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    Facts: Christopher Simmons, at the age of 17 committed murder. Simmons talked about his plan with his two friends, Charles Benjamin and John Tessmer, who were 15 and 16. Simmons anticipated on committing burglary and murder. Simmons made certain to tell his friends that they could get away with the crime due to them being minors. On the night of the murder, Simmons and Benjamin met at the home of the victim, Shirly Crook, after Tessmer backed out. Simmons and Benjamin entered the home by…

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    median income for a family was $50,064. About 12.0% of families and 11.6% of the population were below the property line (www.wikipedia.org). The data available on city-data.com states that in 2010, there were 1 rape, 1 robbery, 8 assaults, 11 burglaries, 52 thefts, 6 auto thefts, and 1 arson (www.citi-data.com). Several oil and gas pipeline, terminal, and distribution companies are located in Sinking Spring near the village of Montello (www.wikipedia.org). Our homes aren’t too close together,…

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    husband dearly, nevertheless, in a moment of pure madness, she killed him. In an effort to remain calm, she continued to prepare the meal; she placed the lamb into the oven and went to the store for vegetables. Upon her return, she began to stage a burglary. She dropped the groceries on the ground,…

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    Latin American Crime

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    property crimes have taken different directions…assaults have increased, and the increase is larger from 2001 to 2006 as compared to the period 1996-2001. Also rapes and robberies have increased, but to lesser extent. Property crimes, measured here by burglary and motor vehicle thefts has occurred during the latter period 2001-2006 (Harrendorf, Heiskanen, & Malby, 2010).” With the rural countries there is a commonality in the security infrastructure, more specifically the police to neighborhood…

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    It has been reported that the average crime rate in Australia is around 200,000 burglaries every year, according to the Australian institute of Criminology. In fact according to the Crime Statistics Agency of Victoria approximately 50,000 homes were broken into/burgled in the last 24 months and thefts were around 172,000 over the same period. With new technological advances and new more clever ways of deciphering your movements, crime around the world has become more tech savvy, and devious…

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    Violence Another major viewpoint from which violence is studied is the criminal justice system. In the United States, the four primary categories of crime considered a violent crime are: Murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault A violent crime can be defined as, “the use or threat of force against the victim” (Dale & Smith, 2013, p. 374). Statistics suggest violence may be more prominent in the south, between minorities and in poor neighborhoods,…

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    Uniform Crime Report

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    and simple assault. (Bureau of, 2015) The difference in how the data is collected by the Uniform Crime Report and The National Crime Victimization Survey allows for different definitions of crimes like, for example, burglary. The National Crime Victimization Survey defines burglary as the attempted or successful entry of a residence by someone who had no right to be in the residence and tries not to ask the victims to consider…

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    committing a thief by force or deception in the first incident our client went to the Masonic temple after the fundraiser with the clear purpose of committing a thief and get into through deception. The Statute indicates other circumstances in which a burglary become aggravated and at least one of four pointed must be present. In our case, Mrs. Bill did not inflict or attempted to inflict physical harm to another, she didn’t use dangerous ordnance and the Masonic Temple is not…

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    Why Did Watergate Failure

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    The purpose of the burglary involved discovering information on one of Findings’ patients. The patient, Daniel Ellsberg, was a pentagon official who was responsible for the release of the Pentagon Papers which addressed the secret history of the Vietnam War. The paper itself…

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    thirteen, he witnessed Miguel shoot and kill his wife and was affected by it for the rest of his life. Shortly before that, he had begun burglarizing people's homes, committing petty theft, skipping school, and becoming addicted to cannabis. During burglaries, he enjoyed walking around in the homes…

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