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Modern Day Slavery: Human Trafficking
The United States 13th Amendment declares “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any other place subject to their jurisdiction.”
By Amilie Héroux8 years ago in Criminal
Creepiest True Crime Movies on Netflix
True crime explores the darkest, most twisted corners of the human mind — and that's what makes it such an incredibly terrifying genre. In fact, if you think about it, a typical true crime documentary is logically scarier than the best horror movies ever made simply because the "monsters" in true crime are real people.
By Cato Conroy8 years ago in Criminal
Miles Away
“Get dressed, get armed, we’re leaving.” The man with the heavy Londoner accent said as he barged into the quaint little flat, his light brown eyes focusing on everything in the room like a microscope gazing at a specimen.
By M Kier Murdock8 years ago in Criminal
The Escape
I awoke to the sound of shouting voices and whistling trains. “Get her!” an unidentified voice yelled. I scrambled to my feet and started running towards the exit.
By Nightshade LGBT8 years ago in Criminal
Repressed Memory in Sandusky Case
In a former case, Jerry Sandusky, a college football coach, was said to have sexually abused children. He was found guilty of sexual abuse and sentenced to 30-60 years away. Though he without a doubt sexually abused many individuals, there was a part of the case that not many people are aware of. Some of these allegations were based on the idea of repressed memory that was uncovered after many years of therapy. Repressed memory is the idea of memories being unconsciously blocked due to stress or trauma while burying them in your thoughts. The memory may not be able to be uncovered for many years but can ostensibly be affecting them consciously. These memories that occur to the individual way later into their lives can also be false or imaginative. Memory works in three precesses; encoding, storage, and retrieval. Many times, when therapists try to come forth with repressed memory, they are trying to reconstruct your memory so that a specific memory is received. This part of the confessions were not known to the public when exposed. Instead, they focused more on the act itself, which is completely understandable but the process in which the stories were uncovered is fascinating.
By S.girl8 years ago in Criminal
Bad Feeling
It was casual day, a sunny Wednesday. I was just sitting in a restaurant eating my food. Now let’s go back a little earlier and let me tell you about a weird thing I had. I woke up this morning feeling tired as usual. As I was getting ready, I felt like something bad was gonna happen today. After trying to shake that feeling off, I walked outside and made my way to the bus stop. Along the ride, I saw a restaurant and decided that I will visit it after school.
By Paul Zheng8 years ago in Criminal
Does the Criminal Justice System Do Enough to Deter Adolescents from Further Illegal Juvenile Acts?
What more can the juvenile justice system do to veer youths from participating in illegal behavior? Children are valuable in more sense than just one. They have a growing mind and are easily influenced by their surroundings due to such little intelligence. When children are presented in situations of abuse, gangs, substance abuse, neglect, and troubling surroundings they are confused, stressed and even depressed. Many ways that children express these feelings are through violent crimes or some sort of abuse. These problems then become the problems of the juvenile justice system. This is a system designed to deal and help with at risk youths. At risk youths are young people who are extremely vulnerable to the negative consequences of school failure, substance abuse, and early sexuality (Siegel, Walsh 2015). To veer these children away from this is the job of not only the parents, but the school and the criminal justice system. The family life is just as important as the social and academic life of children. Children spend a majority of their time either at school or in their neighborhood.
By S.girl8 years ago in Criminal
A Death in the Cold, Part Two
The road to Geneva was a day's journey by horse and Evony was not quite ready for such an endeavor. Her legs still ached from the bounty killing of Monsieur Boutin, and with 100 Francs in her purse she could easily afford a bed for the night and possibly even a decent, warm meal.
By Daniel Byron8 years ago in Criminal
A Stalker's Tale
As I stand here in this dirty room with a gun in my right hand and the man I killed laying on the ground with blood all over him and some of his dirty blood on me, I think back to what I just did, what I have done and what I have become. To be very honest, in my eyes this man deserved to die. He’s a dirty thief, a low life, a mere salesman, who does he think he is with his charming way of talking. He is lower than me. I am better than him in every way. I guess you could say I have a god complex. It’s one of the many things I talk to my psychiatrist about. Oh is she going to be mad when she finds out her predictions were right. She knew all along I was a danger to her and that I might kill someday (not the psychiatrist) but little did she know I would kill for her. Who, you might ask is this woman I might kill for is… not my psychiatrist… the woman I love.
By Meena8 years ago in Criminal
Best Detective Movies of All Time
It's becoming increasingly difficult for mystery fans to find their beloved detective films. Even if we may love the art of investigation, there are so few modern detective and noir films that provide any worthiness to the genre that it's pretty much impossible finding quality contemporary noir. Whether it's serial killers, a masked organization, or the familiar one man job, murder mysteries are oftentimes packed with a multitude of real life concepts and tell stories of wild imagination. Some of the most legendary titles are inherently mysteries at their core and identify with detective tropes on some levels, but most of them could not be considered the best detective movies of all time.
By Ryan Epps8 years ago in Criminal
Solving My Own Murder
I was pushed. That's all I remember. But my autopsy shows I was shot in the head. Why can't I remember being shot? Why do I only remember being pushed? I woke up in panic, scared and annoyed. It's like my day is repeating itself.
By Taiesha Smith8 years ago in Criminal
Is Incarceration Becoming a New Form of Segregation?. Top Story - October 2017.
Your name no longer matters. You no longer matter. Inmate 3846229 is who you are now, and the sad thing about it isn’t that you’re incarcerated; it’s that you became another statistic. Incarceration is becoming a popular trend in the criminal justice system. But what is the criminal justice system? It is a system of law enforcement that is directly involved in apprehending, prosecuting, defending, sentencing, and punishing those who are suspected or convicted of criminal offenses. By this definition, trials, treatment and punishments are equally distributed within ethnic groups, social classes, and economic standings. More often than not, this is not the case. It seems the poverty stricken minorities are the ones that suffer the most. In learning this, I have come to the conclusion that equal treatment through the current criminal justice system is becoming a struggle for minorities.
By _Laikyn Berry_8 years ago in Criminal