Essays on FBI

Introduction

The USA patriot act came into law in 2001 and was created as a result of the September 11 terrorists attacks. The Patriot act empowers security agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation to use appropriate tools to track and prevent terrorists from committing terrorist activities (Torr, 2006). The law empowers investigators to search personal information of U.S citizens or detain foreigners who are considered a threat to national security. Some critics of the law argue that, the law infringes on people’s privacy or individual civil liberties but, the law ensures that the security of U.S citizens and their ...

Slide 2: FBI

Stands for The Federal Bureau of Investigations, which is an American security agency that is mandated to provide internal security within the country. Moreover, The FBI's primary’s task is to investigate crimes that have reached the federal level. This includes multiple homicides or major crimes that cross state borders, crimes which involve companies or individuals in multiple states. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is an agency of the government under the United States Department of Justice that started in the year 1908 and has a dual role of dispensing investigative functions as well as functioning as an internal ...

Fraud and Abuse in Managed Care in America: An Introduction

The American government significantly knows more about health care reforms, and what requires to be put into practice to resolve the poor health care system. The major trouble the government is trying to deal with the considerable rise in health care expenditures that are creating a large number of patients that are registered all over the USA. There exist various factors that are linked to ...

The first step in combating any type of high-tech crime is to inform the public of its dangers and educate them on ways in which they can protect themselves. As the popular phrase states, “knowing is half the battle.” The best way to raise public awareness would be through a community public education campaign. At a minimum, the campaign should: (1) define what Internet fraud, illegal file sharing and online harassment are; (2) explain why it is illegal; (3) explain ways the citizens can fall victim; (4) explain what citizens should do if they are a victim; (5) explain ways that ...

1. What does “behavior reflects personality” mean? How is physical evidence related to behavior? Explain modus operandi and signature aspects of violent crimes. Finally, explain the components of crime classification that you learned about.

The term “behavior reflects personality” refers to the fact that although every crime committed is unique in its own way, certain behaviors related to these crimes fit noticeable patterns. By focusing on the distinct pieces of these patterns, it is then easier to determine the profile of the suspect’s personality. According to an article from the American Psychological Association, “In a homicide case, for example, FBI agents glean insight into [a] personality through questions about the murderer's behavior at four crime phases” (Winerman, 2004). The article states that these four phases include Antecedent, Method & Manner, Body ...

White collar crime is a crime committed on the corporate level. It includes credit card fraud and cybercrime. Corporate level crimes are committed by companies to fulfill their own interests. On the other hand, street crimes are criminal offenses that take place in the general public for example drug trafficking, pickpocketing, etc. White collar crimes present biggest threat to our computer security.

An insider espionage case took place in 2001 in FBI where a FBI agent who had considerable experience and privilege rights to FBI systems was charged to spy for Russia since 1985 and this was considered to be the ...

FBI & CIA

Intelligence-gathering is an integral part of a country’s security exercise, and the FBI and CIA are the U.Ss security agencies. “The FBI, as a law-enforcement agency, apprehends wrongdoers, while the CIA, the other security agency, monitors and keeps suspicious people under surveillance, rather than arrest them,” says Stephen (2012). It would be hard to distinguish their predominant working styles, but in a nutshell, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is the law agency that works within the country to gather intelligence information and fight federal crimes, while the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the intelligence agency that collects information ...

Is Information Sharing Too Regulated? Has a Lack of Sharing Caused a Key Intelligence Failure?

Government agencies unanimously agree that they failed to know in advance the September 11th plot for lack of information sharing. The September 11th attack was the demonstration of the government agencies’ failure to have a network among themselves that would have enabled them to know the plan to attack well in advance and to actually to prevent the attack from happening. The U.S. Government admits that it could have prevented the 9/11 attacks if the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and state and local law enforcement had shared among themselves their knowledge about the hijackers ...

1. What key needs in local law enforcement agencies must be met to improve response to computer crimes? How is the issue of computer crime currently addressed, and how do you feel that law enforcement responses could improve? Explain.

