War crime

punishment for the most serious crimes committed at an international level and to bring individual offenders to justice. The Court has jurisdiction to rule over four types of crimes that is genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and as of 2010 the crime of aggression. The four types of crime regulated by the International Criminal Court also make up part of the Vienna convention established under the United Nations. The purpose of the court is not just to punish past crimes but also…

of Brazil to gather information of victims of assault and the probability of being assaulted by police officers. This primarily focused on the conflicts Brazilians of African descent face based off perceived social status, popular attitudes towards crime and punishment. This survey has two parts one asking generalized questions such as race, age, skin color, level of education, employment experience and income. The second part asks a more specialized basis of questions which asks if they have…

terms of seriousness. Then list and describe the eight general features of crime. What are the “three conjoined principles” that comprise the legal essence of the concept of crime? The six general categories of criminal law violations range from the treason to simple offenses such as a parking ticket. In the following report, I will attempt to explain the different categories of criminal law violation, the feature of each crime. Criminal law violations are divided into six major categories…

Hinton’s book, From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime, is one response to Thompson’s article in that Hinton traces the birth of the War on Poverty as a culmination of government policies. As her central thesis, Hinton posits that “the expansion of the carceral state should be understood as the federal government’s response to the demographic…

would be in fear of being shot and would not attempt illegal acts. This not only will decrease crime, but also decrease how many people are killed by criminals. To be honest, I thinks that more police officers are needed, along with marines on rooftops. With criminals in fear of being shot with lethal and nonlethal weapons, they won’t commit crimes.With soldiers on the rooftops, they could spot a crime as they receive a message and they use their tranquilizer weapons. Neutralizing the receiving…

Bible: Twenty- Five Cases of Biblical Crimes and Outlaws, by Mark Jones. This book is both interesting and intriguing. It was interesting in the concepts of how many criminal actions that took place during the time of the Bible mimic many of the crimes committed in society today. Although the punishments today are a lot different, they still carry the same type of stiff punishments that they did in the Bible. The intriguing part of the book was that the types of crimes and criminals in the…

Drug courts emerged as a direct response from the government, after they introduced and escalated their campaign of the War on Drugs in the 1980s and 1990s. This era exposed bipartisan support of the enforcement of drug laws, and its effect on low level drug offenses and harsher criminal penalties for possession and/or sale of small amounts of substances. Due to this, millions of cases flooded the court system, charging people with minor drug law violations, drastically increasing the number of…

In the book Unwrapping Criminology, by John Krimmel, the history and development of crime, criminal justice, and criminology in the United States is explored. The book goes through the different eras of crime, and discusses all sorts of ideologies shared by criminologists throughout history. The book is filled with background information which gives the reader context for the plethora of crimes committed in the past, and for all the different opinions that theorists have had about criminology.…

many factors, however this population was disproportionately that of minorities. During the 1980’s there was a nation-wide crack epidemic that caused crime to get out of control (Pettit & Western 2004). The people demanded a get tough approach on drugs and crime. That’s when the government delivered by declaring a War on Drugs. However this War on Drugs…

between classes can partially be attributed to the “war on drugs”. In the book “The New Jim Crow”, written by Michelle Alexander, argues that law-enforcement officials, due to the erosion of the Fourth amendment, inflict discriminatory practices. The Fourth amendment was put in place to protect citizens against unwarranted searches and seizures, however this is hardly followed by law-enforcement because of the governments affirmation on the war on drugs. Over our societies history and…