There was a scent in the air tonight that entailed Detective Folly that something, unlike any other normal night in 1927 New York, was about to happen. However, the seasoned detective had bigger fish to fry from just a smell. There had been, many years ago, a murder that took place on Folly’s first day on the job. The once bright and lively detective had been haunted by this murder ever since, for it had been his mother who was taken from this Earth on that cold, fateful night. Folly had finally, after many years of rigorous effort, tracked down the culprit to the murder being longtime mob boss, Smith Johnson.…
Crime is a common occurrence that is prevalent and brought up in many facets of society. This extends from the political arena, where politicians attempt to push forward policies to reduce crime, to our news. Theft, murder, robbery, and other types of crime are done every hour constantly occurring yet, we may not all see it personally. Motor vehicle theft happens daily and can be a large ??? Not sure how to do…
Yvonne Kosciukiewicz Week #7 AI Homework – Predicting Criminal Behavior The social media sites police use to data mine a criminal’s behavior are Twitter and Facebook as well as virtual gaming in trying to predict criminal behavior (Heaton). Police are using an optical head mounted display similar to Google Goggles when responding to a call (Heaton). It captures and relays information to a police officer and when first responders arrive on the scene, their reality is augmented with this head mounted display that transports an increased level of situational awareness (Heaton).…
Just as menudo is a community food, traditional cooked to be shared amongst neighbors and friends, Crime Stoppers is a community effort to improve the community in which we all live. Watching out for our community and being able to report anonymously on criminal activities. Laredo’s crime statistics is at the lowest it has been in a long time and is among the lowest in the nation. Despite this…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Report, reported an estimate of 1,165,383 violent crimes that was committed in the year of 2014. Also, there was an estimate of 8,277,829 property crimes committed that same year. Floyd Lawton a 47 year old man who was born in Chicago Illinois, but now resides in New York City tells me about his life of crime. Lawton who is now preacher at the local church was once a drug user, shoplifter, and carjacker and amongst other things tells me his life and how he got involve in the world of addiction and crime. Growing up in Chicago according to Lawton was not easy, he had a mother who was sick with cancer and a father who was an alcoholic, but wasted no time to get drunk and take his anger out…
What kinds of data about white collar and occupational crime are available in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report? White collar and occupational crime are “criminal offense committed through opportunities created in a legal business or occupation” (Cole, Smith, and Dejong, 2015, p. 2). The two most common forms are theft and fraud. Examples of white collar and occupational crimes include securities fraud, embezzlement, corporate fraud and money laundering (Barnett, n.d., p2).…
The job of a police officer can be a very dangerous profession. During the course of their responsibilities, officers face many perils. Emergency pursuits of fleeing suspects is one of those perils. Police pursuit is often a possibility required to stop criminals; however, these pursuits pose a danger not only for officers, but also for average citizens who are in the path of the chase. Police pursuits occur when a suspect tries to escape using a vehicle while an officer is trying to arrest him.…
Crime is everywhere. Whether it is realized or not, there is no single place on earth without some type of crime. Theft is the most practiced crime in all parts of the world. When compared to the number of theft-related crimes, violent crime is, in reality, an extremely rare event. It simply appears to be more prevalent than it actually is since it is the most sensualized event in the media.…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has a group of experts that study the characteristics and traits of offenders. Criminal profiling also known as criminal investigative analysis (CIA) is an investigative process that examines the offender’s crime to identify major personalities and behavioral characteristics (Turvey, 2011). Although these investigators are specialists and have numerous training to become subject matter experts, the opinions can differ depending on the profiler. There have been studies done that showed the unreliability of criminal profiling and how opinions can interfere with factual information.…
The Uniform Crime Report (UCR), which is gathered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is a primary source for crime statistics in the United States (Walsh 2015, p. 25). Through the UCR, the citizens and the law enforcement officers can see the crime rates or statistics in a given city. The UCR identifies offenses in two categories, Part I – the index crime and Part 2 – the less serious crime. The index crime is the violent crimes, property crimes, and human trafficking. Violent crimes include homicide, assault, forcible, rape, and robbery.…
Crime Stoppers USA programs are a non-profit organization led by citizens against crime. CSUSA acquires data from anonymous persons providing information about crimes. Crime Stoppers receive their information through anonymous Crime Stoppers tips, by either secure tip lines or secured web connection protected by professional program coordinator. To ensure anonymity each caller is given a code number. If the information acquired from the anonymous person leads to an arrest, then the person can receive a cash reward of up to $1000.…
In crime prevention, I will like to bring up the use of Electronic Monitoring offers an amount of public safety and regulation that is not possible in typical probation supervision, therefore, total control is not possible. Electronic monitoring does not reduce additional offenses. A moderate to high risk offender who is determined to commit a crime, can just cut the ankle monitor off. Even if the alarm is set off, the offender can commit a crime before the probation officer arrives (Bulow, 2014, p.508). Another risk factor is if the battery runs low, and the electronic monitor sends out false alarms to the probation officer, this can cause extra time with unnecessary trips, to check on the offender.…
The increase of crime is a challenge for the police, the government, policy experts, and the society at large. The process of catching criminals is a tedious task and quite risky in terms of the possibilities of physical harm and violation of ethical conduct which primarily comes to the fore in using informers to extract information about criminals and punish them. Morality is one big aspect of the use of informers in extracting information about criminals and trying them for the crime. There are multiple implications such as those of the institutions of policing, the police officer, the informer themselves, and that of the ethical and moral assessors of the enforcement of policing policy. This essay will discuss various issues and aspects…
One of the most important tasks associated with analyzing crime and intelligence information is to know the data. Data and information are the key element within the analytical community; however, very little, if any of the information that falls under the preview of crime and intelligence analysis is ever collected with that purpose in mind. 3.1. Philadelphia crime dataset This dataset represents the real-world crimes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It includes criminal offenses, crime incident happened in the city and surrounding areas of the city for the previous 11 calendar years from (1st January 2006 – 31st December 2016).…
Criminal Profiling Introduction Criminal profiling is a terminology coined to put a liable on criminals that commit a range of crimes. It helps give off information in regards to criminal investigations by narrowing suspects, providing tips to unsolved cases, and most importantly identify who the criminal is. This method is widely used amongst investigators, behavioral scientists, criminologists, and forensic psychologists. This process is very valuable to the criminal justice field by eliminating suspects and using the leads to arrest in most cases.…