The of the key needs in local law enforcement agencies in improving the response to computer crime is keeping pace with the Tech-savvy criminals. There are has been tremendous changes in the computer field. The computing environment is becoming more and more complex. As such, the computer criminals are also coming up with sophisticated ways of overcoming the security mechanism ...

An act of terrorism which takes place within the boundaries of a country by its own citizens against fellow citizens may be defined as domestic terrorism. On the other hand, international terrorism constitutes those acts of terrorism carried out by people who are not natives of the victim country. Therefore, it can be suggested that those terrorist activities which are strategized within a country is labeled as domestic, whereas, foreign intervention in directing terrorist activities is categorized as international terrorism.

The Oklahoma City bombings of 1995 were the largest organized domestic terrorism activity within the United States. Within 90 minutes of ...

The Uniform Crime Reporting is a program operating nationally in gathering crime statistics from different law enforcement agencies. It has operated from 1930. After collecting the statistics, the FBI completes periodic assessments of the type of crime that the nation faces. The objective of the program is to provide reliable and accurate crime statistics that will allow the security agencies to enforce law to the society. It allows the security agencies to operate and manage security at the Federal and State level. The statistics from Uniform Crime Reporting program is useful to sociologist, municipal planners, legislators, students of criminal justice ...

As the world continues to thrive in the digital world, developments in technology continue to advance. Humans build their lives around wired and wireless networks, leaving imprints of their personal data available on the internet. In the past years, what is highly noticeable is the rise of various types of computer crimes. With this, the risk of losing personal data or becoming victims of cyber crimes also increases. Not all computer crimes involve damage to the physical property, but rather theft involving software manipulation and breach of human and information privacy. Computer crimes are criminal activities that involve illegal ...

The article of Berman and Fox (2009) presented the history of D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Research Education) program, and the main objective of the program which is to prevent drug addiction among the youth. For this study, the police officers were required to undergo trainings in order to lead educational sessions in local schools. The main purpose of the program is to educate young children of the long-term impact of teen drug abuse. The study revealed that those teens coming from suburban towns are more prone to be lured to drug addiction.

The problem or issue presented in this article ...

Question One

Combating terrorism is a primary responsibility of the government in this age where terrorist activities are common. The United States government established the Federal Bureau of Investigation as an agency that should be responsible for combating crime that are of a federal nature. The bureau is charged with responsibility of surveillance and investigations of all federal crimes including terrorism. The law gives the FBI the principal responsibility to ensure political surveillance.

This is done in order to detect and avert acts of terror. Terrorists are arrested and prosecuted in federal courts. Since the 9/11 attacks, the FBI surveillance has been enhanced ...

In recent years, there has been concern over the rising numbers of violent crimes in the United States. Crime statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI 2011) indicate that 58% of murder victims are youthful African Americans. The trend is estimated to rise since in 2011, the prevalence was 58% which was 8% more than it was in 2007. Young men and boys of color are therefore the most vulnerable populations when it comes to violence. The photo chosen was appropriate to this issue because it addresses the concern that the African American community has over the rampant ...

Introduction

On the second day of June, the year 2007, the Federal Bureau of Investigation brought three terrorists to custody. The three were members of a terrorist group which had the malicious intent of bombing J.F Kennedy International airport. Apprehending the criminals was not the most peculiar thing about the incident. The report that the FBI gave about how the terrorists had planned to destroy the area was particularly strange. The FBI revealed that the terrorists had used the Google Earth feature to have aerial access of leading international airports (Iskold, 2007). This marked the beginning of a key research area – ...

Although the most publicly well-known counterterrorist agencies in the United States are the CIA and Homeland Security, but the Department of State has also been playing an equally important role in counterterrorism for decades. Over the years, especially after the September 11 attacks, the role of the Department of State has gotten bigger and has become more visible ("State dept. official" 2012). Today, the Department of State is the leading federal agency that deals with and handles terrorist in foreign countries where the interests of the United States are involved. The Department of State takes the head role ...

