Serious offenses include all of the same offenses defined as violent offenses, and also include other crimes such as burglary of a residence and assault with intent to commit a robbery or rape (Prosecutors’ perspective on California’s three strikes law, 2004). In this paper, I will analyze and discuss the issues involved with “three-strikes” or habitual offender legislation. I will also discuss if the legislation should strengthened, cancelled, or modified in my state. For instance, since the placement of the Three Strikes Law in 1993, there has been a trickle effect on the criminal justice system due to the ineffectiveness of the Three Strikes Law. There has been a negative impact on public safety, county jails and state prisons, judge & juror as well as the cost that will be seen by tax payers now and in the future.
The investigated violent crimes that came came under the jurisdiction of the FBI. As they both progressed in their career they began to study why some offenders committed violent crime and some who became serial killers. In the Ressler book “Whoever Fights Monsters” the violent offender was wrote about. Ressler wanted to show the offenders make-up of why they committed violent crimes, how their family dynamics at their early ages might have caused their violent behavior. Ressler focused a majority of his writing around some of the well known serial killers and violent offenders with such names as Manson, Bundy, and Kemper.
1 Unit 5 D B Crime Rates Uniform Crime Report (UCR) one of the earliest national measures of crime incepted in 1929. This Reporting system is used by local and law enforcement officials to report part I offenses. The Hierarchy Rule is a major setback of the UCR system. (Cordner, 2011) The hierarchy rule means simply that if there were multiple offenses committed by an offender at the Same time then the controlling crime (the worst offense) would be reported. For example, If a suspect broke into a home, robbed a victim and assaulted another individual and then murdered Them both.
This consisted of 169 cases from the Boston Police Department that constituted the total number of cases in which the offender was known and represented. The study sample represented 47 percent of the 358 hate crimes reported and investigated during the 18 months from July 1991 through December 1992. The review was limited to cases that involved either a known suspect or an offender who was arrested. The analysis of the cases focused on offender motivation. The findings indicate that the most common type of hate crime was an attack committed for the thrill or excitement experienced by the offender.
Psychopathic Behavior By Charles Montaldo, About.com Filed In: 1. Serial Killers David Berkowitz Public Record More Images (3) Sponsored Links Conduct Disorders InfoAnswers to questions on Conduct Disorders, Behavorial Issues & Moreyourtotalhealth.ivillage.com Child Psychology ResearchFull-text child psychology books, articles, journals at Questia.www.Questia.com/Child_Psychology Knowing your PersonalityMost detailed Personality Assessment on the Internetwww.personality100.com Crime Ads Characteristics Treatment for Antisocial Serial Killers Antisocial Traits Antisocial Personalities The study of the psychopath reveals an individual who is incapable of feeling guilt, remorse or empathy for their actions. They are generally cunning, manipulative and know the difference between right and wrong but dismiss it as applying to them. They are incapable of normal emotions such as love, generally react without considering the consequences of their actions and show extreme egocentric and narcissistic behavior. Common Characteristics Among Psychopaths The following characteristics of a psychopath, defined by Hervery M. Cleckley in 1941 in the book Mask of Sanity include: · Superficial charm and average intelligence.
Rattner (1988) reviewed 205 cases of wrongful arrest (such as the case of Edward Honaker) and found that in 52% of cases, this was due to mistaken EWT. Baddeley (1997) has reported that 74% of suspects were convicted in 300 cases where EWT was the only evidence against them. Problems can occur at any point in the memory process, whether it is during acquisition, during
Murder Rate of all States in 2010 The data above shows that Illinois has a murder rate of about 55, which is average compared to all the other states. So any temporal data obtained from Illinois should have similar results to any other state, with the exception of some of the higher states like Louisiana or the District of Columbia. Murder rate in Illinois Murder rate in Illinois Figure 2. The figure above shows the murder rate of all documented murders in just Illinois from 1985 to 2010. There has been a steady decline in homicides since around 1994 with a little peak in 2001-2002.
Offender profiling is the collection of empirical data in order to compile a picture of the characteristics of those involved (Howitt 2002). Offender profiles aim to narrow down the range of possible suspects rather than solve the actual crime (Dwyer 2001). Holmes suggests that profiling is most useful when the crime scene reflects psychopathology e.g. sadistic assaults, and 90% of profiling attempts involve murder or rape. Holmes and Holmes 1996 suggested that there are three goals to offender profiling; social and psychological assessments of the offender, psychological evaluation of their belongings, and interviewing suggestions and strategies.
Examining Theory Paper Michael Kilgore CJS/314 August 11, 2014 Jennifer Duncan Examining Theory Paper Social structure theories are theories that describe criminal behavior in people. These theories have been in place for many years to help decipher the many things that paly a hand in the people committing crime. Social theories examine both the institutional arrangements within a social structure, social processes, and social life (Schmalleger, 2012). There are three main social theories, social disorganization theory, strain theory, and cultural conflict theory. These theories are different in determining factors that cause criminal behavior.
In New York City, an average of seven Latin Americans were killed a year between 1986 to 1989 but, in 1990, that number increased greatly. In that year, twenty three Latin Americans were killed by police gunfire. When asked how he felt about racism being involved in police brutality, Yussuf Naimkly of the University of Regina Commented: “Excessive police force against blacks has always been tolerated, because as a formally enslaved minority African Americans are trapped in a cultural context specifically designed to inhibit their development and thus minimize their threat to white hegemony”. Another shocking incident of police brutality occurred in Reynoldsberg Ohio. A group of offices named themselves “S.N.A.T” squad.