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Criminal Sentencing

Justice Statistics, 1996 was the first year State and Federal courts convicted a combined total of over 1 million adults of feloni...

Standard Probation and the Alternative of Intensive Supervision Programs

In fourteen pages this paper discusses how to reduce criminal recidivism through intensive supervision programs instead of standar...

H. Packer's Due Process and Crime Control Models

In four pages these two criminal justice models by H. Packer are discussed along with the uses they might have and by whom also in...

Journey into Darkness by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker

In six pages this paper examines psychological criminal profiling of serial killers and how it can also be applied to someone who ...

Justice System and the Impact of Victimology

The ways in which the system of criminal justice has been impacted by victimology are discussed with examples including the trial ...

Overview of Fingerprinting

In twelve pages the use of fingerprinting in criminal investigations is examined in an historical overview that also includes the ...

Criminal Behavior and the Role of the Media

In two pages this paper examines criminal deviance and the role the media plays in encouraging this behavior. Two sources are cit...

The Commandant of the Andersonville Confederate Prison Camp Henry Wirz

Henry Wirz, an American Civil War criminal, is evaluated as to the truth of his criminality. Was he a scapegoat? Many details are ...

Criminal Justice, Discrimination, and Political Deviance

In five pages this paper discusses the U.S. criminal justice system's practice of discrimination and the social and political devi...

Gangs and Sociology

This paper consists of three pages and examines the similarities and differences that exist regarding gangs that are criminal, vio...

Life or Death and Cost Effectiveness

This research paper adresses the fact thaty it is far more costly to house and feed criminals for life than it is to sentence them...

Crime and Government Statistics

In five pages this paper considers government population statistics concerning crime and criminal characteristics. Four sources a...

Drug Offenders and the Criminal Justice System

Hibbard (1996) suggests that drugs have created a title wave across the nation. Because of drugs, a great number of prisons have ...

Harris County, Texas' Criminal Justice System and Adult Probation

job. Counseling is available to those who need it. The office may make home visits to catch the probationer by surprise. Mandat...

Changing the Study of Criminal Justice

must be aware. Alcohol & substance abuse are prevalent in todays society. It is important for the student of criminal justice to...

Rate of Recidivism and Drug Use

Before delving into proving the thesis, looking at relevant literature and statistics, it is important to look at drug use and its...

Parole for Criminals

paroled because the state board of probation and parole deemed it necessary (Reichert 105). According to one report, the nu...

Criminal Justice System and Its Current State

ineffective as a crime deterrent. The rising rate of the prison population attests to this fact. Although the prison syste...

Overview of Criminology

In six pages criminology is explored in terms of its differences with the concept of criminal justice and how modern society benef...

Repeat Offenders and Mandatory Sentences

This paper consists of fifteen pages and examines theories of criminal justice in a consideration of shortcomings and limitations ...

Structure and Analysis of DNA and Implications for Society

In twelve pages DNA is considered an overview of its composition, methodologies, and how this technology impacts upon contemporary...

Youth Offenders and the Criminal Justice System

This paper examines what alternatives exist in the criminal justice system for youth offenders with the emphasis being on deterren...

C.S. Lewis and Karl Menninger on How Criminals Should be Properly Punished

In nine pages this paper contrasts and compares 'The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment' by C.S. Lewis and 'The Crime of Punishment...

Criminal Psychology and Amnesia

their childhood or who they are, but have trouble remembering day-to-day events * Retrograde amnesia: People who find it hard to r...

Criminal Prosecutions and the Impact of the Exclusionary Rule

In eight pages this paper discusses how criminal prosecutions have been impacted by the exclusionary rule in this historical overv...

Criminal Conflict and the Victim Offender Medication Concept

Victim offender mediation is discussed in an overview of twelve pages that includes its history, a description, and an assessment ...

Reform and Prisons

This paper consists of six pages and considers the lack of success with reforming the prison system in a consideration of perpetua...

Minority Women In The Criminal Justice Field

aides handed her a note telling her that U.S. Senator David Boren, a Democrat from Oklahoma, was holding on the telephone in her o...

Capital Punishment Does Not Effectively Deter Crime

This paper consists of five pages and argues that the death penalty does not effectively deter criminal acts. Eight sources are c...

U.S. and Capital Punishment

of a stratified society and so are economically disadvantaged. Statistics bear out that there are proportionately more minorities ...