Demographics Indicate Increase in Crime Ahead

There's a segment of our population that has become more evident than ever before. Seeing these individuals lying on bus stop benches, pushing their worldly possessions in rusty old shopping carts or sleeping in their cars is disturbing to say the least. I'm talking of course about the homeless.

A Senior Citizen In Juvenile Hall

It was my first time speaking at Juvenile Hall, I was terrified! I had seen enough movies to know I didn't want to be there. As I hurried through the metal detectors, and pushed through the big metal doors, my heart was pounding and I was filled with fear. I wondered if I would get out of this place alive.

Biometric Access Control - Your Finger is the Key to Crime Prevention

Current Biometric Readers include Hand Geometry, Fingerprint, Iris Scan, Passive Facial Recognition, Active Infrared Facial Recognition, Voice Pattern Recognition and blood vessel authentication.

New Zealand Parents' Fears

Parents in South Auckland in New Zealand have been warned by local authorities to keep their young kids in their houses at night. The warning was issued after two street gang incidents broke out recently. There have been no fatalities to date, but the life of a young teenage boy is still currently hanging in the balance.

5 Tips For Identity Theft Protection

We live in a digital and information age which is why now more than ever its vital that you watch out for the cyber grifters online and off.

America's Achilles Heel: It's Children, The Unthinkable Terrorist Act

What will we do if or when they start bombing our schools killing our children?

Law Enforcement Shortages are Serious

Many law enforcement agencies are stretched too thin with not enough officers. Much of the reason is because after 9/11 many new federal agencies and existing ones went on a hiring binge. This made it tougher on local law enforcement agencies to hire people at the same standards.

Counterfeiting of $5 Bills in Canada - Big Concern

Counterfeiting is a huge problem in the world whether it is done by international terrorists or rogue nation states. One of the most counterfeited currencies is of course the United States currency, probably because is one of the most respected currencies, however we are not alone with counterfeit problems.

Reintegration of Formerly Imprisoned

Appropriate penitential policy aimed on social reintegration of the criminals is one of the most important factors while evaluating functioning of democracy in different countries. It is always hard for freed after a long time of imprisonment criminals to go through adaptation of free life and often they are not provided with successful reintegration into society. Spending many years in jail is one of the factors of de-socialization and often it ruins the connections or relations of imprisoned with their families, friends and the rest of the society. Possibility of successful social reintegration also depends on the character and nature of the committed crime and severity of punishment.

Pay Now or Pay Later

American youth have a growing number of firearm related homicides that is exceeding any other age population. In Many urban cities, firearm related homicides among some youth age brackets have already increase by 200% to 400% during the first six months of 2006.

Be Prepared to Defend Yourself

Awareness of your surroundings is the key to effectively defending yourself against assault. You can arm yourself with tools to effectively defend yourself but if you are oblivious to your surroundings you can be taken by surprise.

Ethics, Intelligence, IQ and Dangerous Men

Most people would agree that there are ethical and unethical people in the World and that there are intelligent people and dumb dumbs too. Most folks would agree that someone's IQ and their ethics do not have anything to do with each other, as there are intelligent ethical folks and intelligent criminals amongst us as well.

Imprisonment as a Form of Social Punishment

Punishment is often considered to be a form of the social control. There are many ways to define the need for the punishment. First and most important is that offence involves the wickedness or is simply unpleasant to the injured party. In that case the imprisonment might take place.