...Argument The Need for the FBI Over the years, the FBI has grown from a small bureau into a service that not only the nation needs, but also the world. It has helped in many significant cases throughout history, such as Al Capone, the Unabomber, Bonnie and Clyde, and without the FBI, would not have been solved or taken care of as easily (“Famous Cases” 1). These have proven to make the environment a better place to live in. The FBI is needed to protect the country’s safety and the well being of each individual daily. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has grown to be an immune system that is needed, to protect the country, the individual’s and the environment that is lived in every single day, by protecting us from terrorism, cyber fraud, technology crime, etc. The Federal Bureau’s history is actually exceptionally complex and interesting. It happens to “originat[e] from a force of Special Agents created in 1908 by Attorney General Charles Bonaparte during the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt” (“FBI History” 1). But when it was first founded it rarely had to deal with federal crimes. Bonaparte and Roosevelt worked together to figure out the ways that the FBI would come together to help the country and how it would benefit from this government service. One of their genius ways to improve the country’s safety was by “creating a corps of Special Agents” (“FBI History” 1). Although some believed that Bonaparte was a Progressive, at other times they believe that he was not. (Jones...
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...drug-related crimes. They are a unit that has been around for a long time and has helped solve many cases. “The Federal Bureau of Investigation was founded in 1908 when the Attorney General appointed an anonymous force of 34 Special Agents to be investigators for the Department of Justice. Before that, the DOJ had to borrow agents from the U.S. Secret Service. In 1909, the Special Agent Force was renamed the Bureau of Investigation, and after countless name changes, it became The Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1935. When the FBI was established, there were not an abundance of federal crimes, so it investigated criminal acts that dealt with national banking, bankruptcy, naturalization, antitrust, peonage, and land fraud. In June of 1910, the FBI grew larger because the "Mann Act" (Made it a crime to transport women to other states for immoral reasons). The FBI could now prosecute people whom tried to flee over states lines. Due to its continued worth and effectiveness, the FBI's number grew to over 300 special agents and 300 support employees over the next...
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...The FBI started in 1908 from a group of special agents by Attorney General Charles Bonaparte during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt and Bonaparte both were called "Progressives." They shared the conviction that efficiency and expertise, not political connections, should determine who could best serve in government. Theodore Roosevelt quickly appointed Bonaparte to be attorney general. In 1909, the Special Agents named FBI to Bureau of Investigation and then changed the name to Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1935. When the FBI was established, there weren't an abundance of federal crimes, so they investigated violations of ranging from white slavery to antitrust crimes as well as neutrality violations. In June of 1910, the FBI grew larger because of the "Mann Act" (Made it a crime to transport women to other states for immoral reasons). The FBI could now prosecute people who tried to flee over states lines. Because of its continued worth and effectiveness, the FBI's number grew to over 300 special agents and 300 support employees over the next few years. It provided a tool by which the federal government could investigate criminals who evaded state laws but had no other federal violations. During World War I, the FBI was given the responsibility of investigating espionage, sabotage, sedition, and draft violations. In 1920, the gangster era began. This brought a new type of crime into play that had not been seen before. Criminals were kidnapping and robbing...
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...Fingerprints Fingerprint is an impression of marking something superficial by the last joint of the thumb or other finger(s). Fingerprint identification is one of the most distinguished biometrics. It has been used for so many years for its efficiency and reliability. This type of identification is used by law enforcement and immigration. FBI (2013). Fingerprints helps to see if the suspect’s has been arrested or had any other convictions before. It also helps to recognize missing people, amnesia victims, and unknown dead people if they are in the criminal files. Michal Lyman (2014) A fingerprint looks like series of dark lines that symbolize the high, topping portion of the friction ridge skin, while the valleys between these ridges looks like white space and are the low, narrow portion of the friction ridge skin. FBI (2013) Fingerprints was publically used for first time in 1858 by Sir William Herschel who was a British chief administrative officer for the Hooghly district, Bengal, India. In 1877, he asked permission to his bosses to identify prisoners by using fingerprints. United States recognized the used of fingerprint for the first time in 1882, by Gilbert Thompson. In 1903, New York State prison system used this method of identification for criminals. After this, fingerprints was stablished in all U.S. There are two types of prints. One is the Latent or Patent Fingerprint. This one is invisible. It is created by oil and grease make by the body, and perspiration...
