Essays on Crime Control

In the majority of states all crimes are divided into two groups: felonies and misdemeanors. The difference between these two groups is in seriousness of crimes. (Hasselm, 2011) If this is a felony, an accused person can get 1 year in prison, life imprisonment without parole or even the death penalty. If it is a misdemeanor, an accused person could be punished by less than 1 year or a year of imprisonment and/or fine. Crimes are not equal in weight. General public considers some of the crimes more severe than others. (Kappeler, 2014) The majority of people considers the ...

Impact of Media of Crime

Impact of Media of Crime

Introduction

It is worth mentioning that the media is a vital resource that allows for the dissemination of information on safety and crime to the public. In this case, it is important that the news coverage provides accurate and unbiased facts about a crime that would be beneficial to crime control. However, research reveals that the media has contributed to poor diagnosis of crime related issues and more so, inappropriate and ineffective formulation of prevention strategies. The essay presents findings on the impact of the media of crime. Furthermore, it offers a discussion on the ...

Overview: Historically, law enforcement and the community have had a tense relationship. The conflictual nature of the relationship is based on the fact that community members do not think traditional policing is in their best interest. They suggest that community policing model should be the strategy employed to address crime and criminality in the communities of which they are a part. At the same time law enforcement and its police officers believe that its primary role is that of crime control. These differing views have further widened the gap in police community relations as both law enforcement, and community ...

Management

The topic is apparently very broad and the manner of interpreting it in a study encompasses several advantages and disadvantages. For one, the articulation of the topic is very convenient on the part of the writer in a positive way. On the other hand, it has a disadvantage particularly in terms of finding the focal point of the paper that can potentially lead to an unexplored knowledge in the field of criminal law. In terms of applying the context of law enforcement as a whole, the paper was able to presents a satisfactory amount of information as observed on ...

Mass Shootings: How we can deter potential mass shooters in the US? List some major mass shootings in the US and identify some major similarities and major differences among them. Mass shootings have become an issue in the United States. There are ways mass shootings can be deterred. One way is strict gun regulations. By making it hard for people to possess firearms, it makes mass shootings less likely. Also strict screenings and regulations can be put in place so people with mental health issues are not able to purchase a firearm. Also another more extreme example of a ...

With the issue of crime, the levels of criminal recidivism and high rates of incarceration becoming more and a more serious, there has been a need to find ways of reducing the emphasis on punishment within the US criminal justice system. One of the ways through which this objective can be achieved has been found after years of studies and research to lie in rehabilitation as an alternative mechanism for dealing with criminal offenders within the justice system. Thus, there have been calls to integrate rehabilitation and punishment as a parallel strategy of controlling crime and recidivism.

The Theoretical Perspectives of Rehabilitation Strategies

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1. The three policing strategies that are found to be most important are community policing, problem oriented policing and evidence based policing. Community policing involves the establishment of partnership with the community by the police officers. This strategy will allow the police officers to develop a constructive relationship with the community members that will allow them to reach out in helping them solve their problems about crimes and not merely to respond to the calls for service (Albrecht and Das, 2011). The process will result in the decentralization of the police organization that will result in a more responsive ...

The United States has one of the most complex and fascinating criminal justice systems in the world. The reason that the United States has such a unique criminal justice system, is that the founding fathers based their principles from superior legal frameworks around the world. For example, the founding fathers were known for looking to English, French, and other European Legal Frameworks, (The United States Constitution). Additionally, the founding fathers thought to their education of Roman Law and the laws of Ancient Greece, (The United States Constitution). For this reason, the United States has a unique array of principles ...

Criminal justice system has been defined as way in which the society tries to ensure social control. Usually there are certain behaviors which are regarded as having the potential to cause some chaos or danger within the society (Siegel 7). In order to prevent these situations there are certain formal procedures that have been put in place to either prevent people from committing those bad behaviors- offense or to deal with those who have already committed the offence. Usually the offenders are taken through a series of decision making after which a decision is made on their punishment or ...