Violent Crime 1950-1950

Violent crime post-1950 period, discuss the changes in the offending patterns and analyses the reasons for the changes.
Violent crime started to increase during the period after the war around 1950s and onwards, most likely because people had seen and had been exposed to a lot of violence. Therefore people especially amongst the youth population had problems distinguishing good from bad behaviour. Another factor that contributed to the increase of violent crimes was poverty, those living in poverty needed to earn a living given that there was a lack of jobs available people had to seek other means to earn a living. Individuals that have been suffering from abuse also seem to commit more violent crimes. As time progressed, violent crimes also increased. As crime increased, people are even until …show more content…
Also laws were created to deal with people that commit violent crimes, for example in New Zealand there are laws for people with the Possession of Knives and Other Offensive Weapons (1989), and The Imprisonment of Offenders who Used Serious Violence(1989) (Department of Justice 1990). Due to the fact that such laws and departments of crime prevention were created, there was an impact in the way the crime is committed. Now, people think more before committing crimes especially violent crimes, because they know that they will be punished for it, because that’s what expected of such departments and laws they are created to keep people safe. This can be seen on the New Zealand’s crimes act. The government choose to focus on families, preventing family violence, helping youths that are about to commit serious offences and also focusing on many other aspects of the community, due to this crime has reduced drastically and community safety has enhanced (Huges & McLaughlin & Munice