Classicist criminology Essay

Teens join gangs for a variety reasons from families, schools, friends, to what city they live in. Gangs are everywhere, even some of the nicest cities. Peer pressure, family, protection, and boredom are the main reasons I noticed that teens join gangs. In reflecting upon my own adolescence and witnessing teens joining gangs, I believe that all these reasons are closely associated. It seems as though gangs have no boundaries it affects the poor and the rich, small towns, suburbia, and some of…

Original Gangstas is a film that shows the formation of gangs in Gary, Indiana through either social disorgianazation theory or underclass theory. The films centers primarily around black subculture and gangs. A key theme of the film is that the community must use the same violence as gangs do, if they want to get of the gangs. Original Gangstas was directed by Larry Cohen (1996) and is a Blaxploitation film, a type of film genre that cast black actors in low budget films that would target a…

Jacoby shows he understand that his opinion may sound irrational to them by speculating his audiences’ thought about flogging. He wrote “‘Too degrading,’ some will say, ‘too brutal.’” to show his understanding, it is natural for people to think flogging people-even criminals is brutal, and this is a point people would like to speak out without hesitation because it may make them sounds merciful and justice. Somehow, Jacoby still insists his point, display that the problem may even worse than…

Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. The evolution of IT has effected the way our legal system operates at fundamental levels. Technology is the driver of change and the tool for renovating our legal system in ways that will improve the capability to control crime and secure justice. To support our legal system, a wide range of technology advances have been employed. Technology have changed and helped our legal system but technology have also helped criminals commit more crimes and because of…

There has always been some level of student’s misconduct in school; however school recently changed the methods and polices to deal with delinquent behavior. Schools implemented zero tolerance policies which are punitive and based on deterrence theory. Therefore, many juveniles receive harsh punishments such as expulsion, suspension, and entrance to the juvenile justice system; creating the school-to-prison pipeline. The school-to-prison pipeline has damaging effects on an individual as the…

There are many theories that explain why crimes occur in some places and not in others. For example, the routine activity theory explains that “crime occurs when a motivated offender, a suitable target and the lack of capable guardian coverage in the same place at the same time”. (National Institute of Justice, 2013). Meaning that criminals choose to find their targets within context of their routine activities. The broken windows theory suggest that when maintaining and monitoring urban…

4. Expanding the Labeling Theory beyond primary and secondary deviance, Braithwaite’s sub-theory of Reintegrative Shaming sought to provide a better understanding and new approach to understanding the role of labeling criminal activity throughout society. According to Reid (2012), Braithwaite’s restorative justice theorized that “labeling might cause some people to abandon criminal activity; it might cause others to continue crime” (p. 173). The major difference between reintegrative shaming…

Milne v Harrower Milne v Harrower tackles the crime of threatening or abusive behaviour in s. 38 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010. Within this section it is stated that a person has committed the crime if their behaviour “would be likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm” , as well as the accused “intends by the behaviour to cause fear or alarm or is reckless as to whether the behaviour would cause fear or alarm” . This definition was clarified…

Should Control Crime, Not Guns Crime and criminology is a major issue that affects the world today. Crime has affected the larger portion of the United States to the extent where there are various laws and regulations that are aiming at ending the vice. There are certain cities and regions in the US where people dare not to go. This is due to the high levels of crimes that are reported in those regions. People are also undertaking various studies in criminology in bids to find a longer lasting…

The practice of mass incarceration in the state prison system is an epidemic that stretches far beyond the stringent sentencing guides that are imposed by the state legislatures. This crisis is one that is attributed throughout all levels of the government. As a result, America has suffered both economically and socially because of mass incarceration. The United States prison population has more than quadrupled due to harsher penalties for non-violent offenses (Mass Incarceration in the USA).…