Journey To Crime Analysis

Each year, data are obtained from a nationally representative sample of about 90,000 households, comprising nearly 160,000 persons, on the frequency, characteristics, and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States. Each household is interviewed twice during the year. The survey enables BJS to estimate the likelihood of victimization by rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated and simple assault, theft, household burglary, and motor vehicle theft for the population as a whole as well as for segments of the population such as women, the elderly, members of various racial or ethnic groups, city dwellers, and other groups. The NCVS provides the largest national forum for victims to describe the impact of crime and characteristics of violent offenders.”

Statistics relating to Rape: It has been found that the UCR and NCVS over the past 30 years have reported similar results on the incidence of criminality in the United States

Every part of our research statement has been defined now, and the purpose of defining each aspect ourselves was to not be over or under inclusive. The reason we have narrowed down the definition of sexual assault to just forced intercourse is because among a crime that is not often reported, rape is the aspect that females will most commonly report to authorities. We chose seventeen as our minimum age because it is the legal age of consent in Texas, and any female older than seventeen is also at risk of being raped on a campus. It may seem over inclusive to add every age over seventeen, but all sexual assault crimes, regardless of age, are reported in the Clery Act. Just studying females is important because they are the most likely population to be victims of sexual assault. Finally, public campuses are the only Universities we are using because data is more readily available and representative of actual crime rates.

Understanding the criminal behavior system and crime typologies that the book demonstrates; it is kind of hard to distinguish what type of serial killer Robert Durst is. Judging from the book examples of different type of serial killers, I would have to say Robert Durst is a hybrid serial killer. While some of his actions from the video series, “The Jinx”, lead me to feel as if he was an expedience killer who wants to protect themselves from a perceived threat as the book states. Some of Durst’s actions also lead me to believe he was a mission killer, who had a vision for killing someone. None of his victims seemed as if they were some random act of murder. I feel as if he had a mission to kill all of them.; one reason making me suspect

Sexual assault occurs every two minutes in the United States. Sexual violence against women is still endemic in the United States. Statistics show nearly one in five women have been sexually assaulted. Managing sex offenders is still an issue in the criminal justice system. Repeat offenders are extremely difficult to monitor. The national legislature monitoring system contains an absence of effective research in monitoring sex offenders. Sexual offender registration and notification Act (SORNA) operates in all the US states and territories. The objective is to monitor and track sex offenders by law enforcement. Also they provide information to the public and the communities about the offenders. For example, the National registry allows the public to be informed of a registered offender and their demographics.

Sexual assault victims cared for at facilities with a SANE program were found to have been offered and have accepted more medical services, such as pregnancy prophylaxis and STI prophylaxis. Victims spend significantly less time in emergency departments with SANE programs and receive more community referrals for follow-up care. Rape kit collection techniques are completed properly and more rape kits are collected in emergency departments with SANE programs (Crandall & Helitzer, 2003; Littel, 2001). Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner programs assist law enforcement as evidenced by higher rates of victim cooperation with police. Victims have a better understanding of and trust in the judicial process, leading to more charges filed, higher arrest rates, higher rates of prosecution, and longer average sentences for perpetrators (Attorney General of Texas, 2011; Campbell, Patterson, & Fehler-Cabral; Crandall & Helitzer, 2003; Markowitz,

Victims of sexual violence is the first population we will discuss. “On average, there are 321,500 victims (age 12 or older) of rape and sexual assault each year in the United States” (Rain.org, “Victims of Sexual Violence: Statistics,” 2016, para. 1). Criminal justice professionals will encounter rape victims and sexual assault victims. Police officers have the duty of charging and arresting the perpetrator and getting the persons assaulted to safety. Victims of rape and sexual assault have to

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One of the philosophies not commonly used with sexual assault crimes is incapacitation. Although a perpetrator is placed in prison, rehabilitation immediately occurs. As for incapacitation, it does not require any assumptions about the criminal’s rationalism or “root causes” of the criminal’s behavior. Having the perpetrator incarcerated is beneficial because the physical restraint of incarceration prevents the commission of further crimes against society during the duration of the sentence. Reducing crimes is the most important factor is setting punishments (Muhlhausen, 2010). The problem is that sexual assault is one of the hardest crimes to prove. There are many factors that come in play such as the victim’s behavior, evidence and how it was handled by law enforcement. However, it the process goes through, then incapacitation will be able to reduce the problem.

Recent events revealed earlier this year have brought to light the massive backlog of untested rape kits. An increased public awareness of this backlog and approved funding has moved the issue from the back burner.

Many real rapists and sexual offenders go uncharged or poorly charged. According to Opposing Viewpoints, “Law enforcement is not a viable solution to campus rape because police do a terrible job of holding rapists accountable. According to a recent analysis of Department of Justice data, only 3 percent of all rapists—not just campus rapists—will ever spend a day in jail. Only 40 percent of all rapes are reported to police, and of those, only 10 percent will lead to a felony conviction with slightly fewer seeing the inside of a jail cell” (Caroline, and Baillee Brown). Rapists are not charged fairly because they don’t have a good way to charge them in court. The victims end up feeling helpless and vulnerable with their attacker walking

Crime has always been a shadow upon societies image, these learned behaviors can be seen in all shapes and sizes, in the cities, in the streets and even in homes. The media has controlled the image of what is perceived as crime. But what truly stalks the streets at night, is it the sadistic men who care so little about human dignity they travel from coast to coast sexually assaulting women?

The National Crime Survey (NCS) collects information on crime rates through a six month interval, but there is little information about the psychological impact of the crime and the NCS faults by not giving information on crime six months prior. The NSC does give valuable information about about crimes, over the amount of time that has passed but it the collection does not go in depth. The survey measures saxual assault inadequately, “Koss, Gidycz, and Wisniewski (1987) recently concluded that the actual incident rate for rape is 10 to 15 time higher than NCS estimates” (Kilpatrick). Showing such shattering information allow allegations to come out saying that crime is at a high that is like no other.

I choose this topic because sexual assault is one of the most offensive crimes committed in our society. Not only is it a threat to the community, but it has a physically and psychologically effect on the victim in many ways. For the last couple of decades, sexual assault, rape, and child molestation has become the focal point of public concerns today. According to a 1993 National Crime Victimization Survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice, about 500,000 rapes or sexual assaults occur each year (Statistics, March 2010). The Department of Justice states that, “rape crimes have risen nearly three times as fast as the total crime rate”, although other studies have shown statistics that are in

Rape is an extremely heinous crime that is traditionally defined as “the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will” (Beirne, 271). Because of the degree of this crime, it is almost understandable that people would like to think that it is most often committed by strangers. No one wants to consider that people closest to them could harm them in such a malicious way. However, the NIBRS Victims Data on Victims of Violence shows that more often than not, rape is committed by those who know the victim. They report four counts of rape: general rape, sodomy, sexual assault, and fondling. In each of those counts, the offenders were most reported as