Criminal Justice

White collar crime is a type of criminal behavior that often lacks a clear victim. While more traditional forms of criminality result in the ...

Legislation throughout the years has been expanded to allow for juveniles to be prosecuted as adults. This particular modification has thereby permitted transfer of ...

While the cases of "Richard" and Jeffrey Dahmer are strikingly different and the contrast between the two is much more vivid than the similarities, ...

Based on the facts of the case, Sam would be charged with homicide. As a result of Sam’s act of felony in destroying the ...

The book presents essays from advocates and scholars within the area of criminal justice and their take on the effects of immigration on policies ...

What the lamented former president of the American Sociological Association, James Coleman referred to as "social capital," a term used to describe relationships attained ...

In his text, The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison, Jeffrey Reiman attempts to provide insight into America’s bewilderingly high crime rate, ...

The American justice system is an example of two systems—state and federal—working together under federalism to deal with civil and criminal cases. For criminal ...

The PEW study provides a glimpse into troubling statistics of America’s growing prison population—a population that is showing little signs of stopping on a ...

Gang membership is strongly motivated by a prisoner’s sense of identity. Through being a member of a gang, they are able to identify themselves ...