Federal crime

Classification of Crime The Indian Penal code (IPC) divides more than 300 crimes into two different offenses: cognizable and non-cognizable. Cognizable offenses are crimes where police do not need a warrant to arrest the suspect which are offenses that are serious like murder, rape, rioting. Kidnaping and other serious crimes. Non-Cognizable offenses are crimes that require a warrant for arrest and are usually less serious than cognizable crimes (Raghavan, p.5). One of the most common crimes…

correlation between illegal immigrants and crime has been debated numerous times. With the presidential election in the back of everyone’s mind, there has been an escalation of people who are voicing their opinions on this issue. There are numerous people who believe that illegal immigrants are violent individuals and the culprits behind the extensive amount of crimes committed. On the other hand, some people believe that illegal immigrants are less likely to commit crime and are not violent…

with an extremely large amount of new inmates resulting in prisons in the United States becoming more and more overpopulated. The problem of prison overpopulation is only getting worse and becoming a major issue for the United States prison systems. Federal prisons are already 41 percent over their rated capacity and there are still inmates pouring into the prisons every day. There are several problems with prison overcrowding. The first problem that may result from prison overcrowding is an…

The Brazilian constitution ensures its citizens right to life and liberty, but in reality, this isn 't true. Brazil, a Federal Republic country violates people’s human rights to life, personal security, and liberty by allowing their police to arrest detainees illegally along with treating them harshly, and by allowing the police to get away with torture and murder. To combat Brazil’s violations of the human rights to life, personal security, and liberty a number of things can be done: use global…

of overcriminalization “is less a problem with the substantive criminal law than it is with the lawmaking process”. Given the substantiality of the war on crime in the 80’s and 90’s, new legislation opened the door to mass incarceration in exchange…

Police System: Prior to an arrest of a crime is going through an investigation. When the police have decided that a crime has been committed, afterwards the police decide whether it is worth investigating or not. If they then decide it is worth it, they have to think about how carefully they are going to have to investigate. The basic idea of an investigation is to search for any type of evidence that associates the person to the specific crime that was committed. An example of this would be if…

to deal with crime, states that the United States correctional system of the past thirty years has been characterized by a population increasing the exponentially in response to changes in policy towards mandatory minimum and determinate sentencing (Sentencing). In other words, individuals convicted of a crime today are more likely to be sentenced to incarceration and spend longer terms in prison, than their counterparts in previous decades (Sentencing). In 2002, state and federal prison and…

If you are charged with a crime, you need to understand the different levels of offense that you can be charged with. This will help you determine what you should plea when you appear in court, and what the consequences will be of pleading guilty or accepting a plea deal. The Worst Kind: Felonies The most serious type of crime that you can be charged with is a felony. Felonies can be brought against you at both the state and federal level. If you are convicted of a felony, you sentence will…

court cases on any scale whether it would be on the local city court or the national federal court. Firstly, Jurisdiction is incredibly significant due to the fact that jurisdiction limits the government or courts' power to hear any certain particular cases. As an effect, if federal and state courts did not exercise this splitting of power and control, then every court ranging from local to the national or federal level would incessantly hear every conceivable cases brought to them. As a…

Americans with similar stories are facing a lifetime of harsh and severe punishment for a disproportionate crime. In order to reduce the number of drug-related cases in the federal criminal system, systematically and strategically decrease and rehabilitate drug addicts, and to successfully fight the war on drugs, policy advocates and those concerned for the health of America believe that the Federal Government…