...SOCIAL SAFETY: SOLVING CRIMES AND THE RISE OF DIGITAL VIGILANTES Social Media & Mobile Technology For End Users 2nd February 2014 Abstract This paper aims to discuss the benefits and downsides of social media and how digital vigilantes and the police use social networking to solve crimes, as well as help and prevent them from happening. It will touch on issues such as crowd-sourced policing and it’s implications on cases, whether it aids in the apprehension of criminals or rather as a hindrance to police investigations. When people speak about crime, they are usually referring to a shoplifting incident, a shooting, selling of illegal drugs or assaulting someone, but crime goes much further than that. According to Oxford Dictionaries, crime is an action or omission, which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law. So when the topic of crime comes up, one shouldn’t think about just stealing or murders, they must realize that something as little as jumping a red light when no ones around is also a crime. This paper aims to discuss the effects of social media on crime, the rise of digital vigilantes and whether or not social media has helped solve crimes and decrease the crime rate. Safety is one of the most important things on people’s minds. No...
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...(CNN) -- The videos, pictures and tweets are chilling. A picture of a girl dangling limply from the arms of two young men. Other boys, laughingly saying the girl had to be dead because she didn't flinch as her body was violated. An alleged rape, made into a joke. The images and social media messages are at the heart of criminal charges against two high school football players accused of sexually assaulting an underage teenage girl during a series of end-of-summer parties in August. Both boys are charged with rape. One also is accused of "illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material." Their trial before an Ohio juvenile court judge is scheduled for February 13. CNN is not identifying the girl, who is a juvenile, in accordance with its policy not to release the names of alleged rape victims. The alleged attackers also are juveniles, but they have been identified by a judge in court, by defense attorneys and in newspapers and other media reports as Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond, both 16. The case has attracted the attention of bloggers and even Anonymous, a loosely organized cooperative of activist hackers. Social media videos led to rape charges Murphy: Rape is grossly under prosecuted Social media spotlights Ohio rape case Rape case shocks Ohio town Anonymous has released information about the town and the football team and is threatening to release more unless everyone comes clean about what happened that August night. "The town of Steubenville has been good...
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...Hair Analysis in Solving a Crime Name Institution Hair Analysis in Solving a Crime 1. Introduction Hair is among the most commonly used evidences in the crime investigations. Hair analysis is based on its chemical characteristics and physical structure which aid during investigations. It is notable that hairs are easily transferred hence can be left as evidence after a criminal activity. Hair analysis can be of great use in forensic analysis during an investigation since it can help prove crime in various ways. First, hair analysis can easily link a suspect to a crime scene. It can also show the association or link between the suspect and the victim. Hair analysis can also help single out a particular suspect from other suspects in the case. It is important to note that hair is a great resource to forensic science. The presence of the suspects ‘ hair on the victim’s body can help determine his or her sex and race. Hair analysis can also be used to determine the DNA of a suspect in a crime scene. The forensic problem to be solved is identification of the murder suspect in the Ford Heights Four case. A couple was robbed and murdered in Ford Heights in East Chicago. According to witnesses, four men were seen leaving the crime scene after the incident. The four men were later convicted and sentenced to prison despite their insistence on being innocent. However, after some years, DNA testing was conducted and the four suspects proved to be innocent before being released...
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...testing and is now the most accurate method currently available for human identification. DNA testing is used in determining parentage but is more widely known for the use in criminal cases. DNA testing is a powerful and reliable form of forsenic evidence that can beyond a shadow of a doubt reveal whether a person is innocence or guilt. One of the disadvantages however, is many prisoners do not have the legal means to secure testing or evidence in their cases. Some states have passed statues that include barriers to testing that are almost impossible to surpass. This is a obstacle that will keep innocent people from securing DNA test to prove their innocent. One of the advantges of DNA is that by using DNA fingerprinting is the use in solving crimes. Since DNA is found in almost every cell in the body, any portion of the human body can be used to establish identity. Just by the use 2 of a single strand of hair, a piece of skin, nail, a drop of blood or saliva can establish guilt or innoccence. Since it is impossible to remove all bodily or physical traes a persons presence DNA fingerprinting is very useful in murder or homicide cases in which the body has been disfigured, or fingers have been burned or the teeth and other features are destoryed. One cell is good enough for a postive identification. 3 References Advantages of DNA Fingerprinting for the Criminal Justice System www.ehow.com/list Advantages of fingerprinting Criminal...