Al Capone strikes fear in the hearts of citizens as his reign of terror continues in the Chicago area. This Brooklyn, New York native began his life of crime at a young age, earning him the nickname Scarface (Messick & Goldblatt, 1972). As an original member of The Five Points Gang, his connections with crime boss, Jim Colosimo offered him to opportunity to learn the trade under Colosimo’s tutelage (Whitehead, 1956). Upon Colosimo’s death, Capone was groomed to take the position.

The prohibition allowed for many opportunities for Capone to continue to profit off of illegal alcohol sales ...

Computer forensic refers to the preservation, identification, extraction, interpretation and documentation of computer evidence (Wiles, Cardwell, and Reyes, 2007, p.2). Such evidence retrieved is usually aimed to be used in a court of law. Electronic crimes increased in the 1970s especially in the financial sector. These crimes resulted because people saw an opportunity of making money by manipulating computer data (Nelson, Phillips, and Steuart, 2010, p.5).

According to Mohay (2003, p.113), computer forensics was first used in the 1970s by the US military and intelligence agencies. Daniel (2011, p.14) notes that computer forensics began in 1984. During this year, the ...

1. What should the Connecticut Company have done to prevent the computer intrusion described in this case? What should it have done to detect this computer intrusion?

After the computer system has been compromised with, and an intrusion is detected, a computer forensics investigation is necessary to stop further intrusion. The Connecticut Company ought to have put in place preventive measures in order to prevent intruders from accessing their information. In case, the preventive security measures fails, Intrusion Detection System, IDs, is implemented which completely detects any intrusion into the system, and, if the intruder is indentified necessary legal actions ...

The National Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created when a treaty was signed in 1949 by all the Allies except for the Soviet Union after World War II. That means that approximately 65 years after WWII ended and thirteen years after the end of the Cold War NATO is still active. The NATO website states that there were three main reasons for creating NATO. One reason was to build an organization of countries that could rely on each other to work together against any threat from the Soviet Union. The second reason mentioned was to get a North American presence in ...

The Wolf of Wall Street movie overview

In the movie, DiCaprio of the Wolf of Wall Street plays Belfort, a penny stockbroker from Long Island who served prison term of 36 months for massive defrauding of investors in 1990s securities scam that involved widespread corruption in the corporate banking world and on Wall Street, including Steve Madden a shoe designer. Jordan Belfort teamed with Donny Azoff in 1990s, his partner and started Stratford-Oakmont a brokerage firm. Their company grew quickly to a staff of more than 250 from a staff of 20, and their status was elevated in Wall Street and the trading community by their exponential growth. So much ...

1. The sentinel is a new information and case management file developed to integrate the components of commercial (Hite, 2007).

The Sentinel was intended to provide an electronic management, management of the work flow, management of the evidence, repotting capabilities, search and the sharing of information with other law enforcers and the intelligence at the community level by the FBI (Hite, 2007).

This is primarily intended to improve the FBI capabilities by adopting the use of electronic system in information sharing rather than the paper-based system of reporting. The sentinel therefore provides support to the FBI priorities with the key ...

Twenty years ago, on the morning of April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh set off a bomb in front of the Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City, killing 168 people. The attack represented a culmination of the domestic terrorism threat, and the beginning of the transformation the United States’ national security model that ended in the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. It remains the worst domestic terror attack in the country’s history, and it came barely two years after the 1993 Twin Tower bombing that claimed six lives. The perpetrators, Terry Nichols, and Tim McVeigh met seven years earlier at ...

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Introduction

In an investigation conducted by the FBI, Joe, a 64-year-old Caucasian male was arrested for possession of child pornography after his name and credit card information was traced to a website that featured hardcore child pornography. During the search of his house, the FBI agents found several pictures and video clippings involving children engaging in different kinds of sexual activities. Since he was positively identified and evidences were also found in his house he was brought to court and was trialed for sexual offense. During the deliberation of his case, Joe was recommended to undergo a Sex Offender Evaluation to ...

Earley, Pete (2012). The Serial Killer Whisperer: How One Man's Tragedy Helped Unlock the Deadliest Secrets of the World's Most Terrifying Killers. Touchstone. New York City: NY. ISBN-13: 978-1439199039.

