This study discusses efforts to tackle the crime of spreading hoaxes in cyberspace through criminal law and reveals obstacles enforcers have tackling these crimes. The writing method used was a normative juridical approach, analytical descriptive. results this are that should be qualified, organized, structured unite communities specializing handling all types cyber actions, given certain tools...

bullying is a kind of peers’ altercation which usually occurs in schools. it seems to be a universal phenomenon that can be observed almost in all classrooms. since the expansion of information and communication technologies, there have been social concerns related to negative effects of these networks, especially in adolescents. in this paper which documentary methodology by referring to execu...

When a crime is committed by an individual of one race against an individual of another race, there is the possibility that the crime is a hate crime. Legislation often mandates harsher penalties for perpetrators convicted of crimes determined to be hate crimes, yet this determination is difficult to make. This study used vignettes of violent crimes to examine how the races of the perpetrators ...

This paper examines whether economic factors significantly associate to the propensity of gang-related crimes and non-gang crimes in Lane County. To conduct this study, Detective Harvey of the Eugene Police Department’s gang task force supplied data with recorded gang-related and non-gang arrests in Eugene and Springfield from 2003 through 2012. The data was organized quarterly with number of a...

Crime reports are used to find criminals, prevent further violations, identify problems causing crimes and allocate government resources. Unfortunately, many crimes go unreported. The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) comprises data about incidents, victims, suspects and if the incident was reported or not. Current research using the NCVS is limited to statistical techniques resulting ...

Not since its decision in Wisconsin v. Mitchell, has the United States Supreme Court squarely addressed whether hate crimes legislation regulates protected speech in violation of the First Amendment.1 However, the United States House of Representatives' passage of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 ("House Bill 1592" or "Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007") on May 3, 2...