Essays on Crime

Texas Death Penalty: Controversies and Considerations Texas has been using the legal death penalty for capital offenses for a very long time, executing a lot of people compared to the other states in the United States of America. Texas should cease using the death penalty in cases that are contradicting or...

Criminal justice involves the study of matters revolving around the police, criminal courts, and other correctional institutions. Criminal justice is different from both criminology and from criminal law. The study of criminal justice was started in the United States back in the 20th century. The gap between the actual work...

Atop the various activities that constitute police misconduct is police brutality. Notably, police brutality is not an American problem or a problem that is only prevalent in certain regions. Police brutality is widespread and it is sad to note that its extremity appears to be on the rise in some...

Different neighbourhoods have different issues that affect the social lives of people. However, some of these problems such as crime rates are not specific to single areas. They generally affect the contemporary society. Community policing, also known as community-oriented policing has been identified to be one of the most efficacious...

Gun Control: A Controversial Issue Gun control refers to any designed legal measure aimed at preventing or restricting possession and use of firearms. In most developed nations, gun control is given much attention thus making it uncontroversial and strict. However, in others, the aspect has emerged as a heated political issue...

Jerry Sandusky’s case follows a series of incidents which span more than 15 years where prosecutors state that he was a pedophile who preyed on at least ten young boys. He claims that the allegations are false and that the allegations were started by a troubled teen who was supported...

The debate on the constitutionality and the need for the death penalty in the united states and globally has polarized the country as different schools of thought have come up to support the capital punishment while others have sharply criticized this action (Reynolds, 2015). Another group of individuals has been...

Death Penalty Death penalty is also recognized as capital punishment, which is a suction practice by the government where a law offender is put to death as a penalty due to the crime. The crimes which are punished through execution are known as capital offenses, and they are such as war...

Introduction According to Cheryl (845), more than 50,000 children and women are trafficked into the United States every year to be sex slaves and Texas which is explained as the Lone Star State is deemed as the profound hub of sexual trafficking. Here, the undertaking of the commercial sex trafficking business...

A ban on assault rifles like the one Congress enacted in 1994 could be effective at minimizing mass shootings conducted with those weapons, but the same ban can fail due to various reasons. Routinely, lawmakers introduce bans on assault rifles as a response to the shootings considering that most of...

The Riley v California Case The Riley v California case is a unique case because of the how evidence was obtained. The police officer who charged Riley got so much information from Riley's phone. The evidence acquired was used against Riley in the court of law. The American constitution – Fourth...

The issue of firearms has always been a problem to the United States, and different tactics have been employed to act as measures against this challenge, although the impact has not been glorious. The paper shall consider gun control at the federal level as all states have experienced mass shooting...