Essays on Federal Bureau

Abstract

Wayne Bertram Williams was an American national living in Atlanta, Georgia was who was suspected of killing two men as well as 28 to 30 other murders in the city. Many of the bodies he is suspected of killing were dumped by the roadside. The killer was meticulous and did not leave any evidence but for some fibers on the bodies of the victims. Wayne Bertram Williams was arrested on the James Jackson Parkway Bridge of the Chattahoochee River where the bodies were being dumped after the police heard a splash in the river. The prosecution of Wayne Bertram ...

According to Barnet (2002), white-collar crime is defined as the crime committed by people that have respectable and high social status in different occupations and societies. However, the definition does not delineate the scope under which the criminal behaviors fall in white-collar criminality. The rise of white-collar criminality resulted from the difference in inattention given to it compared to the street level crimes where offenders were of low status. The definition of white-collar criminality varies depending on the type of offender, type of offense, and the type of organizational culture in which the crime is committed. For instance, the ...

Part 1

Individual agencies categorize criminal data that is compiled in a report as Uniform Crime Reporting. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in charge of the Uniform Crime Reports program which is authorized to access data from local police reports. The UCR avails vital information on the rate of crimes and rates of rape cases. This program comprises of the National Incident-Based Reporting System and the Summary Reporting System. Initially back in 1929 when the program began, it was founded by police commissioners who saw the essence of establishing a trustworthy criminal statistics for the US ("FBI — Uniform Crime Reporting," ...

DQ 1

Various perspectives of policing functions at the state level Policing or simply law enforcement in the US is deemed to be a rather complicated activity. The overall role perspectives of the three levels of policing agencies in the US involve fighting, deterring and controlling crime. That said, it is important to note that the functioning at the state level includes activities like controlling crime in the highways, law enforcement in towns which lack officers, statewide crime investigations, administrative roles, technical duties as well as court-related functions (McGraw- Hill Education, n.d).

The organization and management of the federal level constitute ...

The American criminal justice system is made of the courts, policing agencies, and the prisons. Each of this plays a significant role in implementing the American law. While each of them has varying roles and responsibilities, they are intertwined as such that the action of one is bound to affect the others directly or indirectly. This essay will evaluate the trends in the policing agencies. There are various types of policing agencies within the American jurisdiction. The most prominent are the federal law enforcement agencies (Balko 15). These agencies include the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S Customs and ...

The objective of prisons is mainly to ensure the public’s safety, reform an offender and upon the completion of their sentence, reintegrate them back in the society. According to Cole, Smith, and DeJong (2015), the duration of one’s sentence varies depending on the type of offense, an individual’s record, as well as other considerations. In order to achieve the underlying aim of the prison structure, it is imperative for offenders to serve their sentences in appropriate prisons to facilitate behavior change. In this regard, as per the case study presented, Austin is best suited for minimum, ...

The United States has seen a change in its security situation over the last three decades. Before the 9/11 attack, U.S. concentrated on preventing the attack of its citizens and property by jihadists who were mostly affiliated to Muslim countries. Still, U.S. authorities tracked the footsteps of all foreign-grown movements that posed a danger to the property and U.S. citizens working out the United States. After 9/11 attack, the U.S. began focusing on a more comprehensive and robust system to protect the United States from both domestic and international terrorism attacks. At this juncture, domestic and international groups carried ...

Introduction

A Computer based crime is misconduct that includes a computer system and a network infrastructure. The workstation might have been utilized in the commission of a crime, or the target of one. Cybercrimes have been defined as: "Crimes that have been committed against entities or sets of people with an illegal motive to deliberately damage the reputation of the target or cause physical harm, or loss, to the target directly or indirectly, using up-to-date networks such as the Internet and different mobile devices. Such criminalities have threatened the nation's security and possibly the financial health. Some of the issues ...

