Year after year thousands of people choose to come to the United States to start a new life. These people leave their home countries with the dream of freedom that they would never have where they come from. However, some chose to disregard our laws and come to this country illegally. It is estimated that there are over 10 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S. today. The effects of Illegal immigration are many, one being the cost and how it affects many aspects of our economy. One...

Crime scenes contain the forensic evidence required to apprehend criminals. The proper collection and processing of physical evidence is of primary importance to most police investigations. Evidence can not only establish the fact of the offense and identify the perpetrator, it may even lead to a conviction. In collecting this evidence we must be conscious of the public's Fourth Amendment rights and not violate them in this collection of evidence. Unfortunately, poorly conducted crime scene...

Mega-events, such as the Olympics, are highly prized by national and civic planners, and simultaneously hold political, economic and cultural happenings Boyle and Haggerty, 2009. They are global spectacles, used by nations to impact directly on urban generation and international standing (Alhert, 2006). Their nature is one that is non-routine, and of limited duration, requiring management of large movements of visitors, co-coordinators, and athletes. Characteristics of mega-events makes them...

In confronting the challenge of international terrorism, the first step is to call things by their proper names, to see clearly and say plainly who the terrorists are, what goals they seek, and which governments supports them. - William Joseph Casey, US Director of Central Intelligence. []  Terrorist and transnational criminal groups have long shared comparable characteristics and borrowed tactics and techniques usually attributed to the other. While efforts predate the terrorist...

Considering the intricacies of cross border trafficking and its multi-faceted dimensions it seems a daunting task to prevent it. There is no foolproof mechanism in place to deal with the challenge but Government agencies and NGOs, together with the international community, have adopted a variety of strategies to combat trafficking in women and children. These include: Prevention of trafficking through the legal and criminal system, including capacity building of law enforcement officers....

/Community based policing is an important police strategy imposed to create a better relationship between the police and the community. This paper describes the community based policing (CBP), gives the definition, explains how and why people need and use it. The work gives a detailed explanation of main CBP`s features. It also depicts its components and benefits which society obtains from this police-community cooperation. Fundamental principles the same as the importance and the role of...

The last fifty years have evidenced a fast moving technological curve which has resulted in the intensive integration of computer technologies with all aspects of daily life. This integration has however been accompanied by a rapid escalation of various types of computer crimes. The national law enforcement and legal departments, who were unprepared for this challenge, have so far been unable to eliminate it. This has mainly resulted from the fact that; there still lacks a relevant, uniform...

The following essay investigates how and why prostitution is systematically disadvantaged by criminal law and criminal justice through its attempts to control deviance. Several areas shall be examined in the formulation of this essay, with the areas being covered including how criminal law and justice disadvantage some groups or members of society, how prostitution is defined including how and why individuals become involved, what the current laws and policies are pertaining to prostitution...

Policing in England and Wales over the years has been increasingly challenging as it has been subjected to unprecedented levels of public scrutiny. Britain consists of many different areas and these areas are all homes too many different communities. Therefore, this essay shall explain how Community policing is a better style of policing for the community.   Before the Scarman report in 1981 there was a need to improve public confidence in policing as well as policing with community...

The term genocide was first coined in 1944 when Lemkin an advisor to the United States War Department perceived the terms of 'mass murder' and 'war crimes' to be not relevant enough to illustrate and explain what had taken place in Nazi Germany (McLaughlin, 2006 Cited in McLaughlin & Muncie, 2006:183). The term itself is used to describe and refer to behaviour which has the intention of eradicating a national, ethnic, racial or religious group (Gooch & Williams, 2007). The United...