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One question of which the biological explanation asks is could we identify genetic markers in those with a predisposition to crime? Lombroso’s atavism theory is one of the earliest theories of inherited criminality and links outward physiological features to inherited criminal behaviour arguing it is easy to spot criminals as they are not fully evolved and criminality is innate rather than made. He stated that criminals had distinct facial features for example a large protruding jaw, large ears,…

Juan Luis, chichi, Juana, Chico, Marlon, these are only some of the names of my family members that were victims of the war against gangs in Guatemala. Guatemala is a country that is located below Mexico and is bordered by El Salvador and Honduras. Guatemala is a country that has wonderful weather it is not to cold and not too hot. The USA is known for its impressive diversity, an Univision soccer commentator calls the soccer team “the team of all” for a reason. USA’s location in the world map…

violence and crime. The most influence for children is their environments both good things and bad things, which is more serious than we think or imagine. Children always observe their parents’ actions and people around them. If their parents are violent people, they will learn how to hurt others from their parents. Another way how to learn commit crime is mass media. Children like to watch TV, animations and movies (“Teaching Children”). These things often include violence and committing…

For this week’s unit paper we are to summarize and provide an example of how biological, sociological, and psychological theories of crime causation affect human behavior and actions. Biological theories believe that somewhere there is a biological difference that make criminals commit crimes. There are two different theories that I feel could relate to this and those two would be neuroscience and genetics. Many people do not understand that the brain is very complex and fragile organ…

prosecutors are now specifically searching out lyrics from rap songs to match them with crimes and use them as motives. The courts are allowing admission of rap lyrics as evidence and by doing so, allowing juries to judge a person’s moral character by his art. If it becomes the norm to convict a suspect of a crime based on…

need pay to feed their families. “The American prison system is massive. So massive that its estimated turnover of $74 billion eclipses the GDP of 133 nations” (Jones). We see day to day, many people going to prisons for much minor crime activates. Like if the crime is for positions of pot/marijuana, in these case the persons should not be going to prison for such as awful long time. They should be more solutions to these case and far less sentences. If the offender has no pervious wrongdoing…

Historically, America has been predisposed towards racism against African-Americans. However, Americans, for the past century, have effectively ignored the issues with race that the American society still faces in the criminal justice system. In his TED Talk entitled “We need to talk about an injustice,” Bryan Stevenson addresses the issues with the American criminal justice system by detailing the problems and showing the important role the citizens of American can play. Although the topic is a…

Can a juvenile offender be rehabilitated or do we lock them up and throw away the key? The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution directly addresses Cruel and Unusual punishment. The Supreme Court has decided that all non-homicide related crimes by juveniles are not eligible for a LWOP verdict. The argument is, “because juveniles are less culpable and more likely to be rehabilitated than adult offenders, the sentence of LWOP is disproportionate and, hence, unconstitutional” (Greene and Evelo…

general topic the class experiment was how attractiveness affected the sentence length of a crime. This is important since it directly affects the lives of defendants in court room situations. Judges should be aware of this potential bias as they are deciding ruling. Sigall and Ostrove, conducted a study focusing on the same topic. The independent variable was the level of attractiveness with the crime committed. The dependent variable was how long the sentence was that the participant…

three areas: personality profile perspective, serial murder profile, and the serial killer’s seven rituals of murder. Criminal personality profile is identifying the offender’s characteristics and infers personality and physical traits based on the crime scene and victim interaction. Profiling is used to narrowing down list of suspect. This method cannot solve the case, but develops potential suspects and further investigative follow-up (Hadley, 2005). The profile seeks for the offender’s…