Criminal Justice

This paper will examine criminal gangs from a rational choice theory perspective.  It will be the argument of this paper that individuals join gangs ...

In their 2000 publication in the British Medical Journal, titled “Inpatient care of mentally ill people in prison: results of a year's programme of ...

Within the broader context of crime scene investigation, forensic biologists play the role of collecting and analyzing biological evidence in order to decipher exactly ...

In a school district where there are safety concerns, students’ learning suffers. It is important that school district members, community leaders, state and federal ...

Juveniles have been afforded certain special legal procedures and sentencing options in light of their status as a legal minority. The Pennsylvania State Legislature ...

The idea of restoration in the context of criminological practice has been around since the 1970s but has only recently begun to garner recognition ...

Incarceration rates have been on the rise in recent years, especially in the United States. The growth of the number of prisons can be ...

Gun control has long been on the list of contentious political and public policy debates. Do gun control laws minimize gun violence? The literature ...

The issue of defining an age at which criminal responsibility can be evenly applied through the judicial system presents a virtual litany of thorny ...

People who engage in harmful activities and criminal behavior impair society by damaging the lives of other citizens and by providing the affected communities ...