Category: Crime

Table of Contents Definition and Description Theoretical Analysis Implications for Public Policy References Definition and Description An action is qualified as a crime if it offends the strong, well-defined states (sentiments) of the collective consciousness (DiCristina, 2016 p.318). A felony is a deliberate act of omission or commission of actions that contravene morals or the…

Information Gathering Uniform Crime Reports are a collection of crime reports collected by law agencies within the country and submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). The main focus of UCR is the index crimes and they provide the basis of information gathering. These index crimes are forwarded to the FBI by law agencies…

Introduction Every state in the United States and the world experience some sort of crime at one time or another. Texans experience crimes that come in different forms. To correctly assess and measure the trends of crime, Texas takes part in the Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR) which enables the indexing of crime by primary…

White-Collar Crime is a form of nonviolent crime committed by an individual of high social status or respectable position, and it is usually motivated financially. White-Collar Crime requires three conditions to be categorized as such. The offender needs to commit a crime during his or her job, his or her occupation plays an essential role…

The given paper will primarily focus on property crime rates in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The national trends indicate that there is a gradual decrease in property crime rates in the United States. It is also true in the case of the selected city and state, where the decline is present. However, North Carolina still remains…

Abstract page Rape laws have sought to control the sexual appetites and conduct of people through institutionalized means like marriages and other forms of consensual sexual relations. While the act of rape in itself is a heinous and reprehensible form of violence in modern society, it would not be right to suggest that rape is…

Table of Contents Summary The British Museum Tower of London Foundling Museum References Summary Museums educate people by preserving humanitys social, cultural, and scientific history in a form that allows visitors to learn about people and how they behaved and reacted to the world around them in the past. Museums are beginning to adjust their…

Using official crime data is very important, as it allows the development of policies that target the actual circumstances and avoid biases. Data uses may include official crime data, self-report studies, or victimization surveys (Mosher et al., 2010). Official crime data provides a framework for developing general strategies based on crime patterns, developing criminological theories,…

A hate crime is a type of crime motivated by discriminatory behavior towards particular social groups representatives. In 1968, Congress first passed the law on giving specific penalties to those who committed hate crimes (The United States Department of Justice, 2019). Reese describes the negative aspects of this law in his article. He explains it…

Crime measurements are critical indicators for accepting or declining potential legislations, and these statistics help to build the correct course of action in the form of strategy among law enforcement agencies. There are three main ways to measure the overall crime rate in a particular region. Firstly, the crime data can be collected by using…