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Historically, police corruption has been a persisting, serious, and in some cases pervasive feature of police services. Corruption can be seen as a kind of occupational hazard for police, with the nature of police work offering an unusually large number of opportunities for corrupt behavior. Moreover, features of …
Rationalizations (or neutralizations) are often used by individuals to minimize deviance, misconduct, or criminal behavior while still presenting an image of conformity. Whether termed rationalizations or neutralizations, these allow individuals to release themselves temporarily from conventional morality and engage in deviant or illegal behaviors. These techniques also serve …
Profiling can broadly be defined as an investigative tool that helps predict the personal characteristics and motivations of an unknown offender. The category of profiling includes a variety of techniques and practices, such as analyzing the individual and geographic characteristics of crime scenes, which each contribute unique information …
Values are deeply held beliefs about what is right and how to achieve it. A value system combines one’s collective beliefs and places them in order of importance. Values trace back to early years, and encompass the formative influences of family, society, and institutions. Values play out in …
Police–citizen interactions are influenced by any number of variables, not the least of which is trust. Trust is difficult to measure in this context but plays out in the interactions between police and citizens. When citizens trust the police, they are not inclined to doubt or question police …
The origins of criminal justice in the United States as conceived by John Locke, and later as reconceived by John Rawls, emphasize the concept of an “unbiased adjudicator”—a person or institution of deliberation without a stake in the outcome of a decision. This basic theory outlines the difficulties …
Polygraphs, commonly referred to as lie detectors, are electronic instruments commonly used during pre-employment background investigations and in criminal investigations, although on a more limited basis. The ethical issues pertaining to polygraph use are essentially deception, coercion, and justice. Additionally, for polygraphs to be used ethically, the competency …
Pornography generally refers to sexually explicit materials, including movies, television, Web sites, books, and magazines depicting various aspects of sexuality. This material ranges from “soft-core” to “hard-core” pornography. Soft-core pornography generally includes sexually explicit materials involving nudity and does not directly include images of intercourse, although intercourse may …
The term positive law refers to what is also sometimes called “black-letter law”; that is, positive law is law that is written down, on the books. Positive law is law that exists factually as law because it has been duly passed by a legislature, or duly stated by …
Postcolonialism describes an era, worldview, and intellectual discourse of the events of the mid-20th century. Like other schools of thought, it reflects a paradigmatic shift buoyed by new material conditions. Postcolonialism both celebrates the end of colonialism and examines the aftereffects of colonialism in contemporary times. It is …
Power is a concept that cuts across a variety of social science disciplines, including sociology, political science, and criminal justice. Power is located at all levels of social life, from personal interactions, to relationships in institutional settings such as schools and prisons, and to the highest levels of …
Ethical pragmatism is an often misunderstood topic because many people misunderstand the meaning of pragmatism. While pragmatism is often thought of as meaning “as long as it works,” or even “trial and error,” pragmatic thought actually is closely aligned with scientific reasoning. However, one cannot make ethical decisions …
The professionalization of America’s police forces that began in the early 1900s has had as an obvious consequence an increasing reliance on science and technology to address the crime problem. To this end, police have utilized crime mapping and criminological theory to complement foot and random motor patrols …
Danelaw encompassed the areas of northeast England where Danish customs had a strong political and cultural influence throughout much of the early Middle Ages. The area included Yorkshire (southern Northumbria), East Anglia, and the Five Boroughs, named for its main centers of settlement: Lincoln, Stamford, Nottingham, Leicester, and …
Dante Alighieri was born in 1265 in Florence to a family of noble lineage. His father made a living through property rental and moneylending. His mother, Bella degli Abati, died when he was seven years old, and his father also died when he was young, before 1283. Dante …
The influx of Muslim Turks into the Indian subcontinent began in the 11th and 12th centuries. It was spearheaded by a series of military dynasties, including the Ghaznavids, who ruled parts of Persia and invaded northern India, and the Ghurids, who started off as allies of the great …
In Islamic ruled territories, Dhimmis were those religious minorities, or People of the Book (ahl al-kitab), who were protected under Islamic law. People of the Book included Jews, Christians (of all denominations), and sometimes Zoroastrians. As polytheists Hindus were not usually granted protected minority status. Under Islamic law …
In June 632 the prophet Muhammad, the founder and last prophet of Islam, died of natural causes. He left behind a nascent Islamic state within the Arabian Peninsula. Although some Muslim sources state that there had been a premonition of his death, the confusion and divisions within the …
Donato di Niccolode Bettto Bardi (Donatello) is one of the greatest and most famous Italian sculptors of the 15th century, whose work was greatly influenced by the early European Renaissance. He was born in Florence (or in its vicinities) between the years 1382 and 1387, in the family …
The Mon kingdom of Dvaravati (also called Siam) flourished in what is now Thailand from the sixth century c.e. to around the 11th century. The kingdom covered the political area of Nakhon Pathom (west of present-day Bangkok), U-Thong, and Khu Bua. Dvaravati extended outward from the lower Chao …
