Category: Criminal homework help

Write a comparison-contrast paper explaining the difference between community courts and traditional courts.

After watching this movie, I am sure you are asking yourself what does this have to do with criminal justice. Well, it has a lot to do with it as we see the following issues at hand: The impact on environmental law and policy, access to justice, challenges on investigating corporate crime amongst other issues. I challenge you to write about your thoughts. Your paper will revolve around how you perceive the movie and as you look at your community, do you think a similar issue(s) can be happening and you are not aware? Also, talk about what if Erin had not been persistent, what would have happened to the people and to Brinkley? Do you feel justice was served? Yes or No and why?

What is Compstat? Why was it created? What are the pros and cons? In your opinion, what could be changed to make it more effective? 

Based on what you read in the Haynes article, do you think the courtroom workgroup is good or bad for defendants? Why? If bad, what do you think can be done to solve it? 

 Provide a brief overview (3-5 pages) of the incident and then highlight the response 
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How interlinked are sociology and criminology?
The field of sociology studies life and any social changes that might impact a person’s life. Criminology, as we know, is the scientific study of crime and everything that factors into it, including behavior. How do these fit together? Does one have to do with the other? Can one influence the other? While there are varying answers to these questions, ultimately, it can be found that they can and do have a strong relationship. Since crime has much to do with behavior, as criminology studies this, it relates heavily to sociology. There are many societal factors that influence behavior and can even lead people to commit crimes. Now, even though not all societal factors will affect people’s behaviors in the same way, they can be a significant influence among others. Important things in someone’s life, such as friendships, education, and socioeconomic status, can be contributing factors that can lead someone down a path of crime. When studying criminology, it’s important to note and take into account other fields of study that relate to and/or influence this one because it can help lead to a more thorough understanding.

   do you feel without physical evidence a jury should not find guilt in a  case? Is circumstantial evidence just as important? Have the TV shows  influenced jurors as to the types of evidence they may find in a  criminal investigation? 

 
Susan is a seven year old child in the second grade. She comes from a poor family and her single mom, Betty, tends to work up to 60 hours per week which requires Susan to spend time with lots of different babysitters. Betty has few friends and even fewer social resources. At school, Susan’s teacher noticed that Susan appeared to be in pain and that she was crying for no apparent reason. Her teacher asked Susan if she was okay and if she had hurt herself somehow. Susan stated that her “private parts were sore” and that her mommy’s friend told her “not to tell anyone what happened or mommy would be in trouble”. Shocked by the child’s disclosure, the teacher immediately contacted the school nurse and the state child protection agency.  
Questions:
If Betty knew that Susan was being abused but Betty did not actually participate in the abuse, would there be any legal consequences for Betty? What if Betty did not know of the abuse, would there be any legal consequences for her? How does one prove what a person “knows or should have known”?
2. What is the role of a “Child Protection Team” (CPT) as set forth in Chapter 39 of the Florida Statutes and how could CPT assist Susan and her Mom if in fact her mom had no culpable role in the abuse? What would ‘reasonable efforts” be for this family?
3. Why is child sexual abuse so difficult to identify and prosecute?

Choose 1:
1. It is expensive to upkeep a trace unit. Many labs are shutting their units down. Discuss the pros/cons of keeping open a unit that doesn’t give personal identification data, like DNA.
2. The number of trace evidence cases submitted to labs has continually diminished over recent years. Why do you think that is happening?
3. Provide some input on what glass analysis can tell us in the 21st century. You may want to look up articles by Dr. Almirall’s group @ FIU.
Michael Grieve passed away not long ago. Discuss the contributions he made to forensic science.
Discuss some of the contributions Dr. Walter McCrone has made to the forensic community over the years.

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