Crime

Our country has a history of forgetting the poor, neglecting those who need help, and giving out cruel punishments for crimes that dont deserve it. It was only in 2002 when the supreme court banned ex…

Have you ever been so hungry that you are willing to risk your life just to get food? This is the daily life of people living in Venezuela. According to Noelani Kirschner, "ninety-one percent of peopl…

The Eighth Amendment, which is a part of the Bill of Rights (the first 10 amendments to the constitution), guarantees that disproportionate bail along with immoderate fines will not take place. Additi…

The case study of Andrea Yates is one that caused many controversies. She is a mother to five children and a wife to Rusty Yates. After suddenly drowning all of her children, she got sentenced for li…

Only a small number of crime victims obtain the benefits to which they are entitled, such as financial aid and mental health treatment. Based on the procedures of local criminal justice officials, vic…

Over the years, we have used a great deal of methods to deal out punishment, such as being beheaded to being boiled in oil, to being hung, strung and quartered in the medieval eras, typically for high…

Is murder really murder if the suspect never laid a finger on the victims? This question has been debated since the 1960s, when the Manson Family went on a murderous spree and were all sentenced to pr…

Plagiarism is a crime that is so common in almost every field, it may be professional or academic or something else. In an academic environment, such issues are handled by faculty and staff or student…

I am writing this letter to try and persuade you that prison is not a proper punishment for juvenile offenders for the upcoming bill voting. In 1899, the world's first juvenile court opened in Chicago…

Adnan Syed's case is one of the stranger cases that has been seen in quite some time. Making it difficult to choose a side on the case, because there are so many pros and cons to each side that either…

In my own opinion, I believe that in Regina v. Dudley & Stephens Case, the three men Tom Dudley, Edwin Stephens, and Edmond Brooks who were originally aboard the Mignonette did what was necessary in o…

In every structured society, there is some sort of method utilized as an attempt to detain wrongdoers (as deemed by that culture). Oftentimes, this takes the form of some sort of prison system, the Un…

Hot Springs has one of the highest crime rates in the United States compared to communities of all sizes and has a similar amount of violent crimes as Albany, New York despite the large gap in the pop…

Crime as the topic of research and development has always been focused on the ability to not only stop current crime from happening, but also to prevent future crimes from occurring. In this topic of …

"Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done" (Stevenson 17). That is the one vital lesson Bryan Stevenson learned from his work. The U.S. criminal justice system judges people very unfair…

Justice is something we all deserve no matter who we are, where we come from, or what we look like, justice is a basic human right. But does the American justice system treat all people equally? For e…

Blake Edwards once said, "Nothing matters but the facts. Without them, the science of criminal investigation is nothing more than a guessing game." Criminal investigation, which is an applied science,…

In case of People vs. Andrew Madison, the defendant is innocent of disorderly conduct, assault and battery, and assault of an officer.While it is true that Andrew Madison had a swiss army knife, I am …

"Age is not an accomplishment, and youth is not a sin," said Robert Heinlein. So why are we choosing to punish our youth with partial house arrest and portray them to be generally bad? As much as pare…

Life in England during the late 1800's was not easy predominately for those who were poor, orphaned and/or women. Young girls who had no prospects to marry well or acquire proper feminine jobs had no …

In the United States, drug overdoses have increased by 28.5%. There were an estimated 100,306 overdoses from April 2020 to April 2021, while 78,506 overdoses occurred the year prior (CDC). According t…

In this corrupt world, there is no such thing as perfect justice. The criminal justice system as a whole is flawed. Innocent people are sometimes convicted and sentenced, meanwhile those guilty of cr…

Background The juvenile justice system (JJS) was originally both a rehabilitative and preventative approach, emphasizing the needs and rights of children over the appeal to punish them. Under The Juv…

Albert Einstein once said, "In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same" ("Albert Einstein …

The internet is a useful tool used daily by millions of people everyday People use the internet to do Banking known as E-banking ''e-banking has had significant effect on the baking landscape''(Lloyd…

Jose Antonio Rodriguez Vega, also known as the Old Lady Killer. Was an increasingly famous killer between the time of 1977-1988, with around 16 known victims. With that being said it was a previous pr…

Personal success is always highly valued in Western countries. The successful individual may always reach the pinnacle of their profession, live in a luxurious home, enjoy a happy life, and cycle weal…

The YCJA, or the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is a law and a system on how to handle youth from 12 to 17 years old when they commit a crime. It came into effect on April 1, 2003, and replaced the old s…

Imagine a 15-year-old sharing the same prison cell as a 40-year-old who is serving a life sentence for murder; this is a reality in some states around the U.S. The juvenile justice system is set in pl…

A crime that may be labelled as a crime of passion can be a crime of self- conceit. The notable and controversial true-crime podcast "Serial" by Sarah Keonig examines the life, statements and testimon…