difference between a misdemeanor and a felony is the severity of the crime and the consequences that follows conviction. The Uniform Crime Reporting lists crimes in two categories, which are part one and part two offenses. Part one offenses are crimes that result in a felony conviction. A felony is any crime serious enough to warrant more than one year in confinement and up to life in prison or the death penalty. Felonious crimes listed as part one offenses are, criminal homicide, rape, robbery
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Criminal Justice System The definition of crime can be a conduct in violation of the criminal laws of the state, the federal government, or a local jurisdiction, for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse. A type of crime can differ in each state and will not always be persecuted the same way. Marijuana is an example, because in most states it is a crime to smoke marijuana, it is legal in some other states. The criminal justice system has three components, police, courts
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Why Youths Join Gangs and How to Prevent it from Happening Reaver J Childers Liberty University CJUS 310-B02 Professor Godwin Abstract Have you ever been watching the news and heard the news reporter say, “A young man was shot and killed outside of a corner store. It has been reported that he was a part of a known gang, referred to as the Crips. He was shot by a rivalry gang member.” Do you ever wonder what provokes a juvenile to want to join a gang? There are
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma- In March of 2012 Del City police Captain Randy Harrison fatally shot 18 year old Dane Scott Jr. in the back under the assumption that Scott Jr. was reaching for a concealed firearm. Prior to the incident in March, Captain Randy Harrison had previously arrested Scott on numerous drug violations. The official police report states that Captain Harrison recalled a high speed chase and crash, then Scott Jr attempting to flee on foot, which ended in the fatal shooting of Scott
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including spread of ICT, the global mass media, cheap flight and easy movements of businesses. Many crimes now happen on a global scale due to globalisation such as cyber-crime and drug and people trafficking. Castells (1998) argues because of globalisation there is a globalised criminal economy worth £1 trillion. This is from different crimes such as arms dealing, human trafficking, green crime, sex tourism, smuggling illegal immigrants and trafficking in body parts as well as others. The global
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Aboriginal Issues Essay As I read the articles about the aboriginal people what stood out to me and impressed me the most was the over representation of Aboriginal people in our Canadian prison system. A shocking statistic that I read was that 2.8% of the Canadian population is Aboriginal but they account for 18% of our federal prison inmates. Aboriginal people have been faced with so many historic inequities such as being forced to move to reserves with almost none of the basic infrastructures
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people may argue that crime only occurs when someone intends to break the law. Other people say that its when crime is intended and causes harm to people or their property. Criminal behaviour also depends on time and culture. The problems of official crime is: * statistics count the number of criminal acts rather than the number of criminals. So they make a mistake by counting one crime that might be committed by a group of criminals. * some people may not report the crime. * some people may
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In John Locke's A Letter Concerning Toleration, he contends that government has no authority over people who neglect their souls, health, and estate (406). From Locke's perspective, government's only aim is to protect one's property. By making laws that protect the property of the people from the harm of others, a government makes its citizens more autonomous. However, government's authority to establish laws comes from the consent of people who forfeit some of their natural rights (Locke, 304).
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bandits in horror as they swept the store clean. Other customer did not dare to utter a single sound, I was also frighten to my wits, I could even hear my heart palpitating. In fleeting minutes, the heist was over and they were going to leave the crime scene in a motorbike. Just as they were about to go, the worker press the alarm button and some of the policeman who are nearby there gave chase. The robbers took off their heels and sprinted towards their motorcycle which they had parked it in front
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theory, why does crime still exist? Illustrate your answer by drawing on at least two theories studied thus far in the semester and consider how they define crime and what policy ( rulem strategy, procedure) responses (replies) they advocate (support). What are the strengths and weaknesses of these theories and why related policy responses failed to rid society ( culture of crime? Use Australian or international examples to support your arguments. a. Thesis Statement: * Crime attributes an
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