Shoplifting

A troubling story that has not gotten much attention this election season — or any recent one, for that matter — is why a certain group of roughly 5.3 million Americans won't be allowed to vote. It isn't because they're underage or non-citizens or mentally incompetent. It isn't because they're unregistered or physically unable to get to the polls. It isn't even because they're limping around with a chronic case of political apathy. The reason they can't vote is that they're felons. Oh, well.…

Rational Choice Theory The Rational Choice Theory explains the idea that criminal behavior is planned. Human beings have the ability to make their own decisions, and delinquent behavior is a result of our choices. I agree with this theory to a certain extent. While a lot of criminal behavior is premeditated, some is just a reactionary, spur of the moment decision. Adolescents are often very irrational beings. They do things without thinking about the repercussions of their actions. Positivism…

a group. Drug user uses money, items or will often give their body to purchase the drugs. When a drug user cannot afford the drugs they will commit crime such as; robbery, burglary, aggravated assault toward another person, murder, kidnapping, shoplifting and…

Addicts avoiding Jail by claiming addiction is a medical problem More and more drug addicts are avoiding jail time by claiming that addiction is a medical problem. What a person does to his/her body is their own choice, but once he/she starts committing crimes to get more drugs, or as a result of being under the influence, they need to be punished for it. Too many people are getting away with committing crimes by claiming that his/her addiction is a mental health problem and they cannot be held…

Introduction “He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it”, a quote from Lucius Annaeus Seneca that helps describe how society views and “prevents” crime. Criminal theories attempt to construct views on how to prevent and fight crime but often the criminal justice system is working against society. The two theories that are explained within are the social learning theory and rational choice theory. These theories will construct views as to how and why the seven crimes are…

A police officer is an official of the law whose highest duty is to protect and serve the citizens of the United States of America. There are many different areas of work within the Criminal Justice field, but one of the most challenging, and essential jobs, are those performed by police officers. According to www.criminaljusticeusa.com, a police officer, or law enforcement officer, has duties that include but are not limited to: patrolling, emergency response, making arrests, issuing citations,…

Wendy and Lucy: A Forever Bond In 2008, an independent movie, Wendy and Lucy, was produced. This movie is based off a short story, “Train Choir.” The film stars Michelle Williams, Walter Dalton, and Will Patton. In this movie, Wendy has every reason to break down and give into the typically careless hobo, homeless person 's habits, but she stands above and tries to stay clean, appropriate and happy. While also caring for her dog and make it to Alaska so she can get a job. This film also leaves…

Sylvia Likens was 16 years old when she died on October 26, 1965. Her death was not just a fast painless death, it was long and torturous. Sylvia’s death could have been easily prevented and stopped many times. Many people knew what was going on in the house she was boarding in, yet they did nothing. This situation is a phenomenon known as Bystander Effect. Bystander Effect is when individuals that are involved in a situation do nothing to help the victim. To put it in simplest form, they stand…

Interview: On 08/27/2016 at approximately 8:00 PM, this Investigator conducted an interview with Cody Cummings (DOB: 06-18-02) at the DCS AHIT office (3221 N. 16th St. Phoenix, AZ). According to Cody, he was in a verbal argument with his mother approximately three weeks ago and was kicked out of his home by his mother as a result of the argument. Cody stated that the argument was over him acting out and not listening to what his mother tells him to do. Cody said that he had frequent verbal…

that most of the cases that go very public have to deal with murders. This leads the public to think the defense is mostly used to get out of murders when in fact; sixty to seventy percent of cases deal with other crimes ranging from assault to shoplifting. As of today 46 of our 50 states have some form of insanity defense, of these 46 there are 45 that base insanity on either the M’Naghten Rule or the MPC Test (Cevallos 1). Cevallos also says that the absence of some form of the insanity…