i) The Crime Scene Examiner within the Police Force The main function of a Crime Scene Examiner (also known as a Scenes of Crime Officer – SOCO or Crime Scene Investigator – CSI) is to record, gather and preserve all available potential physical evidence to support the investigating officer in their inquiry [Pep05]. ... The result of that test was the only evidence linked him to the crime[Her12]. ... Crime scene investigators are therefore classed as professional witnesses [Elm10]. ... On the other hand, expert witnesses are often called upon to state conclusions and opinions based...

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Arrest • Arrest takes place when a person suspected of a crime is taken into custody • An arrest is considered a "seizure" under the 4th amendment and the constitution requires that seizures be reasonable. ... • If, on the basis of the information provided, the judge finds probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed and the accused committed said crime, then a warrant will be issued. No time for a Warrant • Police can make a warrant-less arrest based on probable cause • Probable cause is defined as a reasonable belief that a p...

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Hate that is based on race, religion, and sexual orientation can exist within any cultural rich society. ... People have discriminated against others based upon these attributes from the beginning of time. Prejudice has become a complex problem in society today and much of the world's history is based upon such hatred. ... Society is riddled with such hatred based upon peoples" benefits and origins and it seems millions are fighting each other for no relevant reason at all. ... Many people try to fight these hate crimes. ...

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Unfortunately, the Uniform Crime Reports do not record all reported crimes. ... Aggravated assault falls under the Violent Crime Index whereas larceny and burglary fall under the Property Crime Index of the Part I Index Crimes. ... Ever since the transition from agricultural-based to industrial-based societies developing cities have been hotbeds for crime. ... A group of people who accept crime as a cultural norm will continue to commit crime at much higher levels. ... The most common crimes in an area are going to be the crimes that the most common people are able to commit. ...

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Canada has developed policies and laws that are based on the principles that terrorism must be prevented, perpetrators of terrorist acts must be brought to swift justice, and terrorists should be denied sanctuary and support. ... Cyber crime consists of specific crimes dealing with computers and networks (such as hacking) and the facilitation of traditional crime through the use of computers (child pornography, hate crimes, telemarketing /Internet fraud). In addition to cyber crime, there is also "computer-supported crime" which covers the use of computers by criminals for communication an...

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Existing state laws to combat gender-based hate crimes are ineffective. ... Three states and the District of Columbia impose tougher penalties for crimes based on political affiliation. ... Even with federal jurisdiction over gender-based hate crimes, the federal government's jurisdiction would remain limited to only the most violent gender-based hate crimes, as it is under current law. ... The dictionary defines a hate crime as "any of various crimes... when motivated by hostility to the victim as a member of a group (as one based on color, creed, gender, or sexual orientation)." ... Th...

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Existing state laws to combat gender-based hate crimes are ineffective. ... Three states and the District of Columbia impose tougher penalties for crimes based on political affiliation. ... Even with federal jurisdiction over gender-based hate crimes, the federal government's jurisdiction would remain limited to only the most violent gender-based hate crimes, as it is under current law. ... The dictionary defines a hate crime as "any of various crimes... when motivated by hostility to the victim as a member of a group (as one based on color, creed, gender, or sexual orientation)." ... Th...

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In my thoughts there will always be hate crimes. ... Hate crimes are crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on certain group characteristics. These are crimes that are motivated by this person's prejudice. ... In that case it is difficult to know whether the offender committed this crime due to their bias, or did for other reasons. Along with the thousands of hate crimes committed every year there are many organized hate groups all over the U.S. ...

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Juvenile crime has always been so serious issue in many countries. ... There could be many reasons why juveniles commit crime but generally there are two main reasons which are psychological and family based. ... The second aspect about juvenile crime is personality traits. ... To sum up, for the aforementioned two reasons which are psychological and family based juvenile delinquency, there is no doubt that juvenile delinquency is a critical issue for many countries. ... Furthermore, in the light of previous researches, family based problems such as mother-child attachment and parental viole...

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Another example is a group called Christian Identity, who describes a religion that is fundamentally racist and anti-Semitic; and other are the Black Separatist groups, who are organizations whose ideologies include tenets of racially based hatred. ... As hate crimes have risen in number during the past five years; many state governments have attempted to prevent such crimes by passing laws called bias laws. These laws make a crime that is motivated by hatred based on the victim's race, religion, ethnic background, or sexual orientation a more serious crime than such an act would ordi...

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By the end of Dostoyesky's Crime and Punishment, the reader is no longer under the illusion of the possible existence of "extraordinary" men. For an open-minded reader, and even perhaps the closed-minded ones too, the book is a journey through Raskolnikov's proposed theory on crime. It is a theory based on the ideas that had "been printed and read a thousand times"(313) by both Hegel and Nietzsche. ... In chapter five of part three in Crime and Punishment, this theory is outlined by its creator, Raskolnikov. ... Raskolnikov's idea that "the enactment of a crime is invariably acc...

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By the end of Dostoyesky's Crime and Punishment, the reader is no longer under the illusion of the possible existence of "extraordinary" men. For an open-minded reader, and even perhaps the closed-minded ones too, the book is a journey through Raskolnikov's proposed theory on crime. It is a theory based on the ideas that had "been printed and read a thousand times"(313) by both Hegel and Nietzsche. ... In chapter five of part three in Crime and Punishment, this theory is outlined by its creator, Raskolnikov. ... Raskolnikov's idea that "the enactment of a crime is invariably ac...

