Essays on Crime Page 24

I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude and thanks to the various authors whose books I have referred to while doing my project and also the various sources of information from where I have collected the data for my assignment. I am duly indebted to them. I am also indebted to the All India…

Victimology: neither a victim nor an offender be. Caution is a parent of safety. Victimology is the scientific study of victimization, including the relationships between victims and offenders, the interactions between victims and the criminal-justice system, and the connections between victims and other social groups and institutions. Victimology as an academic term contains two elements:…

Beccaria On Crimes and Punishments Beccaria argues that punishment is justified only if it is necessary, and is tyrannical if the punishment doesn’t derive from necessity. The type of punishment chosen should serve the greatest public good and if the punishment is excessively severe, then it goes against what is justice. Prostitution for example is…

Street gangs exist in a complex and turbulent environment that is often influenced by socioeconomic, regional, and cultural variables. The 1960s in Los Angeles’ Pico-Union area was when the 18th Street Gang first emerged. The gang was first created mostly by Mexican immigrants to act as a barrier against more seasoned, more established Chicano gangs….

Crime generation is impacted by several factors, such as broken homes, systemic poverty, ethical relativism, and religious decline. These factors weaken the internal moral compass required to avoid participating in activities like rape, robbery, or murder. Poverty is considered a predisposing state that may lead to criminal behavior, akin to how pornography can contribute to…

Section 34 of Indian Penal Code deals with liability of an individual for sharing ‘intention’ when ‘several persons ’ are participating in the ‘criminal act’ done ‘in furtherance of the common intention of all’. Section 35, which complements the main rule laid down in sec 34, deals with situation where an offence requires a particular…

Using material from Item A and elsewhere, assess the view that women commit less serious crimes as well as having less serious crimes committed against them so they are not worthy of study. (21 marks) It has been argued that males are more likely to commit crimes than women and it is more probable that…

Death is a foregone decision. Every person deserves a choice to live or die. The natural fear people have of suffering and dying and when cure is no longer likely, there are only two alternatives: euthanasia or unbearable pain. People who wish to retain their dignity and choices at the end of life should have…

In unit one, we were introduced to the murder of Anna Garcia. We had to ‘visit’ the crime scene and document what we saw. In this unit, we learned many things, and conducted different experiments to help us understand what may have happened to Anna, and how she died. In this paper, you will read…

This essay delves into the Marxist theory, which asserts that the ruling class shapes and exploits the law to benefit their own interests. Karl Marx (1818-83) formulated Marxism, a political and social framework that underlies these criminology theories emerging in the 1970s. According to Marxists, society is controlled by the prevailing capitalist class. In a…