...Abstract: As a super star of crime documentary, TV play series and Hollywood thriller, offender profiling has already become the most famous work of law enforcement in the world. Offender profiling is a frequently-used method in criminal psychology, but there are also some people who worry about the abusing of offender profiling by the police or crews(eg. Arrest someone only because he and the general criminal has one thing in common, or even just base on the color of the skin). This essay will focus on a series of queries and common questions about offender profiling. More information on this article will be presented in the introduction. Offender profiling(CP) has also been called criminal profiling, psychological profiling or crime scene...
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...examining all available information of a particular offense (Ainsworth, 2001). The aim is not to identify the offender committing the serious crime; the primary purpose is to establish the type of person likely to have committed the offense. John Douglas argues that you need to “think exactly as the criminal does” in order to understand potentially who could be behind these crimes (Douglas and Olshaker, 1995 p, 151). It can be an effective way in order to capture the perpetrator primarily before they strike again and to gain justice and reassurance for victims. It helps to eliminate a huge swath of the population narrowing down police searches of potential perpetrators. The purpose of this essay is to discuss the strengths and weaknesses in relation to both the UK and US approach to criminal profiling and how effective their methods are in practise. Both approaches are not that different with the techniques used but they differ in terms of the rigorous empirical techniques used by profilers in the UK. I will make reference to infamous case studies to help demonstrate the benefits and drawbacks of using...
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...Profile Process Piece: Analyzing the Rhetorical Situation Week 1 Assignment Please answer the following questions in complete sentence and paragraph format. Although this is not a formal essay assignment, please note that proper spelling, grammar, and sentence structure are required. This week’s lecture and Chapters 2 and 3 in your text will help you work through some of the terms within the rhetorical situation. Defining Topic, Angle, and Purpose 1. What is your chosen topic (e.g., a profile of Barb Collins, a volunteer at the local homeless shelter; a profile of Shipwreck Days, a citywide flea market and festival; a profile of Burdick’s Grocery, the oldest family-owned business in town)? A profile of Angelique Sago, a professional dancer who opened a dance school location in a rural area of her home community. 2. What unique angle can you present on this topic? (Consider what is new about the topic or what unique perspective can be shared about this topic.) Angelique’s dance career started off with stripping use as a source of income to provide a roof over her head for herself as well as her two young daughters, knowing that she needed to change her life. Angelique opened her dance studio in 2010 just five years after graduating college and decided that she would provide excellent service for a much reasonable price than her competitors which has now became a down fall and causing her to have to close her doors. 3. What is your purpose for writing? (What...
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...The death penalty was codified for 25 different crimes. Such things carried out the death sentence as crucifixion, drowning, beating to death, burning alive, and impalement (Randa, 1997). The practice of the death penalty is as old as the government itself. The death penalty has not been considered controversial for most of history. Since ancient times most governments have punished a wide variety of crimes by death and have conducted executions as a routine part of the administration of criminal law. The Age of Enlightenment was the first significant movement to abolish the death penalty. Britain was very influential in America’s use of the death penalty. The European settlers that came to the new world are the one’s that brought the practice of capital punishment, death penalty. The first execution was recorded in the Jamestown Colony of Virginia in 1608. The Divine, Moral, and Martial Laws were enacted in 1612 by the Governor of Virginia, Sir Thomas Dale. The death penalty was established for minor offenses such as killing chickens, stealing grapes, and trading with Indians. It was Cesare Beccaria’s 1767 essay, On Crimes and Punishment that caused policy makers to have a different view of the death penalty. Becarria theorized that there wasn’t any justification for the state’s to take the life of a human being. The essay led to Tuscany and Austria abolishing their policy of the death penalty as a punishment for the crimes that were committed. It also gave an authoritative...
