Essays on Law enforcement Page 4

The term legal competence can e defined as one how has sufficient amount of ability and has both natural and legal qualifications.  Competency can be utilized in several areas of law.  With consideration to the legal aspect, competence refers to the minimal amount of mental, behavioral and cognitive ability to be given due consideration by…

Trying Juveniles as Adults and Placing them into Adult Institutions Juveniles being tried as adults, who is to blame? In today’s society it is not who or whom it is what. Juvenile offenders are now facing a double-edged sword. Not only can they be tried in a Juvenile court for a crime committed. They are…

This paper will explain why the topic of White Collar Crime needs to be researched and what actions should be taken, while during the research. White Collar crimes has the power to win election, gain public trust, influence the press and give a person the impression that he or she can continue to lie so…

Mead Shumway, a resident of Nebraska, was convicted and sentenced to death by a jury for first-degree murder based on circumstantial evidence. However, despite his claims of innocence and his plea for forgiveness from God before his execution, the husband of the deceased confessed to being responsible for his wife’s murder on his deathbed the…

Crime and punishment have been a part of society. As criminals are caught and put to justice, their moral credentials are reduced so greatly that it is often difficult for them to move up the ranks in society. After all, if they have committed a crime once, what is there to stop them from doing…

Differential association theory is one of the Chicago School criminological theories that held a sociological approach to analyzing criminality. The theory was finalized by University of Chicago sociologist Edwin Sutherland in 1947 as one of the first to take a major turn away from the classical individualist theories of crime and delinquency. Much of his…

Section 34 of Indian Penal Code deals with liability of an individual for sharing ‘intention’ when ‘several persons ’ are participating in the ‘criminal act’ done ‘in furtherance of the common intention of all’. Section 35, which complements the main rule laid down in sec 34, deals with situation where an offence requires a particular…

Recent estimates indicate that are millions of American adults, and juveniles who are experiencing compulsive gambling problems. Those numbers are compounded by the loved ones who suffer along with them. If the Broken Window Theory is applied, the effect of gambling’s negative side effects start to spill over into the mainstream of society, or the…

Get Better or Get Jailed             Crime rate is increasing, which also means that more and more apprehended offenders are crowding the already jam-packed correctional facilities. And while this problem stems from various factors, attention is turned on how this can be addressed. The increasing number of criminal offenders is alarming, and concerned authorities in…

Abstract The use of force has for a long time impaired the credibility of the police agency in the process of law enforcement.  The police department as an agency who enforce the law, have worked tirelessly to create their image as perfect law enforcers and to encourage that, everybody gives the law the respect it…