Essays on Crime Page 9

There are three primary explanations for the existence of crime and deviance in society: biological, psychological, and sociological. Deviance can be understood as the variation from the average, as defined by Becker (1963). 4). A deviant individual is someone who can be characterized as breaching the established and unspoken regulations of their society. Paul Broca,…

Over the last few years reality based crime shows have appeared on many television networks. These shows depict actual investigations of crimes as they have unfolded. While reporting crime is nothing new in the media circuit, reality shows like The First 48, Crime 360 and Cold Case files are getting high ratings. Although the ratings…

Introduction Forensic accountants are professionals who provide litigation support and act as expert witnesses. They are financial investigators and detectives who audit and investigate financial reporting documents to determine their accuracy. Their work is often related to legal actions that are either anticipated or ongoing. When it comes to criminal and civil cases, including pretrial…

In crime prevention, punishment in varying forms and degrees are implemented with the impression that such actions are a social and moral deterrent to criminal behavior which will thereby limit violence in a society. In the last 20 years, several approaches were advanced in an effort to provide behavioral modification to a multi-disciplinary approach that…

1. The United States Supreme Court has held that normally, a police seizure of either evidence of a crime in a constitutionally protected area or a possible criminal defendant must be based on probable cause e. g. , Illinois v. Gates 1983. Furthermore, the Court has repeatedly stated that a government search or seizure on…

Surveillance is proving to be a very effective technique to ensure the feeling of safety and security among the people of a state. Traditionally surveillance was done manually using human patrolling by police and law maintaining bodies in the city. Then with the introduction of CCTVs we started using video surveillance. This essay will begin…

Emerging during the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th century, the Classical Theory of Criminology heralded a transformation in the approach to understanding criminal behavior and administering justice. Moving away from attributing crime to mystical or supernatural origins, this theory grounded crime in the rational decisions of individuals, guided by their assessments of pleasure against…

‘’Crime is inevitable, and the ‘solutions’ to crime do not solely lie with criminal justice institutions.’’‘’Crime is not a self evident & unitary concept. Its constitution is diverse, historically relative & continually contested. As a result an answer to the question ‘What is crime?’ depends upon which of its multiple constitutive elements is emphasized. This…

Correction refers to the act of punishing a criminal with a focus on modifying his or her behavior through punishment.  Containment, on the other hand, refers to the act of controlling the expansion of crime with strategies that would force the criminals to stop committing the crime altogether.  The latter is best applied to foreign…

Guns Control Laws and Their Effect on Crime. Cole Edwards Lieutenant Lowell Duckett, Special Assistant to the D. C. Police Chief made a profound statement in 1996 about gun control laws and their effect in his city. Duckett stated, “Gun control has not worked in D. C. The only people who have guns are criminals….