On 9/11 terrorist where able to murder over 3,000 people many who were civilians. This one act changed the focus of not only the federal government but also local law enforcement agencies who were charged with protecting the front lines on American soil. In reality the attacks on 9/11 were a catalyst to the already changing American society. “Military appearance, tactics, operations, weaponry and culture, including the rise and normalization of police paramilitary units, are all components of the country's post-9/11 counterterrorism efforts
Desmond LeSure Professor Bolton ENGL 1020 19 April 2012 “Is the Three-Strikes Law fair and ethical?” There are individuals who were known as habitual criminals who constantly repeated the cycle of committing a crime, getting arrested, and eventually getting released. In 1993, Americans noticed that this was very costly to the public because the process of arresting and trying these criminals was expensive. American tax payers were beginning to become concerned with this issue and wanted something to be done about habitual offenders. Society is pushing the issue that it was more logical to keep repeat criminals in jail and not release them to commit more crimes. Politicians listened to society and executed a law that would put an end to
Many organized crimes have evolved from illegal immigrants, not to mention the bridge that has enabled cross-border terrorism. Having participants on both sides of the border give better intelligence to form many terrorist attacks within this country. “International fraud, money laundering and other economic crimes (particularly carried out via the Internet) are a growing problem, and one that can be expected to spread.” (Cetron & Davies, 2008) The increasing levels of cross-national crimes will raise the amount it costs for an investigation. This makes fighting these crimes significantly more expensive. There is suspicion that these immigrants will start to impose hate crimes within this
|Student Number: |C1317374 | |Module Code: |SI0202 | |Essay Title: |Crime | |Word Count: |2745 | Populism and managerialism have no doubt influenced state-organised responses to crime, and their policy shifts over the past two decades. Managerialism can be defined as ‘a set of governmental knowledges, techniques and practices which aim to fracture and realign power relations within the core agencies of the criminal justice system in order to transform the structures and reorganize in a cost-effective manner the processes of both funding, delivering and imagining criminal justice.’ (McLaughlin 2013: 260). Such managerialist policies involve things such as the introduction of ‘business’ language and approaches into government crime control, service delivery of crime control as well as monitoring and improving levels of performance. Managerialism can be linked with the theme of ‘actuarial justice’, which suggest an increasing focus on risk management and prevention in crime control is replacing former approaches based on rehabilitation or pure punishment. On the other hand populism, generally refers to the notion that criminal justice policies are based upon the needs of the public.
Planning and Threat Assessment Kristie Hamner CJA/585 November 28, 2011 Mr. Breckinridge Planning and Threat Assessment Planning and threat assessment involving violent criminal behavior of threatening attacks on public figures has been increasing over the past years. Law enforcement and security officers are aiming for prevention as an important element of control strategies. The issue in this analysis is planning and threat assessment on a hypothetical person who seeks persona notoriety and his behavior renders him controversial and vulnerable to threats. This planning and threat assessment describes the challenges in a hypothetical scenario (Holden, 1995). First, identifying main individuals in a security plan as follows, for instance vehicles will have armor, but will include medical care, water, and fire extinguishers.
The Effects of Felony Convictions RaShawnda Anderson Kaplan University The Effects of Felony Convictions The effects of felony convictions are a very hot topic in America. This is because there are many Americans that commit crimes and are punished yet still deal with the effects for years to come. Felons are a part of society and should be treated as such especially if they are reformed. A person can commit a crime that results in a felony and twenty years later still suffer the harsh reality of certain privileges being taken away. Yes, an individual should be punished for their crimes but the effects of a felony conviction should not include or affect that person’s right to vote, finding employment, or the pursuance of a higher education.
Because of the continuous growth of the population and crime, officers have been force to treat them all differently. Today we are going to look at the history of policing in the United States as it relates to how officers relate to different ethnic groups along with the social issues that come with it. Over the years the crime rate have went up making the law enforcement officers job hard to do. Since the border have been open for everyone to come over to the United States, the crime rate have risen. Law Enforcement is making arrest every minute from different ethnic groups.
We will give you an overview of what “The Three Strikes” law are, the “Death Penalty” and our rebuttal. California's Three Strikes Law "is a sentencing scheme that adds significant time to the prison sentences of certain repeat offenders convicted of serious or violent felonies." California Criminal Defense Lawyers,(2013). This law "three strikes law" also known as the Three Strike Law, you are out was enacted in California in the 1990s to allow harsher punishments for those that committed felonies more than once and to provide for relief of the crimes themselves. A felony is defined "as a crime that has a greater punishment imposed by statute than that imposed on a misdemeanor" The Felony Law & Legal Definition (2013).
With the increasing re-offending rate in recent years, it is a fundamental importance to understand those factors affecting the people to commit sexual crimes and the reasons of the reoffending. The second part is to evaluate the most commonly used sentence which imposed on the sexual offender on the aspect of rehabilitation. In this research, secondary resources and data it mainly used to examine the sentencing system on the sexual offences, some of other countries' work is also cited out as reference for the research. The existing sentencing system is obviously incompleteness that the reoffending rate of sexual crimes is high and devastating. Therefore, recommendations are also made in relation to the factors of this issue.
In the late 1960s the illegal use of drugs began to be more widespread and the government acted very aggressively with a broad program of arresting drug law violator, having a large number of the drug law violators incarcerated, patrol the borders in an attempt to stop drug smuggling, forming an alliance with other countries to assist in shutting down criminal organizations that manufacture and distribute drugs, and mounting efforts to reduce demand for drugs. The increase of violent crimes committed by juveniles rose at a fast rate. Violent crimes committed by juveniles had reached its epidemic proportions by the late 1980s. The growing market for cocaine and its derivative crack was tied in the 1980s and the easy access to guns. Young people started to get involved in street gangs by working as street soldiers in drug distribution networks, arming themselves, and began to kill each other at a high rate.