7.1- Rank the following acts on whether you believe they are a crime or not. Rank from most serious to least serious using the following scale: very serious (VS), serious(S), undecided(U), less serious (LS), and not serious (NS). Also not if you think an act should not be a crime (NAC). Give reasons for your decisions.
l.Pat gets drunk and hits a child, injuring her severely, while speeding through a school zone. -VS Pat not only is driving under the influence, which puts countless lives in danger, as well as her own, her negligence infringes upon that child's human rights to safety, especially in an environment such as school.
d. A wife finds out her husband is having an affair and runs him over with her car. -VS The wife has committed …show more content…
These gangs are Hispanic based and have been linked to the Mexican Mafia with charges of racketeering, extorting money from drug sales, and conspiring to kill rivals. We know these organizations exist and operate because of the ever increasing crime rates and death tolls. These gangs operate widely in low income Latino neighborhoods, which raises the opinion that maybe if we supplied these neighborhood with better socioeconomic success, these people would be able to flourish in a law abiding community. For plenty of these people, they see the gang as the only solution, which brings about a moral ambiguity as to whether or not there is any means or motive behind these crimes. By creating a specialized program for these individuals, that will hopefully lift them from economic trouble, it allows them a new understanding of the world they live in. However, they should still receive punishment for the crimes they have committed, but to a degree that suits the crime and needs of the individual, rather than a standardized …show more content…
However, a group of rich kids that like to mess up people's stuff for fun isn't a gang. The biggest defining aspect of a gang is that it is in response to a socioeconomic inequality. It's the result of inadequate means of success which those rich kids do have. The power imbalance between these groups define the difference between a gang and privileged ignorant criminals.
The media is a big source of aggression and violence today. However, studies have shown the affect of this aggressive content lasts only up to an hour. This does not mean someone could not do something violent within a short time frame, it just means as that the audiovisual cues that the brain receives does not contribute to long term violence unless there are more constant triggers. If one continues to show violent tendencies, then they should be able to receive psychiatric help, as they could be a harm to themselves or
l.Pat gets drunk and hits a child, injuring her severely, while speeding through a school zone. -VS Pat not only is driving under the influence, which puts countless lives in danger, as well as her own, her negligence infringes upon that child's human rights to safety, especially in an environment such as school.
d. A wife finds out her husband is having an affair and runs him over with her car. -VS The wife has committed …show more content…
These gangs are Hispanic based and have been linked to the Mexican Mafia with charges of racketeering, extorting money from drug sales, and conspiring to kill rivals. We know these organizations exist and operate because of the ever increasing crime rates and death tolls. These gangs operate widely in low income Latino neighborhoods, which raises the opinion that maybe if we supplied these neighborhood with better socioeconomic success, these people would be able to flourish in a law abiding community. For plenty of these people, they see the gang as the only solution, which brings about a moral ambiguity as to whether or not there is any means or motive behind these crimes. By creating a specialized program for these individuals, that will hopefully lift them from economic trouble, it allows them a new understanding of the world they live in. However, they should still receive punishment for the crimes they have committed, but to a degree that suits the crime and needs of the individual, rather than a standardized …show more content…
However, a group of rich kids that like to mess up people's stuff for fun isn't a gang. The biggest defining aspect of a gang is that it is in response to a socioeconomic inequality. It's the result of inadequate means of success which those rich kids do have. The power imbalance between these groups define the difference between a gang and privileged ignorant criminals.
The media is a big source of aggression and violence today. However, studies have shown the affect of this aggressive content lasts only up to an hour. This does not mean someone could not do something violent within a short time frame, it just means as that the audiovisual cues that the brain receives does not contribute to long term violence unless there are more constant triggers. If one continues to show violent tendencies, then they should be able to receive psychiatric help, as they could be a harm to themselves or