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...undercover operations, the linkage to deterrence between sting operations and entrapment, and the cases of restrictive deterrence, but I also shined light to the positives and negatives of both sting operations and entrapments in order to determine the best and effective method out of the two. There happened to be more negative outcomes from entrapment than there was from sting operations, which meant less of a liability and also less of a hassle. In some way, form or fashion both methods were deceitful but there are advantages to both and one outweighed the other when it came to effectiveness. Policy Analysis on Undercover Operations In the early 1970s is when the FBI routinely used the undercover technique. In the mid 1970s, the FBI initiated an undercover operation to investigate property crimes in the Washington, DC area. The FBI named the operation ‘Sting’. The success of the operation encouraged the FBI to expand the technique, thereby becoming the nation’s model agency for undercover work (Wagner, 2007). Although they do pose serious risks to values that all citizens cherish, since this time undercover operations such as sting operations have been extremely effective. They evade privacy, civil liberties, property rights and reputation but where they happen to be used judiciously, they can be a valuable weapon in the law enforcement arsenal. ...
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...these policy decisions based on statistical information, there has to be an understanding of how each program will collect ad report crime date. However, there are also limitations associated with data input through both of these reporting systems. The UCR was enacted when the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) recognized the need for crime statistics to inform of the national crime rates throughout the nation in the 1920s. This was an effort to create a national standardized measurement of different incidences of crime being committed. However, it was originally conceived in an effort to measure the effectiveness of local law enforcement agencies to aid law enforcement with the data needed to use in the help to fight crime in their jurisdictions. The UCR is a combined city, county, state, and Federal law enforcement program....
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...Forceful confrontation had to be looked at. Were forceful confrontations right in all situations or should a more peaceful approach be looked at to save lives if possible? The events at Munich motivated the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to evaluate the effectiveness and value of forceful confrontation in hostage incident management and gave law enforcement what Roger Depue, retired Chief of the Behavioral Sciences Unit at the FBI Academy, called “its most effective, nonviolent tool. (McMains & Mullins, 2014).” From the tragedy that occurred in Munich, detective Harvey Schlossberg and Lieutenant Frank Boltz, developed tactics that led to the resolution of high-conflict incidents without the loss of life experienced in Munich. Focus was on slowing down the incident so that time was an advantage to the negotiator (McMains & Mullins, 2014). The way crisis situations were handled had...
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...Oklahoma City Bombing and the Media Before September 11, 2001 America was attacked April 19, 1995 by one of its own citizens, the attack is now known as the Oklahoma City Bombing. The attack claimed 168 lives, which 19 of them were children and several hundred were injured, (FBI). By definition this attack was terrorism; terrorism is the unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or government, often for ideological or political reasons, (Barnett, Reynolds). From researching and studying terrorism and the media this paper will include; the background on Timothy McVeigh, Oklahoma City Bombing, how it was reported, how it is different from now and the speculations of how the media helped or harmed the situation. Timothy McVeigh grew up living a ‘normal life’, with loving parents and childhood friends but he felt unloved. In third grade he witnessed a neighbor boy drown a bag of kittens in a nearby pond he was so disgusted that day forward he could not bear the sight of death to the point he stopped shooting bull frogs with his bb gun. That all changed when he joined the United States Army and was deployed to the Gulf War. In basic and deployment training his mind set was changed to killing was an act of war, he even declared the attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building an act of war, (Michel, Herbeck).It was just a mission and solider are...
