CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA
... Meanwhile, in a middle-income residential area, a young husband and wife arrive home from a movie. They notice that the glass in the back door has been smashed in. Inside, they find a horrible mess, with furniture tipped over and china broken on the floor. The television and DVD player are gone. The ...
... Meanwhile, in a middle-income residential area, a young husband and wife arrive home from a movie. They notice that the glass in the back door has been smashed in. Inside, they find a horrible mess, with furniture tipped over and china broken on the floor. The television and DVD player are gone. The ...
Situational crime prevention and worldwide piracy: a cross
... the offender; (2) intimate handlers who personally know the offender or who know them by proxy and can exert control over their actions and (3) managers who have responsibility for controlling behavior and environmental conditions at specific places (Felson 1995). Cornish and Clarke (2003) developed ...
... the offender; (2) intimate handlers who personally know the offender or who know them by proxy and can exert control over their actions and (3) managers who have responsibility for controlling behavior and environmental conditions at specific places (Felson 1995). Cornish and Clarke (2003) developed ...
international criminal courts: some dissident views on the
... British special forces. The power to punish has been variously described as “an instrument and vector of power,”27 “the unspeakable Other of all political power,”28 and in specific reference to an ICC, “authoritarian in its mode of operation.”29 According to Human Rights Watch, the only realistic pr ...
... British special forces. The power to punish has been variously described as “an instrument and vector of power,”27 “the unspeakable Other of all political power,”28 and in specific reference to an ICC, “authoritarian in its mode of operation.”29 According to Human Rights Watch, the only realistic pr ...
Addressing the Risk of Product Fraud: A Case
... • Fraudster: This element of the triangle includes the entity that commits the fraudulent act. This is a human actor (or organization) that is clandestine, stealthy, and actively seeking to evade detection. In some cases it may be erroneous to include all perpetrators in this general identification ...
... • Fraudster: This element of the triangle includes the entity that commits the fraudulent act. This is a human actor (or organization) that is clandestine, stealthy, and actively seeking to evade detection. In some cases it may be erroneous to include all perpetrators in this general identification ...
The Effect of Prison Population
... Clearly, however, one cannot conclude that the increased levels of incarceration have been a failure simply based on such time-series patterns. To the extent that the underlying determinants of crime, such as gang involvement, the increase in singleparent families [Bane 1986], and the declining avai ...
... Clearly, however, one cannot conclude that the increased levels of incarceration have been a failure simply based on such time-series patterns. To the extent that the underlying determinants of crime, such as gang involvement, the increase in singleparent families [Bane 1986], and the declining avai ...
I. Drugs, crime and violence: the microlevel impact
... economy and, in particular, levels of unemployment. The impact of prevailing socio-economic conditions on drug-related crime, including violent crime, was the focus of the report of the Board for 2002. 3 In short, communities that suffer from high unemployment and social insecurity are prime sites f ...
... economy and, in particular, levels of unemployment. The impact of prevailing socio-economic conditions on drug-related crime, including violent crime, was the focus of the report of the Board for 2002. 3 In short, communities that suffer from high unemployment and social insecurity are prime sites f ...
Reducing drug-related crime
... prohibition of drugs artificially inflates their prices, and therefore the amount of crime that is committed to buy them. But critics of this economic explanation have pointed to problems with its simplicity. They argue, for instance, that acquisitive crime is not caused by drugs, as criminal activi ...
... prohibition of drugs artificially inflates their prices, and therefore the amount of crime that is committed to buy them. But critics of this economic explanation have pointed to problems with its simplicity. They argue, for instance, that acquisitive crime is not caused by drugs, as criminal activi ...
RCJ Mono - International Organization for Victim Assistance
... abuse treatment, or social or employment skills - as well as an acknowledgment of their status as a community member. It does not mean that society or victims have to forgive their past behavior or exonerate them, only that they should support opportunities for offenders to construct a new life as ...
... abuse treatment, or social or employment skills - as well as an acknowledgment of their status as a community member. It does not mean that society or victims have to forgive their past behavior or exonerate them, only that they should support opportunities for offenders to construct a new life as ...
Against Prediction: Sentencing, Policing, and
... Actuarial methods—i.e. the use of statistical rather than clinical methods on large datasets of criminal offending rates to determine different levels of offending associated with one or more group traits, in order to (1) predict past, present or future criminal behavior and (2) administer a crimina ...
... Actuarial methods—i.e. the use of statistical rather than clinical methods on large datasets of criminal offending rates to determine different levels of offending associated with one or more group traits, in order to (1) predict past, present or future criminal behavior and (2) administer a crimina ...
The National Criminal Justice Association: Home
... Using Byrne JAG funds, SAAs in nearly every state have made remarkable strides in broadening stakeholder involvement, developing statewide strategic plans, and funding evidence-based and data-generating projects, all for the purpose of improving the justice system and reducing crime. Some examples o ...
... Using Byrne JAG funds, SAAs in nearly every state have made remarkable strides in broadening stakeholder involvement, developing statewide strategic plans, and funding evidence-based and data-generating projects, all for the purpose of improving the justice system and reducing crime. Some examples o ...
Kansas City, Missouri Smart Policing Initiative
... deterrence pulling levers strategy, called the Kansas City No Violence Alliance (KC NoVA). KC NoVA is an offender-focused strategy designed to reduce violent crime by building on the earlier success of the foot patrol project. During 2014, KC NoVA identified 64 groups composed of 884 violent offende ...