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...Discussion Essay Whether or not to take part in online-dating websites has become a dispute over the years. Common dating techniques have changed as more people prefer online dating over the traditional way. If the rise of meeting online continues, social media platforms create a radical alternative to the traditional dating. Based on the positive and negative effects of online dating, this essay discusses whether meeting online is a possible alternative. A key point of online dating is the ability to screen numerous potential partners; it even brings “people from disparate backgrounds” together in person argues Lewis Kraus. Looking for candidates who meet the criteria over the internet, online dating is a fast and comfortable way in a full-time job. If a match seems not compatible anymore, it may take a simple click of a button. This may not be possible in the traditional way without hurting somebody’s feelings. Online dating allows an overview-screening of the candidate before a conversation is even started. This advantage makes dating websites like eHarmony guarantee that “first date jitters will be no more”. (Anonymous, 1) Having a guaranteed variety of choices may be a radical change from the original dating when it used to be hard to meet potential partners, let alone meeting compatible matches. However, online dating is questioned by many due to the issue of safety. Many dating websites have fake profiles and the dated person, might turn out differently than...
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...In the article “Annals of Law: Rights and Wrongs,” Jeffrey Toobin describes how Charles Bradley, a fifty-year-old African-American security guard from the South Bronx, was frisked by the New York Police Department (NYPD) on a visit to his fiancée’s apartment in Parkchester. Toobin explains that although the police couldn’t find anything suspicious about Bradley, they still “arrested [him] for trespassing,” “strip-searched,” and had him appear in criminal court (41). The police actions, in Bradley’s case, are unethical and unconstitutional. While we trust the law enforcement officers to honor our rights and protect us, many of them abuse their power to humiliate and charge innocent minorities with crimes they have never even committed. What these cops may not realize, however, is that their impulsive and self-indulgent behaviors have domino effects on the victims’ lives. For Bradley, his arrest put him on a verge of losing his job and becoming a homeless man (41). In another article “Driving While Black,” the Phoenix New Times describes a 42-year-old African-American marketing representative, Larrel Riggs, being stopped and had guns pointed at him at around 4:30 in the afternoon. While the police claimed that they pulled Riggs over because he had a questionable license-plate cover, Riggs believed that he was stopped for something as irrationally as DWB-Driving While Black. Although his...
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...Argumentative Essay: Should Abortion Be Illegal? The legalization of abortion has been an issue that has been argued both publically and privately for several decades. In all social circles this subject is very sensitive because of the moral and emotional factors involved. For the religious community, it’s a matter of morality and biblical law. For the lay person or non-religious community it’s a matter of choice. In the political arena it’s a matter of economics. The one factor that stands out the most about this issue is that it is of a personal nature. The question at hand is should we legalize abortion, and should women on government assistance be able to receive an abortion as the expense of tax payers? In order to respond to this question responsibly let’s take a look back history to get a better understanding of abortion. Abortion actually dates back to Biblical times when women consumed an herbal concoction that would induce a spontaneous expulsion of a fetus. Though this practice often resulted in not ending the pregnancy or in the death of the mother and the fetus it was documented (Fox, 2012). Throughout history there have been documented incidents of abortion. In fact, in early American history, abortion was illegal and the death of the fetus was considered to be murder. Since the great legal battle of Roe verses Wade (Profile, 1973), advocates of women’s rights have continued to fight for a woman’s right to choose. This brings Fox, P. (2012). About...
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...Legal Studies Research Essay By Shirley Zhang Option One: Which two criminological theories do you believe best explain criminal behaviour? Use at least two case studies [of real crimes/criminals] to support your opinion. 1000 – 1500 words. Compared to the economic and biological theories of crime, the psychological and the economic theories are more reliable. This can be shown through the Filipinos ex police officer hi-jacking and killing Hong Kong tourists case and the Ted Bundy’s case. The ex police officer, Rolando Mendoza was fired after found illegally extorting Christian Kalaw, a chef of the Mandarin Hotel. He hi-jacked a bus full of Hong Kong tourists as hostages demanding for his case to be reheard by the Ombudsmen and his job back. According to the Differential Association Theory and the social learning theory, criminal behaviours were leant and were learnt by observing their surroundings. This applied to Mendoza since he was a police officer who dealt with and observed criminal behaviours each day. Theorists of Strain Theory stated that social structures may encourage citizens to commit crime. Rolando’s brother, Gregorio, said that all his brother wanted was a fair hearing because the Ombudsmen never gave him a chance to defend himself and dismissed him straight away. According to the Labelling Theory, people could be influenced by the words they were described with. Rolando was kicked out of the police station because of extortion, thus, he was labelled as...
