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Cotton, a young woman by the name of Jennifer Thompson was raped by a young black man who had broken into her home. A question we must ask ourselves is why did this young man commit such sinister crimes against Miss Thompson? I believe the crimes committed by this individual can be linked to Strain Theory. Strain Theory was pioneered by Robert Merton who believed that deviant behavior was encouraged around the structure of society.Strain Theory is described as norms, or goals accepted within a…

Victims have stated that the justice system on tribal lands is often times too slow, or has their hands tied, to serve any real purpose. Often times the courts take too long to prosecute a case because it has to be passed onto federal authorities and a federal prosecutor, the victims will drop the case because the courts haven’t done enough. Sexual assault is a common crime on tribal lands, but prosecuting the perpetrator can take months or years. “Brent Leonhard, an attorney with the Office…

will narrow the scope to those who used firearms as their choice of weaponry in order to exclude bombings, car accidents, and planes. The results were that from 1949 to 1998 there were thirty mass murderers. Out of those thirty twenty of them were committed during 1985. All the mass murderers in the specific study that the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online found them to be males. Approximately twenty-three were white or 77%, five were black or 15%, and the two…

intentionally kill Polonius, he considers Polonius as a deceiving fool that dared to eavesdrop on his conversation with his mother. He does not regret his death until his lover Ophelia dies, and when his family and most of his friends die. Hamlet has committed the very crime which he was seeking to punish, that the son of a murdered father has himself murdered a father, which…

Oedipus has committed retribution worthy malfeasance against individuals. Oedipus, being the king of the city of Thebes, ordered Tiresias, a blind prophet, to go to Apollo, and gain knowledge of how to lift the city of “the disease from which it is suffering,” (page 18). When Tiresias returned, he was wary of telling Oedipus the knowledge he had gained. This caused Oedipus to lose his temper and respond to Tiresias by saying “I think that you helped to plan the murder of Laius―yes, and short of…

theory (Lawrence and Hesse, 2009). The application of this theory shows that minors will benefit more from rehabilitation to correct misconduct or unlawful behavior instead of punishment (Lawrence and Hesse, 2009). This theory applies to crimes committed regardless of…

many strong arguments as to why juveniles should be tried as adults, but the opposing article, “Juveniles Should Not Be Tried As Adults” written by Hannah McCrea strongly claims they should not. Estudillo cites examples of cases in which juveniles committed first and second degree murder, and were thereafter tried as adults. She explains how juveniles should be tried as adults because they are criminals, and criminals need to held responsible for their actions. She also brings up how…

The Sinful Church Bake Sale All Seven Deadly Sins Committed at Church Bake Sale from the collection of stories, The Onion, highlights all seven of the deadly sins being committed by members of a church at a church bake sale. The seven sins, established by Gregory the Great, are: avarice, sloth, envy, lust, gluttony, pride, and wrath. Through examples and quotes from members at this event, it is explicitly portrayed how even people who are supposed to have a clear mindset, and follow the Lord,…

Introduction There are several types of crimes committed on a daily basis. Whether it is Robbery, Murder, Grand Theft and the list goes on. As of 2005, in over 7,000 (seven thousand) businesses, 67% were detected to at least have one cybercrime committed. Out of that 67%, 60% had more than one cybercrime committed. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2010) In this body of work, a discussion and an explanation of the four different categories of computer crimes, the most common forms of digital…

because of the sin committed. Hawthorne took the puritan view seriously in the scarlet letter by depicting the gender inequality, hypocrisy of government officials and stiff rules of the puritan society. The puritan worldview is taken up sternly by Hawthorne in the scarlet letter because he emphasized on the gender inequality through society’s reaction to the sin that Hester and Dimmesdale committed. Hester committed an adulterous act with…