Thursday, April 14, 2011

Reasearch Project Solving Crimes/Domestic Violence

Murder is a subject that has been around for centuries. Dating back years ago it has affected the lives of many bring about sorrow and mourning. But thanks to murder investigators it has been easier to find the murderer and bring him/her to justice. In earlier years crime solving had started as some officers viewed it "an art." But one man was determined to change that and his name was Alphonse Bertillon. Bertillon believed that crime solving would be easier using measurements to indentify people instead of using vague descriptions such as "medium" or "tall"(Crime Solving 13-15). So he proved it to the police station he worked at that it was true by finding his first criminal with these measurements figuring out that the name the criminal gave them was actually was false(Crime Solving 20-21).Later on down the road other forms of criminology were developed such as fingerprinting(Crime Solving 29-50) and DNA identification(Crime Solving 96-115) to make crime solving easier. Even Domestic Violence crimes are solved due to criminology. FOr example a man was convicted of murdering his wife and dismembering her body and limbs with an electric saw. Using forensic evidence they were able to indetify the blood and bone of the victim was in fact on the saw(BBC News). "First degree murder is characterized by premeditation or deliberate design". "Second degree murder is characterized by a lack of premeditation but includes international and reckless behavior accompanied by malice, express or implied." in some places today you can still be sentanced to death (Murder). It has been shown that American woman have more to fear from the men they know and once loved than from any stranger. 34% of woman were homicide victims over age 15 are killed by thier boyfriends or loved ones. 81% of men who batter had fathers who abused thier mothers. Children who grow up in violent homes have a 74% higher likelihood of committing criminal assaults(Statistics). http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-04-11/news/bs-md-co-christian-trial-verdict-20110411_1_david-lemanski-first-degree-murder-cockeysville this story relates to the book because its about a man killing his girlfriend and thats what happend in out book. this is what happens when you let it get to far. ------> When people get beat or mentaly abused things that could happen are loss of control or helplessness, fear, anger, guilt, embarrassment, and doubts about sanity(reactions towards domestic violence).

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