AMBER Alert

witnesses to see a person in a dangerous situation. But when the sun goes down everyone has retired to their homes and there are less people around to guarantee one's safety. In Hampton Roads, there are numerous reports of shootings, kidnappings, and amber alerts. The victims of kidnapping are mostly around adolescent age. It isn't necessarily a vulnerable age but it isn't a matured age either. Teenagers have the capability of being smart; but, they're at an age where their frontal lobes in…

The criminal justice system is constructed of various agencies with explicit procedures that are used to control and diminish crimes, along with, implementing penalties on those who are in violation of the laws. Since the seventeenth-century, society and the criminal justice system has manifested based on our evolution. During that era, the criminal justice system focused primarily on punishment rather than deterrence. The criminal justice system was not as complex and intricate as it is today.…

baby. That night they placed the baby into the infirmary and let them both get some rest. The next morning Tiana calls for her baby and the nurses come rushing in and explain to her that her baby was taken from the infirmary and they set out an amber alert for that baby girl. Hours later her father calls and says he took the baby and planned on keeping it till she agreed to put the child up for adoption but she refused. Her father was a mean and grimy man, he threatened to kill the baby and told…

The Need For Social Media Everyday, social networks such as Twitter and Facebook receive over a million notifications worldwide. These notifications alert the public to important information such as tweets, messages or amber alerts. Social networking is a necessity in society today in order to connect with people, to know what’s happening in the world, the growth of businesses, and politically influence others. For one thing, access to social media allows people to connect with others in ways…

Essay 3 Reflection PART I As young adults, we realize we truly are the future and the decisions that we make affect the future either in a positive or a negative way. Furthermore in life as adults, we realize and accept that the future now lies in the hands of our children and grandchildren. Our first priority should be the nurturing and education of America's youth. Americans tend to overuse the saying “Children are our most precious commodity.” Americans say this saying a lot, but do we…

How to Implement the Recommendations from the Colgan Air Crash The most important part of any accident investigation is the list of recommendations that come from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). While these recommendations are suggestions, they are designed to prevent similar accidents from occurring in the future. The “lessons learned” are critical to the work of the NTSB. The Aviation Accident Report (AAR-10-01) issued twenty-five recommendations related to this flight.…

For this assignment, I reviewed two articles on the Criminal Justice database library. One focused on bail decisions, and how this can sometimes affect the outcome of the sentencing phase. The other article focused on Capital Sentencing Decisions, that focused on the portrayal of the victim. Both of these articles gave some interesting theories of how judges and jury decide the fate of one’s future. It described how certain factors can influence the judge or jury in their decision making.…

“It’s hard to still have hope,” Meleny said as she looked at her husband Stephen. It was a gloomy day, the ground was wet and the air moist from the downpour just hours before. The search party was still hunting through debris and deep snow, searching for the small boy who had gone missing days before. The family was still in shock, after their car slid out of control while gliding over a sheet of black ice. Still having flashbacks, Mr. and Mrs. O’Brien would never forget the events of that…

Social Media And The Erosion Of Journalism Overtime, everything must evolve. From fashion trends, to the human understanding of the universe, the world is a never ending string of fluidly shifting events. Even the way information is created and consumed is relentlessly altering and adapting. In the digital age, journalist, the gatekeepers and protectors of public information, are hard to distinguish from the herds of bloggers, and the countless soap box preachers. Often, the lines between fact…

On July 6 2012, Skylar Neese’s work shift was over and she returned to her home in West Virginia for the night. According to her father and the apartments surveillance video showed Skylar sneaking out of her bedroom window around midnight getting into an unknown sedan. In the sedan were her “best friends” who were Sheila Eddy and Rachel Shoaf. The three girls headed north from Star city and traveled along Route 7 and ended up at Wayne Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. They arrived near the…