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1. An explanation of how comfortable you are sharing personal information on the Internet. 
2.    Then explain whether or not your comfort level is influenced by a fear of your information being obtained by hackers and explain why. 
3.    Finally, explain whether or not hackers are perceived as serious criminals by the criminal justice system.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.

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The Assignment (2–3 pages)
•    Briefly describe the two types of white-collar crime you selected.
•    Explain how technology has increased the opportunity to commit each type of crime.
•    Explain one possible effect each crime might have on victims involved.
•    Explain how law enforcement might use technology to address each type of crime.
Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.

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1. Examine the seriousness of white-collar crimes and consider why they are not included in the FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Reports.

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The Assignment (2–3 pages):
•    Describe two behaviors that may be demonstrated by disaffected youth, and explain how each might increase the likelihood that the youth become juvenile victims. 
•    Explain how the use of resilience and coping skills may help a juvenile victim overcome victimization. 
•    Explain why some juvenile victims may grow up to be more adjusted than others.

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1. explain how social media played a role in the juvenile’s victimization.
2. Then explain two challenges the criminal justice system faces in addressing the role of social media in juvenile victimization. 
3. Finally, describe one resource aimed at reducing juvenile victimization that has occurred through the use of social media, and explain how this resource might be effective.

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The Assignment (2–3 pages):
•    Briefly describe two types of crimes that are more likely to be committed by women than men. Reference the FBI web resource listed in this week’s Learning Resources. 
•    Explain possible reasons each type of crime is more likely to be committed by women than men. 
•    Explain how women offenders may be treated differently than men offenders in the criminal justice system at the law enforcement, court, and/or correctional level(s). 
•    For your two examples, explain possible reasons for the differential treatment. 

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An explanation of three causes contributing to the increasing number of women offenders in the criminal justice system. Then explain how the increasing number of women offenders might have an impact on society. Finally, explain one possible reason women commit fewer violent crimes than men. Support your response with references to the literature and Learning Resources.

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The Assignment (2–3 pages):
•    Explain potential short-term impacts of the abuse on Jaycee Dugard. 
•    Explain potential long-term impacts of the abuse on Jaycee Dugard. 
•    Identify any potential secondary victims, and explain potential short- and long-term impacts of the abuse on those victims. 
•    Explain whether or not the compensation provided was appropriate for this crime and why.

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Explain how that factor might influence victimization of women. Justify your response with references to the article you selected and the Learning Resources.

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Impact on Community

For this discussion, you will examine the effects on the community that result from a mass murder, or when a serial killer is active.

Since we are looking at the reaction that the killer generates, choose from one of the following killers:
•David Berkowitz (New York)
•Wayne Williams (Atlanta)
•Danny Rolling (Gainesville, Florida)

Use popular news magazines like Time and US News, or newspapers from the local area, so that you can put yourself in the position of someone in the community who was living through that time period. For instance, for the Rolling case, look at the Gainesville Sun from that time period; if you choose David Berkowitz, check out the New York Times or NY Post. This will give you a connection to the case you won't get from a website created long after the fact. Based on your review, discuss the following questions.
•Describe the effects of the case on the local community.
•Did local residents change their behavior in any way?
•Did the police involve the community in the investigation? What other effects on the community might such a case cause?

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Serial Killers

For this assignment you will review a serial killer's case in depth. The killer you choose to review will also be the subject of your Week 5 final assignment, so keep your research material handy.

First, choose one of the following serial killers:

•David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") taunted police over a year and shot 15 people (6 died) in New York City. The movie "Summer of Sam" was about this time.
•Gary Ridgway (the "Green River Killer") holds the American record for most victims. He confessed to killing 48 over a 16-year period but is suspected of having killed many more!
•Wayne B. Williams is believed to be the killer of 24 children and young men in Atlanta, though there is still some doubt.
•John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were the "DC snipers" who shot 13 people (ten died) over three weeks in the Washington DC area in 2002.
•Ted Bundy: Confessed to almost 30 murders (there may have been more). He was known for being smart and good-looking, and acted as his own lawyer.
•Jeffrey Dahmer: His case captured worldwide attention after his capture, mostly due to his habit of keeping parts of his victims long after their deaths, as well as cannibalism and necrophilia.
•Kristen Gilbert: An example of a female serial killer, she was a nurse who killed hospital patients in her care.

For this assignment, create a 4- to 5-page report in Microsoft Word that covers the following points:

•Summarize the case: time period, location, number of victims, etc.
•Describe the killer's background, methods, and area of operation.
•Determine which of the theories from Week 2 relate to this killer and show why you made this determination.
•How did the killer select his or her victims? Was there anything that the victims did to provoke the killer? Are the victims in this case in any way responsible for their own deaths?
•By analyzing all of the above information, you should now be able to propose a three-part typology and explain your analysis. Your typology should describe the killer's motivation, location, and organized or disorganized factors. For instance, John Wayne Gacy might be described as a Power/Control, local, organized killer.

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Review the two case studies outlined below:

Case 1: Mass Murder

Andrea Yates was convicted of drowning her five children and given a sentence of life in prison.

Later, it was found that the sentence of life in prison was based on the inaccurate testimony of a highly respected forensic psychiatrist. Her life sentence was overturned, and she was found guilty by reason of insanity and sent to a mental hospital.

Yates suffered from severe postpartum depression and had been hospitalized for an attempted suicide before she killed her children. Yates was delusional and reported having thoughts that were degrading and persecuting her for her motherhood. She was also having command hallucinations telling her she was a bad mother and her children would grow up to be criminals, so she should save them by drowning them.

Case 2: Serial Killer

In 1980, John Wayne Gacy was found guilty of murdering 33 young men. He picked up some of his victims at a local homosexual bar. Other victims were taken home for "interviews" as prospective employees for his construction business. The remains of 29 victims were found buried under his home while the other four victims had been thrown into the Des Plaines River near Chicago.

Gacy always maintained his innocence throughout the trial and appeals process claiming someone else put the bodies in the crawl space beneath his house. Also known as "The Killer Clown," Gacy used handcuffs and chloroform to subdue his victims, and then he would tie a rope around their necks and slowly twist until he squeezed the life out of them.

Gacy had been married twice and had two children from the first marriage. Both marriages ended in divorce when his wives found items from his victims or were unhappy from a lack of any sexual contact between them. During both marriages and afterwards, Gacy was considered an outstanding member of his community. Gacy was executed on May 10, 1994.

Case 1 (mass murder) and Case 2 (serial murder) can be analyzed and categorized by fitting them into one or more of the theories developed to explain the phenomenon of multiple murder. The theories are developed by experts in the field who study mass and serial murderers.

After reading the two case studies, discuss the following:
•What are the similarities and differences between the definitions for serial and mass murder?
•What purposes are served by establishing the typologies that apply to a mass murderer? Are they the same purposes that are served by establishing the typology of a serial killer?
•Could a serial murderer ever become a mass murderer and vice versa? Why or why not?
•Considering the cases described above, which typologies apply to each killer? Explain how you arrived at this conclusion.