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...Unit 1 IP CRJS 105 Abstract After reading this paper you will be able to explain the differences between Criminologists, Criminalists, and Forensic psychologists and the differences in their discipline of expertise. Additionally, this paper will briefly discuss blue collar crimes vs. white collar crimes, the way in which the FBI reports and measures these crimes in their Uniformed Crime Reporting (UCR) system. The author further elucidates blue collar crimes and how their culture is more populated by the media. This paper also includes the variations of Index I and Index II crimes and the manner in which they are reported either as violent or property crimes under the UCR system, as well as, the sentence that accompany such crimes. The author concludes this paper with a basic understanding of these three fields and the importance of their role within our criminal justice system that together create a unified force to battle crime. Introduction To get a better understanding of how our criminal justice system operates, society needs to know the involvement and the many specialists that are needed to keep our communities safe as well as, get the criminals off the streets to prevent them from committing future crime. One should look at it like baking a cake and each ingredient is an important part of the recipe. 1st ingredient is the investigation, 2nd ingredient is solving the crime...
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...relate to one big attack and that was 9/11 which left many American people afraid, hurt and even dead. After this major attack the FBI took a stand to protect the United States this is called the War On Terrorism in this paper the summarization of the goals of War On Terrorism in the criminal justice system will be explained and also the effective and ineffective initiatives that are associated with war against terrorism as well as the historical significance that it may impact. The effective initiatives associated with the War on Terrorism are that it has four goals to protect the United States and prevent further attacks. These four goals are defeating terrorist organizations, the denial of any other further sponsorship support, diminishing the underlying conditions that terrorist seek to exploit and at last defending U.S interest against terrorist attack. When most people think of terrorism they think of the 9/11 attack on the twin towers in New York where many Americans lost their lives. Since that attack the United States has taken many precautions to stop any attacks of terrorism to happen. For example they put extra rules and security in the airport and other very important offices and government agencies. Due to the attacks that the United States has suffered from every criminal justice agency has taken extra security as well. The FBI feels like the War on Terrorism is their main priority and that...
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...whether anatomical or physiological. While fingerprinting is probably one of the oldest and most common forms of biometrics, other forms can include but are not limited to iris scans, voice recognition, palm prints, and facial recognition. As of late, the FBI, being a leader in the latest biometric technology, has created with the help of the science and technology branch, the Biometric Center of Excellence or BCOE. Not only has the BCOE strengthened the FBI’s abilities by proving the guilt, as well as the innocence of those convicted of crimes, but it has also been effective in thwarting terrorism that plagues many countries today. Finger/palm printing techniques Since the early 1920’s, fingerprinting techniques have been in existence, assisting in identifying and authenticating a person’s identity. This older form of biometric technology has both advantages and disadvantages. Some of the advantages can be the authentication of one’s identity, as no two person’s have the same prints, the cost effectiveness, the ease of use, the accuracy and the standardization. Some disadvantages are the intrusiveness, as some still relate fingerprinting to criminal activities, and if ones hands are dirty, the inaccuracy of the machine. (FBI) Because of the disadvantages, one of which being the intrusiveness of fingerprinting, people tend to shy away from this technique as they may feel that it infringes on their right to privacy. Some feel that the database that houses the billions of fingerprint...
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...Failed Strategic Information Systems By Grace Ceniza A report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements For CIS370-05 In Computer Information Systems School of Business and Public Administration California State University, Dominguez Hills Spring 2012 Table of Contents I. Hershey Food Corporation o Background 3 o Implementing ERP 3 o Expected benefits 3-4 o What went wrong? 4 II. Denver Airport Baggage System o Background 4-5 o Expected benefits 5 o What went wrong? 5 III. United Kingdom Passport Agency o Background 6 o What went wrong? 6 IV. FBI’s Trilogy Terminated o Background 7 o What went wrong? 7-8 V. Reference 10 Hershey Food Corporation Background Milton Hershey founded Hershey Food Corporation in 1894. Hershey was famous for a lot of innovations and was credited for several chocolate variants like chocolate syrup, chocolate chips, Krackle Bar, ice cream toppings, hot fudge and a lot more. By 1895, Hershey Corporation was manufacturing more than 114 different varieties of chocolates. Their most popular products are Hershey’s kisses, Kit Kat, Reese’s Peanut butter cups and more. Their sales went up from US$334 million in 1969 to $4.94 billion in 2006. Most of their sales that was 40% of their profit came from sales...
