Essays on Crime Page 19

Alphonse Capone, better known as Al Capone, was a notorious gangster in the United States. He gained fame for his involvement in smuggling alcohol during the prohibition era when alcoholic beverages were prohibited. Capone’s criminal activities made him a prominent figure in Chicago, where he operated. Born on January 17, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York…

Emerging during the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th century, the Classical Theory of Criminology heralded a transformation in the approach to understanding criminal behavior and administering justice. Moving away from attributing crime to mystical or supernatural origins, this theory grounded crime in the rational decisions of individuals, guided by their assessments of pleasure against…

Universities have taken many precautions to battle crime on and around campus. “One of the newest techno-trends on American college and university campuses is tipping campus police to illicit activity by filling out online forms posted on the department’s World Wide Web page” (Campus Crimes… ). Colleges such as Duke University, the University of Georgia,…

Truth About Black Crime “You could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.”- Former Education Secretary and Drug Czar William Bennett Racism and discrimination had been one of the many governing factors in every society. This is true especially in the United States were the majority of whites view blacks…

I believe that I will have a lot of haters and maybe unfollows after this but I am willing to take that just to get my point across the Philippines. I am no one important in the Philippine Society, I am just a speck of dust in the windshield of life, I am no one…

Edward Theodore Gein, born in La Crosse, Wisconsin on August 27, 1906, was the second child of Augusta and George Gein. Augusta had a strong devotion to religion and was determined to raise her sons with strict moral values. She often warned them about the immoral behavior of women, hoping to discourage any potential sexual…

The James Bulger case, a shocking and distressing abduction in England, remains deeply ingrained in the collective memory as one of the most horrifying incidents. It occurred on Friday afternoon, February 12, 1993, at a shopping center near Liverpool in Bootle when two-year-old James Patrick Bulger was reported missing. Despite exhaustive efforts to locate him,…

Greenspan – The Case for the DefenseMy fascination with the Judicial System Structure of todays society wasfurthered and strengthened after reading and analyzing the works of EdwardGreenspan. The superbly written biography recollecting past cases and importantevents in Greenspan’s life allowed myself, the reader, to learn more aboutJurisprudence and the Criminal Code. The entire casebook revolves…

Hazing, which involves subjecting newcomers to abusive or humiliating tricks and ridicule, has historically been viewed as a clandestine practice on college campuses, particularly within fraternities and during the pledging process. Consequently, Dr. Mark Taff concluded in his article that, “. A total of 168 cases of injuries and deaths have been reported in connection…

Body snatching, as the name suggests, was the act of stealing dead bodies. Bodies were stolen for multiple reasons, usually for monetary gain. Body snatching became a common fear and many families took steps to prevent this occurrence from happening to the bodies of their loved ones. The poor of the 19th century were often…