Offender profiling

The aftermath of Untied States v. Gordon E. Thomas III (2006) help set the rules on using expert testimony to validate criminal profiling. Mr. Thomas was charged with many offenses relating to child pornography. The prosecution requested that Mr. Thomas’s bail should be denied to protect the community; especially the children. To show the likelihood that Mr. Thomas will re-offend, the prosecution presented the testimony of James Clemente, a supervisory special agent with the FBI’s National…

Therefore, I am arguing that, it is not the committing of the crime that has lead to their vast arrest and incarceration; rather, racial profiling in policing has lead to such outcomes. Racial profiling is defined as when race and not illegal or criminal activities is the basis of police-initiated actions, such as surveillance (Ramirez, et al., 2000). Racial profiling has three defining features according to academics. First, it refers to substantial differences in police stops and search…

Precautionary Acts There are many cases where offenders have taken precautionary acts before, during and after committing a crime. A good example in this case would be the ones discovered in the infamous Wisconsin v. John Maloney case of 1998. John Maloney became a suspect in the murder case of his wife Sandra Jean Maloney after she was found dead in her house, which seemed it have been consumed by fire (Baeza et al, 2000). Sandra was found dead by her mother on 11th February, 1998 by her mother…

been a factor since the system’s beginning. The criminal justice is a system that was “created to keep communities safe, to respect and restore victims and to return offenders who leave prison to be self-sufficient and law-abiding” (DeRoche, 2012). The biggest problem in the United States criminal justice system is not only the offenders, but the criminal justice system itself. Racial discrimination in the criminal justice system “exits when the proportion of racial or ethnic group within the…

theoretically equal citizens now, to a place of subordination. “Throughout much of the United States ex-offenders are expected to pay fines and court cost and submit paper work to multiple agencies in an effort to win back a right that should have never been taken away from them in a democracy” (Alexander, P. 159) That is just one of the many rights and privileges that both segregations and ex-offenders…

The study reviewed from the patients files any Axis I and Axis II disorders, the patients personal and criminal background, psychopathy scores, and finally the arsonists motives were examined. In this study, the main findings are that male arson offenders in the study had received more psychiatric treatment in the past, displayed an increase level of alcohol abuse, and were less likely to be diagnosed as suffering from psychotic disorders. As stressed in earlier research, the profile of “the…

Profiling is the act of recording and investigating a person’s behaviour with intentions of predicting one’s capabilities and capabilities of similar individuals. Racial profiling is mostly targeted towards those of colour, in this case black people, and has been very common nowadays leading to many tragedies in the past and will likely be the reason for many future incidents. Racial profiling is negatively affecting the lives of black people and degrading the black race as a whole. Black people…

Allpsychologyschools.com says that “Forensic psychologists evaluate criminals to learn what their mindset and motives were at the time of an offense. They gauge what threat, if any, the offender will be to the public in the future. Their presence in courtrooms is often essential. Their evaluations, assessments and testimonies help inform the decisions of judges and juries.” This job holds an important place in society because it brings justice…

is compensation and equality for disadvantaged minority groups suffering from discrimination while the goal of racial profiling is to use discrimination to assist authorities in the investigation and prevention of crime. Affirmative action uses positive discrimination in favour of the minority to provide a more equal footing in opportunities to advance, whereas racial profiling uses racial discrimination, not for the betterment of the minorities but for the protection and welfare of…

is a mistrust between both parties the consequences can have more immediate effect. He stated that “police work has often been called “dirty work. “Officers constantly deal with problem situations—upset and traumatized victims, unruly or violent offenders, and drivers annoyed at being stopped. Some view police intervention as harassment or as an infringement of their rights and act belligerently toward officers. Police frequently complain that citizens fail to respect them or defer to their…