...Javonte Moore, Percy Jones and Shastri Gill robbed a store. Moore and Jones commented the robbery while the defendant, Gill, was the getaway driver. Prior to the event, all three men met up at an apartment 20 minutes before to rehearsal the robbery. Soon after, Gill entered the store 10 minutes before the robbery to scoop out the targeted store. Thereafter, Moore and Jones walked into the store waving guns demanding money and merchandise. During the event, Moore placed his gun to the back of one of the clerks. Jones placed his gun to the back of the other clerks head. There was no physical harm reported. After the crime was committed, Moore and Jones fled the scene with the help of the getaway driver, Gill. All three men returned back to...
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...have committed. The purpose of sentencing is to make the punishment harsh enough so the criminals will want to steer away from ever repeating the crime they committed (University of Phoenix, 2012). Sometime this can be hard because the criminals have rights to as well as needing rehabilitation. The following paragraphs will contain a discussion on a certain bill that is trying to be passed, something that occurs on a regular basis in the United States. If the legislature were to pass a bill that allows the maximum prison term to be doubled for armed robbery they would be making a mistake. Yes, armed robbery is a serious crime and would also be an attempt to hurt or murder someone, however doubling the maximum prison term would not be worth the other problems it would cause. There are already overcrowding issues in most of the states in the US especially states like California. There are criminals out there committing more serious crimes that should be punished more harshly. I see nothing wrong with increasing the prison term but not doubling it. I understand the bill is to double the maximum term but if the term were to double the maximum term, this could be 30 years in some states like California ("Maximum Prison Term for Armed Robbery", 2013). Criminals do need to be punished for the crime they have committed but the punishment needs to be based on the criteria. Obviously, if a criminal injures or murders someone during an armed robbery this deserves more punishment...
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... CJA/314 September 27, 2014 Armed Robbery, a serious offense, something that no one would ever want to happen to them or anyone else. It would be consider a terrible experience, something that would stick to someone for a long time; it’s nothing someone gets over in a day or so. It can traumatize anyone. They would be scared and, or even paranoid thinking that it might happen again. While the robber, doesn’t care who it affect, what damage it can cause. To me is a selfish act, these victims that they attack, who worked hard for what they have just and just for you to come and take it at gunpoint or other weapons, is complete inexcusable act. In order to reduce the numbers of armed robberies, it is important to research ways or different methods to lower the rates of this happening to anyone else. The objective of this bill is to double the maximum prison term for anyone convicted of an armed robbery. The goal to have a harsher punishment for offenders that are convicted of armed robbery. I would have to disapprove this bill on the ground that just making a harsher sentence would deter people from committing the crime of an armed robbery. I do believe that move prevention, education and changing the society view that allow this behavior to seem ok. As the criminologist advisor I would not recommend, that doubling the maximum prison term for anyone convicted of armed robbery. “Studies have been show that a longer sentencing does not really reduce the number of crimes...
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...thousand armed robberies that are registered each day in the files of agencies around the United States. This is a major concern to law enforcement and the citizens of the United States. The government is taking drastic measures to reduce the opportunity, capability, and intent of having armed robbers victimizes citizens for their own wrongful way of happiness. The government is implementing a bill, that when caught doing an armed robbery it will double the time of incarceration. As the right hand man of the state legislature I am a criminologist advisor, I oversee the concern, pain, and panic of the citizens when it comes to armed robberies. Therefore, the legislature is creating a bill for congress to pass. When it passes, it will double the years of prison time for a convicted armed robbery felon. The minimum sentence for a convicted armed robber is two to nine years depending the severity of the crime, and the maximum sentencing for an armed robbery is twenty-five years to life in prison also depending on the severity of the crime. The government is proposing for whoever commits an armed robbery of any type of severity of crime; the minimum sentencing is going to be twenty years behind state bars, and the maximum sentencing for an armed robbery will be life in prison with or without the possibility of parole depending on the severity of the crime. This is a positive drastic measure on which the government is taking to reduce the abundance of armed robberies in this country...
