Category: Criminal Behavior

Sexual harassment is always happening whether we are made blatantly aware of it or it is happening underhandedly. Some of us may have experienced sexual harassment on our jobs. Power is at the core of feminist theories of sexual harassment, although it has rarely been measured directly in terms of workplace authority. Popular characterizations portray…

One in five women and one in 71 men will be raped during their lives. (National Sexual Violence Resource Center). Sexual harassment/assault becomes a problem when it is a common event that occurs daily. If you were to turn on the television to the news, you would more than likely hear about a case that…

Some of the most asked questions in the criminal justice system are: what are the causes or factors that tend to formulate a criminal? What made him/her commit the crime? This question alone gives critical criminologists a job, amongst many other needed fields of interest. Criminology has various perspectives observed through a vast amount of…

This report outlines the current approaches to preventing and tackling anti-social behavior followed by our organization. This report will focus on the main types of ASB experienced within our borough, the impact this has on individuals and local communities, statutory and non-statutory remedies used to tackle ASB, and current partnerships with other agencies to ensure…

Laws and regulations concerning the insanity defense have been under constant change. When is someone deemed legally insane? And how can we determine insanity based on psychology and law? This paper provides an overview of the different laws used to determine insanity over the decades and the implication of psychological input in court. Criteria of…

Serial killers are one of the most notorious criminals for the past several decades. They have proven their reputation to the world, killing in the most gruesome way they can think of. While some serial killers like Ted Bundy, Andrei Chikatilo, Jeffrey Dahmer, and many more are already behind bars, there are those who managed…

Are hedonistic serial killers born with tendencies to kill? How is it possible that two men could witness death during their childhood, yet one turned out to be a famous writer and the other became a serial killer? A serial killer is an individual that kills a minimum of three people in separate events over…

About a year ago I made the biggest mistake of my life, I drove under the influence of marijuana. Since then, my life has changed in immense ways. I have experienced things I shouldnt ever have experienced as a teen. I have seen the inside of a police car, a ten-week intensive substance abuse program,…

The term serial killer was first developed in the 1970s and was attributed to a former FBI agent, Rober Ressler, who moved to England following his retirement from the bureau in 1990. Over the years there have been numerous infamous killers who have all been classified as serial killers and the term slowly lost its…

What Makes A Serial Killer? A serial killer is a person that commits murders in succession from one another. Serial killers have been around for many years, and to this day many still ravage the world. The FBI defines a serial killer as a person that commits three or more murders within a short period…