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The severity of juvenile crimes has vastly increased from petty theft and vandalism to felonies. I think that because of television and the Internet, the parents inattentiveness, and our culture and society is why there has been such an increase in juvenile crime. ... JuliS34: I think that the internet and television has taught children how to be violent and it is easy access to find out anything and everything about crimes. ... Shows that I grew up watching like Tom and Jerry and the Road Runner is based on the two characters trying to kill each other. ... I also think that our culture has...

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Hate crime is one of the biggest issues many people face today. ... According to Charley Reese, ""Hate crime" is step toward totalitarianism .. ... It seems to me that he not writing about hate crimes. ... I believe that hate crimes will always stay of no matter. ... I think the major structure of our society today is base on relationships, which good and bad. ...

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Crime and Punishment Around about the mid 1800s Emily Dickinson hit the nail on the head with a line from a poem she wrote: Part One: Life. ... The same stands for Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, where the lead character, Rodion Raskolnikov, demonstrates multiple stages of craziness but when examined by the a sensible reader his actions seem to be profound logic. ... Raskolnikov has developed his own theory based on theories of the time of Hegel (Superior men, like Napoleon and Caesar, have the right to breach laws for the advancement of mankind and those who are not superi...

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Another form of Gender-Based Violence is Mass Rape in which rape is happening everywhere in large rates. ... The reason why Gender-Based Violence still remains a problem is because of the lack of education in these developing countries. ... "If someone steals a goat, the people would beat him up More weight is still given to the crime of stealing a thing than the crime of a person.... Gender-Based Violence is still happening today in modern society whether we know it or not. ... We are an organization that supports victims of forced marriages and honor crimes....

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States recognize that children who commit crimes are different from adults: as a class, they are less blameworthy, and they have a greater capacity for change. To respond to these differences, states have established a separate court system for juveniles, and they have created a separate, youth-based service delivery system that is different than that provided to adults. ... Pursuant to the above constitutional provision, the State has responsibility to provide the youth with care, support and understanding especially during times when he/she experiences confusions and the complexities of life...

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At 10 am, on October 3rd 2014, I was called upon to investigate a crime scene of stolen rare coins. ... Upon arrival at the crime scene I found the classroom secured with physical barriers and tape. Unwanted spectators were quickly eliminated from the crime scene. ... Knowing the DNA, we could use it to compare to FBI data base. ... At this point, we left the crime scene and moved into our forensics laboratories. ...

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Federal law defines a hate crime as whenever a victim is attacked on the basis of his or her race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or gender; hate offenses are directed against members of a particular group simply because of their membership in that group (Levin 4). Hate crimes today are becoming out of control. ... What happened thereafter undoubtedly has to be one of the most gruesome and horrifying crimes this country has seen since the day's slavery was legal. ... According to sociologists and psychologists, hate crimes tend to be excessively brutal, and they are often sense...

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"The True Crime" Today is your every first day for kindergarten. ... Once truants, these children drift into petty crime, which later evolves into major crime. ... By providing adequate educational services for students with learning disabilities and making them a higher priority within our communities as well as within the juvenile justice system there would be a significant decrease in crimes committed by minors. ... It is based on four basic principles: stronger accountability for results, increased flexibility and local control, expanded options for parents, and an emphasis o...

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Crime and Punishment Around about the mid 1800s Emily Dickinson hit the nail on the head with a line from a poem she wrote: Part One: Life. ... The same stands for Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, where the lead character, Rodion Raskolnikov, demonstrates multiple stages of craziness but when examined by the a sensible reader his actions seem to be profound logic. ... Raskolnikov has developed his own theory based on theories of the time of Hegel (Superior men, like Napoleon and Caesar, have the right to breach laws for the advancement of mankind and those who are not s...

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In fact, it has been proven that rehabilitation and community-based programs have had a positive influence on the future course of juveniles in trouble, especially first-time offenders. ... The statistics of juvenile crime are alarming. The is no dancing around the fact that the youth of America are commiting more crimes every year. Juvenile offenders should be punished more severely to deter other teenagers from committing crimes. ... Stronger punishments would cause less crimes make society a better place. ...

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The hate crimes of the past were based mainly on racial prejudice, but today causes can range from crimes against gays to vandalism and graffiti. ... Hate crimes are not necessarily always based on racial prejudice though. ... Discrimination and prejudice based on sexual orientation, for example, is the most recent cause that has sparked many of the hate crimes of today. ... Between 1991 and 1992, hate crimes based on race, national origin, ethnicity, and sexual orientation increased 16.7 percent (Thompson). ... Hate Crimes. ...

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A person who commits a crime should have to pay for the consequences. ... " (Two concepts if rules by John Rawls page 5) If we consider the job of a judge, they must sentence criminals to a certain punishment based on the crime they committed. ... Such judge has punished a criminal based on a utilitarian justification of the legal punishment of such crime. ... While in a retributivist justification we consider the punishment of a crime to be punished based on severity. ... No crime should ever go un-punished. ...

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There are many different types of computer crimes, but there are basically two main categories, crimes against computers and crimes using computers. "Crimes against computers are usually based on the destruction of hardware and software or the theft of computer technology... Computers are based on human input, thus computers make mistakes. ... Crimes using computers are more prevalent. There are numerous crimes that can be committed using computer, but they are not new crimes. ...

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