Criminology

The Longman dictionary of contemporary English defines terror as a feeling of extreme fear and terrorism as the use of violence such as bombing, shooting, or kidnapping to obtain political demands such as making a government of a country do something. Its also defined as a systematic induction of fear in order to make someone do something they do not want to do. At present, there is no satisfactory definition to this word especially after the recent event of terror famously known as the 911 which...

May 5, 1993  300pm  Chris Byers, Steve Branch, and James Moore leave Weaver Elementary School at the daily dismissal and walk home. May 5, 1993  310pm  Mark Byers (Step-father of Chris Byers) arrives home.  Chris Byers is not at home as he was supposed to wait for someone, either Mark or his step-brother Ryan, to let him in the house. May 5, 1993  330pm  Steve Branch arrived home and checked in with his mother.  He then left the premise to play outside....

The judiciary, in the United States and in many parts of the world, is one of the three arms of government the legislature and the executive comprise the other two. As such, the role the judiciary plays cannot be undermined. However, the judicial structure in the United States is a little complicated. The United States practices a dual court system where there is one national court system and separate court systems in each of the fifty-states and other U.S territories (Neubauer  Meinhold, 2007,...

The viability of the intelligence community Several past events have proved that not even the worlds most powerful nation, and only existing superpower, is capable of gathering, analysing, learning from and using security-related information to foresee and forestall terrorist attacks across the world. However, analysis of the operations of the United States intelligence agencies and inter-actions between these agencies reveals that their weaknesses lie not entirely in their inability to gather and...

When a vast number of people show their appreciation towards a certain personality, there IS a strong case for that persons genuineness. Not only T-shirts, but T-Shirts depicting a T-Shirt with Guevara are widespread among a generation. There are more than a dozen recognized peopleinstitutions who have written on the historical role of Che Guevara in Latin American socio-political canvas in a more positive manner than what a right wing American media like Fox news want us to believe except that...

There are several philosophical systems that have been studied and explained by great philosophers for many centuries, among them epistemology philosophy, logic philosophy and ethics philosophy. The main aim of this paper is to cover the ethics part of philosophy. It will compare and contrast the two main ethical systems and highlight the seven sub ethical systems that fall under the two main ethical systems categories with relevant examples. Ethical philosophy or moral philosophy is the study...

Lombroso, Durkheim and Beccaria have arranged for a meeting to discuss some of the challenges they face as a society. They have a concern for their livelihood. As old men they are blessed with wisdom, despite this fact, each of them is entitled to his own opinion which may be synchronous or antagonistic with the other points of view. Tolerance and mutual respect are bound to be the foundations of their discussion. As people who have done a considerable amount of work on crime as a challenge to the...

This paper aims to provide valuable insights on various philosophies concerning crime and punishment. In order explore some of the major themes of crime, the differing philosophies of scholars, particularly Emile Durkheim, Cesare Lombroso and Cesare Beccaria, are given to shed  wisdom on how  the different arguments of scholars are able to shape the way people perceive crime and punishment at present. Crime and Punishment Argument I The Definition of Crime According to Lombroso, crime...

It is generally acceptable for anyone to assert that light actually scares away or deter potential offenders from committing a crime because of the fear of being recognized either by the security agents or the residents. Lighting makes a place safer by keeping the potential criminals at bay. This is mainly due to informal surveillance by the residents who always walk on the streets as well as spend on their front yards as a result of improved lighting at night. Generally, light enhances visibility...