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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Since the beginning of time crime like anything else in life has had its own history. The evidence of this can be seen in how society dealt with the problem of criminals by inventing technical ways in monitoring crime. The reason for this is the organized crime in the United States became an ongoing problem throughout the country; so different law enforcement agencies developed systems to keep track of criminal activity so that enough information can be gathered and ultimately lead to major arrests
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JUS 301 Criminology Final Writing Assignment Rosilyn Smith 06/03/13 Writing assignment Final In this writing assignment learners are to take a position on what you believe is the root cause of crime today in society. We know there can be numerous causes; however you as the learner must
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Crime Theories CIS 170 Information Technology in Criminal Justice There are many different theories that are related to crime but the main two that I want to talk about is subcultural theory and terrorism and political theory. These two theories caught my eye because these are the main reasons why there are terrorist in this world. The subcultural theory is a set of values, norms, and values that differ from the dominant culture. The book say that the main tenet of the subculture theory
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