Homicide

violent crimes affect thousands of people all over the country. Situations like these happen to many people in the city of Baltimore. The rise in violent crime in Baltimore can be attributed to the high rate of poverty, poor education system, and high homicide rates.…

emigrated from Lebanon. Although large, there is no evidence to suggest that it was an abusive or neglectful household. Rather, psychologist Anna Robilliard describes the family as being “loving” and “close knit” (R v. Gittany, 2014). At the time of the homicide, Gittany was 37 years old, and was an owner of various business ventures including a women’s online shoe company called Shoe Candy (Ralston, 2013). He lived with the victim in a luxury apartment block where rent is upwards of $1500 a…

and the abused are ignored and no intervention is made, therefore making it necessary for the victim (or in some cases, the offender) to take matters into their own hands in search of change. As seen in lectures, 1/3 of all homicides are categorized as confrontational homicide, wherein the discussion scenario falls - victims must often 'remove' or alleviate their abusive situation themselves, as the law turns a blind eye on them.…

with peers of similar demographics. The current study expands this knowledge base to include violent offenses, specifically homicide. A statistical analysis, including chi square tests for independence and independent samples t-tests, was conducted on homicide data in the United States in 2010. The analysis found that patterns in age and homogeneity of groups help true in homicide but seriousness of the offense was not affected by co-offending. Adolescence is a period…

the mind, how individuals perceive the world and how our mind and function affects our outright behavior. Criminology is the study of crime and criminals. I will highlight how Psychological research has been used to study the etiology of serial homicides. I’ll explain how Psychology can help answer why males are more likely to be incarcerated. I will describe the positive correlation between Drug Court Probationers and Psychiatric illness. Lastly, I will expound upon how Psychological…

throughout the USA during those hard times. Next is the Lindbergh kidnapping which had a big impact on all in America at that time. Finally, gangs that covered the streets back then. To begin with, it is said that “since the early 1900’s, the homicide rate has been on the rise in America”(Megan Sasinoski). During the 1900’s, people were not as close-knit as they were in the 1800’s. In the 1800’s, society was put together by small towns with people who all knew each other. It was hard for…

development of the Long Gun Registry with the hope that it would diminish the availability of weaponry to criminally minded individuals. The Long Gun Registry was not successful in targeting criminals, as it actually only targeted law abiding citizens and homicide rates actually dropped after the registry was abolished. Police checked the database often; however, they did not find it helpful nor something they could trust in their work. The overall cost of adding long guns into the registry…

includes 19,308 reported suicides, 11,015 reported homicides, and 600 reported accidents. Being that the United States is ranked number one for firearms ownership in the world, the United States manufactures enough firearms that it is possible for every person in the United States to own a firearm weapon. When individuals compare the homicide rate to other countries, some may find out that the United States has one of the highest homicide rates in the world. Finland, who is ranked fourth…

prohibition? Well, there are many reasons they sort of “regretted” prohibition. The first reason changed its mind about prohibition is because it raised the crime or street violence rate went to an all-time high after prohibition. The homicide rate in 1918, the year…

referred to as “black-on-black violence” especially in her chapters “Booty Call” and “Get Your Freak On”, what she does not examine is how these two ideas intersect. More specifically, Collins fails to address is the role of domestic violence and homicide within this power struggle. My thesis states that due to oppressive conditions created by white hegemonic norms…