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- Boko Haram (1)
- Community (1)
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- Cyberstalking; motivated offender; online proximity to motivated offenders; online exposure to motivated offenders; target suitability; target attractiveness; capable guardianship; online guardianship; routine activities theory; lifestyle-routine activities theory; cyberlifestyle-routine activities theory (1)
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Victims Of Crime, Kellie A. Parkin
Victims Of Crime, Kellie A. Parkin
The Mid-Southern Journal of Criminal Justice
An exploratory analysis of victims of crime, their rights in the criminal justice system, and the shortcomings of resources. The first section will highlight important milestones throughout the victim rights movement in history. After analyzing the research, it is clear the United States was behind in offering these rights to victims. The paper goes on to identify the lack of uniformity and lack of resources victims must endure. Lastly, the paper will offer a common counterargument to one very important right victim’s frequently practice, that is the right to be heard.
Improving Policing: Criticisms And Supports, Hannah M. Stephens
Improving Policing: Criticisms And Supports, Hannah M. Stephens
The Mid-Southern Journal of Criminal Justice
In today's society, there are many critical factors surrounding the profession of law enforcement. In the midst of allegations such as corruption, racism, and use of force, policing has lost its favor in the eyes of the public. By taking a closer look at these issues and the various ways of correcting their problems, perhaps true policing can once again be a source of effectiveness and pride in our criminal justice system. Traditional policing holds many values that have been lost. If our justice system and the public's trust in it is to be restored, education, various approaches to crime, …
Diversity In Criminal Justice Education, Cody Salvatore
Diversity In Criminal Justice Education, Cody Salvatore
The Mid-Southern Journal of Criminal Justice
The absence of a proper understanding of diversity feeds into an already poor relationship between the criminal justice system and marginalized communities who often harbor fear and resentment towards the criminal justice system. This can be linked to the overall lack of diversity courses within criminal justice curriculums, as the absence of these courses leads to a lessened quality of education for criminal justice professionals and distrust from marginalized communities. The LGBT community exemplifies this, and its history and current relationship with the criminal justice system are presented in this study. While criminal justice education is successful in its endeavors …
Nigeria's Plight: The Causes, Crimes, And Casualties Of Boko Haram, Brandi Dunfee
Nigeria's Plight: The Causes, Crimes, And Casualties Of Boko Haram, Brandi Dunfee
The Mid-Southern Journal of Criminal Justice
This paper provides a brief history of Boko Haram including one of the group’s infamous attacks, the Nigerian government’s response to the insurgency, and whether the group has succeeded in promoting their ideals. The group has a long history of condemning Western education and encouraging an Islamic state. Since Boko Haram has been active, they have displaced thousands of Nigerians from their homes, in some cases even kidnapping them. A large kidnapping of schoolgirls from a university is one of their most notorious terrorist acts. Their motives for the kidnappings were to enforce Islam nationwide and to free their members …
Examining The Quality Of Representation By Public Defenders Compared To Private Attorneys, Brianna M. Ovalle
Examining The Quality Of Representation By Public Defenders Compared To Private Attorneys, Brianna M. Ovalle
The Mid-Southern Journal of Criminal Justice
The overwhelming majority of federal and state defendants are indigent, meaning counsel must be obtained on behalf of them. If public defenders were not made available for these types of defendants, the defendants could not afford representation on their own. Because limited options are available for indigent defendants, public defenders are often appointed to represent them. Due to the nature of public defenders, critics question public defender credibility and the quality of representation they offer. Studies have attempted to examine this very topic, and while the majority have found no differences between public defenders and private attorneys in terms of …
Examining Cyberstalking Victimization Using Routine Activities And Lifestyle-Routine Activities Theories: A Critical Literature Review, Katie J. Nutter
Examining Cyberstalking Victimization Using Routine Activities And Lifestyle-Routine Activities Theories: A Critical Literature Review, Katie J. Nutter
The Mid-Southern Journal of Criminal Justice
Lifestyle and routine activities models are often used in criminological research to examine crime victimization. Routine activities and lifestyle-routine activities theories both propose crime occurs when there is a physical convergence of time and space between a motivated offender and a suitable target, with the absence of a capable guardian. However, crimes committed in cyberspace are without the proposed physical interaction. Due to the emergence of the Internet, stalking victimization has been rapidly occurring in the realm of cyberspace, which is a disorganized environment for crime to occur. In this critical literature review, a review of pertinent research will be …
Editors' Welcome, Cassandra B. Whyte Dr., Stephen Young
Editors' Welcome, Cassandra B. Whyte Dr., Stephen Young
The Mid-Southern Journal of Criminal Justice
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