Criminology Essays

Challenges for Preventing Domestic Abuse in the UK
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Introduction: Factors contributing to the existence of Domestic Abuse and the difficulties faced in trying to prevent its occurrence in the UK.   Domestic abuse (DA), is a phenomenon whi...

Application of General Strain Theory to Youth Crime
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Introduction: Select one of the criminological theories or perspectives that we studied this semester and evaluate whether it is useful for understanding the ‘problem’ of youth crime in Victoria. As p...

Feminist Argument in Rawls: A Theory of Justice
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Introduction: Assess how convincing the feminist critique of Rawls A Theory of Justice is In 1971 John Rawls published his book titled A Theory of Justice which has been praised by scholars for its u...

Issue of Police Brutality Against African Americans
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Introduction: Why are African American’s targets for Police Violence?  Many journalists and newscasters have reported police brutality in minority groups, more specifically the African American...

Criminological Theories for Lone Actor Terrorism
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Introduction: Literature review: Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (ECCA) has become an integral part of the criminology field itself, in which ECCA or crime science allows organisations a...

Criminological Theories of Murder
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Introduction: Murder is a horrendous crime committed by all types of people from different upbringings, socio-economic backgrounds, ethnicities, race, and genders. However, certain theories can find similariti...

Strategies to Tackle Money Laundering
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Introduction: A PSA ABOUT BSA: MONEY LAUNDERING Abstract This paper will take an in-depth look at the crime of money laundering. It will begin by defining a Title 31 and the Bank Secrecy Act ...

Reflecting on the Issue of Hate crimes
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Introduction: I chose to look at hate crimes as my topic for this reflective essay in the wake of the Christchurch shootings were 50 people lost their lives as a result of the actions of a self-described ecofa...

Effects of Economic Disparities on Minorities Incarcerated
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Introduction: Are economic disparities the leading cause of the increased minority population in the prison system?   Hypothesis Economic disparities are the leading cause of mi...

History and Changes of the Policy and Practice Towards Rape Investigations
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Introduction: The topic of rape has often been at the forefront of controversy as there are many different views on the subject. According to the Sexual Offenses Act (2003) the definition of rape is if a perso...

Application of Strain Theory to Financial Crime
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Introduction: How has strain theory contributed to our understanding of financially driven criminal behaviour? How can we better understand the case of Rajina Subramaniam using this theoretical frame...

Comparison of Police Corruption in China and Singapore
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Introduction: Introduction Police is very important to every country in the world. They are responsible for law enforcement, maintaining public safety and protecting lives and property. Therefore, pol...

Issue and Solutions of Racial Prejudice in Police Communities
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Introduction: Some Six Feet Too Low, Others Six Feet Too High  “Recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation ...

Thematic Analysis of Offender Feelings and Behaviours in Drug Recovery
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Introduction: How are offenders’ subjective feelings about participating in treatment for their drug-related offending behaviour linked to their experiences of the recovery process? Thematic Analysi...

Comparison of Punishment Methods and Theories
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Introduction: Punishment has always been the most conventional way in dealing with crime or misdeeds. Historically, corporal punishment such as hangings and executions were more prevalent. The notion of ‘ret...

Gender-based Violence in University Communities and 'Lad' Cultures
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Introduction: What is meant by ‘lad cultures’ and how useful do you think this concept is to understand gender-based violence in university communities? Lad culture is a set of hyper-masculine, mi...

Theories for Juvenile Delinquency
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Introduction:  Juvenile delinquency is a huge problem in the United States, (Smith, 2019). There are millions of juveniles detained after committing minor offenses to felony offenses, (Smith, 2019). Stati...

Effective Solutions to Juvenile Delinquency
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Introduction: Juvenile offenders are individuals who have not attained the majority age according to the law. In New York, the legal system recommends particular procedures that should be undertaken when deali...

Privatization of Prisons in the US
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Introduction: Abstract:  Private prisons have become fundamental around the world. The privatization of prisons has been viewed as parting from the norm of public imprisonment. Private prison has...

Stress on Police Officers, the Causes and Impacts on their Lives
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Introduction:  The law enforcement profession is one of the most challenging lines of work in the entire country and provides those who chose this profession with almost more stress than in any other prof...

Women and Infanticide: A Study as to Why Women Resort to the Extreme
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Introduction:  For many women, the innocence and vulnerability of a child or infant invoke instincts of nurturance and protectiveness on a near universal level. Sociocultural norms also typically dictate ...

Criminal Behavior as Influenced by Nature & Nurture: The More Dominant Force
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Introduction: Nature & Nurture are the two factors which are understood to shape the personality and general attitudes of a human being. Nature being the genetic component and includes hereditary genes whi...

The Socialization of Drug Use: Alcohol, Opioids, and Tina in Contemporary Queer Club Culture
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Introduction: The daily challenges, discrimination and stigma are all factors to the higher rates of substance use among the members of the LGBTQ+ community as many turn to alcohol and other drugs as a coping ...

Does a Dysfunctional Family Increase the Risk of Criminality?
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Introduction: This research aims to explore if a dysfunctional upbringing increases the likelihood of a person committing crime. For example, there are numerous factors that would lead people to label a family...

Theories for Female Criminality
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Introduction: Women commit crimes for the exact same reasons as men, while the crimes are often different as a result of upbringing and social status, the motives are the same and the only reason that women ar...