Essays Tagged: "violent crimes"

Can Geneics Cause Crime - Are genetic factors more likely to make one person violent?

to Criminal Justice SystemDr. Mike CarlieAre genetic factors more likely to make one personperform violent acts? Many doctors and researchers in thefield of genetics have searched for a answer to thi ... inistration'ssecretary of health and human services during 1989-1993 wasappalled by the epidemic of violent crimes he saw takingplace in American cities. According to Dr. Sullivan," more than 26,000 A ...

(3 pages) 196 0 3.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

Crime In the United States

mber of crimes was down 1 percent from 1994, while the crime rate declined 2 percent. The number of violent crimes dropped 3 percent, while the rate of violent crimes dropped 4 percent. In the eight U ... cent. In the eight U.S. cities with more than one million population, the decrease in the number of violent crimes was 8 percent. In the 64 largest cities, with populations over 250,000, Crime Index t ...

(4 pages) 174 1 3.2 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Rape

e exist and what causes it? What is it about our society that makes rape one of the fastest growing violent crimes in this country? One way we have tried to deal with this problem is through rape prev ... ays a role in maintaining patriarchy by perpetrating the threat of violence. The acts of just a few violent men can terrorize all women and can control women's lives. The indifference of other men rei ...

(4 pages) 243 2 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Crime In the United States

mber of crimes was down 1 percent from 1994, while the crime rate declined 2 percent. The number of violent crimes dropped 3 percent, while the rate of violent crimes dropped 4 percent. In the eight U ... cent. In the eight U.S. cities with more than one million population, the decrease in the number of violent crimes was 8 percent. In the 64 largest cities, with populations over 250,000, Crime Index t ...

(4 pages) 136 0 3.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Drugs and legalization

mpetitionwould eliminate the profitability of drug dealing. Without the economicincentive to commit violent crimes, the violence of drug dealing would bedramatically reduced. In addition to the elimin ...

(2 pages) 174 0 5.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Can media inspire violent crimes

ethics and issues class good focus and organization of data and ideas.Can media inspire violent crimes?One problem that many corporations ignore is the possibility that aggressive type peo ... widespread public concern accompanying it have led to calls for strict controls on the depiction of violent programs.In their decision making, some producers do not take responsibility for the equally ... t minority. Instead, they may gear their content toward the masses, who crave sexually explicit and violent action. Fortunately, this group has the ability to disseminate violent action rationally, re ...

(2 pages) 229 0 4.8 Feb/1991

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Prison sentences...are they fair?

tate prisoners released in 1983 from institutions in 11 states, within three years sixty percent of violent crime offenders were re-arrested. More than half of those charged with violent crimes were d ...

(2 pages) 106 0 3.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Persuasive paper for not letting juveniles be tried as adults.

adults? Were they considered adults before they carried out an act of violence? No. How then, did a violent act cause them to cross over a line that is defined by age? The current debate over juvenile ... y two voices: elected officials proposing quick-fix solutions, and a media more intent on reporting violent crimes than successful prevention efforts. Minors should not be tried as adults in our socie ...

(8 pages) 1349 11 4.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

People accused of Violent Crimes should not be to post bail

People accused of violent crimes should not be allowed to post bail and remain out of jail while their trial is pendin ... sions. There are three solid reasons to why I feel it is necessary to deny bail to those accused of violent crimes. One is that all conditions for release are decided by a judge who is fully aware of ... ts of the situation. It all rests in the judge's hands. When a judge looks at a person accused of a violent crime, such as murder, a few things are liable to pop into perspective. One would be to how ...

(3 pages) 79 1 3.9 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Gun control

s.Guns are evil to some, because of the violence that they cause. People express guns as weapons of violent crimes. They insist that, the more guns with which our society equips itself, the greater th ... at, the more guns with which our society equips itself, the greater the likelihood for accidents or violent acts involving firearms to occur. It is a proven fact that handguns have been the murder wea ...