... deterrence pulling levers strategy, called the Kansas City No Violence Alliance (KC NoVA). KC NoVA is an offender-focused strategy designed to reduce violent crime by building on the earlier success of the foot patrol project. During 2014, KC NoVA identified 64 groups composed of 884 violent offende ...
Particularly Serious Crime.
... Frentescu individualized analysis and affirmed the Immigration Judge’s holding that the conviction did constitute a particularly serious crime. In re S-S, 22 I. & N. Dec. 458 (1999). In examining the nature of the conviction, the court examined the statute under which the alien was convicted. The co ...
... Frentescu individualized analysis and affirmed the Immigration Judge’s holding that the conviction did constitute a particularly serious crime. In re S-S, 22 I. & N. Dec. 458 (1999). In examining the nature of the conviction, the court examined the statute under which the alien was convicted. The co ...
Retributivism: A Just Basis for Criminal Sentences
... the individual offender, in reality it is compatible with the socialutilitarian goals of deterrence and preventive detention,", both of which tend to produce unjustly long sentences. Indeed, the overriding goal of rehabilitation emphasizes society's, rather than the individual's, welfare. Among the ...
... the individual offender, in reality it is compatible with the socialutilitarian goals of deterrence and preventive detention,", both of which tend to produce unjustly long sentences. Indeed, the overriding goal of rehabilitation emphasizes society's, rather than the individual's, welfare. Among the ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES DRAWN INTO VIOLENCE:
... hit the ground and he opened up automatic fire. It was just by split seconds that we weren’t all killed. ...
... hit the ground and he opened up automatic fire. It was just by split seconds that we weren’t all killed. ...
The role of Forensic science in Criminal investigation in
... such as nuclear DNA (nDNA) found in the nucleus and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) which found in the mitochondria13. These two DNA differ from each other by their structures. In degraded, burned, old samples and hair sample without root where nDNA does not produce any results; mtDNA can generate the evi ...
... such as nuclear DNA (nDNA) found in the nucleus and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) which found in the mitochondria13. These two DNA differ from each other by their structures. In degraded, burned, old samples and hair sample without root where nDNA does not produce any results; mtDNA can generate the evi ...
Outcome 3 Safety MTSF Chapter
... in people in South Africa, especially vulnerable groups such as women, children, older persons and people with disabilities, living in fear and feeling unsafe. It also impacts negatively on the country’s economic development and undermines the wellbeing of people in the country and hinders their abi ...
... in people in South Africa, especially vulnerable groups such as women, children, older persons and people with disabilities, living in fear and feeling unsafe. It also impacts negatively on the country’s economic development and undermines the wellbeing of people in the country and hinders their abi ...
Sentencing Reform, the Federal Criminal Justice
... purpose of sentencing for many decades was rehabilitation. The hope was that an offender would go to a penitentiary to do penance, and to contemplate his crime and to take advantage of available services for a period of time, sometimes determined in advance and sometimes not. The hope was that when ...
... purpose of sentencing for many decades was rehabilitation. The hope was that an offender would go to a penitentiary to do penance, and to contemplate his crime and to take advantage of available services for a period of time, sometimes determined in advance and sometimes not. The hope was that when ...
chapter 1
... LO1: List and contrast the four basic philosophical reasons for sentencing criminals. LO2: Contrast indeterminate with determinate sentencing. LO3: Explain why there is a difference between a sentence imposed by a judge and the actual sentence carried out by a prisoner. LO4: List the six forms of pu ...
... LO1: List and contrast the four basic philosophical reasons for sentencing criminals. LO2: Contrast indeterminate with determinate sentencing. LO3: Explain why there is a difference between a sentence imposed by a judge and the actual sentence carried out by a prisoner. LO4: List the six forms of pu ...
Making Sense of English Law Enforcement in the Eighteenth Century
... private, usually by the victim. t Intermediate punishments for serious offenses were strikingly absent. It is only a slight exaggeration to say that, in the early years of the century, English courts imposed only two sentences on convicted felons; either they turned them loose or they hanged them.2 ...
... private, usually by the victim. t Intermediate punishments for serious offenses were strikingly absent. It is only a slight exaggeration to say that, in the early years of the century, English courts imposed only two sentences on convicted felons; either they turned them loose or they hanged them.2 ...
Reaction Essay: Crime (Control) is a Choice: Divergent Perspectives
... much of the theory, research, and policy associated with “liberal” offender treatment strategies (Farabee, 2005).He argues that we have attempted(and largely failed) to “treat” offenders in both institutional and community settings for a range of problems (drug abuse, alcohol abuse ,mental health, e ...
... much of the theory, research, and policy associated with “liberal” offender treatment strategies (Farabee, 2005).He argues that we have attempted(and largely failed) to “treat” offenders in both institutional and community settings for a range of problems (drug abuse, alcohol abuse ,mental health, e ...
Criminal Law 1999 Generic Review
... 3. Rules Against Multiple Convictions for Same Transaction ..................................................................... 1 II. ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF A CRIME.............................................................................................. 2 A. ELEMENTS OF A CRIME ................ ...
... 3. Rules Against Multiple Convictions for Same Transaction ..................................................................... 1 II. ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF A CRIME.............................................................................................. 2 A. ELEMENTS OF A CRIME ................ ...