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...Community and Problem-Solving Policing CJS/210 July 17, 2011 Community and Problem-Solving Policing Introduction In the United States today there are modern laws that are used in policing which are called community and problem-solving policing. Both of these are known to be useful in the community and with the law enforcement when trying to prevent and control crime in the community. At the core of problem-solving policing is responding to the matters within each community all across the United States. With that being said community and problem-solving policing are both improvements to the police and society that understands the use for these methods. I am going to talk about community policing. This method of full-service is really personalized policing where police officers patrol and work in the same area day in and day out. Community policing is a law that is brought down from the police department to provide assistance with the public and also inside the community which is very effective in minimizing crime due to the aid received by the police and individuals in the community. As the community develops an involvement of proactive techniques of community policing certain should then be reduced and managed in a safer manner. Police officers on a daily basis face ethical concerns in which they are the ones that are more experience to handle or answer to them. With that being said a lot of those situations due involve letting people get away with...
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...Strayer University Week #4 Assignment #2 Introduction to Criminology/CRJ 105 William E. Daniels Professor James Rhyne July 28, 2014 The science and scientific research of crimes that researchers use today in an effort to be as unbiased as possible with their values when solving a crime which requires that many, if not all investigators forget about their values when it comes to solving criminal crime cases. Crimes are committed every day and the convicted is not always the one who has committed this heinous act against another. Science is the proof needed to prove without any reasonable doubt that the convicted is guilty of the crime. Many of the techniques used are developed in the crime labs themselves to aid investigators and research into the better edges of science. So we say that this science is truly correct. We should not forget the other faces of forensic sciences in criminal research or investigations such as trace evidences, toxicology, photography, documentation, forensic imagery, forensic ID, receiving evidence, drug chemistry and ballistics just to name a few others. Many of the accomplishments of improvements with instruments and some methodologies have helped with the greatly increased accuracy thru- out the years, but many problems remain in how new and better techniques are being performed by technicians and analysts. But there is a problem in how new and better techniques are performed by technicians and analysts. Funding of agencies are...
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...these officers is to serve and to protect innocent lives. The criminal justice system also has to advance in ways to communicate with different agencies because communicating quickly and effectively can positively affect the results of prosecuting the offenders such as gathering and preserving evidences, collecting and recording interviews with victims and witnesses. “Computers have provided police with important technological advances like computer mapping to pinpoint crime areas”. (William Bratton, former New York City, Police Commissioner)There are many specialized and newer technologies that are available in the market and used today by different law enforcement agencies, such as the IAFIS (Integrated Automated Identification Fingerprint System), facial recognition, and mobile data terminals, Iris scan and specialized databases such as the Criminal Justice Information System, offender management systems, and victim notification systems which is link to the Federal Bureau Of Investigation’s National Crime Information System(NCIC)....
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...policing is organization that promotes strategies that would support the use of partnerships and problem solving techniques. It also addresses some conditions that could give a rise to safety issues with the fear of crime. Is a collaboration between the police and the community that will identify and solve the community problems. The police have no source of guardianship of the law and since that happen members of the community become more active in planning safety for their neighborhoods. This can help the police and the people who stay in the neighborhood have trust or belief in the police for the help. Three Key Components: • Community Partnership- Is when the law enforcement agency, people and an organization come together as an group to make up solutions to solve problems and increase the trust or belief in the police. • Organizational Transformation- A lot of different systems come all along to support community partnership and problem solving. Ex. Agency management, geographic assignment of officers, personnel and information system. • Problem Solving- an engagement between proactive and systematic need an identify problems and evaluate effective responses. The five core operation strategies are preventive patrol, routine incident response, emergency response, criminal investigation and problem solving. Preventive patrol is when criminals shall not commit crimes in front of the police. Routine incident response is everyday events that police must show attendance...
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...main aspects regarding the development of human beings (Arppe, 2014). This development is what keeps people from engaging in crimes as well as other social deviant acts. For instance, people form different relationships with their friends and family. Therefore, they accept all the expectations and the social conditions associated with being part of relationships (Tibbetts & Hemmens, 2010). The reason is that people have the notion of relying on others where they can enjoy empathy. Key Elements of the Social Bond Theory There are four items...
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...Crime has been at its highest this year. Forensic science has played a major part in investigating crimes and searching for evidence that is not seen by the naked eye(Dillon). The field of forensics is continually growing, causes of death have become more interesting, autopsies are more critical, and the salary is appreciable(Gewin). Since there are only 18 forensic science undergraduate programs in the US that have been authorized by the American Academy of Forensic Science, my prospective college choices are limited. After tackling the time it will take to earn my bachelors in forensics(4 years), then finish medical school and four years of residency, it will eventually all be worth the wait. The educational path required to achieve my goal of becoming a forensic scientist will be a long, exhausting process. The different characteristics of forensic science- like the use of analytical techniques- is what sets itself apart from just any other science degree(Thorpe). Being just a junior in high school, KEES money plays a major role in helping me decide where I go...
