Crime fiction

of policing that promotes organizational strategies, which support the systematic use of partnerships and problem solving techniques, to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues, such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime (Scheider, 2008). The preceding definition is certainly a mouthful, but in Layman’s terms it simply means: law enforcement and citizens working together toward a common goal. There are many ways of reaching those goals and not…

committed people from jail who on average spent about 14 years in jail for a crime that they did not commit. That is 342 people who, without the Innocence Project, might never have had a taste…

Will gun laws stop violence? Almost everyone I know, knows what a gun is and what it is capable of. We know how dangerous they can be and how much damage they can do, but is eliminating the second amendment and taking our guns really going to stop any kind of violence with guns from happening? I would have to say no, because even though guns can be “banned” or “illegal” there will still be ways for people to get them just like they are getting drugs and other items that are illegal right now,…

Stalking is not a crime to take lightly. It is a new problem among mainly woman today. The book Courting Disaster discusses and analyzes woman who have been victims of stalking by previous men they were intimate with. It analyzes different types of stalking and how women can define themselves as a victim and make themselves believable as a real victim. Though there are different stages of stalking and many examples of stalking given throughout the book, it is hard for women to make the criminal…

In this paper, I will examine Brenda Medina’s story known as Hell and How I Got Here through a criminological angle. I shall summarize Medina’s story, present a simplistic format of the theories I believe were in play in her story, and then connect those theories with her story. Additionally, I want to note that I will only disclose the theories that I consider to have been the most prominent in Medina’s story, since, there is a large number of theories that can rationalize what happened; but…

relations with the mayor have afforded him $32 million in the new budget for mental health programs and more correction officers (Winerip and Schwirtz, 2014). This is fantastic news! Working to rehabilitate offenders who are mentally ill will reduce crime, ultimately save tax dollars, reduce prison populations, and it is much more compassionate and humane. Unfortunately, there cannot be a change at Rikers without the correction officers’ union on board, and the president has made it very clear…

Drunk people are not the only ones who slur. Hate crimes are typically acts of violence motivated by racial, sexual, and other prejudice. Stereotypical classification is also a main contributor to the acts of aggression known as hate crimes. Racial slurs are acts of vicious slander that purposely single out someone’s differences to make them feel inadequate. There are several degrees of hate crimes that range anywhere from a distasteful comment, to a premeditated murder. Racial slurring is fuel…

foreigner must pass in order to become a legal citizen, the problem is illegal immigration. The sad truth is most of the people coming over illegally are coming in order to commit various crimes or are simply looking for work, but at the cost of being in debt to dangerous criminals. They commit a staggering amount of crimes, take jobs for less than minimum wage that any person on welfare or without a home would take in a heartbeat, and yet some politicians refuse to deport any illegal immigrant…

Prosecution Service, the courts, prisons and probation work together to deliver criminal justice." (National Archives) Some of the initiatives are run by voluntary organisations such as the Victim Support scheme which offers assistance to victims of crime. There are forty-two local boards to share responsibility. These boards bring together the chief officers of the CJS agencies to co-ordinate activity and share responsibility for delivering criminal justice at a local level. Its main aims are;…

Previous research has focused on developing theories as to why individuals continue to come to the decision to commit crimes. One of the most influential theories discussing the issue at hand is rational choice theory. This theory, was first introduced by Cesare Beccaria and concluded that offenders often weight the costs and benefits of a crime before committing the deviant act, however, recent ethnographic research suggests otherwise. This research suggests that the cost-benefits analyst is…