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Colin Ferguson The trial of Colin Ferguson in the mid-1990’s is a notable case study for analyzing the impact of race and mental health in the criminal justice system and how the combination of those can cause the court to become, at least partially, biased. I. Colin Ferguson was charged and convicted of 6 counts of murder and 19 counts of attempted murder after he was captured for shooting passengers on a Long Island Rail Road train on December 7th, 1993. Colin Ferguson, 36 at the time, was…

Asperger’s, according to Asperger Autism Spectrum Education Network, is a neurobiological disorder on the higher-functioning end of the autism spectrum. In Mark Haddon’s British novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Christopher Boone, a fifteen year old child with this disorder, tries to solve the murder of his neighbor’s dog, Wellington. Along the way, he overcomes multiple obstacles Asperger’s provides him. I am clearly unlike Christopher for various reasons. Christopher…

surroundings do not only dictate the color of our eyes and hair, or the way we talk and dress, but also our tendency in partaking in certain criminal activities, like murder. In many crime stories, these two forces can easily said to be the led factor. Like the story of the schoolboy who has committed his first crime at age 10, and later was jailed for armed robbery at 15. The teenager, Nathaniel Hemy, followed Nringleader Sid Pumford who was brandishing a meat cleaver, and terrorized workers…

In “Why Prisons Don’t Work,” Wilbert Rideau claims state prisons will never improve the lives of criminals and lower crime rates in other states. There are four reasons to consider for dramatic shift to make prisons legitimately functional: 1) Resulting with a “silver bullet” instead of turning a criminal’s life around, 2) Keeping a prisoner long enough can make a man embrace inmate life, 3) Not focusing on the main threat of the young potential criminals, 4) Not giving enough opportunity of…

Social Conflict Theory; whereas Strains Theory, and The Social control theory, are not as relative to modern day criminals. These are the most realistic of all of the theories, because with even one of these thing you are more likely to commit at crime, let alone if you get a combination of them. The Social Learning Theory states that "we learn behaviors, which is then maintained or extinguished by the reward or punishment we associate it with."(CJ book) This is basically saying that we learn…

and reach their goals not only after incarceration but also as an individual. Throughout this paper, we will discuss pre and post-release programs that are not only beneficial the offenders, but also plays a role in assisting the victims and their families along with the communities. Our pre-release program will strictly focus on the offender’s personal needs as human being. These programs may consist of one on one mentoring, facilitating empowerment,…

special school and other is from the juvenile center. The independent variable is the variable impacting the dependent variable. In the study, the independent variable is the type of intellectual disability. The dependent variable is the amount of crime committed. Intervening variables are outside factors that will impact. One of the intervening variables is environment. Environmental impact can play an important factor in the client’s intellectual disability. The way the client’s mother’s…

Michael Dowd committed many different police misconducts while he was a police officer working for the New York City Police Department. Michael admitted to committing hundreds of crimes while wearing a badge and violating his sworn oath as an officer. According to the documentary (Seven Five | SHOWTIME, n.d.) Michael stated that while he was going through the police academy he didn’t take the academy seriously. Michal admit that he had no remorse about what he was doing, he knew that as a police…

often leave the prison with motives to commit another more dangerous crime. In 2010, 16 year-old, Kalief Browder, was sent to Riker’s Island Prison in New York City for being accused of stealing a backpack. He waited for trial in jail for three years, and two years in solitary confinement. He was later released in 2014 and committed suicide a year later (Lyons 750). Browder was one of many children who are sent to prison for crimes they have not committed. Browder was a colored boy who was…

Frozen Blooded Murder Insanity is defined as being in the state of mental illness, madness, or lacking the ability to fully understand right from wrong. When used in the courtroom, many defendants and criminals plead not guilty by reason of insanity, which is often misused, making it hard to differentiate the truly innocent ones, and the real criminals. Roald Dahl’s short story, “Lamb to the Slaughter” is a great representation of the insanity plea. The main character Mary Maloney kills her…