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...and without flaw. However, it must be acknowledged that the vast majority of these policies and legislation have their downsides and adverse effects along with their positive outcomes. Robbery, by definition, is someone taking another's person's property by the use of intimidation or violent force. Armed robbery is defined as robbery at gunpoint or with the use or the intent of a weapon. Currently now in play is the three strikes law; which differs from state to state. In 1990, the three strike law became very popular, causing a massive growth within the prison system. With the popularity of the law, lawyers and law professionals had come to know the three strike law as the habitual offender law. The three strikes law states that a person convicted of a grave crime on three or more separate occasions will receive the maximum sentence possible. The reason for this law is automatic and longer incarceration periods for any person committing three or more felonies. The objective of this bill I would like to propose would be to alter the length of time served for those convicted of armed robbery. If this bill were approved it would extend the length of time, an offender serves. The offenders convicted of armed robbery would serve a sentence double the length of the current sentencing. For this bill to be put into place, there would need to be federal regulations met to comply with the Federal Court decision that the state has to abide by. The goals of this bill are...
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...convicted of armed robbery. My boss knows the bill is popular, but wonders if it will do much good. I will explain what recommendations I would make, the reasons for my recommendations, and is it a good bill or a bad bill to pass and how effective the bill will be. The demonstration of burglary can happen pretty much anyplace and at whatever time. Burglaries can take put in private or open spots. Burglary is the robbery from an individual by utilization drive and trepidation. The level of power or apprehension does not need to be extensive to advocate the statutory necessities. Criminal acts are carried out every day around the country. Law implementation orgs, criminal equity framework, and people in general are ones that has and will consistently manage wrongdoing in America. The point of sentencing is to serve as a hindrance to the criminal from carrying out a criminal demonstration. The state government is making lawful move, by executing a charge that will twofold the greatest sentencing for somebody indicted arm burglary. As a criminologist guide to the state governing body, I have been tasked with composing a proposition to the bill being referred to. The base discipline for arm theft is three to seven years relying upon the seriousness of the wrongdoing, and the greatest sentencing is twenty-five years to life in jail additionally relying upon the seriousness of the wrongdoing. The legislature is suggesting that the base sentencing is expanded to twenty...
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...knew the path that I had taken would soon come to a life altering halt. The first crime that I committed was snatching a gold chain and running. Although it was small in nature, it was the confidence booster that I needed to unleash a flood of similar crimes. A pure adrenaline rush to almost get caught but almost only counts in horse shoes. A purse, a wallet, loose change and even weapons, I wasn’t prejudice in what I took or who I took it from. Just as long as I sharpened my skills and mastered the first level of my new found career. At this point I moved to more physical crimes that brought in more money like, breaking an entering and strong arm robbery. These particular crimes could not be reported just think about it. Have you ever heard of a dope boy calling 911 because he got robbed of his product?... The more robberies I pulled off the better I became at my craft but along with that my name got hot in the neighbor hood and was ringing at the LRPD. Because of that I hit a couple of small businesses that did not bring in much money. With money being the fuel to my fire, I felt forced to move into a unfamiliar area sooner than I had planed. After a few days of research i carefully picked through my friends and family to organize a squad that would help me to achieve the biggest crime of my career, manufacturing counterfeit money. A close friend of mine had 3 ink-jet printers and a couple of computers at his recording studio. I printed a sheet of $10's then $20's,...
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...Prime Financial Credit Union’s Robbery Crisis Management Strategy Submitted by: Stephanie Koenig, Amy Seipp, Michael Hill, John Holmes Jr., & Charles Tate Introduction Crisis management is a complex process that requires competencies of individuals throughout and beyond the organization. When asked about their preparedness in the event of a crisis, banks will often point to plans prepared by operations officers, data processing managers and human resources supervisors. In the case of an uneventfully unplanned bank robbery at your local federal bank, being able to react quickly, efficiently and in an organized manner may result in defusing an unpleasant situation quickly, or at least in mitigating the overall adverse publicity received by your organization. If you are not organized and not cognizant that a crisis will arise at your institution, then your first reaction will be to panic. Banks and thrifts are tested in the marketplace by adverse circumstances. Those institutions with crisis management task forces in place can react in a manner that will mitigate the adverse circumstances facing the organization. Potential Crises Bank robberies are relatively uncommon: only about 2 of every 100 robberies are of a bank. Although violence is rare, employees and customers are at some risk of injury. If nothing else, being victimized can be terrifying. In addition, bank robberies can invoke fear in the community at large, as most are well-covered by the media...
