Category: Crime

Prevalence and incidence rates of autistic disorders are not high in the United States. According to Schug and Fradella (2015), prevalence rates are 5 cases per 10,000 people, which is only 0.0005% (p. 71). However, this rate is constantly increasing due to better awareness, an expansion of the diagnostic criteria, and different research methodologies. In…

Abstract The juvenile justice system was meant to help reduce the rate of crime in the United States by taking children engaged in criminal activities through a rehabilitation process. The process is meant to transform them into responsible and law-abiding citizens. However, studies indicate that this system has failed to achieve its goals. Instead of…

Summary The criminal justice initiative attempts to mitigate and prevent rising levels of crime, particularly burglaries, on the west side of Killeen, Texas. The statistics since 2005 have risen to 5.37 per 1,000 residents in a year to a population of 151,666. The initiative program named Markia Crime Stoppers has the objective to reduce the…

The article raises the up-to-date topic of the sharp increase in the crime rate in the United States. The numbers are exceptionally high among African Americans and Latinos who did not have the opportunity to graduate from high school and get a decent job. The legal system built of racial prejudices prevents an adequate and…

There are no crimes without victims, just as there are no crimes without a criminal. The true measure of crimes is the harm they cause to society. According to scientists-criminologists, a victim is any person who has suffered moral, physical, or property damage from a wrongful act, regardless of whether he or she is duly…

This work aims to answer whether Facebook has a legal or ethical obligation to assist a crime victim. In this paper, I will recommend three ways that platforms like Facebook may be more proactive and carefully evaluate the types of content that appear in media. The research will be conducted to know whether or not…

The crime theory suggests that crime victims resemble crime perpetrators and theirs main social and personal characteristics. This phenomenon is explained by the fact that it is easy to cheat and robber a person like you being aware of all personal features and habits of that very person. While analyzing the crime relationship criminologists developed…

An analysis of the factors that may have incited a crime is often useful in further prevention of similar criminal cases and the development of strategies for increasing public safety. It is fairly easy to shrug off the specified problem by claiming that a law-abiding person cannot understand the reasoning of an offender; however, examining…

In his article Criminal justice reform in the states: Spotlight on legislatures, Daniel Nichanian provides an overview of legislative changes related to the American criminal justice system, which have occurred at the state level in the past two years. It concerns the revision of the legal system from probation and parole conditions to the criminalization…

Table of Contents Introduction Main text Conclusion References Introduction Campus Safety and security must be among the primary matters which colleges and universities should prioritize. Schools need to invest in security to proactively prevent the occurrence of any crimes or incidents, as well as give the residents a sense of protection. The following discussion will…