Purpose of the book

The purpose of “The Serial Killer Whisperer” is revelation. The minds of serial killers and serial murders have fascinated us through investigative documentaries, sitcoms and Hollywood blockbusters (Schmid, 2005). The information that is portrayed to us in these mediums is generally violent and usually illogical behavior on part of the serial offender. This book, however, reveals a different side to the readers. The side that eludes investigators and criminal profilers; the ...

Introduction

This paper discusses the Watergate Scandal that brought Richard Nixon and his political career down. June 17th, 1972 went down in history as the worst possible day in President Nixon’s career, which already had many lows because of the various wars he waged. This incident was just the tip of the proverbial iceberg, and the journalists had a field day when they began uncovering details that were even more upsetting and dirty. From then on it was a downward journey for Nixon and on August 8th, 1974, at 9 AM the nation witnessed a televised resignation speech delivered by him.

The Burglary

Early ...

Facts

For 18 months between March 2013 and September 2014, the appellants, fourteen students of Huntsville Schools in Huntsville Alabama, allege that the school illegally set up and maintained illegal and invasive systems to observe their activity on worldwide web social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. The appellants further allege that Huntsville Schools, working under the jurisdiction and authority of the Alabama Public School Systems (the defendant), expelled them from the institution based solely on the information unscrupulously acquired on the internet. The appellants additionally suggest that the defendant worked in collusion with the National Security Agency (NSA) ...

Introduction:

This term paper will be consisted on the chosen theory that is self control theory and detailed information about self control theory and its linkage with a type of cyber crime that is hacking. Definitions of self control theory and hacking will be provided to understand the general overview and the linkage between these two terms. After developing an understanding of criminology theory, that is the self control theory the reasons of computer hacking and other such kinds of cyber crimes. After reasons of computer hacking the linkage of self control theory and computer hacking will be provided. The finding ...

Short after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, at the urgings of the Bush administration, Congress passed the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Patriot Act). The Patriot Act was notable not only for the haste in which it was drafted and enacted but also the comprehensive changes that it made to American criminal procedure, national security and information privacy laws. Originally, many of the provisions of the Patriot Act were set to “sunset” or automatically end if Congress did not reauthorize them. Congress however has consistently ...

Discussion and Responses

Question: Discuss the similarities and differences between male and female robbers (weapon of choice, approach, targets, etc.). In the crime of robbery, male and female offending show some similarities and dissimilarities. For both sexes the goal and motivation to commit robbery is the same – acquisition of a targeted valuable item or items. It is the strategy or the manner of committing the crime that differentiates male and female robbery. For male robbers, physical confrontation with their victims comes with the territory, which manifests the masculine culture prevalent on the streets. Women robbers, however, use different strategies in committing robbery. ...

(Institute/University)

Introduction

A seldom noted observation device geared to monitor the movements of every passing motorist is rapidly spreading on America’s thoroughfares. “Automatic license plate readers” that are placed on police cruisers or on stationary locations such as bridges-utilize small high speed cameras to take pictures of thousands of license plates every minute. The data taken by the readers-inclusive of the plate of the vehicle, the date, time and area of the scanning-is then gathered and at times lumped together into regional data pools. As a result of these activities, innocent motorists have their private information taken and pooled into ...

Eventually, Ted Bundy was "fried" on the electric chair in Florida in 1989. A local, shouted to the onlookers that crowded the prison gates that day: "turn off your coffee makers, all the electricity will be needed here today!" Ted Cowell was raised in a perfectly fine, absolutely normal family, with loving parents and 4 other siblings. Well, according to him. However, the official version is a little bit different. He was born to a single mom, which at that time was considered to be despicable, thus, his grandparents, took him in as his son, and he grew up thinking that ...