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...simplistic in its form. The different levels and organizations of law enforcement are spread out through local, state, and federal functions. This paper will analyze the organizational structures and operations of each agency according to its level and jurisdictional duties and responsibilities. A comparison will be made between each of the levels of agencies reflecting the similarities and differences of the organization, management, administration, and operational functions. The characteristics and leadership responsibilities will be addressed according to each organizational level with the intent of educating the facts of each level of involvement between the agencies and their roles within our Nation accordingly, showing the overall effectiveness of our law enforcement communities. Municipal Agencies The municipal police jurisdiction incorporates the largest number of law enforcement officers in the United States. Their main responsibility for municipal agencies is to investigate serious violent and property crimes that fall in their jurisdiction (Grant & Terry, 2008). Their jurisdiction is according to their county or local township according to their particular state. These local agencies handle fingerprinting as well. Each faction or agency is controlled by a police chief that is appointed through the city government or mayor (Grant & Terry, 2008). These agencies then run with general law enforcement authorities within its boundaries or limits, also known as...
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...Criminology Background Terrorism is a strategy and tactic, a holy duty and a crime, an unacceptable response to oppression and an intolerable abomination. A common definition is that terrorism is an illegal act that affects an audience further than the direct victim. The tactic of terrorists is to perform acts of bloodshed that draw interest of the government, population and the world at large. Terrorists prepare their attack to get the largest publicity, selecting targets that signify what they resist. The success of a terror attack lies, not on the attack, but in the government’s or public’s response to the act (Larry, 2011). There are three views of terrorism; the victim’s, the terrorist’s and the public. The expression “one person’s terrorist is another person’s” freedom fighter’ is perspective terrorists would embrace. Terrorists do not regard themselves as wicked. They consider themselves as fighters, fighting for what they trust in, by any means possible. Victims of terrorist acts view the terrorists as evil with no consideration to human existence. The public’s perspective is the most unbalanced because people view terrorism acts differently. Terrorism is an essential part of mental warfare and requires to be opposed vigorously (Weisburd, 2009). Law makers, scholars and security experts have defined different forms of terrorism. These forms of terrorism vary according to the attack means the attacker uses (for instance biological) or by what they are opposing (eco-terrorism)...
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...Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (MOHSEP) Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to prepare a response for Hurricane Isaac. I was provided official MOHSEP Informational Bulletins and mission essential, real-time information to the BTR-CC, FEMA Region VI Regional Response Coordination Center (RRCC), TSOC and the CIMG. Using my interpersonal skills, I obtained authorization enabling local TSA emergency response personnel to utilize our GOVs during periods of a mandatory statewide and city/ parish curfews. This allowed TSA Louisiana to continue operations without interruption. I regularly interact with the local Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and attend periodic meetings with the assigned Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent / Airport Liaison Agent (ALA). This allows me to build a robust network of agencies and contacts, which have helped immensely in responding to critical incidents. In July 2012, I assisted in the apprehension of a subject who was attempting to hijack and aircraft from Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR). In this incident, a passenger physically assaulted a gate agent and entered the jet way to board an aircraft. The subject reached the aircraft and locked himself in the flight deck. While the subject attempted to control the aircraft, ground crews disabled the aircraft; however, the subject remained locked inside the flight deck. Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies responded. Due to my intimate knowledge...
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