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...The number of snatch theft in the country is increasing at an alarming rate and many innocent people have lost cash, valuable and some even their lives. It is therefore important that you take the necessary steps to avoid becoming a victim by always being aware of your surroundings, always walking group, avoiding all lonely roads and dark alleys and not wearing expensive or flashy jewellery when you are out alone. First, be aware of your surroundings. Be wary of people who are acting suspiciously. If you see men loitering around or just waiting on they motorcycles, they could be snatch thieves. Always walk on the side of the road that is against the flow of traffic. It is also good, when you enter an unfamiliar area, to always look around quickly for the nearest telephone booth, police kiosk or any place you can run to if threatening. Never walk along a road alone if you can help it. These criminal are smart enough to know that the chances of having their attempt to snatch someone’s handbag disturbed or worse, getting caught and beat up grater if their victim is in the company of others. A person walking alone vulnerable and more unlikely to put up a fight than someone who is with friend. The third measure you can takes to protect yourself against snatch thieves is to never walk down lonely roads or dark alleys. If you walk down lonely road and are confronted by a snatch thief you cannot call for help because there is no one around to help you. Things can only worse if you...
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...In the United States, from an early age we are taught that individual wealth is a measure of personal success. Wealthy people are viewed as powerful, happy, and successful. They are also viewed as having access to educational and occupational means that provide them with opportunities to increase their wealth. Strain theory as it relates to digital crime involves the feeling of people in the lower and middle social classes that they do not have equal opportunities or access to those same educational and occupational opportunities. Instead of pursuing legal means to increase their wealth, some of the people who commit white collar crimes are those from the lower and middle classes who are stressed and strained due to finances and their jobs. (Robert W. Taylor, 2011) According to the strain theory, individuals who commit white collar digital crimes feel a sense of entitlement to financial and occupational success because life hasn’t been fair. They have been divorced, lost a significant other, lost their job, or had some other sort of negative situation in their lives. When an individual feels as though they are a failure, they may be more likely to turn to crime as a means of success. (Robert W. Taylor, 2011) The strain theory is the most relevant theory as to why people may turn to committing digital crimes because at one point or another in our lives everyone has had a feeling of inadequacy or failure in some aspect of our lives. Since it is not an uncommon feeling, the...
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...meaningful means of living and unfortunately, this state has been nationalized in Nigeria. Unemployment in Nigeria has hindered the economic growth of the country. Unemployment is of great harm to the society and the youth age; it drastically increases illegal activities in the society and the youth are left with no choice other than to indulge in illegal activities. Nigeria is one of the countries with the highest rate of unemployment. In Nigeria, about two-third of the working population is unemployed. This is as a result of lack of job opportunities and productivity of the government. Lack of employment has an adverse effect on the society and on youths especially. For example, it creates false employment such as militancy, theft (armed robbery), and prostitution (both in male and female). This false employment increases the crime rate in the country and contributes to the gradual crumble of the economy of the country. According to the CIA World Fact-book, in 2008 the rate of unemployment in Nigeria was about 4.90%, and in 2009 it increased to 4.90%. Firstly, for a country like Nigeria that dwells mainly on oil as a source of income and foreign exchange, militancy does more harm than good. Militancy has become a burden in the heart of the government because of the high rate of destruction these unemployed youths indulge in. A good number of unemployed graduates and undergraduates take it upon themselves as a task to willingly vandalize the pipelines which the oil industries...