Introduction to the Criminal Justice System

CJ-101-06 The Lindbergh baby kidnapping trial was considered the crime of the century in the United States and the rest of the world. This was because it involved the kidnapping of the son of Charles Lindbergh, the first aviator to have crossed the Atlantic and idolized by the Americans as its national hero. The kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. who was 20 months old at that time, occurred late at night on March 1, 1932 in the Lindbergh home somewhere in New Jersey. The boy was taken from the nursery, while his parents were in an adjoining ...

Organized Crime

Organized crime is a critical threat to the security of the citizens since it is a violation of human rights as well as undermining social development. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, organized crime is an illegal activity which is controlled or executed by a group of people which has organized structure and functions (US Federal Bureau of Investigations, nd). Their main goal is to acquire money using illegal activities. Some of the illegal activities which are common to transnational organized crime includes drug trafficking, human trafficking and selling illegal firearms (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, nd). Most ...

Images and livestream video clips of American military vehicles getting blown up and dead Americans--both military and civilian--laying dead on the ground in the vicinity have saturated both the international and media. Such images underscore the barbarity and savagery that has become so widespread in the Middle East. Often, such images are disseminated via the news and mass media as well as the internet in order to galvanize new supporters against the United States by discursively framing the American military, coalition forces, and civilians abroad as not indefatigable. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIL) is an extremist ...

The United States of America is one of the few countries that professes world peace from by-gone eras. The nation has remained an outspoken and action-oriented country in the wake of human rights violations in different parts of the world. The United States has sanctioned several nations that were guilty of ethnic cleansing. Diplomatic and commercial interests for world governments has always allowed the United States to champion human rights for those who cannot fend for themselves. Yet, their record at home is less than satisfactory. The Anti-Slavery movement that cost the greatest American President his life, the civil ...

In the 1950s and 1960s, the American government maintained high secrets on security information. The public never knew any information pertaining government activities on security. The policy made it hard for enemies to attack the United States of America. It was not after the Watergate hearing that new rules were released and the government activities of national security became open. However, after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack in America, the federal security agencies realized the importance of secrecy in issues associated with national security, especially on the fight against terrorism. The war on terrorism is a global problem affecting ...

Audience: Drivers who believe that there should be lenient sentencing for first time offenders, or who are otherwise against mandatory confinement laws. Message: We should carefully consider, and set legal statutes based on the benefits of implementing a mandatory jail sentence of a minimum of two weeks for all drunk driving offenders. Purpose: To get people to see that there are advantages to requiring a minimum 2 week jail sentence on all drivers arrested for DUI.

The question of how best to both punish and rehabilitate drunk driving offenders has been a topic of serious debate for more than 30 years. ...

1 The relevance of these principles in today’s times is the same as it used to be in 1800’s. These principles are essential part of effective policing in various countries. The idea of community policing, that we find very effective today, is the brainchild of Sir Peel. He believed that the police force exists to prevent the crime and should always be present in the society in order to fulfill their duty. 2 The police work in two different capacities in the United States of America. There policemen who work under the federal government ...

The rising numbers of homicides across the United States are closely attributed to the weak gun controls and stand your ground laws. According to the FBI data analysis, there has been a twenty five percent increase of civilian justifiable homicides since the introduction of the controversial self-defense laws from 2005. Stand your ground measures, allows people to use deadly force when they consider their life to be under threat without requiring them to try to escape or retreat the threat first. The stand your ground law was first introduced in Florida in 2005 and similar measures have been adopted ...

(Course/Major)

Swanson (1) avers that the uses of drones have both positive and negative uses for the use of drones in both commercial as well as law enforcement applications. However, Swanson is stating that with the absence of any actions by authorities, on the state and the Federal levels, to enact any policies or legislation to regulate any of the flights conducted by these “unmanned aerial vehicles” in America’s skies as these operators see fit. Federal authorities allowed more than 30,000 drone flights; police departments, for their part, have used drones to a low altitude of 400 feet, ...

Movie analysis - "Wolf of Wall Street" (2013) Movies are a great form of entertainment to which many people are accustomed to. They can even lead to some kind of addiction but keeping in mind that they are also very educative. The knowledge can be positive to the viewer and can also instill, to a certain level, some negative behavior/actions/thinking. That is, however, not important in this paper. The matter at hand is that movies can be analyzed from various perspectives and as for this case; the movie “Wolf of Wall Street,” the social psychological perspective will be applied. There ...