(2 pages) 141 0 4.9 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Alcohol, how behaviour changes when alcohol is introduced

sickness caused by alcohol.Alcohol plays a part in more than 50% of serious crimes in Australia. In violent crimes it plays an even bigger part: more than 75% of them are linked to alcohol.About half ...

(4 pages) 262 0 4.1 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Capital Punishment, Should it be used as a way of disciplining criminals?

a way of disciplining criminals? Overthe past twenty years, there has been an enormous increase in violent crimes.It seems logical that a person is less likely to commit a given act if by doing sohe ...

(4 pages) 123 2 3.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

The Susan Smith case

informed of Susan Smith's tragic loss of her two young boys. No one would have guessed that such a violent crime could have occurred in a small town . Throughout the ordeal , police began to see the ... round and the events in question have left a profound social and legal impact on society's views of violent crimes.Susan Smith lived what most would consider a normal life up to the time before the ev ...

(6 pages) 104 0 5.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases

The rise of violent crime in Canada

Violent crime in Canada is on the rise in Canada as well as the types of violentcrimes being committ ... lieve and intend to prove in the following essay that it is societiesresponsibility for the rise of violent crime with their unwillingness and inability toeffectively deal with the current trend in ou ... ity toeffectively deal with the current trend in our society. In the last few years, a slight dipin violent crime has been noted, but we must view this with skepticism as no officialstatistics are ava ...

(11 pages) 154 0 4.1 Apr/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Rehabilatation of criminals, Awaste of time or worth the effort?

y: Heather Rose009-56-0641Table of contentsBackground information on crimeSince 1960, the number of violent crimes committed per capita in the United States has increased by more than 450%. More than ... ortion of criminals who commit the majority of the crimes. It is no longer rare to be a victim of a violent crime or to know someone who has been affected .Get tough laws passed by many states have ca ...

(3 pages) 118 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Pro Capital Punishment; The Death Penalty

nt. The death penalty creates fear the minds of the sane people. Sane people know right from wrong. Violent crimes and murder are wrong, and the perpetrators should be punished accordingly and fitting ... ishment is cruel and unusual, but saying that is almost as to say that what the murder, rapists, or violent criminal did was NOT cruel or unusual. What the criminal did was wrong, and somebody is a vi ...

(6 pages) 330 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

All Violent Criminals Have a Mental Illness- Discuss

ALL VIOLENT CRIMINALS HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESSA mental illness is a disorder of the brain that disrupts a p ... others. As a result, the sufferer has a diminished capacity for coping with the demands of life. A violent crime is any criminal activity that involves a degree of violence; this could be anything fr ... lves a degree of violence; this could be anything from mugging to murder. I do not believe that all violent criminals have a mental illness and I think that mental illness contributes only negligibly ...

(5 pages) 157 0 3.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

An arguement that children that commit murder and other violent crimes should be tried as adults in court

If you commit a violent crime, should your age matter when you are sentenced? A better question is are you willing t ... our age matter when you are sentenced? A better question is are you willing to become a victim to a violent minor after he gets released early because his age. I am certain I would not want this to ha ... d early because his age. I am certain I would not want this to happen to me. People that commit one violent crime are more likely to commit another one. We do not need these people free to go wherever ...

(1 pages) 107 1 5.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

It explains the dynamics of blood analysis and how blood patterns are interpreted.

e personnel can encounter blood evidence in many types of cases, including burglaries and other non-violent crimes, but it is most often encountered in crimes of violence such as homicide, assault, an ... ensic scientist in many areas of criminal investigation. It determines whether or not if this was a violent crime, accident, suicide, or natural death.Blood is the most significant and frequently enco ...

(13 pages) 192 1 4.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

essay on drug laws from the conservative side.

olve the problem of drug abuse. If the supply is stopped then the demand will deplete. This creates violent Crimes.If the supply stops problem will no longer be the abuse of drugs or the need for drug ... can get addicted off the first hit, injection, ingestion, etc. Drug users are more likely to cause violent crimes because their mental state is not what they would call normal. A normal state of mind ...

(2 pages) 96 4 3.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology