The Roaring Twenties was known for its booming economy, prosperity, and elaborate party scenes, but it was also a time filled with organized crime and murder. The ratification of the 18th Amendment brought the Prohibition Era which led to mobsters jumping at the opportunity to start bootlegging and speakeasy businesses. The decade was also known […]
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When researching and studying criminal justice you may learn that sometimes there are bad actors who manipulate cases for different motives. Falsifying evidence by anybody is a serious offense and can result in the wrong person serving prison time for a crime they didn’t commit. Over a 30-year period, researchers found that out of 2,400
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Evidence is a crucial part of practicing law and the foundation for every legal case. Simply put, without evidence, you have no case to try. However, every case is different and with that comes differing types of evidence. There are four main types of evidence: real evidence, demonstrative evidence, documentary evidence, and testimonial evidence. Within
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Criminalistics, also known as forensics, is the criminology branch that utilizes scientific techniques to aid in criminal investigations. By studying and testing evidence, criminalists can help the justice system determine whether or not a suspect committed a crime, who the victim and perpetrator were, and determine the modus operandi (method of operation). Criminalists often spend
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Drug trafficking, unlike drug consumption, is considered a very serious crime in most parts of the world and is usually punishable by several years of imprisonment. In some cases, even capital punishment is invoked. Trafficking is defined by carrying a specified quantity of drugs like marijuana, methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine etc, and the punishments depend on
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We know that killing and other horrific crimes are unacceptable, fighting is bad, and robbery is downright wrong, yet we can’t deny that watching them happening in front of our eyes (of course, on TV only) is our true guilty pleasure. This can be backed up by viewership number, as one recent report “Consuming Television Crime
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As a crime scene investigator you may be familiar with at least one of these heists. Although, not easy, thieves make it seem like stealing the world’s most famous paintings is a piece of cake! Usually, when most people think about heists, they think about cash or gold, but one of the more lucrative ways
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A group of inmates making elaborate escape plans, smuggling tools to pick locks and cut through bars, crawling through small shafts in the middle of the night, maybe even a dramatic police chase – if this is what you imagine a prison break to be like, you are NOT off the mark! While prison breaks
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There are more different types of prisons than meets the eye. We set out the 12 here: 1. Minimum Security A minimum security prison may also be referred to as a Federal Prison Camp (FPC). Most of the people in a minimum security prison are white collar criminals, which means they’ve commitment something like fraud
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Most correctional officers and prison wardens would agree that criminals who decide to rob a bank only end up with a few thousand dollars and a prison sentence. However, throughout history, there have been a few exceptions. It’s hard not to admire the cunning nature of these masterminds. If only they had put their skills
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