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...ent. This article was taken from ESPN Sports Center. Within this article, it discussed how professional athletes not only get special treatment when it comes to getting into exclusive places, but also when it comes to getting out of legal jeopardy. It talks specifically about problems within the San Francisco 49ers and how the courtrooms views on specific criminal offences have changed over the past years. Robinson, L. N. (1995). Professional Athletes--Held to a Higher Standard and Above the Law. N.p.: Indiana Law Journal. This article was taken from the Indiana Law Journal. It talks about how within the last decade, interest in high-profile criminal cases has grown to diractic levels. These different cases always receive national media attention the investigatory and pretrial proceedings. It examines the treatment as an example of high-profile defendants within the courtroom for professional...
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...http://www.homelandsecurity.org/journal/Articles/stahelski.html BATH SCHOOL TRAGEDY-1927-BATH MICHIGAN SCHOOL BOMBING/MASS... (n.d.). Retrieved april 19, 2011, from True Crime: http://cmm.lefora.com/2009/07/10/bath-school-tragedy-1927-bath-michigan-school-bomb/ Hezbollah, the 'Partyof God' - Isreal News, Ynetnews. (n.d.). Retrieved april 18, 2011, from http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3284023,00.html History of Hamas Murderous Attacks-Defense/MiddleEast-Isreal News-Isreal Nation... (n.d.). Retrieved april 18, 2011, from Arutz Sheva News: http://www.isrealnationalnews.com/News.aspx/97378 Osama bin Laden; Profile. (n.d.). Retrieved April 20, 2011, from ADL: http://www.adl.org/terrorism_ america/bin_1.asp Sniper Jonh Allen Muhammad executed = CNN. (n.d.). Retrieved april 20, 2011, from CNNJustice: http://articles.cnn.com/2009-11-10/justice/virginia.sniper.execution_1_sniper-jonh-allen-m... Suicide Bombers. (n.d.). Retrieved april 20, 2011, from Beyond Intractability.org: http;//www.beyondintractability.org/essay/suicide_bombers/ Survival Hezbollah Terrorist Attack On U.S. (n.d.). Retrieved april 18, 2011, from Secrets Survival: http://secretsofsurvival.com/survivalhezbollah.html USS Cole bombing. (n.d.). Retrieved april 20, 2011, from GlobalSecurity,org: http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/profiles/uss _cole_bombing.htm WashingtonPost.com:Oklahoma City Bombing Trial Report. (n.d.). Retrieved april 19, 2011, from washingtonpost.com:...
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...Hate Crimes – Cause and Effects AIU Online Abstract This essay will look at motives of an individual and the people that may be targeted by their deviance. What causes an individual to deviate from the norms of society will be discussed along with the effects it has on an individual and members of the community. At last we will look at laws and education that may be useful in minimizing the occurrence of these deviances. Hate Crimes – Cause and Effects Hate crimes it seems are the newest deviances in our social justice vocabulary. Specific hate crime statutes started being passed by state legislatures in the late 80’s following research that showed an escalation of crime that was triggered by prejudice (Hate Crime). Emile Durkheim proposed the structural-functional approach to deviance saying that it is a necessary function to set and affirm our moral boundaries (Macionis, ch. 9, pp 197). But what is a hate crime; do we need a special classification for them and what type of individual would commit these acts? Crimes that are committed due to prejudices of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and other reasons are said to be hate motivated. Unfortunately, the federal government and the thirty plus states that have hate crime statutes cannot come together to agree or precisely define its meaning (Hate Crime). This confusion exists because of the first amendment rights to free speech and the difficulty in regulating individual’s beliefs. To find out who the...
