and Victim services. Even though I am in the law enforcement option‚ the number of topics I have studied will help me throughout my years in any law enforcement job opportunity. What I learned about and enjoyed the most are victim rights and services provided. Victim impact statements are something I feel extremely strong about because they are the last empowering statement one has control of towards their offender. An offender should not have the choice if they want to hear the victim impact
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concept of a victim is any person that has been done wrong by another. The definition of a victim is “is a person who has suffered financial‚ social‚ psychological or physical harm as a result of a crime and‚ in the case of homicide‚ is a member of the immediate family of the victim.”(1). Victims have been around since the beginning of civilized time before there were laws or any type or rules to govern the people. It was a struggle for power and survival and many people became victims of wrong doing
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As Victims of Violent Crime: A look at the FBI stats. by Lili Pintea-Reed‚ PhD Popular images of women as victims in violent crime have probably strayed far from reality. Rather than a mature women attacked by strangers in alley ways‚ the average female victim is young (often a child)‚ poor‚ and a passing aquaintance of the attacker. The perpetrator is most likely an older male of the same race‚ with a past history of violence toward others. Further‚ women are not the most common victims of
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Victims’ Rights and Vengeance Shelly Collins CJA/324 1/10/2014 Paul Noel Victims’ Rights and Vengeance There have been many alterations to the legal rights and assistance programs to better serve victims of crime. In every state‚ there are considerable rights in order to protect these victims. The statues of Victims’ rights influence how the victims are treated within the criminal justice system. “This was the key goal of the sweeping changes in the 2004 Crime Victims Act (CVRA)
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decades the tendency was to blame the victim when it came to the psychology and the dynamics of victimhood. Although‚ in past years blaming the victim was common‚ more recently this has changed. It is politically incorrect to exploit the role of victims in instances of crime cases. No matter what the circumstance or the case the victim doe not deserved to be blamed for their own victimization. Many may feel that due to their particular lifestyle or where the victim may live precipitates causes for someone
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Assignment B – Crime and Crime prevention ICT has greatly contributed to better crime prevention but has also increased some forms of crime. Many Internet criminals are using a number of different methods in order to take what they want from unsuspecting members of the public. There are multiple reasons why criminals commit crime via the Internet‚ however the most common crimes are the theft of money‚ the theft of identities or information and finally the damaging of others computers via methods
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Categories of Computer Crime Smith Strayer University CIS170 Wk2 Professor Masudur Chowdhury July 4‚ 2013 Explain in detail the four common categories of computer crimes and provide at least one example for each. There are many different types of computer crime and multiple ways to categorize them. I will discuss four categories in detail to shine light on how vulnerable people are‚ when we choose to use a personal or publicly used computer to transmit confidential information
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Is Shylock a Villain or a Victim? In William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice‚ Shylock‚ a Jewish money-lender‚ is portrayed as the cold-blooded‚ greedy antagonist of the story. Some people may see him as the villain of the story – and in some ways he is – but‚ really‚ this is a result of the stereotypes associated with Jews. He is quite a peculiar character and his role in the story is indefinite because he has traits of both a villain and a victim. A villain is ‘a wicked person or criminal’
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Can the act of a crime ever occur without a legitimate victim? This is a question that has remained in the conscious of the social science community for a prolonged period of time. More specifically in the field of sociology and criminology due to the controversy surrounding the very term. In order to comprehend the background of this heavily debated question and to formulate an accurate position through the following arguments. It is of grave importance to first understand the definition of all
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Yummy: A Bully or A Victim? As said by Haniel Long‚ “A gang is the same as a wolfpack; gang members do not use their energies in friendship with one another‚ for they do not know what friendship is. If they are united‚ it is by the common bond of a desire to attack their world.”(doublequotes.net) Throughout the book Yummy‚ Robert “Yummy” Sandifer does not have any parental role models in his life and has nowhere left to go. He decides to join the Black Disciples‚ a gang. He refers to the Black
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