longer periods of time. According to the routine activities approach, this general change in behavioral patterns explains the rising crime rates in the decades after the war because of increased opportunities for certain types of crime, such as residential burglary. As day to day activities increasingly shift into public domains, the likelihood of motivated offenders crossing paths with suitable targets also increases. Cohen and Felson (1979) also demonstrate how the evolving nature of commodities influences…
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Sean Baas Shrock 412 paper 1 28MAR15 Burglar on the Job Throughout the novel Burglars on the Job: Streetlife and Residential Beak-ins, the authors Richard T. Wright and Scott Decker study the interactions of those who are within the subculture of being burglars and how, why and who they commit these offenses toward. Within this paper we will be discussing the relationship of Merton's anomie theory and how this theory correlates to the acts and motivation of the individuals to accomplish the ability…
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mischievousness, antisocial behavior, disobedience, or intractability as to thwart correction by parents and to constitute a matter for action by the juvenile courts.” A status offense is conduct that is unlawful only because the offender is a minor. Some examples of status offenses are underage drinking, skipping school, truancy, and running away from home. If adults committed most of these crimes there would be no issue there but because minors commit them, they are considered offenses. The juvenile justice…
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property in foreclosure in many jurisdictions, and is often also empowered to conduct seizures of chattel property to satisfy a judgment. In other jurisdictions, these civil process duties are performed by other officers, such as a marshal or constable. Examples are the Philadelphia Sheriff's Office in Pennsylvania and the New York City Sheriff's Office (a division of the NYC Department of Finance). In the limited service of the sheriffs department along with the above, perform some type of traditional law-enforcement…
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and one team ownership, but has the problems of costs associate with the new stadium and the problems that the new location might pose. One of the benefits of The Marlins’ new stadium is their great location. The site is in close proximity to residential life, downtown Miami, as well as being accessible from the north, south, east, and west of Florida. The stadium will be closer to the Miami fan base and therefore, pull a larger crowd at games and will ultimately increase their revenue. They will…
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Observational evidence refers to what an officers sees, smells, hears. A good example of this would be an officer seeing someone looking into a residential window late at night and the person is holding some burglary tools. Circumstantial evidence is the gathering of facts, when looked together as a whole determines that a crime has occurred. An officer’s expertise can determine when gathering evidence for probable cause. An example of this would be a officer pulls someone over for driving while impaired;…
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Executive Summary This document defines the Project Charter for a project to build the house for Mr. Anthony Carter and family in the area with main intersection Sheppard Ave and Warden Ave, Scarborough, Ontario. This Project Charter describes the purpose, scope, objectives, estimated cost/ effort/ duration, risk and constraints, assumptions, approach and organization. The project will commence on July 1, 2013 and will complete no later than July 1, 2014. The purpose is to complete on time…
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her home and killed in 1993 by a career criminal, the law was designed to target criminals with one or two serious or violent felony convictions on their records. These crimes, a particular list of offenses that count as “strikes,” include residential burglary, murder, attempted murder, rape, robbery and arson. An offender who already had one strike on his or her record would face double the minimum prison term once convicted of any new felony - not just those defined as strikes. In addition…
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York Safeguarding Adults Board Types of Abuse and Possible Indicators of Abuse What Constitutes Abuse? ‘Abuse is a violation of an individual’s human and civil rights by any other person or persons’ [No Secrets DH 2000] Abuse may consist of a single act or repeated acts. It may be physical, verbal or psychological, it may be an act of neglect or an omission to act, or it may happen when a vulnerable person is persuaded to enter into a financial or sexual transaction to which he or she has…
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A juvenile in the criminal and civil courts is defined as someone who is under the age of 18. There are more male juvenile offenders than female juvenile offenders, however since 1985 female rates doubles while males rose only 30% (site alternative.org). According to the U.S. Department of Justice (2010), the top juvenile crimes in general are theft, disorderly conduct, drug abuse, liquor law violations, running away, and vandalism. A Juvenile Offender has been subjected to many different classifications…
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