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...Surveillance– Essay Have we civilized countries grown to be dependent on the benefits modern technology provides us? As technology has progressed through the decades, we have greeted the simplicity and efficiency it has brought us with open arms. Little did we know that these revolutionizing creations of Mankind would one day be implements misused in a never-ending battle, between individual privacy and state power. Surveillance around the world has strongly increased after the terrorist acts of 9/11. This has led to a strong media focus on the impact the different kinds of surveillance technology will have on our societies. The first text “The Spy in Your Refrigerator” is an excerpt from an article in The UNESCO Courier, written March 2001 by Simon Davies. The article focuses on the civilian surveillance and its’ evolution. The fear of surveillance growing into an uncontainable situation is clearly illustrated in the quote “… surveillance that will one day cross all national boundaries – touching citizens everywhere” (p.4,ll.15-16). The writer makes use of the persuasion mode, Pathos, as he plays with our emotions regarding our fears against the states invasion of privacy. Furthermore we are introduced to the different kinds of surveillance methods and technology. The most common and obvious practice of surveillance is the “Closed circuit television cameras” (CCTV). They are neither hidden nor unnoticeable, but simply monitor private properties or numerous town streets...
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...will have to face within the next fifty years. Without diminishing other serious problems like global warming, the depletion of natural resources and the extreme poverty in Africa, in this essay we will focus on the issues intrinsically related to people’s fundamental and inalienable right to mobility. One of the most concerning problem related to people’s mobility is the growing number of illegal immigrants who struggle their way to Europe in search of a better standard of living and freedom. These people had been desperately pushed to abandon their countries and traverse the world, no matter the risks and the adversities they would have to endure. In order to control the increasing number of immigrants, more and more countries in Europe are denying the fundamental right to mobility and equal opportunities to justice and dignity by closing their doors and imposing restrictive laws. The results have been disastrous: thousands and thousands of preventable deaths of clandestine migrants drowned before reaching European’s soil. All countries of the European Union should move towards more sensible immigration laws: to open their frontiers to migrants who will provide Europe with the needed labour force and to create a data system to register aspiring immigrants’ professional and education profile so as to direct them towards the most suitable job opportunity as well as the employer with the work force needed. Another worrying issue related to immigration is the growing wave of intolerance...
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...Criminologist and forensic psychologists share many similarities although they have a few differences. This essay will attempt to explain these similarities and differences. Criminology is the scientific study of crime and criminals whereas forensic psychology is the interaction of the study of psychology and the law, it is also a branch of applied psychology which is concerned with the collection, examination and presentation of evidence for judicial purposes (Haward, 1953) furthermore they hold a doctorate degree in a field of psychology. The role of a criminologist is to investigate a variety of reasons to why criminals commit crimes. In order to investigate how these crimes are committed, they must consider psychological and social factors furthermore consider if any biological situations could have led the criminal to commit the crime. The role of a forensic psychologist is to provide the legal system with sound psychological information from a sound research base (Grisso, 1987). A forensic psychologist role is similar to a criminologist role to an extent that they also work with prisoners and offenders moreover they also apply the psychological theory to criminal behaviour to figure out what makes criminals commit these crimes. The premium goal of a forensic psychologist is to The first act of psychologist taking part in the justice court was in 1896 when Albert testified at the trial of Munich man accused of murdering three women. Within the United Kingdom the prison...
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...Facebook. Custom Facebook Essay Writing Service || Facebook Essay samples, help Introduction Facebook is a social is a social network service which was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in February 2004. This is the most commonly used website with over 600million active users according to the report given in January 2011. This is considered to have created a very strong network of communication with its capability to connect people across the world. The services have both negative and positive effects to the individuals, families and societies since it is accessed by all the people irrespective of the age and experience. The study below concerns the major effects and consequences of this network service to the society at large. Effects or consequences of Facebook on the society Humans are social beings thus there is need for them top keep connected or have a good network to socialize with each other. According to the results of the study on Compete.com done in January 2009, Facebook was ranked to be the most used social network and it has more benefits than just communicating but also provision of essential information in communication. It is the best and the most powerful tool for collaboration and interaction between people or friends. Considering from the sociological perspective Facebook sites are considered to improve social capital which is particularly essential in striking up a conversation or enabling people to access information from the internet. A study carried...
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