Criminology Essays

Law and Criminality Perspectives
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Jul 2018
Introduction: Laws are rules of conduct to guide all people; they are rules that can be enforced by a legitimate authority. More laws are made and enforced as our world and society becomes increasingly complex. Law...

Social Learning Theory: Outline and Evaluate
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Introduction: Ellie Thomas Criminology Outline what is meant by the term identification in relation to the social learning theory approach. [2 marks] Identification is a psychological process whereby someone id...

Impact of Parental Incarceration on Children
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Introduction: Parental Incarceration and Children’s Educational Performance Murray et al. (2012b) reviewed samples of the Pittsburgh Youth Study; a longitudinal survey of 1009 inner city boys up to 18 years, to ...

Alternatives to Prison in Dealing with Offenders
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Introduction: Assess the alternatives to prison in dealing with offenders We live in a society that is screaming for help. When it comes to a medical illness that a doctor can cure, he is allowed to go through gre...

The Relationship Between Mental Illness and Crime
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Introduction: The relationship between mental illness and violence has long been a subject of debate and a general course of concern within the mental health profession, the public, correctional systems, and the cr...

Criminology Theories - Strengths And Weaknesses
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Introduction: The classical school of criminology was developed in the eighteenth century, where classical thinking emerged in response to the cruel forms of punishment that dominated at the time. It is considered ...

The Department of Homeland Security: Technology
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Introduction: The statement: “The Department of Homeland Security has complete responsibility for all U.S. homeland security related critical infrastructure (CI) matters” is not entirely accurate; origi...

Principles of Effective Offender Intervention
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Introduction: Introduction From way back in history, the process of correcting those who were believed to be wrong in a way or another was practiced. Communities are guided by certain morals, and whenever one goe...

Cannabis Use in Canada: Legislation and the Future
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Introduction: Crime refers to behaviors that are a violation of codified law. However, the exact definition of crime is complex and ever-changing, as it depends on social, political and economic factors. For exam...

Freud and Eysenck's Theories of Crime
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Introduction: By studying the work of criminologist’s Freud and Eysenck, this essay will consist of me looking at key psychological factors, I will look at the......

Models of Policing
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Introduction: The first police force was created in 1829 by Sir Robert Peel; he created 17 metropolitan police divisions in London. By 1856 the rest of the country was required to establish a police force. Since th...

Factors that Influence Police Discretion
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Introduction: 1) What is discretion? Name and describe the factors that may influence an individual officer’s discretion in making decisions involving a criminal suspect. (6 pts) Discretion is the exercise of...

Religious Terrorism and the Media | Essay
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Introduction: When the term “terrorism” is mentioned to any individual, the term is most likely to be associated with Islamic terrorist groups such as ISIS or Al-Qaida. Although there is an assumption...

Religious Freedom and the US Constitution
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jul 2018
Introduction: In America, one of the greatest civil rights we have is that of religious freedom. This, along with several others are granted to all citizens no matter where in the country they live, what country ...

Elderly Sex Offenders: Causes, Crimes and Punishments
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Introduction: Introduction In the recent years, the number of reported crimes involving geriatric offenders has increased, especially in sex related offences. Although there is a recent spate of sex offences, there...

Sexual Assault in the Army
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Introduction: “The Invisible War” Sexual Assault against Women in the Army In 2012 a documentary entitled “The Invisible War” dealing with sexual assault against women raised attention to an issue that ha...

Preventing Delinquency and Recidivism
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Introduction: Demetrius Deaver In chapter twelve the book talks about preventing juvenile crime. Society has to remember that youths are going through an adolescence stage. So kid’s cognitive skills are n...

Applying Criminological Theories to Cyber Crime
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Introduction: Cybercrime The internet is perhaps today’s most influential technological invention and continues to change daily life for virtually everyone on Earth. Millions of people are plugged into cyberspac...

Restorative Justice: Process and Outcomes
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Introduction: Should restorative justice be defined as a process or a set of outcomes? Restorative Justice rather than relying on judges to sentence offenders, places great emphasis on the importance of reparatio...

Theories of Crime and Gender: Research Study
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Introduction: Crime & Gender __________________________________ Contents (Jump to) Introduction –  Why Gender? Why Crime? Ground Rules – Laying the Foundation for a Thorough Discussion: Feminism ...

Theories of Punishment: Durkheim and Marxist
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Introduction: Compare and contrast a Durkheim and a Marxist analysis of punishment in modern society. Emile Durkheim is well known for his work on suicide related issues. However, Durkheim is not exclusive to the a...

Gender Differences in Crime
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Introduction: Criminal patterns by women and by men have both similarities and differences. Women and men are more prone to committing minor substance abuse and property crimes, rather than serious ones like murder...

Concepts in Autopsy Investigation
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Introduction: Homicide Investigation Outline the five specific steps involved in the complete medicolegal autopsy (postmortem examination) and provide the purposes for doing it. Evaluate the differences between: ...

Introduction To Forensic Science
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Introduction: Over the past decades, Forensic science has evolved and has been embraced by most states as a vital constituent of modern legal practice. It is widely used in courts as a major source for the outcome ...

Crime Scene Investigation Case Study
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Introduction: Case Study: Redcott Cottage The presence of the two glasses of gin and tonic on the drinks table in the lounge indicates the possibility of two people being inside the house at the moment of the att...