Sentences with phrase «who commits a violent crime»

When I ask Carter to describe the kind of young person who commits violent crime, he says there are some recurring themes: «The common factors will be a broken family at home, someone who isn't fully engaged in their education — absenteeism from school and truancy — and domestic abuse is a key factor as well.

The researchers found that, of those who committed violent crimes, nearly 70 % ate candy every day as children, compared to 42 % who did not go on to commit violent crimes.

The case is notable not only for the particularly brutal nature of the crime, but also, in part, because Ruth is a woman, and society's perceptions of women who commit violent crimes is often skewed.

Not exact matches

Nice - Matin also reported that he had been condemned to a suspended sentence of six months for committing a violent crime with a weapon, but he was not under the surveillance of French authorities and was not listed as a person who could pose a threat.

«Glasses soften their appearance so that they don't look capable of committing a violent crime,» said veteran lawyer Harvey Slovis, who coaches clients on what to wear in court.

When you are the victim of a violent crime the person who allegedly committed the crime is ordered by the court to stay away from you until the matter is resolved.

«The first thing that people think about when you talk about sealing records is the fact that you don't want violent offenders or people who've committed egregious crimes to hide behind some altruistic strategy,» Soares said in a news conference in his office.

Offenders who committed or conspired to commit violent crimes such as a murder and sexual offenses would be ineligible as would someone whose conviction was not at least 10 years old.

It is by the Grace of God that another member of the Krohn family was not present when this occurred as there's no question in my mind that whoever would commit such a violent crime against a pet would not hesitate to harm a human,» said Tedisco, who was the driving force behind passage of the landmark Buster's animal cruelty felony law and the Assembly Chair of NYS Animal Advocacy Day.

The two departments could hold detainees for ICE only after receiving a warrant from a judge, and only those who had committed a violent and serious crime within the previous five years.

He promised to go after MS - 13 and other violent street gangs, those who commit environmental crimes and employers who illegally take advantage of their workers.

Under President Barack Obama, the federal government only targeted individuals who had committed the most serious felonies for apprehension — just as New York City only complies with ICE detainer requests for 17o violent crimes.

Prisoners who committed serious sexual or violent crimes will have to serve at least two - thirds of their sentences before being eligible for parole, rather than half their sentences as is the case at present.

«Should he be housed in the same environment as someone who is a member of the Bloods or the Crips that are committing violent crimes in the city of New York?

Children who don't commit serious or violent crimes and who don't pose a danger to themselves or others don't belong in prison.

The samples are used to track down individuals who commit repeated offenses and to crack previously unsolved violent crimes.

For perspective, Brunner points out that a well - known genetic trait affects half the world's population and makes its carriers nine times more likely to commit violent crime than those who don't carry it.

Even after making statistical allowances for factors such as psychiatric disorders, economic status, and prior violent acts, they found that those who watched 1 to 3 hours of TV per day were about 60 % more likely to get in a serious fight, threaten someone, or use a weapon to commit a crime than those who watched less than an hour a day.

Young adults who deem themselves «spiritual but not religious» are more likely to commit property crimes — and to a lesser extent, violent ones — than those who identify themselves as either «religious and spiritual» or «religious but not spiritual,» according to Baylor University researchers.

A separate study of the integration program in North Carolina's Charlotte - Mecklenburg county schools showed that at - risk students who were able to attend their school of choice were less likely to commit a violent crime or spend time in jail.

It revolves around three characters: former police officer Adrian Wall, who has just been released after doing 13 years hard time for a violent crime he swears he didn't commit; the victim's son, Gideon, who wants revenge; and Detective Elizabeth Black, the only person who believes that Wall is innocent.

It's been shown that people who abuse animals are far more likely to commit violent crimes against people.

Studies show that people who intentionally harm animals may be more likely to commit violent crimes towards people.

He was held and prosecuted for immigration law violations, by the administration that has released over 36,000 illegal immigrants who had actually been commited of crimes, among them aliens convicted of violent crimes.

... Some 3,700 people who committed neither violent nor serious crimes are serving life sentences under California's «three strikes and you're out» law...

This definition was included in the published results of a symposium held in cooperation with the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime and the bureau's Behavioral Analysis Unit - 2 that dispelled long - held myths about the type of person who committed such crimes, including:

However, many mental health professionals assert that only a small percentage of people who are mentally ill commit violent crime.

Being a terrorist, by definition, is a person who committed a specific type of violent crime with a specific purpose.

Second, the exemptions go too far in that they overreach in their effect; they target those who commit crimes while out on bail or violent offenders but in reality, they capture offenders who are unable to get bail because of socio - economic reasons, not because of their conduct.

Teenage boys, for example, who have experienced attachment difficulties early in life, are three times more likely to commit violent crimes.

Teenage boys who have experienced attachment difficulties early in life are three times more likely to commit violent crimes (Raine 1993).