Introduction

Criminal justice careers are involved in protecting the law in cases that need enforcement of strict justice systems. Judicial system involves proper execution of legalities through the number of individuals who exercise it. As predictable, there are a number of criminal justice careers to choose, depending on the area of interest. People find the perfect career in the system of criminal justice. There are three core agencies of criminal justice where people can choose their careers interest. These parts are diverse from each other, though they cannot operate without the support from each other. They include corrections, law enforcement and ...

Abstract

American Culture has undergone many turns and twists throughout the centuries. It has always been determined to provide a tangential impasse into the lives of the American citizens as well as that of the events that encircle him /her in a wider global perspective. Perhaps that had been the proper way of interpretation of the society and its elements on a global as well as local perspective for the media. However in recent years, there seems to be an influence on the media channels as well as cable networks to highlight the importance of only the internal complexities of the American social ...

English

Introduction With the growing security threats in the United States such as the 9/11 attacks that claimed the lives of many Americans and foreigners, the National Security Agency put in place security measures that will ensure that the United States’ government is able to monitor its citizen’s communication. Despite the security concerns, the American constitution defends the rights and freedoms of speech of the people by upholding the principles of free living. Consequently, there have been varied reactions on the government’s efforts to monitor the communication in the interests of national security. These opponents of the ...

The Patriotic Act first came into effect after the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. At the time, it seemed like a very good idea and many Americans were in support of the act as they viewed it as a plausible way of deterring future acts of terrorism. Most of the country was still in shock after the devastation caused by the terrorist attack and naturally, they rallied behind what they thought was an effective response to this major setback. It is clear that the people at that time ...

- What is meant by the phrase “the rule of law,” as used in a democratic society? The rule of law (nomocracy) is primarily referent to the law’s authority and influence across the society. This is especially the case with constraints on behavior as well as behavioral influence of various government officials. The phrase traces back to mid 16th century, and was popularized in the 20th century. This aspect became integral to the ancient philosophers including Aristotle. Through him, law needs govern the Rule of law implying that all citizens are under the law of the land. This ...

I. INTRODUCTION TO SUBCULTURES: CONSUMPTION OF IDENTITY Subcultures are, at their core, a way for people to differentiate themselves from the culture that they are surrounded by. These subcultures can take a variety of different forms, from the relatively innocuous to the highly deviant-- however, one thing that they all share is the drive to differentiate themselves from the larger society to which they belong. Commonly, the majority culture has been considered to be the culture that accepts widely-held norms and beliefs and consumes the related products, while subcultures have been seen by sociologists and businesspeople alike as members of ...

Public administrators need to be able to ensure high level of productivity from the people who work under them. This can be achieved easily if they perceive good leadership skills and traits in order to bring about positive change especially in difficult situation. There several renowned leaders in the world who exhibited significant leadership skills which enabled them to cub social, economic or political problems. One of such leaders is the New York Police Department Commissioner Bill Bratton in the New York City (NYC, 2014). Bill Bratton positively influenced the state of security in the New York City by ...

On January 7, 2014 was broadcasted the documentary film of Frontline “Catch a trader” which investigates the problem of insider trading. In the film are included interviews with FBI agents and journalists about the results of their ten years long investigation of SAC Capital advisors L.P. who realized huge profits. It was founded by Steven A. Cohen in 1992. The Firm employed about thousand people, and had many offices around the world. Steven A. Cohen was a legend in Wall Street. The Firm developed successful investment strategies for their clients based on reliable information. Turney Duff, a former trader in Galleon Group, ...

Introduction

Many people frequently use the words “homicide” and “murder” interchangeably, but they are not the same. Homicide is a legal term referring to any killing of human by another human being. On the other hand, murder requires the intent to kill another human being. Homicide involves any death where a person has a fault, but there appears mitigating circumstances that can influence the charge of homicide. Those convicted of murder carry two charges, which include homicide and the malicious intent to kill. The United States laws carve exceptions form some killings, which would otherwise fall under criminal laws against murder or manslaughter. ...

