Criminology papers

An examination of police crime and corruption and the motivation behind these crimes.

An argument on the effectiveness of the death penalty in preventing certain criminal acts.

This paper explores the social roots of deviant behavior and the effective strategies in reducing crime.

This paper explores the many roles of the Chief of Police.

This paper explores policing in America today and the challenges American police officers face in the future.

An in-depth discussion regarding the threat of agroterrorism.

This paper looks at Emile Durkheim's and Robert Merton's theories of society and anomie.

This paper discusses the importance and strategies of stress management in law enforcement.

This paper examines the issue of rape and argues against the myths that place the responsibility for such violence on the victim.

This paper discusses the movie "Wall Street" which portrays classic cases of business crimes and greed.

An analysis of the actions of Kip Kinkle, as viewed by criminologist Travis Hirschi.

A look at the issues concerning overcrowding in America's prisons.

An analysis of alternative methods for preventing the return of parolees to prisons.

This paper examines various forms of leadership and their functions.

The paper discusses the highly debated issue of young offenders and the juvenile justice system.

This paper discusses the ethics and risks involved in the research of police officers.

An analysis of the etiology of the serial killer behavior.

An analysis of the gender theories behind what drives serial killers.

This paper explores cultural and personality issues that contribute to the high rates of juvenile recidivism.

A review and discussion regarding the case of Gonzales v. Oregon.

This paper explores police decoys and the policy of entrapment.

An analysis of the advantages and limitations of using brain fingerprinting to aid in crime solving.

This paper explores capital punishment as a form of retributive justice.

An analysis of the effect that the 10-20-life law in Florida will have on gun crimes.

A literature review essay on the article "The Use of Prison Confinement in the Treatment of Drunk Drivers" by Daniel P. LeClair.

An analysis of why the marijuana reform failed during the 1970s.

This paper examines the Minneapolis domestic violence experiment, including a review of the literature and policy.

A history of the use, cultivation, sale and government response to marijuana.

An analysis of the effects that introducing the 10-20-life law will have on Florida's gun crimes.

A discussion regarding the increase in domestic violence within the African-American community.

This paper discusses the issue of juvenile criminal behavior in the United States.

An analysis of the history and effectiveness of juvenile capital punishment.

This paper discusses the issue of victimization within the criminal justice system.

This paper discusses the many new technologies used by law enforcement agents and prosecutors to identify and properly prosecute a criminal suspect.

This paper discusses the issue of police pursuits and the related risk to public safety.

This paper provides a three-sequenced intervention for the treatment of sex offenders.

A research proposal to find a correlation between cocaine abuse and violent crime in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas.

A look at human trafficking, a modern day version of traditional slavery.

An analysis of inflicting pain, as a form of punishment, and the effects this has on both the person being tortured as well as the torturer.

An in-depth discussion regarding the issue of prostitution.

An analysis of D. Center and D, Kemp's work, "Troubled Children Grown Up: Antisocial Behavior in Young Adult Criminals" as it relates to qualitative vs. quantitative approaches to theory in criminology.

A character analysis of Fowler in the novel "The Quiet American" by Graham Greene.

An examination of the basis and implications of the exclusionary law of evidence collection.

This paper offers an analysis of criminogenics and criminal behavior.

An analysis of the prevalence of racial profiling by the police and possible alternatives to this practice.

A report on the effectiveness of juvenile boot camps compared to traditional forms of juvenile punishment.

An analysis of the preponderance of violence among the African-American Community.

This paper analyzes the novel 'Jack Maggs' by Peter Carey.

This paper examines at what age the death penalty should become an option for punishment for a person convicted of first degree murder.

This paper examines how the American dream may relate to crime.

A look at the use of curfews as an answer to juvenile delinquency and victimization.

A look at the pros and cons of capital punishment, using the execution of Saddam Hussein as an example.

A discussion of the pros and cons of capital punishment, focusing on the hanging of Iraq's ex-president Saddam Hussein.

An argument for the ethics and morals behind the legalization or decriminalization of prostitution and the possible benefits for American society.

The paper examines the literature on disorders in female inmates.

A discussion on how illegal gambling and police corruption have been integral parts of organized crime since its inception in America.

This paper discusses community policing and its effectiveness in minority communities in the city of Los Angeles.

An examination of the correlation between affective disorders, substance abuse and the criminal justice system in African-American males.

This paper discusses the global relationship of crime and poverty.

This paper examines conflicting reward systems and their impact on criminal justice administration.

This paper examines the issues of how best to treat women in prison.

This paper examines the book "Life on the Outside: The Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett."

This paper examines the issue of drug decriminalization, indicating that it is not a solution to the drug addiction problem.

This paper examines whether the war on terror has had a positive "spill-over" effect on the war against organized crime.

This paper explores the significance of treatments effective in altering the psychopathic personality.

This paper investigates child pornography, including research and legislation.

A review on how to produce a successful organization for law enforcement.

A discussion regarding the relationship between the media and crime.

A discussion regarding juvenile delinquency.

A sociological over-view of the Italian mafia.

A discussion regarding the level of corruption in educational institutions.

A review of two articles discussing the issue of organized crime in Hong Kong.

A discussion regarding Durkheim's strain theory and the idea that society crime is normal.

A discussion regarding the idea of intergenerational transfer of class.

A review of the case of Miranda v Arizona, and how Miranda was handled by the Arizona Police.

A review of video policing and the spectrum of available technologies.

A review of the role of society and the media in the framing of a crime, looking specifically at Toronto.

A review of the role of the media in crime prevention in early modern England.

A discussion regarding juvenile crime, justice and the increase in punishment for such crimes.

A study on intervention techniques used for crack cocaine addicts in five Canadian cities.

A discussion on youth criminology and how and why it differs from other forms of criminology.

A discussion on whether sexual assault during armed conflict should fall within the definition of torture as described in the United Nation's Convention against Torture.

Discusses the benefits that can be achieved by sending troubled teenagers to correctional boot camps.

An essay addressing various ethical issues regarding police officers and the corruption that sometimes exists with in the field of law enforcement.

An analysis of Phillipe Bourgois' representation of gendered identity in his anthropological field study, "In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio".

Traces the history of infectious diseases among inmate populations in the U.S.

This paper discusses the persistent association of poor areas and crime and how this notion is related to the 18th century's growth of English urban centers.

An analysis of the Hell's Angels as an organized crime group.

An analysis of the controversy sparked by the use of bait cars by law enforcement as a way of reducing car theft.

A discussion of the growing social, political and economic threat that illegal immigration poses to the United States and how ineptly the US criminal justice system is managing the problem.

An examination of the history of the death penalty in the United States.

An analysis of police misconduct in the United States, looking at its causes, forms, and origins.

A look at the reasons why it is so difficult to prosecute cyber identity theft.

This paper examines political assassinations that have taken place within the past two centuries.

This paper explores date rape and the attitudes towards it today.

This paper examines the crime of identity theft.

This paper suggests a design of correctional facilities that would solve the present problems.

This paper studies the development of serial killing to determine the causes of this terrifying social phenomenon.

This paper offers a review of an article about substance abuse in the workplace.

This paper explores the United States government's policies of a drug free workplace program.