Federal crime

Western region of the US. The state 's name comes from the word montaña (mountain in Spanish). Montana is also ranked 4th in size, but 44th in population. Even though it seems quite and unknown to most Americans, it still has its crime to contend with. Most of the crimes occurred in the city of Helena. Helena started as a community in 1864 when explorers looked for gold in Last Chance Gulch. Starting out as a small mining town Helena was recognized as the capital of the Montana in 1875. The 2010…

window and carried out the crime as planned without Tessmer, who dropped out of the plan. Simmons had no criminal history but because of the overwhelming evidence, a testimony from his younger friend Tessmer, Simmons confession to the murder, and videotaped reenactment at the crime the court considered the murder…

marijuana is legal for recreational use in 4 states, and medical marijuana is legal in 23 states. In 14 states as of 2015 have changed policies to decriminalize marijuana, giving lesser charges to those that are in possession. Many fear that more crime may be committed due to legal recreational use as well as many concerns about the effect it may have on public health and economics. Marijuana like most other mind altering substances also may cause aggressive behavior, and may alter the brain…

punishment and restitution approach to deviant acts. For many years the United States approach on crime has been a get tough approach. This approach has led America to the highest incarnation rates in the world. Due to longer sentences, incorporating harsh sentencing guidelines, and mandatory minimum punishments. Today, more than 2 millions Americans are incarcerated in either a state facility, federal correctional facility, or a local facility. With each inmate costing tax payers an average of…

Have you ever heard of circle justice? I have. It’s sort of like Criminal Justice but you meet in a circle without a jury, and the victims are there and they all speak their feelings. Circle justice is when people come together to help a certain person heal. Circle justice is found in Native American cultures in the United States and Canada. Native Americas use this for many purposes. (Sherman, LW and Strang, H, 2007) When Circle Justice is used, it helps reduce the costs of criminal justice.…

complete he/she will go to a preliminary hearing the fifth step, where a judge will determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the defendant committed the crime with which he/she is charged. The sixth step will be done either by a grand jury who will investigate the charges from the preliminary…

issues we have been experiencing. Many states have created laws to have stronger punishments to gang related crimes. Police departments have been joining forces with the federal law enforcement to create task forces to reduce these crimes. I believe that we need to keep these improvements and use a hardline approach. Law enforcement agencies have already made efforts to reduce the crime rate. They have made youth service programs, gang details, and created gang units. The youth service programs…

Inmate are expensive to maintain and if you went to jail or prison today, and you commented a minor crime, should it be far to get the same sentence as a major crime? No right. The reason I ask is because many inmates are being overly sentenced for crimes that aren't major. In Some cases just because you're black or other ethnicity, you will get extra time from in jail right off the bat. The reasons for this in some states and areas are from judges abusing their power to give an inmate any…

Deviance and crime is something that seems unstoppable. There are constant breaking news stories and the front covers of the newspaper are stories about a mother who lost their child due to crime and violence on the streets and how she never saw it coming because they were good students and hard workers. Most horrific acts of violence is committed by a person who previously has been convicted, but sometimes, its random acts from people we would never expect to see their names in the headlines.…

1. In the article named The Impact of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapon Ban on Gun Violence Outcomes: An Assessment of Multiple Outcome Measures and Some Lessons for Policy Evaluation the hypothesis is if there is a decrease in use of assault weapons there will be a significant reduction in the number of gunshot victims. Within this article there is a good amount of descriptive and inferential statistics that explain the different models of guns and how effective the ban put on these guns had a…