Essays on Crime

The Debate Surrounding Gun Control in the U.S. The debate surrounding gun control in the U.S. has been constant over the last few years especially with cases of mass shootings hitting different parts of the country recently. Gun control can be described as the legal measure meant to restrict or prevent...

The Term Probable Cause The term probable cause is the information which police uses to arrest or search criminal suspects. The clause is derived from the 4th amendment of the American constitution that protects peoples and property. However, persons are checked if they are suspected of having committed an offense. Anticipated Changes...

The actions of Officer Jones The actions that Officer Jones portrayed are unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment to the American Constitution sets the constraints on warrantless searches, stating that the rights of individuals to remain secured within their houses shall not be violated, and that no warrants shall...

Upon examining the court’s decision as it relates to cell phone searches incident to arrest, I agree with it. I understand that cell phones contain private information about individuals and they have the rights to hold such information. However, there are situations whereby, it is critical for the police to...

Community Policing Community policing can get defined as a philosophy that focuses on promoting strategies that support the utilization of problem-solving and partnership techniques to proactively address matters that result in public safety issues like social disorder, fear of crime as well as crime (Cordner 149). Community policing concept in the...

The death penalty is a situation whereby death is given to someone having committed crime. It is also termed as capital punishment. In the past centuries capital punishment was familiar, but recently it has reduced. Due to its argumentation, it has brought many controversies thus the need to shut down....

Liberal Democracies and the Balancing Act of National Security and Individual Rights Liberal democracies such as Australia are struggling to establish a balance between the demand for national security and individual rights. On one hand, individuals ought to be given vital human rights that accords to the rule of law such...

Death Penalty: History and Introduction 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...

Good deeds often attract good rewards while bad deeds attract bad rewards. While people are always encouraged to do good, there is a group of the population that chooses to engage in bad behaviors. The law defines the punishment that awaits those who choose to engage in bad or wrong...

Prostitution and its Definition Prostitution refers to engagement of sexual activities in exchange for favors or money. However, this definition has been criticized as inadequate since there are women who become wives because they want a house and livelihood which can be termed as favors as well (Weitzer 23). Therefore, prostitution...

The Alleged Hacking of the US Election The alleged hacking of the US election by the Russians was viewed differently by the individuals involved in the election. The incident was seen by various individuals as the reason behind the decision in the 2016 presidential elections. It led to certain strays between...

The United States Prison System The United States has among the highest rates of imprisonment in the world. The number of inmates as at 2016 was about 8 million (Markman et al., 2016). The high prison populations have been blamed for the high expenditures of the justice system. Therefore, there has...