Tag: Crime

  • Crime and its Elements

    The actus reus and the mens rea or guilty mind are important requirements of criminal liability. The element of actus reus is often referred to as human conduct rule and demands that a crime must be an act. According to (Boyes-Watson, 2014) people cannot be penalized on basis of criminal thoughts instead they are made…

  • Corporate Crime Prevalent in Financial Industry in the United States of America

    Introduction In the past four decades, the financial industry has been rocked by evolving wave of white collar or corporate crimes. Some of the commonly known white collar crimes that have continuously affected the financial industry include phenomenon of market-timing and late-trading practices that involving mutual, stock option scandals, the accounting fraud, IPO manipulation, the…

  • Police Mission – Fighting Crime or Public Service

    There roles of the police has been changing since the inception of the profession in the United States. The roles of the police have been under progression since their introduction to the public in 1840s and 1900s (Kelling & Moore, 1998). The political era defines the time when the police were introduced to the public…

  • Index Crimes Comparison – Evaluating Rates of Homicide, Robbery and Rape in United States, Canada and Germany for 2012

    Introduction There are eight major classifications of crime identifies by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) which are collected as part of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. These categories are referred to as index crimes. The categories are subdivided into two major subcategories namely; violent and property crime. Violent index crimes are index crimes committed…

  • Uncovering Why Sex Crimes are Under-reported in the United States

    Introduction Violent crime is a reality that contemporary society currently contends with. Sexual assault, in particular, is an appalling offense and considered one of the most atrocious deviant behaviors known to man. Legal, social, and administrative levels of society have responded promptly to this challenge by taking appropriate punitive measures which aim to dissuade potential…

  • The Overlap of Crime, Punishment, and Poverty

    The Interconnection Of Social Problems Assignment Instructions Review the article, Race, poverty and punishment: The impact of criminal sanctions on racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequality , as you to prepare for this paper. As Wheelock and Uggen (2006) point out, “the association between crime, punishment, and poverty has long been the subject of sociological and criminological…

  • Entrepreneurial Crime – Elizabeth Holmes and Ramesh Balwani Wire Fraud

    Describe the entrepreneurial crime you researched In June 2018, Theranos Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Elizabeth Holmes and former president Ramesh Balwani were formally charged before a federal court on several counts of wire fraud. In addition to this, they were also indicted for knowingly conspiring with a number of close associates to commit wire…

  • A Theoretical Perspective of Crime – Homicide

    Final Project Instructions For this project you will write about a category of criminal activity you studied and found most compelling during the course of this class. In general, your assignment is to examine this criminal activity, its theoretical perspectives, and the underlying factors in an effort to explain the behavior and reduce recidivism in the future.…

  • Root Causes of Specific Crimes that Occurs in Low-Income Neighborhoods

    Comparison Of The Root Causes Of Crime – Project Instructions You are working as a criminal justice research specialist in a local television production company. The managing director has an assignment for you. The company will be producing a documentary on the root causes of specific crimes that occurs in low-income, “inner-city” neighborhoods. The focused…

  • A Student Studying Criminal Justice Could Recreate New Techniques on how to Reconstruct Crimes and Analyze Physical Evidence

    Criminal justices students are engaged in studying how to investigate crimes by reconstructing the scene of crime and gathering all possible evidence at the scene of crime and also recording verbal statements from suspects and witnesses. They also work closely with forensic science specialists who are involved in investigating the collected evidence for fingerprints, and…