Summarize how juvenile offenders are processed through the criminal justice system.
Category: Criminology
The types of juvenile offenders
Differentiate between the types of juvenile offenders, including delinquents and status offenders.
Are people born to be criminals?
Do you think that people are born to be criminals?
If people are born criminals, does society have an obligation to identify and eliminate the risk through eugenics or biological predetermination?
What are the ethical implications for knowing someone is a criminal at an early age?
Support your opinion with evidence.
Illicit and pharmaceutical drug cases
Illicit and pharmaceutical drug cases have overwhelmed the criminal justice system. Probation and Parole see these revolving cases daily. Many politicians have argued that this is a crime as much as a disease. Research drug court and the effectiveness for the defendants.
Thinking like an offender
For this Discussion, you will choose a case study and attempt to “think like an offender.” Consider where a person comes from and what experiences that person may have undergone. What drives a person to commit a crime?
The number of violent crimes that have occurred in a U.S. city
These are common statements heard daily, but what are the facts? Crime can be broken down and measured in many different ways. There are many different types of crime, including property crimes, violent crimes, white-collar crimes, and cybercrimes. The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program identifies violent crime as four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. The number (incidences) of these four crimes has increased in the past decade due to population changes; however, in order to account for changing populations, the UCR uses a prevalence rate of crimes per 100,000 people. This allows for consistent reporting.
In this Discussion, you estimate the number of violent crimes that have occurred in a U.S. city, county, state, or region in the past year. You then compare your estimates to the actual numbers from the UCR.
Examining the global criminal perspective of two types of transnational crimes.
For this week’s assignment, you will examine the global criminal perspective of two types of transnational crimes. Chapter 2 in the text discusses domestic crime, transnational crime, and justice. Find additional credible sources to assist in your evaluation of international policing and investigative agencies’ attempts to locate and arrest individuals that are engaged in these transnational crimes.
Before you begin, choose two types of transnational crime from the list below:
Cybercrime
Drug trafficking
Human trafficking
Money laundering
Maritime piracy
Theft of art and cultural objects
Trade in human body parts
Terrorism
relative to the chosen two types of transnational crime
Describe what international policing and investigative agencies are doing well.
Identify areas in need of improvements.
Discuss what we as individuals can do to help with transnational crime rates.
Identify some warning signs that these transnational crimes may be taking place around us.
Evaluate what the United States has done to improve transnational crime rates.
Identify which national agencies are involved in the United States’ attempt to manage transnational crime.
Discuss each agency’s role in these efforts.
Violent crime by race, gender, and population.
Locate the UCR data concerning violent crime by race, gender, and population.
Select a population (city or county) to analyze data for the Discussion.
Provide the name and population demographics (race, gender) of the city or county you selected. Provide the violent crime statistics (prevalence and rate) by race and gender of both the victim and the offender. Explain the socioeconomic factors that may affect the prevalence and rate of violent crime in the population you selected. Explain any cultural norms that may contribute to violent crime.
A historical mass murder case.
Select a current or historical mass murder case.
Summarize the murder case you selected.
Provide at least two references from which you will obtain information about the case.
Blended sentencing statutes
What are the five types of blended sentencing statutes? What are some positive benefits of blended sentencing statutes for serious and violent juvenile offenders?