the rights of the accused, protecting victims, and creating a safe community. In this scenario, you are a police detective, and, along with your partner, you handle the majority of homicide cases in your town. A woman in your city was seen walking alone at night and was later found brutally raped, beaten and left for dead. She is now in a coma. Earlier that evening, a gang of young men was seen in the area, assaulting and threatening passersby. The responding officers picked up two members of the gang, 14 years of age, near the location of the crime after they fled questioning by the police. Your partner has just finished interviewing both of the suspects in separate interrogation rooms. Both youths have records for robbery and assault. While entitled to having their parents present, no significant effort was made to find them. While it is department policy to videotape important interviews, your partner did not tape either interview. Your partner comes to your desk and tells you that they both have confessed to the attack. When you ask your partner about the missing parents and the lack of videotape, he says, "don't worry about it. They are both guilty as sin. We can close the case." You are fairly certain that your partner probably crossed the line on his interview, which is why he conducted the interview alone. However, you are convinced that they are both guilty. What are you going to do? The criminal investigation...
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