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...ANOTHER BOXING ROBBERY My fraternity Brod, Edrin “The Sting” Dapudong, could not help but show his disappointment when we chatted over his loss to South African Gideon Buthelezi by a split decision for the IBO World Junior Bantamweight Title at the Emperor Palace Hotel Casino Resort Pavilion in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday, November 10. Dapudong’s manager, former North Cotabato Governor Manny Pinol, was utterly dismayed by the decision favoring the South African even after Dapudong “turned Buthelezi’s face into a bloody mess” as early as the first round “and then floored the local fighter with his signature left hook in the ninth round that sent Buthelezi to the canvas for a mandatory eight count.” Governor Pinol dubbed the fight as “one of the greatest boxing robberies of all time,” similar to the controversial Timothy Bradley victory over Manny Pacquiao. South Africa is notorious for hometown decisions. Governor Pinol writes in his blog, mannypinol.com, that “It was only the British judge from London, Reg Thompson, who saw Dapudong the winner by a wide margin while the South African judge, Tony Nyangiwe, living up to South African boxing tradition, and American Michael Pernick from Miami, gave the fight to Buthelezi.” I told Brod Edrin that even as he lost the fight, his being robbed of the title might hopefully drum up interest in the sport again and, eventually, in his capability as a fighter. I guess the boxing world needs such controversies...
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...As we know, nowadays Thailand has many problems, and crime is one of those. Crime happens everyday, and it seems to be worse as time goes by. There are many factors that cause someone to commit crime. The three most influential factors are family, education, and environment. Family is the most important factor, because it is the base of our life. It influences us in many ways. What we do and think is depends on what we see our family members do. If one is from a family that their parents have a rap sheet, he may have more opportunity to commit crime, too. As we have known from idiom that, children’s characteristics are not much different from their parents. And if he is from a very poor family, and his family needs money, he may rob, so that his family has money to buy necessary things for them. Also, if in his family has violence, he may use violence with others, and commit crime. Education is important, too. Uneducated can cause someone to commit crime. The uneducated may do something without their knowledge, and it is crime. Also, the uneducated may not have a job, and they need money, so they have to rob. Sometimes it follows by killing. The last thing is that the uneducated might have not studied moral, so they may not know what is right to do or not. The last factor; the environment, it can effect our way of life. If your environment has a lot of drugs, you may grow up to be a drug-dealer, or if your environment is a slum and your life has to fight all the time,...
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...L.I.F.E Life plays a big part in gun violence. Life can be given and life can be taken. You take a life and go through the court system and may end up with life. In the US, guns are not just used for killing. Guns are used for protection as well (great grandma shoots at two men who tried to rob her on bus). Some would say more guns more homicides. No one wants to lose fights anymore. Guns are not hard to come by and conflicts are not easy to avoid. Taking away guns leaves others defenseless, adding kills. (Zimmerman shot Martin, who was unarmed during an altercation between the two). So do guns protect or harm? Guns have been a part of the US culture for centuries. Now more than ever guns are being used to hurt, harm, and kill “In 2010, guns took the lives of 31,076 Americans in homicides, suicides and unintentional shootings. This is the equivalent of more than 85 deaths each day”. Many people are for taking them away and can you blame them? That’s only going back four years. Taking them away however will only hurt the ones who cannot defend themselves, for example the handicap and elderly. Pregnant woman fatally shot, man uses his gun to protect two month old son from armed robber. From the examples, which are you for? Guns hurt and guns protect. What can be done to change this situation not knowing who will become criminals and who needs help make it harder to bare arms and crack down on those who are willing to uses them...
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...Interview Analysis 2 The case is taken from a reality tv show called The First 48, which focuses on detectives trying to solve murders within the critical first 48 hours after the crime. This particular case pertains to a convenience store (Ya Ya Market) robbery in Cleveland, Ohio to which a store clerk, (DeWayne Jacobs, 57 years old) was shot in the head and killed during the robbery. The two suspects fled out of the store and was seen getting into a van on the passenger side in the alley behind the store. Since the two that came out of the store got into the passenger side of the van that would indicate that there are at least three suspects involved in the crime. Detective Tim Entenok and Detective Kathleen Carlin of the Cleveland Police Department are called in to investigate the homicide. Delialah Turner worked at the store and lived above the store. During the investigation the detectives find that there has been other robberies around that convenience store which resulted in another murder during one of the other robberies. There was a surveillance camera in the store where the detectives were able to get still pictures of the suspects and gave it the news stations to put out on the air. The move paid off because the detectives received an anonymous tip of who one of the suspects was. The first suspect was identified as 25 year old Steven Mongo. After 6 week of searching for him, police officers were finally able to track him down and bring into homicide so Det. Entenok...
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