How can somebody be held up in prison for something there isn’t exactly proof of them doing? Roosevelt Myles was given the chance for another court hearing over a decade ago. Miles claims that he is not found guilty...could he be a so called “Shawshank Redemption Case”? Later investigation revealed that there has been at least 51 people who has accused Detective Guevara of wrongly framing them of murders. Myles says he got beat by a flashlight and phone book by Detective Anthony Wojcik while two other detective stood watching and didn’t stop what was taking place.…
Terry Mort, the author of Thieves’ Road: The Black Hills Betrayal And Custer’s Path To Little Bighorn, was born in Poland, Ohio, where he then shortly moved to Morristown, New Jersey. It was in this town that his fascination of United States history began; stemming from the close proximity of the Jacob Ford Mansion, as well as the abundance of Civil War monuments littering the town. Throughout his primary schooling, Mort credited many books given to him during this time as inspiration for his motivation to pursue writing as his career- most notably, Robert McCloskey’s Homer Price, and Palmer Cox’s Brownie Book. After high school, Mort went on to earn his Master’s degree in literature from both Princeton University and the University of Michigan.…
Before his time as a professor at a university, Jeffrey Williams worked as guard at the New York State correctional prison. He spent most of his time working at Downstate Correction Facility in Fishkill, New York. The prison had a “campus” style in which cluster of cells were arranged in horseshoe shape, rather than long rows. This style seemingly permitted for a more pleasing environment with less chaos. Williams writes that most of the prisoners in Downstate Correction Facility are serving for a felony offense and therefore have lengthy sentences.…
Bennie Starks was accused and convicted for unlawful restraint, aggravated criminal sexual assault, attempted criminal sexual assault, and aggravated battery. The crime happened the night of January 18, 1987 when a the victim, a 69 year old hispanic woman, went out for a walk. She was attacked by a man approaching her from behind. The man beat then dragged her into a ravine close to the location where she was first attacked. In the ravine, the man repeatedly bit her and raped her.…
Jimmy Morgan, I agree that social construct theories would best explain gang affiliation problems by using the social disorganization theory. The social disorganization theory came from research conducted in Chicago by Shaw and McKay (Review of the roots of youth violence, 2016). They discovered that rates of crime were not evenly dispersed across time and apace in Chicago but instead crime tended to be concentrated in particular areas of the city. The location of crime remained stable within different areas of the city despite continual changes in the populations who lived in each area. In neighborhoods with high crime rates, the rates remained high regardless of which racial or ethnic group happened to live there at any particular time…
Dee Henderson is one of the best Christian fiction writers of her time. Her favorite genre to write is suspense/romance and she does it incredibly well. She has won or been nominated for numerous awards including the RITA Award, the Christy Award, the ECPA Gold Medallion, the Holt Medallion, the National Reader’s Choice Award, and the Golden Quill. Dee Henderson has worked hard to make herself a bestselling author and her journey to this point has not been easy. Dee Henderson knew from an early age that she wanted to be a writer; however, she also knew that she would need a steady job to pay for the cost of producing the books and to pay the bills.…
The Crimes of Jesse James After the Civil War, Jesse James was unable to settle into normal civilian life. Instead, his anger at the North and at the persecution of his family during the war propelled him into the spotlight as “the nation’s most revered outlaw” (O’Reilly, 2015, p. 192). While still recovering from injuries, Jesse helped plan the first daytime bank robbery committed during peacetime. The robbery netted over $58,000. One bystander was killed, and Jesse sent a letter of apology to his family (O’Reilly, 2015, p.198).…
Columbine & Criminal Justice Criminal justice researchers studied the bills projected after key school shootings such as Columbine and Virginia Tech. Truth be told, school shootings happen quite regularly. The public generally does not hear about them unless they are on a significant level of death with at least 10 people having been murdered. It has become quite the norm for the media outlets to report what they would like for citizens to hear. There have been public school and university shootings.…
Juvenile delinquencies are not foreign in a disadvantaged residence area of a city (the hood). Area’s where juveniles participate in gangs, violence, and substance abuse. These areas are vulnerable to lack of policing. From the increasing numbers of crimes and deaths in these areas, you would think a greater number of law enforcement would be present. In the film, Boyz N The Hood, violence and death occurred due to the lack of police enforcement.…
someone becoming a gang member or on doing illegal activities in the streets. The society that lives on Mitchell was very disappointed with everything that was taking place in the community. They felt something had to be done to stop all the violence that was going on. Their main concern was a community was to provide a safe environment for the children’s in the area. The main deviant behavior that took place was drug activities, robbery, graffiti, shootings, gambling and gang meetings.…
Published in 1993, “Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member,” is a memoir written by Sanyika Shakur. Set in East Los Angeles during the late 70s, 80’s and early 90s, Shakur’s book illustrates the overwhelming amount of violence that occurs due to conflicts between rivalry gangs. As mentioned in the book, the majority of the conflict is not between the Crips and the Bloods but instead between Crips and other Crips. The book offers a unique difference from most other books about gang life because the author, also known as “Monster Kody” throughout most of the text, is a notorious member of the “Eight Trays Gangster Crips” and manages to work his way through the ranks to Original Gangster. Just graduating the sixth grade, Kody has…
Gangs in Louisville, KY and how to Stop Them. This is the issue we are having on our fair city. There have been some incidents in downtown Louisville involving flash mobs of teens aged from 13 to 19 years. Assaulting persons and robbing them.…
The book, Gang Life in Two Cities: An Insider’s Journey, by Robert J. Durán to be put simply, is about the gang life in Denver, CO and Ogden, UT. Durán created this book to share his research findings. When Durán moved with his family to Huntsville, UT (but went to school in Ogden) he found himself immersed in an area where gangs were becoming popular. Durán, an ex-gang member himself was curious on how and why gangs operate.…
Introduction Gangs are a major concern in many cities and in the criminal justice field. Although some can be very dangerous, it is often a means of survival for many juveniles. What is a gang? The growth has been known to cause crime, violence and drug problems in places highly populated with gang members.…
Essy Lamb Intro to Sociology Dr. Castro “Gang Leader for a Day” Course Paper Education and poverty are inversely correlated. If a person has more education they are less likely to be in below the poverty line. This also goes the other way, meaning that a person with little to no education has a very high risk of being bellow the poverty line. Venkatesh has several conversations with different people about education verses poverty. In one conversation, he is talking to Mrs. Bailey.…