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Crime Reporting in US: Reviewing and comparing UCR and NIBRS
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The purpose of this report is to firstly overview the two primary resources of crime data available in the US; namely, Uniform Crime Reporting System and National Incident-Based Reporting System. The drawbacks of both the systems are then taken into ...
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Deception in the Investigative, Interrogative, and Testimonial Processes
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This research paper will provide the reader an understanding of deception in various stages of criminal cases. Overall three processes are analyzed; investigative, interrogative, and testimonial processes. In the context of theoretical information about these three processes, three pragmatic scenarios are also addressed. ...
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“Deviance” According to the U.S. Criminal Justice System
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This research paper is based on highlighting the issues related to a criminal act named “Deviance” according to the United States Criminal Justice System. Deviance is based on behaviors and actions of individuals that are involved in violation of social norms and values. ...
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Reducing Recidivism Rates
Reducing Recidivism Rates
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The United States has less than five percent of the world's population, but it has almost a quarter of the world's prisoners. Around twenty percent of the new commitments each year are parole violators and a large majority are non-violent offenders. According to Adam ...
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Prison Overcrowding
Prison Overcrowding
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Discussions of overcrowding frequently merge concerns about state and federal prisons together with municipal and county jails, which in states such as Pennsylvania, are confusingly referred to as county prisons. With the exception of Alaska, Hawaii, and a small number of north-eastern states that operate integrated ...
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Implementation of Police in Schools
Implementation of Police in Schools
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Since the world has changed security and safety is one of the major problems. The world is becoming a global village but this factor has many drawbacks as well. Humanity and human nature has evolved with evolution of this world and national ...
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Pornography
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Definition and History
What is the literal meaning of pornography? According to the apparent decisive definition by American Heritage Dictionary (1975) pornography refers to any form of communication whether written or graphic or in other forms which are intended to excite sexual and lascivious feelings. Pornography is not modern to our ...
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Forensic Fraud
Forensic Fraud
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The paper aims to emphasize on the DNA Forensics in the investigation of the crimes. The modern technology and judicial system have enabled to track out the guilt or innocence in an effective way. DNA is a key source that can lead a criminal to the death ...
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Boys N' the Hood: Juvenile Delinquent Activities In America
Boys N' the Hood: Juvenile Delinquent Activities In America
In the early 1990s, scholars believed that crime rates for juvenile delinquents (JDs) would increase to unparalleled levels. This belief' was based mostly on recent crime statistics, such as the claim that ...
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CRIMINAL DEVIANT BEHAVIOR
Criminal Deviant behavior
Criminal Deviant behavior
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Deviant behavior is the idea of deviation implies particular values and norms against which behavior is defined as pathological. Deviant behaviors are labeled by a society's norms. As just as these norms are broad-ranging, constructed, and ever-shifting, so too are the behaviors we ...