measure the fluctuation of overall volume and rate of each crime (National Atlas of the United States, n.d.). These seven classifications, also known as the crime index, are murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and larceny theft. An eighth index, arson, was added to the report in 1979. With these statistics officials can determine the effectiveness of new laws and programs as well as the effectiveness of staff and procedural changes. This data affects numerous
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Drug Use and Gender Tammy L. Anderson, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Chicago, IL GENDER DIFFERENCES IN DRUG USE AND ABUSE Looking at the world through a "gender lens" began in most areas of social science during the second wave of the women's movement, or the late 1960s through the 1970s. During this time feminist researchers began questioning science's conclusions by pointing to male-oriented biases in research questions, hypotheses, and designs. Unfortunately, the "gender lens" did not appear
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In the case of the People v. Smith, Ricky Franklin Smith pled guilty to breaking and entering with the intent to commit larceny and being a habitual offender; this was Smith’s fourth offense. Smith had acknowledged that he had broken a window of a warehouse, entered the premises, and took property without consent. Ricky was sentenced to three and one-half to ten years for breaking and entering. However, Smith felt he was sentenced incorrectly on the grounds that his juvenile record had been included
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Attorney, Robert Morgenthan, dug deeper into the financial reports of Tyco International and found abuse of loan programs and executive bonuses, thus getting the SEC involved. In 2005, Kozlowski and Swartz were found guilty on counts of grand larceny, conspiracy, falsifying records and violating business laws. Belnick paid a $100,000 civil penalty
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Management Planning Paper MGT/330 7/23/2012 Tony Balchunas Management Planning Paper While evaluating the planning functions of management of Tyco International Ltd.whom is the leader of electronic security products and services including fire protection and valve controls, also including analysis of the influence that the legal issues, ethics, and corporate social responsibility have on management planning. Detailed analysis of the factors that influence Tyco’s strategic, tactical, operational
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Analysis MGT/488 William Funderburk Tyco International: A Case of Corporate Malfeasance Tyco International, having its former chief executive, Dennis Kozlowski and its former chief financial officer, Mark Swartz convicted of grand larceny, conspiracy, and fraud, had a long future of rebuilding trust ahead of them. Herein, several issues are discussed including, how the lack of corporate governance at Tyco contributed to its downfall will be discussed, how Dennis Kozlowski used organizational
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Crime Causation Diversion Paper Juvenile delinquent behavior in some form exists in the majority of the youth present in the world today. Why juveniles present such behavior is an ongoing topic of discussion for law enforcement officials and agencies. There are many programs geared toward helping juveniles to cope with their issues and receive the help and treatment needed to be successful in life. In the city of Petersburg, Virginia there is a Firesetters Program. This program addresses
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2015 Prison Term Policy Recommendations Proposal Robbery is a serious crime in the big cities in the United States. Nearly 500,000 thousand robberies are reported to law enforcers’ at the rate of one per minute. It is a crime of theft or larceny by taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person of persons by force or threat of focus or by putting the victim in fear. Robberies can occur almost anywhere at any time and it can be carried out by
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Project Gangs David Vary Bryant & Stratton College CRJU102 W. Verna 25 July 2013 Introduction This paper is on Gangs. It will include the meaning of gangs both the Federal and State definition. The others areas it will cover will be the History of Gangs, The impact of Gangs, Gang Problems, Drugs and Trafficking, Guns and Violence, and Special gang Units. Federal Definition The federal definition of gangs as used by the DOJ, DHS, and ICE is an association of three or more
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an institution in 1939. At 14 years old Malcolm’s life began to take a turn. After working odd job after odd job he finally found a job with the New Haven Railroad. He was fired from this job as well. He began to partake in the life of petty larceny and was eventually caught. After being found guilty he was sentenced to prison. In prison he began to educate himself and he converted to the Islamic faith. In 1952 Malcolm was released from prison and changed his name from Malcolm Little to Malcolm
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