Criminal law

Criminal profiling refers to a tool implemented in analytical psychology. Just like any other scientific tool, criminal profiling has its disadvantages. The disadvantages influence the validity, reliability, and utility of the technique, making it to be classified as a tool rather than science. For one to be conversant with the validity, reliability, and usefulness of this tool, understanding its definition is crucial. Criminal profiling refers to the procedure of categorizing personality…

subspecialty of psychology that works within the criminal and civil legal system. This allows forensic psychologists to contribute in different ways to the court. These services including assessing those that are accused of their fitness to stand trial based on their mental health, jury selection and interrogation techniques (Roesch, 2015). The legal system, which regulates our life and society makes perfect sense to depict in television dramas. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered in…

To the public eye, criminal profiling is the perfect tool in helping law enforcement find a suspect who committed a certain crime; that is, according to crime shows like Criminal Minds, Law and Order, and NCIS. In these shows, the bad guy is always caught and justice is served. All of which happens in a matter of an hour. So, is criminal profiling actually this accurate? Does it have any scientific basis? What about the people who fit the profile, but are innocent, how does it affect them? This…

In the early 1990’s public awareness to the problems associated with career criminals was at an all time high. In 1992 a felon who was released on parole attempted to steal 18 years old Kimber Reynolds’ purse, resulting in her murder. This parolee had an extensive criminal history including grand theft auto, gun, and drug charges. Mike Reynolds, Kimber Reynolds father, proposed a law resembling that of the “Three Strikes Law” in 1993 where the proposal was unsuccessful. Just months later in…

When taking a look at whether or not the possession, carrying or even the illegal purchase of a firearm is a victimless crime, there are varying views and perspectives. The definition of a victimless crime is "a crime where there is no apparent pain or injury." (legal-dictionary.com). Although a victimless crime at the time it was committed, may not have any direct victims, some believe that there is a potential for future victims, or even "the victimless" act causing future violence.…

Accessing Data in Law Enforcement Being able to access data about an offender is an essential tool in law enforcement. We will demonstrate the need for access to data by using the following situation as a guideline: You and Uncle Bob, who is from California, are on a vacation together in Miami when he gets pulled over for speeding. Uncle Bob has never been out of the state of California before this so he only has a criminal history in California. However, the Miami Police Department knows all…

Civil and criminal cases share many similarities and differences to one another. Both types of cases share correlations through punishments, whether it would be monetary damages, fines, possible jail time or other penalties involving a civil or criminal case. Civil cases contradict from criminal cases since it focuses on a private or a civil wrong that may or may not lead up to a criminal case, but criminal cases targets cases involving a punishable offense against society. Either way both civil…

small European country. He wanted to examine the relationship between the adoptees criminal convictions and the convictions of their adoptive and biological parents. Mednick then looked through the data that was based on a register of adoptees in Denmark, which has information on them and their biological and adoptive parents. Then if any of the parents had court convictions, they were used as a basis for criminal involvement. When investigating both parents and the adoptees, the details…

From a long time, effective aids of interrogation are sought after. Studies have shown that uncooperative accused or subjects do no give up information about cases vey easily. The most common and impatient way is torture, which in todays times is not at all preferred. In various cases police investigations direct methods of interrogation have produced better results than physical coercion which has proved to be painstaking and time consuming. When manipulative and hardened offenders are…

agree it could have been a better idea to run instead of turn themselves in. Evidence Paragraph-2 Johnny, and Pony-boy should have went to the police, that way it would not be considered murder, but self-defence. The Law Firm of Oklahoma…