A small suburb of a large metropolitan area has implemented a Neighborhood Watch Program. The town mayor has asked you to determine if the program is having any effect on the volume of complaints received about suspicious behavior, deviant behavior, and crime. 1. Is the newly enacted neighborhood watch program working to
Create a fictitious state criminal offender and a criminal case against this offender. Trace the misdemeanor case from lowest possible level to the U.S. Supreme Court. I do not know how to go about this. I am a college senior. Any help at all would be appreciated. My report has to be between 3-4 pages. I am not concerned a
What would happen in a case involving a 20 year old coach and a 16 year old student who were dating and both are homosexual? Both sets of parents knew of the relationship and were fine with it. What if the Superintendent of the school knew about the situation and only talked to the two of them about not having a relationship but
Based on your reading, you know there are differences between Commercial and Institutional Security. What are some of those differences as well as similarities and why do you believe they exist? Is it reasonable to have separate styles of security? Why? Post in a minimum of 200 words.
Write a brief description of the federal criminal pretrial process including evidence. APA Formate with references
Let me know who you think may be liable and under what theories. Example: 1) Freddie Jones and his wife, Erica, are getting a divorce. Freddie has become concerned for his safety given his wife's comments that she is "going to kill him in front of God and everybody" for asking for a divorce. Erica has been seeing a psychol
If an affirmative defense is a perfect defense what happens if the defendant proves this defense at his criminal trial
Using the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) website, select one index offense (such as burglary) in two metropolitan areas Choose metropolitan areas that have very different data. Write a 700 to 1000 word APA formatted and referenced paper comparing the occurrence of that index o
Castillo continues to provide information as a confidential informant. Obviously, the central motivation in his doing so is to receive favorable consideration from the federal judge when he is finally sentenced. In this regard, you have frequent conversations with Castillo's attorney who is diligent in making sure his client's i
Please help answer the following problem regarding Timothy Mc Veigh. Describe his or her criminal activities and any background information you know or can find out about him or her. In general terms, discuss how the various theoretical schools of crime causation would attempt to explain that criminal's behavior.
Refer to the notes posted here in your file. They will represent the product of your interview of Mr. Castillo. Your task is to generate a concise debriefing report from the notes posted that includes all the facts provided in the notes. Use the posted format as a guide. Submit the report to the instructor's drop box. Rea
Comparing and contrasting Juvenile Court with Adult Court: Provide an overview of the juvenile justice system and a point by point comparison between juvenile and adult courts.
Ysabel Rennie states: "There is nothing more disconcerting than the realization that what is being proposed now for the better management of crime and criminals - to get tough, to increase sentences and make them mandatory, and to kill killers has been tried over and over again and abandoned as unworkable. Thus we are left to co
Focus on experiences with group decision-making and identify one very successful and one very unsuccessful experience. Identify and discuss the reasons for the group's very good or very poor performance
Many say the juvenile justice system is broken. In fact, we have failed because our solution for juveniles is the same as adults incarceration. However, Wright and Wright offer a solution which is considered a comprehensive program for effectively dealing with these very issues. Examine the program that Wright and Wright discuss
Ysabel Rennie states: "There is nothing more disconcerting than the realization that what is being proposed now for the better management of crime and criminals - to get tough, to increase sentences and make them mandatory, and to kill killers has been tried over and over again and abandoned as unworkable. Thus we are left to co
Ronald Huff, Arye Rattner and Edward Saggarin point out that we have a problem in this country in regards to wrongful conviction. Our system makes the following claim: "You are guilty until proven innocent." However, many believe it is just the opposite and state: "He/she must be guilty because they were arrested. The police don
Describe the element(s) of high performance organization?
Explain what you believe is the future of the American jail system- 1) a discussion of recidivism rates from those leaving prisons and those leaving alternative sanctions 2) The alternative sanctions to incarceration that are available today and may be available in the future, this can include private corrections, etc 3) How
Explain what you believe is the future of the American jail system. There is not any empirical evidence that incarceration helps reduce crime. If the current policy of building more jails and prisons as a way of dealing with the crime problem has not had a significant effect on to reducing the levels of crime, what other options
After talking with Detective Smith, it's pretty obvious that health and safety at a crime scene was not stressed during her detective training. The Captain has also asked that you create a slide presentation, so the information on health and safety can be presented to future detective trainees. Develop the research initiated
Conflict arises when workers' expectations do not meet the demands of a job. The institutional goal of maintaining order and security may interact with the goal of treatment and rehabilitation. Describe how you, as a correctional officer, would try to integrate both of these goals within your position.
Herbert Packer discusses two models of the criminal process identify them and discuss them in detail. In your discussion be sure to compare and contrast the models outlining the differences as well as the similarities. Finally, pick a model and defend.
Jerome Miller argues that the white majority sold the inner city a Trojan Horse. Keeping with this statement Richard Pryor made the following statement: "The Criminal Justice System is a system of Just Us!" In viewing both statements do you believe that they are interrelated. Why or why not. Defend your answer with research.
In Andrew Karmen's discussion on the Rediscovery of Crime Victims, it is said that laws create criminals and formally define persons as victims at the same time. What is meant by this statement? In your discussion address the failures of the system to meet the needs of victims. In addition discuss how victims are victimized a se
You are responsible for the hiring of staff in prisons and probation and parole officers. With the rising rate in crime and the addition of new correctional facilities, you realize that there will soon be a staff shortage. You also realize that with the change in the goals and missions of each of these agencies, you will have to
One comprehensive definition of restorative justice is to restore the community, the victim, and the offender back to where they were before the crime occurred. If a juvenile was caught breaking and entering and was taken to a hearing in juvenile court, what would you consider restorative justice for this young person?
A halfway house is going to operate within your community. You will be the director of this halfway house and have been told to place ads in the paper to alleviate fears and hire new staff. Make a one-page ad explaining the advantages of placing a halfway house within the community.
After a few uneventful weeks, you receive a call from Sergeant Ferraday of the local police department. "We got a series of home invasions we think may be related. They are all occurring in the inner city areas that transition from downtown to residential neighborhoods. I was reading a magazine article that said a good psycholog
What is comparative legal research and what are the reasons for comparing criminal justice systems?