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...Victims and Crime Evaluation CJA 354 April 17, 2012 Instructor name Introduction This evaluation paper will discuss the concept of victim, the evaluation will also address and explain the history and significance of victims’ assistance programs and the purpose of their functions as it applies to the criminal justice system. Also addressed will be the evaluation of problem solving courts and restorative justice and their affect on the criminal justice system , society, and victims. The definition of victim is described as any individual against whom an offense has been committed (Schmallager, et al, 2010). The concept of a victim is foreign to civil law, which speaks instead in terms of people who have been injured or wronged. According to Schmallager (2010), the word victim denotes someone who has been harmed through the kind of activity proscribed by the criminal law (Schmallager, et al, 2010). During the AD 400 era, the time known as "Golden Age of the victim" organized law enforcement agencies, judicial systems, and formal legal procedures were nonexistent. Individuals who were victimized by offenders would retaliate against the offender with the assistance of family members and friends. Once the offender was apprehended, the victim would hand out a punishment believed to be suitable for the crime committed and this type of behavior was accepted by a vast majority of society (Schmallager, et al, 2010). ...
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...Predictive Policing: Fighting Crime Using Information Technology Andrew E. Carrington III Strayer University Abstract The days of a police department’s dependency on random patrol techniques alone to fight crime are a thing of the past. Police departments across the United States have begun to use a strategy known as COMPSTAT (computer statistics). COMPSTAT is an extremely successful crime analysis and law enforcement management process developed by the New York Police Department. COMPSTAT uses Geographic Information Systems to map the locations of where crimes occur. The application of information technology has enabled countless police departments across the United Stated to reduce crime. This method known as predictive policing has led to a decrease in several crimes such as automobile thefts, robberies, and burglaries. Predictive Policing: Fighting Crime Using Information Technology Using statistics and analytical data to predict criminal activity has become standard practice in several police departments throughout the United States. This type of policing is known as predictive policing. Police and the use of information technology (IT) have received interest from a wide research community. One advantage of the predictive policing and the information systems are they allow for the police to respond to the crime much faster. Predictive policing also involves threats and weaknesses as the transition is attempted to bridge the gap between traditional policing methods...
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...approach crime reduction. CompStat provides a unique methodology for collecting, analyzing, and mapping crime data and other essential police performance measures on a regular basis. The CompStat model emphasizes accountability at all levels within the organization and emphasizes the rapid identification of problems with creative solutions. The original concept was developed by Jack Maple, a police officer with the New York City Transit Police. It was originally entitled Charts of the Future. In 1995, it was adopted into CompStat by Police Commissioner William Bratton to serve the NYPD. The system has four principles for implementation: accurate and timely intelligence (know what is happening), effective tactics (have a plan), rapid deployment (do it quickly) and relentless follow-up and assessment (if it works, do more. If not, do something else). 2. Define with examples community oriented policing.. Community policing is a concept that focuses on the systematic use of partnerships and problem solving between law enforcement agencies and individuals within communities that address conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder and fear of crimes. Some examples that are being implemented in today’s communities are Neighborhood Watch programs, non-profit organizations, D.A.R.E (and other inclinations), safe/out houses, crime prevention education and citizens advisory committees. 3. Describe with examples, the four step problem solving system...
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...strategies, which support the organized use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques, to positively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder and fear of crime. The police departments for many years have maintained a stressed relationship with the community it serves. The several police department has not aggressively pursued a positive image within the community. The community perceives the police in a negative perception. The community feels that the police department is out of touch with their needs and values. The community also feels that their respective neighborhoods are not safe and that the police department could do a better job of responding. Another community complaint is that the police department could do a better job of patrolling the communities. This research paper will be on community policing and it will weigh the pros and cons of community policing. This research paper will also address the part of how important community policing values of the community it serves. Community Policing Crime has been one of the most important and debated issues in the United States and is largely assumed to be a major problem that keeps getting worse. The media strongly portrays television crime stories through numerous productions. Productions such as, Without Trace, America’s Most Wanted and CSI, just to mention a few. Fear of crime has become one of the most visible characteristics of American society...
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...Criminology and Education (BScEcon) offers students the chance to not only acquire knowledge of the educational policies and systems governing various societies, but will develop understanding of the criminal justice system and the sociological implications associated with this, leading to important (and employable) skills acquisition. Criminology is the scientific study of crime and criminality as well as society’s response thereto. Criminology incorporates various disciplines such as psychology, history, law, sociology, anthropology, psychiatry and has sub-categories including victimology (studying victims), penology (reviewing prisons), psychological analysis (profiling of crime scenes and perpetrators), etc. An economic profile is a basic overview of the economy in a certain state, country, or city. An economic profile should always include the expenditure or consumption of money in that area. An economic profile combines narrative information with selective business and financial data to provide an overview of the economic landscape of an industry, business sector, city, region or nation. Companies use economic profiles to assess new investment opportunities and evaluate the desirability of an area for relocation or business expansion. In government, these reports provide valuable intelligence and inform economic policy. Writing an economic profile requires knowing your audience and what it expects to learn from the report, as well as attention to the basics of good professional...
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