Essays on Crime Page 28

Martin Partington, when writing about the Criminal cases Review Commission, declared that “One of the most serious challenges facing the criminal justice system is ensuring that miscarriages of justice do not occur”, (Partington, Introduction to the English Legal System, Oxford University Press, 2012/13 (7th ed.) at page 135. Critically consider the proposition that the Criminal…

This article is about the kidnapping of Carlina White. Carlina Renae White was born July 15, 1987 and was also known as Nejdra “Netty” Nance. Carlina White was a 23 year old US American citizen who had solved her own kidnapping case at the age of 23. This abduction was known to represent the longest…

The aim of this paper is to analyze population demographics and crime profile of the city of Los Angles and discuss a criminological theory that would make sense to the residents given their political orientation. According to the City of Los Angeles (2007), the number of residents in Los Angles is 4,018,080 growing at a…

Lie Pop has been acclaimed as one of China’s greatest poets of all time during the Tang Dynasty and “Golden Age of China”. Branded as a rebel with nomadic tendencies, Lie Pop was known for his love and adoration of wine and revelry. In 745, he was initiated into the Taoist religion and began to…

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Edwin Sutherland’s theories of social learning for me, highlights a broader societal issue of perception on the belief that the majority of criminal activity is committed by the underprivileged, low socio-economic groups of society. Society has played a major role on influencing a person’s behavior towards his surroundings. He moves in a way such that…

Youth curfews are popular among Americans, as shown in numerous polls. These laws restrict teenagers’ activities during certain hours of the day and night, which seems logical to many people. After all, if youngsters are getting into trouble, it makes sense to get them off the streets. However, there is one major problem with youth…

Criminals like AY Capons, Bonnie and Clyde, and John Dillinger were most prominently looked at by the people in this era. Criminal organizations kept their illegal operations secret, and members conferred by word of mouth. Any gangs that became sufficiently systematic were called organized. The act of engaging in criminal activity as a structured group…

During Edwin H. Sutherland’s time, prevailing social structure theories, such as social disorganization and strain, were dominant. However, Sutherland argued that delinquent behavior is a result of learning rather than the ability to achieve economic success or residing in a socially disorganized area of a city. He presented several formal propositions that illustrate how social…

Mixing the moral and political is often perilous in the American political and legal scene. In the last two decades moral questions such as abortion and illegal drug use have been incendiary in political discussions. Current mixed political and moral issues include “partial-birth abortion” and physician-assisted suicide. Meier and Geis’ main thesis identifies parameters of…