Abstract This paper will provide a definition and history of victimology as well as give examples of real life victims. Second, this paper will discuss how victimology is different from criminology, sociology and psychology. This paper will also discuss hate crimes, the first safe house for battered women, children’s rights groups. Finally, this paper will also discuss organizations that provide advocacy for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and homicides. Introduction
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Proactive Tactics The three proactive tactics I'm going to discuss are repeat offenders programs (ROPs), decoy operations, and efforts against drunk drivers. The repeat offenders programs first objective is to recognize repeat offenders by their past criminal history and activity. After they have recognized the repeat offenders they will use surveillance by watching the person and waiting for the individual to commit a crime. After the surveillance of a crime they can make a formal arrest.
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Hate Crimes Hate crimes have become a major concern among lawmakers in all nations and at all levels of government. The main concern is that hate crimes are nothing new. Some examples from the past are the Roman persecution of Christians and the Nazi solution for the Jews. More recently we have experienced the ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and genocide in Rwanda. Racial and religious bias seems to be the inspiration for most hate crimes in the United States. Even as the United States was
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Social Problems Associated with Street Gangs Gangs are becoming prevalent in today’s society and within our schools. More and more young people are turning to gangs in an attempt to escape their everyday lives and the future, which they perceive as dismal and bleak. They are initially attracted to the prestige and cash flow, which is glamorized by the street gang. Many gangs are actively involved in criminal misconduct, such as drug and gun trafficking, burglaries and homicides. However, street
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Restorative Justice [Running Head]: Restorative Justice KaylinKirksey Mr. Jones 1/18/2012 Kaplan College- Sacramento Campus Restorative Justice Restorative Justice is a theory that stresses repairing harm that is caused by criminals and their behavior. Restorative Justice is seeing crime as more than just breaking the law; it also recognizes that crime affects families along with communities and relationships. With Restorative Justice it is important to bring the victim and their
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Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics - UCR Data Online http://www.ucrdatatool.gov/ National or state crime in 2009 State Population Violent Crime rate Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate Forcible rape rate Robbery rate Aggravated assault rate Property crime rate Burglary rate Larceny-theft rate Motor vehicle theft rate Alabama 4708708 449.8 6.9 31.9 132.9 278.1 3772.4 1037.2 2499.9 235.3 Alaska 698473 633 3.1 73.3 93.8 462
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Criminal Law CRJS205 3/30/2012 Abstract When someone is attacked it is a very traumatic experience, a lot of the time the sexual assaults go unreported and the offenders are left to do this again. We need to educate women and even men when it comes to sexual assault; this is not a crime that just needs to be pushed aside. The offender can be punished for the crime and set in prison so they can think about what they
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Evidence Tracking Properly handling evidence is critical to crime solving, improper deviations to the handling can make it impossible to prosecute using the evidence collected. This paper will outline will track the evidence from a chosen crime scene through all the proper handling processes. This paper will describe the chosen crime scene scenario, describe the collected evidence and proper collection, recording of the evidence, chain of evidence, processing, interpretation methods, preservation
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Social disorganization is the ineffectiveness for community individuals to achieve shared values or to figure out experienced problems. Social disorganization links crimes to neighborhood characteristics. For instance, a young individual from a troubled neighborhood cooperates in a subculture which permits delinquency—also gaining criminality in social and cultural environments. A main feature for social disorganization is it places focus on an individual’s resident location. An individual’s resident
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What instruments are used to measure crime in the United States? The U.S. Department of Justice administers two statistical programs to measure the magnitude, nature, and impact of crime in the Nation: the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Each of these programs produces valuable information about aspects of the Nation’s crime problem. Because the UCR and NCVS programs are conducted for different purposes, use different methods, and focus
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