Criminology

The United States is governed by constitutional laws covering the entire nation.  The Constitution has allowed each state to put into effect its own laws to govern the boundaries of its state in order to maintain peace as per the law requires.  There sometimes occurs the passing of state laws and statutes which cause issue to be raised as to the constitutionality of the enforced law of the state.  When this occurs, the matter is generally processed through the confines of the legal...

Rape has always been one of those rampant societal predicaments that continuously make peoples lives everyday uncertain. Every day, people will always hear of stories that talk about rape cases that remain unsolved and worse, most of these cases are being said to be products of injustice and discrimination. Alice Sebold was one of the unfortunate women who have been victimized through rape. Her painful experience has been very implicative in her life ever since, that she decided to retell it through...

What is counterterrorism Before defining counterterrorism, it is pertinent to understand what terrorism is all about. Executive Order 13224 recognizes terrorism as any kind of violent activity whereby human life is endangered or the violent activity may prove to be dangerous to infrastructure and property in general. In addition, the act is said to be a terror motive if the intention was to intimidate the civilian population. If the coercion is directed towards influencing a government policy, the...

The field of forensic technology has been growing steadily because of advances in the science and technical fields and growing emphasis on the use of these new technologies in solving criminal activities. Forensic technologies include DNA testing, ballistics, fingerprinting, and toxicology. Technologists in this field of criminology work at crime scenes and also in the laboratories and are called upon to give testimonies in courts of law. The criminal justice system is highly dependent on forensic...

With advancement in technology, the systems of criminal justice have not been left behind. Various advanced technological gadgets have found their use in various areas of the criminal justice. These gadgets have more advantages than disadvantages. Technology integrated into various parts of the criminal justice system There are numerous areas of criminal justice in which technology has been integrated. Police cars are one of them. Video recorders that are supposed to video tape all stops have been...

In such a case, it would be advisable to take immediate measures so as to avoid people from suffering from this bomb attack. The very first thing that I would do is to identify the area where the suspected bombers are located. Unsuspected, I would send some investigators to ensure that in deed there are some activities that are taking place in that warehouse. Once I have confirmed that there are some activities in this warehouse, I would inform the law enforcement department or the police department....

Despite considerable economic improvements and expected increase in GDP in the beginning of the twenty first century, the economic performance after 2007 slowed down and is not capable to deal with the growing poverty and inequality in Africa. It is clear that today most African countries are facing the task of achieving important structural changes in their economies in order to protect hard-won economic gains of the recent years and try to achieve Africas development goals. There is need in effective...