Why has white collar crime been less thoroughly studied than conventional crime?

According to fbi.gov, white collar crime can be defined in a nutshell as lying, cheating and stealing. According to reports, the term was coined in 1939. In today’s world, the term “White collar crime” can be said to be synonymous to all forms of fraud perpetrated by government and business professionals. (FBI.GOV). it refers to all non-violent crimes that are financially motivated perpetrated within the business and government community. White collar crime has been less thoroughly studied than conventional crime due to the fact that white collar crimes occur in several forms and in a lot of professions. Even though ...

A 21 year old man named Brian Belanger was arrested for the offense of enticing a ten year old child to produce sexually explicit videos of himself and send them to him via email. The man, who hails from Worcester in Massachusetts, is alleged to have met the child online through PlayStation 3 where he told the child that someone was seeking to kill him. He then convinced the child that he could help him by availing to him those videos which he would subsequently turn to another person. It is further alleged that Belanger continued to give directions ...

Background Checks to Purchase Firearms

Background checks to purchase firearms is of paramount importance in determining the right persons own firearms. Under the current law, the kind of gun one desires to purchase depends on where they live. If one considers purchasing a firearm from a federal firearms licensee, they are bound determine and a sure the licensee if they have been convicted of a crime, and give their reasons to own a firearm. Notably, individuals who are prohibited from buying guns from data acquired by the NICS background check include the following; fugitives from justice, convicted people and felons under indictment for felony, drug addicts and unlawful drug ...

Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America by Laura Wexler, Scribner, January 13, 2004 288pp

‘Fire in a canebrake’ is quite a scorcher by Laura Wexler and which focuses on the last mass lynching which occurred in the American Deep South, the one in the heartland of rural Georgia, precisely Walton County, Georgia on 25th July 1946, less than a year after the Second World War. Wexler narrates the story of the four black sharecroppers who met their end ‘at the hand of person’s unknown’ when an undisclosed number of white men simply shot the blacks to death. The author concentrates on the way the evidence was collected in those eerie post war times and how ...

The main assignment of Forensic science is to provide objective rendition of scientific evidence for use by non-scientific persons in law courts. The results of forensic examination can have significant effect for the accused in an investigation. Forensic scientists must show high levels of competence. Forensic science often requires the interaction of a wide range of scientific specialties and disciplines and attempts to provide answers to a number of questions such as: What happened here? Why, where, when, how did it happen? The forensic scientists take great pains and time in their work to achieve results. One of the cases ...

Abstract

The project deals with the relationship between Homeland Security, transportation, and logistics management. The nature of the interconnection between the Department of Homeland Security, public transportation, and logistics is the focal point of the research. Measures elaborated by the state department for the protection of transport, passengers and hazardous goods delivery are scrutinized based on the data retrieved from governmental reports, programs and articles. Keywords: homeland security, transportation, logistics management, terrorist, attack The USA is a reputed peacemaker that stands up for peace and equality throughout the world. Valiant though these efforts are, they come up against a serious ...

Introduction

There was a time in American when agents of law enforcement could only watch as a law violator walked away. A time, when the agents were unable to return fire during a gunfight. A period when there existed no means of tracking criminals. A period when a state line acted as a great and impassable wall for law enforcers. A time when one’s criminal exploits made him a legend. These men stood unopposed and took whatever they wished to take on a whim. In the year 1924, a young man started a journey to revolutionalize the modern day American law enforcement took off. This man was J. ...

Political Science

Introduction The organization that has been picked for analysis within this assignment appears to be relatively well-known across the nation. Sovereign Citizens (also known as Freemen) has certain similarities with traditional terrorist organizations and at the same time possesses certain unique, distinctive features which make it not only appealing for certain categories of citizens, but also increasingly dangerous for the national security in many ways. This research is composed of four main parts. The first one is a brief analytical description of the organization from the historical, functional and structural points of view. The next three parts address ...