Modus operandi

of our Constitution specifically included it to remedy excessive Congressional corruption. The People’s power of initiatives is extended to the Federal level—giving the people direct control over Congressional legislation, rules, perquisites, modus operandi, etc. Though the people can handle only a small portion of the volume of Congressional business, they can permanently prevent or mitigate the most harmful Congressional actions and force Congress to act for the Nation's and the people’s…

Criminal Profiling is an involved procedure that looks at a variety of factors in order to create a report of the behaviors the offender may potentially exhibit. The process happens in a series of stages: the first stage named the ‘Profiling Input Stage’ is when significant case materials are studied in order to become familiar with the crime, this can include, police and medical reports, crime scene descriptions, victim’s background, and forensic information. The ‘Decision Making Stage’ is the…

Dinesh D’Souza’s Hillary’s America is an information book that candidly demonstrates the sordid history of the Democratic Party and how the Democratic nominee for the Presidential Election of 2016, Hillary Rodham Clinton, personifies that history. Instead of writing in a manner which disguises the truth, the author provides the facts of the situation without aggrandizement. The originator of the Democratic party was Andrew Jackson, who later became President himself. On various occasions,…

Victorian Era Life in the Victorian Era was an intriguing time to be alive. Crime was a major obstacle. There were interesting trial cases going on. The fashion of the time was drastically different and way more expensive than our modern “fashion.” The expectations that women were required to uphold were drastically different than those imposed on men. There were many threats to daily life during the Victorian Era. According to “Hooligans, Harlots and Hangmen, Crime and Punishment in…

Crime always will be a serious issue in society. When one hears reports of a crime on the news or in the newspaper, what is the first image that comes to mind? While many may swear on being gender neutral, the stigma is that men are generally the sole proprietors of criminal activities. That, however, is not true, as our knowledge on the issues of crime and its relationship with gender has broadened greatly due to the increases of studies over the past several decades. Many articles support the…

the night when there are only sleepy guards on duty” (Last, n.d.). Using this tactic to obtain weaponry cheaply is a main focus for Boko Haram, due to their constant and large scale need for advanced, military grade weapons. “The group’s main modus operandi has been small-scale attacks against security officials and infrastructure. Raids against police stations and convoys have afforded the group with opportunities to seize small arms weaponry” (Waldek & Jayasekara, 2011). This more advanced…

Aleksandr Rodchenko lived in the time between November 23rd of 1981 and December 3rd of 1956. His legacy and influence, however, still persists today. He left behind a visible mark across graphic design. Rodchenko brought with him abstraction conventions, line as a structural element and the innovation of art to having a practical application in everyday life. Starting in 1910 with the School of Arts in Kazan, Rodchenko first emerged with painting (Karginov 9). In terms of influences, Rodchenko…

The Modus Operandi is directly translated as the mode that the offender uses to commit the offense; their ‘Method of Operation’ (Davies 1992). Criminologists and Crime Scene investigators can begin to develop a profile of the type of offender that may have committed…

Some of the key characteristics that allowed Osama Bin laden to influence the minds and actions of the members of al Qaeda and its affiliates was that he was charismatic; he was also narcissistic, which made it impossible for Bind Laden to actually understand the points of views of other people in other parts of the world; and he was also able to effectively communicate and correlate his radical personal ideology with the teachings of the Quran (American Public University, 2016). Another…

Poverty is a causal nexus for many problems in American neighborhoods. Baltimore, a city once known for its thriving economy during the manufacturing era saw its socio-economic downfall when the manufacturing era ended and poverty became a looming reality for many of its residents. Although Federal and state governments have tried relentlessly to revive Baltimore, substance abuse, racial segregation, and violence caused by the then rapidly declining economy diffused in the fabric of the city.…