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    Federal Jurisdiction

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    jurisdiction. This includes federal jurisdiction, state and local jurisdiction. Question 2 It is a fact that a local police officer usually has a very broad authority although very limited jurisdiction. On the other hand, federal police normally have broad jurisdiction though very limited authority. All federal agents have jurisdiction in every part of the country while the local agents only have jurisdiction in his city, town or country. Therefore, they cannot deal with crimes committed from…

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    County Prisons

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    the jurisdiction they have. County corrections only worry about crime that happen within the county it is in charge of. These crimes are generally small and don’t usually cross the county lines. On the other hand, the state is concerned about crimes that happen across multiple counties. The reason for this is simple; the state simply cannot deal with every single crime that happens within the state. Instead, the state delegates the crimes and their punishments to whatever county they happened…

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    An escape from the tyranny of an oppressive king was the cornerstone of the the founding fathers drafting of the Constitution. All men are created equal and in turn should be afforded equal justice. However, legislation from both the federal and state governments could threaten that very premise. Three strikes sentencing laws seek to break a cycle of recidivism from career criminals, but ensnare minorities and the poor at a disproportionate rate when compared to those not in need and whites in…

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    to the realization that our punitive approach to drug crimes is not working and has produced significant injustices” (qtd in Horwitz). Changing America’s approach to crime, specifically drug crimes, and incarceration would allow the country to reduce spending, and overcrowding in prisons. Changing the way nonviolent drug crimes are charged and sentenced would also help reduce overcrowding, and make room for people who committed violent crimes. According to Molly Gill, “Lengthy mandatory minimum…

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    Impact Of Income On Crime

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    The Impact of Income on Crime Prevention Author: Monique Powers Abstract Crime is committed by every gender, race, and social class in the United States- Caucasian, African-American, Male and female, by the poor and by the wealthy. America has seen crime increasing tremendously which has raised the demand for an increase in crime prevention spending. However, others in society believe spending money on crime prevention is a waste since nothing has changed according to their findings and beliefs…

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    some laws of kidnapping, it is required that the confining and taking be unlawful in purpose such as extortion or the facilitation of a crime. For example, a child’s own parents may be charged with kidnapping if the do not have legal custody rights in some instances. There are some differences between state kidnapping and federal kidnapping (2018). According to federal criminal code (18 U.S.C SS 1201) kidnapping becomes a very serious felony offense, carrying twenty years or more of a prison…

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    understand the nature of cruel and unusual punishment for nonviolent crimes, we must define such crimes, consider the sentences for such crimes and the injustices faced by the prisoner…

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    Essay On Sanctuary Cities

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    Though some people are against federal funding for sanctuary cities; these cities are in place to protect the tenth amendment, encourage positive relationships with local law enforcement, protect undocumented immigrants and their families, and provide an escape valve for society when the law is being unjust. Sanctuary cities have been around since the 1980s when San Francisco passed a city ordinance, which prohibited the cities police from aiding federal immigration officers. Other cities…

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    Against Mandatory Minimums

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    States government created a set of mandatory minimum sentencing laws to help fight crime in the country. These laws require that judges sentence offenders of certain crimes for at least a minimum amount of years. Mandatory minimum sentences were created for a variety of crimes, but Robert NeSmith, editor-in-chief of the Law and Psychology Review of the University of Alabama Law School writes that the majority of federal prisoners is incarcerated for drug related cases pertaining to mandatory…

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    collar suspects will know they are being investigated weeks, or even months prior to their arrest. Typically a white collar crime investigation runs a common course but can last a long time. Also, a criminal process for allegations in a state (crime) of white collar crime can become federal and this will allow it to go on for a longer period of time. Most white collar crimes are prosecuted by government prosecutors that work for a prosecutor's office. The prosecutor's office is responsible for…

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