United States Federal Witness Protection Program

of the Oklahoma City Bombing On April 19th, 1995, at 9:02 AM a bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Office Building in Oklahoma City. The cause of the explosion was an Ammonium Nitrate and Fuel Oil bomb in a 24 foot rental truck parked in the street on the north side of the building (Oklahoma City Fire Department Report of the Bombing). The building was home to sixteen federal agencies. This was the most destructive terrorist act on American soil until the 9/11 attacks. The chief

II ended. In the early stages of victimology, it was stated that victim’s attitude and conduct were the cause of criminal behavior. It wasn’t until the late 1960s when victimology increased in the United States. The first national victimization survey was conducted after an increase of

Introduction Violence in the home is a subject of increasingly public concern. According to Davis in the Encyclopedia of Social Work, "The most affected victims, physically and psychologically, are women, including single and married women and women separated or divorced from their partners" (Davis, 1995, p.789). For years violence against women has been excluded from everyday conversations for many reasons. Women of all races and social levels are victims of violence in the home. There are

The protection of these parks are crucial and government funding to keep them running is a smart investment option. John Garder states, “In 2014, the National Park System received over 292 million recreation visits. Park visitors supported nearly $30 billion in economic activity and nearly 277,000 private-sector jobs. Each federal dollar invested in the National Park Service generates $10 in economic activity, a tremendous

2 The History of Victimology About 3,800 years ago in 1780 B.C, an early civilization called Babylonian was the first to document a set of laws. They were called the code of Hammurabi which centralized on retribution for victims of crime. Protection for victims was also a meaningful part of the law, which was a head of its times. It's influenced many societies laws, and Even though these statutes affected

of physical or verbal violent behavior by one intimate partner towards another. Domestic Violence can create both psychological and emotional effects on both the intended victim and anyone that witnesses it to include children. Some children that witness domestic violence are experiencing serious effects that they have to deal with all their lives. The severity of these effects on children depends on the intensity, consistency and whom is being assaulted. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Syndrome is

force, periodically with jobs who carry weapons or are in charge on saving lives, like doctors and nurses, and when an employee, who took a leave of absence to seek help for a drug abuse problem. With more and more states legalizing the recreational use of marijuana the states and federal laws need to be re-established. Do some companies allow the use of marijuana while others do not? There needs to be consistency across the board for every employer, whether it be a government job, private employer

Mass surveillance in Muslim neighborhoods in the United States. What is your thesis? The United States government agencies like the FBI and NSA have invested lots of time, effort, and money towards the security of its citizens and the prevention of terrorism since the attacks on the World Trade Center on September of 2001. The efforts have not prevented any major terrorist attacks since then; the efforts have been unsuccessful. These agencies have relied on discriminatory profiling of individuals

abuser tortures and control the victim by threats, intimidation, and physical violence. Around the world at least one woman in every three has been beaten, or abused in her lifetime. Physical violence is estimated to occur in 4 to 6 million in United States. Domestic violence is the third leading cause of homelessness.This is according to an article posted on safehorizon.org. As I mentioned, domestic violence affects everyone of us at some point of our lives; because of this I have done a research

Cameras Partnership Program, which aims to invest $75 million through a 50% investment matching arrangement with states to cover video storage and equipment expenses, with the goal of underwriting the costs of 50,000 of body cameras being worn. The program is a three-year $263 million enterprise to help strengthen the community policing and the funding plan is part of President Obama’s proposed budget. Much interest in the technology stems from a growing recognition that the United States has a real problem