USA Law

Tag: Criminology

  • False Confessions

    False Confessions in the United States Preventing False Confessions The most important safeguard against false confessions is the video recording of all suspect interviews and interrogations. As of 2014, 17 states required the recording of interrogations in major felony investigations. […]

  • False Confessions

    False Confessions in the United States Preventing False Confessions The most important safeguard against false confessions is the video recording of all suspect interviews and interrogations. As of 2014, 17 states required the recording of interrogations in major felony investigations. […]

  • State Crime

    State Crime in United States Resources Notes See Also Political Crime Environmental Crime Organized Crime Violent Crime Consumer Fraud Victimless Crime Transnational crime Further Reading Chambliss, W. J. (1978). On the take: From petty crooks to […]

  • State Crime

    State Crime in United States Resources Notes See Also Political Crime Environmental Crime Organized Crime Violent Crime Consumer Fraud Victimless Crime Transnational crime Further Reading Chambliss, W. J. (1978). On the take: From petty crooks to […]

  • Consumer Fraud

    Consumer Fraud in the United States Ross, E. A., in 1907, in his book "Sin and society: An analysis of latter-day iniquity" (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, page 46), wrote that the "shocking leniency of the public in judging conspicuous persons who have thriven by antisocial […]

  • Consumer Fraud

    Consumer Fraud in the United States Ross, E. A., in 1907, in his book "Sin and society: An analysis of latter-day iniquity" (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, page 46), wrote that the "shocking leniency of the public in judging conspicuous persons who have thriven by antisocial […]

  • Community Supervision

    Community Supervision in the United States Community Corrections or Supervision Definition The supervision of criminal offenders in the resident population, as opposed to confining offenders in secure correctional facilities. The two main types of community corrections supervision are […]

  • Community Supervision

    Community Supervision in the United States Community Corrections or Supervision Definition The supervision of criminal offenders in the resident population, as opposed to confining offenders in secure correctional facilities. The two main types of community corrections supervision are […]

  • Justice Reinvestment Initiative

    Justice Reinvestment Initiative in the United States Definition Justice reinvestment is a data-driven approach to improve public safety, reduce corrections and related criminal justice spending, and reinvest savings in strategies that can decrease crime and reduce recidivism. Objetives […]

  • Justice Reinvestment Initiative

    Justice Reinvestment Initiative in the United States Definition Justice reinvestment is a data-driven approach to improve public safety, reduce corrections and related criminal justice spending, and reinvest savings in strategies that can decrease crime and reduce recidivism. Objetives […]

  • Criminal Aspects of Immigration

    Criminal Aspects of Immigration in the United States People in the United States have been concerned, in the history of the nation, with crime produced by immigrants. The concern is based on the deep belief, shared by many, that foreign-born people who threaten community cohesion by […]

  • Criminal Aspects of Immigration

    Criminal Aspects of Immigration in the United States People in the United States have been concerned, in the history of the nation, with crime produced by immigrants. The concern is based on the deep belief, shared by many, that foreign-born people who threaten community cohesion by […]

  • Probationer

    Probationer in the United States Introduction: Probation in General Probation refers to adult offenders whom courts place on supervision in the community through a probation agency, generally in lieu of incarceration. However, some jurisdictions do sentence probationers to a combined […]

  • Probationer

    Probationer in the United States Introduction: Probation in General Probation refers to adult offenders whom courts place on supervision in the community through a probation agency, generally in lieu of incarceration. However, some jurisdictions do sentence probationers to a combined […]

  • Public Corruption

    Public Corruption in the United States Public corruption Background Resources See Also Political Crime Political Corruption Environmental Crime Organized Crime Violent Crime Police Corruption State Crime Victimless Crime Transnational crime Further […]