Criminology papers

An overview of the Brady Act and U.S. federal policy on gun control.

A pro death penalty debate.

A comparative analysis of the harmfulness of street crime and white collar crime.

An examination of the relationship between media and juvenile crime focusing on the ethical obligation of the media to censor violent material.

A look at the history of youth gangs in America.

An argument for Loeb's acquittal of the death penalty.

An overview of integrated criminal justice systems and how they work.

An analysis of the system of racial profiling in America today.

Examines the effects of the media on police brutality.

Determines whether or not the defense of insanity is indeed a valid one in a court of law.

An argument against capital punishment and its methods.

Presents the advantages and disadvantages of the legalization of the drug, marijuana.

Examines the intellectual drug policy in America, using the book "Drug Policy and the Intellectuals" by Ed Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Beda as a reference.

Offers alternative solutions and argues for a specific strategy to deal with the issue of prison overcrowding.

An analysis of this social illness and the way that the legal system deals with the problem.

An analysis of current methods of punishment and rehabilitation in American prisons.

A summary of this book by Daniel Curran and Claire Renzetti.

Analyzes this book by Joseph Hallinan on the growth of the prison culture in the United States.

Shows how fighting urban crime from a grassroots level ultimately leads to economic prosperity for the community.

Discusses the ethical debate surrounding the issue of the use of car seats for children and babies.

Examines issues of culpabilty and institutionalization surrounding the death penalty meted out to the mentally retarded and the mentally ill.

Analyzes T. Brettel Dawson's article, "Past Sexual Conduct of the Primary Witness and the Construction of Relevance".

Presents a drug prevention program for a high school in which heroin and cocaine are popular.

Explores the First Amendment through journalism by reviewing "Committing Journalism: The Prison Writings of Red Hog" by Dannie Martin and Peter Sussman.

Discusses how the police force evolved in the United States, focusing on the Los Angeles and New York Police Forces.

Investigates the legal aspects of the sentencing of James Earl Ray, the alleged assassin of Civil Rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr.

Argues that our society will be destroyed should drugs be legalized.

Examines the advantages and disadvantages of capital punishment in America.

Presents an overview of sexual harassment experienced in the workplace.

An overview of law and society focusing on the concepts of law, laid down by Robert Cover and Joseph Nevins.

An overview of the pros and cons of the death penalty.

An overview of the use of DNA in the investigation of crime.

An understanding of the relationship between pyschopathy and criminal behavior.

An overview of the story and history behind the serial killer Jack the Ripper.

A look at some of the technological developments of the crime laboratory.

An overview of sexual harrasment including types and legal issues.

An overview of forensic anthropology,

A discussion of the issues concerning the decriminalization of marijuana for medical purposes including anecdotal evidence.

An analysis of Stephen Diguid's book, "Can Prisons Work?" and a discussion on alternatives to the prison system.

A discussion of the liability on both sides to persons entering property for recreational purposes with an emphasis on the laws in the state of California.

A look at community organizations and progressive social reform.

A look at the effect of internal fraud within companies.

An overview of the process of examining animal hair to be used as forensic evidence.

An overview of the Ontario government's policies regarding youth crime through a review of the report "Tough on Crime".

A look at the white racial attitudes that contribute to the support of the death penalty.

A discussion of the relationship between women, violence and prison with an emphasis on the Canadian prison system.

Examines how the criminal justice system ignores true progressive change.

Describes the recruitment process for new cadets into the N.Y.P.D.

Investigates the Juvenile Justice Sytem Policy and the theory of disproportionate minority confinement.

Examines the psychological state of people falsely convicted for a crime they did not commit, after their release.

Defines and examines racial profiling.

Examines the need for poor minorities in urban areas to identify with their peers.

Examines the role of innovation and leadership in creating progressive social change, using as an example Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington.

Analyzes this film about the judicial system in the United States.

Assesses the theory that abused children have a higher tendency to become criminals in the future.

This paper examines the workplace stressor commonly referred to as sexual harassment.

A reflective essay on the history and results of the War on Drugs.

A discussion on the relationship between crime and deviance.

Shows what affect wrongful convictions have on public attitudes toward the criminal justice system.

An overview of the concept of radical criminology.

Discusses telemedicine as an alternative to traditional care in the correctional institution.

An overview of the procdure used by police during pursuits.

Shows that forgery is more than just a copying process, involving complex techniques found in art.

An overview of the use of medicine in solving crimes.

Examines the relationship between athletes and criminal behavior.

Show why criminals choose the path they take, within the context of the Rational Choice Theory.

Outlines the problems of rehabilitation sex offenders back into the community.

Examines statistical trends within elder abuse which indicate a growing problem.

An overview of criminal law in 18th Century Britain.

Examines four different approaches of racial profiling.

Questions whether mandatory minimum sentences help or hinder the justice system.

An overview of the job description and responsibilities of probation officers in the U.S. police force.

Looks at the way Hispanics are discriminated against by the American police and courts, compared to their treatment of white citizens.

Examines what constitutes negative versus positive deviance.

Looks at the decriminalization of drugs as a possible solution to the war on drugs.

The trial's closing argument for one of the Scottsboro Boys.

A discussion of how class and poverty influenced the 18th century British criminal justice system.

How police corruption related to drugs is a common phenomenon.

A look at why prisoner appeals should not be limited.

How the increase in internet use has impacted computer related crime.

A look at the crime rate trends in the U.S.

This paper discusses the significant relationship that exists between crime and mental illness.

The effect on children of multiple foster placement in regard to deviant behavior.

This paper discusses the role and responsibilities of a police officer.

This paper discusses the relevance of external factors to crime.

This paper discusses the problem of female delinquency.

This paper discusses the problem of child abductions in the United States.

How traumatic events cause stress in policemen's lives.

Roots and causes of juvenile delinquency in the U.S.

How the media influenced how the shooting in Littleton was percieved.

This paper discusses the Glen Ridge Rape case as investigated by Bernard Lefkowitz's book.

Causes and treatment of the phenomenon of juvenile delinquency.

This paper discusses the effect a Forensic Psychologist testimony affecting the outcome of a case.

This paper discusses the case of the muslim woman who refused to remove her veil for the photo for her driving license.

This paper discusses opium's addictive qualities and how society's attitudes to it have changed.

A look at money laundering and white collar crimes.

This paper discusses how crime is associated with race, when in fact it should be associated with poverty.

This paper discusses how Capone was simultaneously a gangster and a hero.

This paper discusses a definition of censorship appropriate to current American society.

This paper discusses the rehabilitation of criminals.