Criminology Term Paper

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Criminology Final Paper:

GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
Pick five crimes/criminal justice issues and answer the following question:
1. Define the crime/issue
2. Give example(s) of the crime/issue
3. What (if any) punishments are associated with the crime/issue
4. Give your opinion about the crime/issue/punishment/effect on society.
Index Crimes
Homicide
Rape
Robbery
Aggravated Assault
Burglary
Larceny-theft
Auto-theft
Arson
Unconventional Crime
White-collar
Corporate
Victimless
Organized
Non-Index Crimes
Vandalism
Stolen Property
Narcotics
Disorderly conduct
Sex Offenses
Assault
Vagrancy
Terrorism
General
Personal
Property

Criminal Justice Responses


Jury Reform
Penal Reform
Mandatory Sentences
Indeterminate Sentences
Capital Punishment
Electronic Surveillance
Privatization of Prisons
Civil vs. Criminal law
Criminal Justice Philosophies
Deterrence
Incapacitation
Retribution
Rehabilitation
Specific CJ Issues
Victim Rights
Civil Liberties
Search & Seizure
Capital Punishment
Plea Bargaining
Media & crime
MADD
Battered Woman Syndrome
Institutional Corrections
Community Corrections
Adversarial System

Or any other relevant crime topic (e.g., schools and crime, broken homes
and crime, poverty and crime, drugs and crime, gender and crime, minority crime,
female crime, white collar crime, corporate crime, governmental crime, victimology, etc.)
Your report should be typed and is due on the last day of classes January 29th, 2015.
Of course, it may be submitted before that
This is in lieu of a final exam.

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