Federal crime

between the many agencies in the criminal justice system. When the police arrest and charge an individual with a crime, the…

major crisis regarding crime rates. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), As of 2014 “There were an estimated 1,165,383 violent crimes (murder and non-negligent homicides, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults) reported by law enforcement. Aggravated assaults accounted for 63.6 percent of the violent crimes reported, while robberies accounted for 28.0 percent, rape 7.2 percent, and murders 1.2 percent. There were an estimated 8,277,829 property crimes (burglaries,…

Identity theft occurs more often than what most individuals are aware of. This crime is very common in the United States. In 1998, identity theft became known as a federal crime in the U.S. Technology plays an important factor of identity theft and other frauds in the world. According to the book, “identity theft is considered to be one of the fastest growing form of fraud” (Brightman). In order to prevent identity theft from occurring, I do believe that individual needs to have the knowledge so…

outside in the public. When the mid-19 century came around, states began to reduce capital crimes, and instead built state penitentiaries. Michigan made a law against death penalty, only if treason…

from the Uniform Crime Reporting (2015),a Federal Bureau Investigation branch, of the “388,082 arrests made for violent crimes, 36% composed of juveniles and young adults up to age 24” (p. 1). To this current date, the recent data reflects a higher than desired number of perpetration against minors and young adults as it nearly peaks towards half of the violent crimes arrests. Upon further inspection, 25.8% violent crime arrests are against young adults ages 18-to-24 (Uniform Crime Reporting,…

no supported reason an attorney may use what is called a peremptory challenge to dismiss a potential juror. The main difference in the two challenges is the reasoning. The federal court system permits 20 peremptory challenges for both the defense as well as the prosecution in cases punishable by death as well as capital crimes, consequently, they are only allowed 3 in misdemeanor cases (Hall, 2015). There is an unlimited amount of challenge for cause dismissals, this means with sound reason in…

We often read or hear about the awful crimes committed by children and adolescents all over the Internet, on Television, and even in newspaper articles. This had led many people to wonder if adolescents are as bad as the media perceives them to be. Delinquent behaviors among juveniles are present in all societies and have been steadily decreasing for the past decade. Due to the media overload concerning delinquency, people tend to assume that crime rates among adolescents are the highest they…

In the book Unwrapping Criminology, by John Krimmel, the history and development of crime, criminal justice, and criminology in the United States is explored. The book goes through the different eras of crime, and discusses all sorts of ideologies shared by criminologists throughout history. The book is filled with background information which gives the reader context for the plethora of crimes committed in the past, and for all the different opinions that theorists have had about criminology.…

criminal cases exclusive. In a criminal case, the nature of the offense varies depending on the type of law broken that violates local, state, or federal ordinances. Each law has its own penalties and can vary through fines, an arrest and possible jail time, depending on the severity. For example, if someone got pulled over for tinted…

Detectives are very important to the society because without them, a lot of crime would go unsolved. Detectives interview suspects, look for evidence at a crime scene, and fill paperwork to summarize the solved crime. The world would be way more crime-filled if there were no detectives. They solve cases that seem impossible and they put criminals in jail. Although policing dates back to Medieval times, and they more than likely did investigations. The specific unit of detective is relatively new…