If I were a Governor

Texas is one of the best cities in the United States. The past leaders worked exceptionally well in taking Texas to its status. They need to be applauded for their exemplary work. The current office of the governor has been working with other local leaders to ensure that improvement is realized. As the governor of Texas, I would be committed to serving the people of Texas City. My primary objective would be ensuring that all citizens are safe from any harm. Additionally, I would be committed to promoting economic development as well as implementing the laws of the city. ...

Uniform crime reporting is the process by which the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) collects data on crime and crime rates in the United States and uses these data sources to predict crime trends (FBI, 2010). It gathers crime statistics from various law enforcement agencies and then publishes the official reports for further national analysis and comparison. It is a program originally created by the Social Science Research Council and the International Association of Chiefs of Police in the 1920s. Uniform crime reporting is based on the assumption or premise that crimes such as forcible rape, murder, manslaughter, motor ...

In criminal justice, resource availability in court systems is a very vital element in dealing with certain issues as well as cases. Without availability of resources within court systems, it becomes quite difficult to impossible to conduct research in order to find out the relevant information needed while investigating cases as well as deciding upon them. In order for the court systems to function well in terms of dealing with the cases and issues presented before them, the necessary research should be available in order to conduct this process and be successful (Grant, 2016). There are different resources that ...

Human trafficking has become the modern form of slavery. It affects more that 27 million individuals in the globe. The scope of the practice is difficult to validate since most of the human trafficking operations occur as hidden crimes. The most prominent type of human trafficking that continues to enslave many people is sex bondage. Before pursuing the criminal justice course, the knowledge I had concerning sex trafficking was limited. I was not aware of the factors involved in the activity and the number of people who have succumbed to it. I also did not have sufficient information about ...

Individual Paper

Apple –FBI Battle over San Bernardino Terror Attack Investigation Executive Summary This report is about the battle between Apple Company’s iPhone and FBI’s demand from apple to develop a new software, which will help FBI to get the data contained in the phone of a terrorist, Syed Farook, who shot and killed 14 people in San Bernardino and left behind his iPhone. The phone’s iCloud was changed shortly after the attack, and FBI believes that such latest communication might help them get to know the terrorist’s plan. FBI went to court to be given orders ...

Can we identify “care ethics” with feminist ethics? What aspect of traditional ethics does “care ethics” criticize? What is the basic proposal of the advocates of this theory for improving ethics in general? Care ethics dictate the application of moral theories bound by the context of the situation prevailing at that time. This was context entailed interdependencies between those who give care and those in need of care. It was formulated in the 80’s by feminist idealist: a psychologist and philosopher. Feminist ethical theories, unlike traditional ethical theories, stress the importance of relationships in the society as key ...

FBI VS Jewish Defense League

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been in operation as a major criminal investigation bureau in the US. This national crime-fighting agency of security goal is to protect America and the larger international community from criminal dangers that affect the world today (US Department of Justice, 2011). It was started in 1908 when Theodore Roosevelt was the president of the US by Robert Bonaparte (Weiner, 2013). Robert Bonaparte was the then attorney general of the US. It started as a task force of special agents, whose work was to track the major crimes that were happening in various ...

Campus Violence and Policies of Primary and Secondary Schools in Michigan

It is pertinent to note that violence has evolved from just targeting students. It could sometimes involve school staff and even the school administration. The issue of violence and disciplines are often addressed as a unit, but there should be different ways of dealing with both cases because more often than not, violence often overtakes disciplines issues and needs further investigations and probing (School Safety and Violence, 2016). Acts of violence are often common, and they could occur repeatedly. Despite the severity of violence, school administrators often ignore them, in some cases, it often goes unreported, hence, increasing the ...

The community has been struggling with the efforts to have a proper justice system for youth offenders. It is inevitable that there are a lot of crimes that are perpetuated by youths. Juvenile justice system has been designed to cater their needs. This would include the immediate family of the offender. What is really the essence of juvenile justice system? The treatment for youth offenders over the years has been changing. In the ancient times, the crimes made by youth are still punishable on the same level with adult’s punishment. This has been contested through civilizations. In the ...