Essays on Crime Page 28

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…

The Oxford Dictionary defines curfew as, “A signal or time after which people must remain indoors until the next day.” This, to us just means that a curfew is a way to keep us young people off the streets. Having teenagers wandering the suburbs at dark, young people are given a chance to act in…

The earliest usage of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) actually dates back to 1942 when it was first used by the military in Germany. The military used remote cameras with black and white monitors to observe the launch of V2 rockets. During the 1940’s the US military also used CCTV when developing and testing atomic weapons,…

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…

eras, or digital stills cameras. Video cameras are either analogue or digital, which means that they work on the basis of sending analogue or digital signals to a storage device such as a video tape recorder or desktop computer or laptop computer wherelse digital stills cameras can take excellent pictures in most situations and can…

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…

The name Otis Toole has come to be associated with gloom and terror. For decades, criminologists, psychiatrists, and true crime fans have been captivated and mystified by the life and deeds of Henry Lee Toole, a notorious serial killer who was also Henry Lee Lucas’ confidant. This study dives into the mysterious figure of Otis…

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…