Note: The passages identified with page numbers are from J. Cederblom and D. W. Paulsen, Critical Reasoning, 7th ed. Boston, MA: Wadsworth, 2012. 1. pages 332–334, passage 5, “Legal Drugs Unlikely to Foster Nation of Zombies” 2. pages 335–336, passage 7, “A Case History on the Killing of Rats and Terrorists; If a ‘war on rats’ that relies solely in killing fails, so will a ‘war on terrorism’ that aims at killing terrorists without removing the ‘garbage’ they feed upon.” 3. Read the following sections of “The Luck Factor,” by Richard Wiseman in the DRR: 1st paragraph, and the sections The Luck Project (starting at the 2nd paragraph), Chance Opportunities, and Dealing with Bad Luck. Answer: In the passage “Legal Drugs Unlikely to Foster Nation of Zombies” (Cederblom and Paulsen, 332-334), author Stephen Chapman provides a series of reasons to support his conclusion that drugs should be legalized.
Henry Fielding | F | A. A crime-analysis and police management process to map crime B. The founder of the London Metropolitan Police Force C. The United States Attorney General who concluded that the prohibition of alcohol was creating opportunities for crime and corruption D. The information about a crime that forms the basis for determining the perpetrator’s identity E. The line of authority that extends through all levels of an organization F. The leader of the Bow Street Runners G. The 1974 study that paved the way for evidence-based policing H. Stated that police officer must have at least reasonable suspicion, but not necessarily probable cause, to stop someone for the suspicion of having committed a crime I. Applied the exclusionary rule to all states J. Enough evidence to cause a reasonably prudent person to believe that a crime has been or is about to be committed; or that the fruits of a crime will be found within the location to be searched K. Allows an officer to seize evidence of additional crimes as long as the evidence is found within the scope of a legal search L. Requires that a person in custody must be read her or his rights of legal counsel and against self-incrimination prior to being interrogated M. A collaborative effort between the police and the community to identify and solve common problems N.
In assessing the question “Are official statistics a reliable source of information about crime in Britain?” several factors will be considered: including how the statistics are collected, the divide between males and females in crime statistics, the over representation of ethnic minorities and any problems in looking at the true extent of crime using statistics as an indicator for this. In the United Kingdom statistics are produced by the Home Office, the first crime statistics were published in 1976, and contained crimes recorded by the police. Today these statistics are published annually. These statistics make up the British Crime Survey, which measures the amount of crime in England and Wales by asking people about crimes they have experienced in the last year. The British Crime Survey also includes crimes which are not reported to the police, therefore is an important alternative to police records and provides criminologists, the police, the courts, the media and anyone else who has an interest with the statistics, two different types of data: Firstly trends on crime over time chartered, Details are compiled from offenders who are eventually found guilty or cautioned; details gathered include sex and the age of the offender.
He starts his essay with a knowledge on the puritans justice system, and how they dealt with criminals back in the old days. By starting off so clearly on what he firmly believes in, it gives us a better understanding of what to look forward for in his essay that might support his thesis. He gives some examples of punishments that were popular over 150 years ago. Jacoby mentions about how puritans pierced tongues with a hot iron and whipping as a form of punishment. After that he talks about how now we practice a more humane way of disciplining criminals and convicts.
Throughout this novel, Peter Silver justifies the actions of the early American colonies. This paper will illustrate how America has and still reacts to fear and horror. Peter Silver tries to clarify that the motives behind the war were based on fear instead of racism. He uses pictures, poems, maps, and other symbols throughout the story to help state his claim. The first photograph sets the tone of the book.
Revisiting the Stanford Prison Experiment: A Lesson in the Power of Situation In Philip Zimbardo’s article “Revisiting the Stanford Prison Experiment” he deals with change during a certain situations. In the article he goes into why he does the experiment and what inspired it. He does this experiment to prove that good people change when in authority. The exigence in the article is the power of anonymity that unleashes violent behavior. Zimbardo notes “In my own work, I wanted to explore the fictional notation from William Golding’s Lord of the Flies about the power of anonymity to unleash violent behavior” (302).
Why Poverty leads to Crime – A Research about the “Social Structure Theory” By Daniel Rottlaender CJ200013 Professor Gene Overall 10/12/2014 Abstract: The purpose of this research is to explain and proof the Social Structure Theory, which says that poverty leads to crime. The first part of the paper contains an explanation what the Social Structure Theory is as well as the different schools of thought the theory provides. The second part of the paper is supposed to proof the theory by using statistics and theories why poverty leads to crime. The final paragraph provides a summary and a recommendation what the government should do in order to decrease crime rates. In order to write my essay I used different types of research.
The book, which I choose to analyze for my paper was Dealing Crack: The social world of streetcorner selling by Bruce A Jacobs . The book goes into detail on the lives of crack dealers and tries to attempt reasoning as to why they do it. What their life styles are like and how lawmakers and the police react to what they do. In this paper I am going to analyze the rational theory to the differential association theory in attempt to see which one is more effective in proving how crime is committed and what policies work the best for the public based on the styles of these theories. One of the major theories portrayed in the book was rational choice.
Analysis of “Bring Back Flogging” by Jeff Jacoby In his article, "Bring Back Flogging," columnist Jeff Jacoby tries to tell us about the deficiency of today's criminal justice system and to persuade us to bring back flogging as a punishment for certain crimes. His title clearly and directly states his thesis. Techniques such as evidence and assumptions are used in this essay to persuade readers. However it cannot persuade me to support his proposition. "Bring Back Flogging" was published on February 20, in 1997 in the Boston Globe.
What are the major approaches that criminologists use to explain crime? Explain each of them. Which approach or approaches would be of greatest practical use to the security manager? Since ancient times, criminologists study various theories of crime in order to place measures that may reduce or eliminate specific crime risks. They are trying to use different approaches to explain crime by different category of theory, such as psychology, biology and sociology.