Art theft

Intellectually based on the scenario that was provided Steve unlawfully committed an “act of deviance” when he illegally engaged in “piracy and software material copyright” (Pirate ). Steve’s act of deviance demonstrates the unacceptable behavior that violates the rules and norms of a society. Throughout life, Steve deviant behavior was considered to be a norm of society that can be explained at a Pre-conventional, conventional and Post-conventional level in Lawrence Kohlberg Moral…

In Armed Robbers in Action: Stickups and Street Culture, the authors, Richard T. Wright and Scott H. Decker wanted to know: “What makes someone put a gun to someone’s head and demand money? How do they decide to commit armed robberies? What does it feel like to participate in armed robberies? Why do they target certain people? How do they convince people to obey their commands? (p.3-4)” In previous studies on armed robberies, researchers would interview people in jail who had been arrested for…

Previous research has focused on developing theories as to why individuals continue to come to the decision to commit crimes. One of the most influential theories discussing the issue at hand is rational choice theory. This theory, was first introduced by Cesare Beccaria and concluded that offenders often weight the costs and benefits of a crime before committing the deviant act, however, recent ethnographic research suggests otherwise. This research suggests that the cost-benefits analyst is…

Prior to its demise, Enron, an American energy, commodities, and services company, was one of Wall Street’s highest rated conglomerate. Enron was regarded as one of the most powerful and successful corporations in the world. Unfortunately, as America would learn, their success did not come without a consequence. Enron participated in side partnerships with investment banks, and was involved in special purpose entities also known as off-the-books partnerships, in order to hide company losses.…

violent crimes, property crimes, and human trafficking. Violent crimes include homicide, assault, forcible, rape, and robbery. The property crimes include larceny or theft, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The second category of the UCR is the less serious crime such as vandalism, gambling, drunkenness, disorderly…

There are people in the world that act deviant every day that they live. Some of these people do small deviant things, but then other people do things like shoplift. Shoplifting is a deviant act that can start small but, then turn into thousands of dollars stolen. Does an intervention help a shoplifter stop what they are doing? The functionalist perspective would best explain the expected outcomes and research questions, because if there is an intervention for a shoplifter then they could…

We often read or hear about the awful crimes committed by children and adolescents all over the Internet, on Television, and even in newspaper articles. This had led many people to wonder if adolescents are as bad as the media perceives them to be. Delinquent behaviors among juveniles are present in all societies and have been steadily decreasing for the past decade. Due to the media overload concerning delinquency, people tend to assume that crime rates among adolescents are the highest they…

of breaking a law which can result in punishment, those whom commit crimes or violate social norms are said to be part of the criminal element. The two main categories of crime are property and violent crimes. Property crimes can involve damage or theft of property and are among the most common types of crimes in the United States. Violent crime involves harm or the attempted harm to a person such as rape, assault, strong arm robbery (robbery by force) or homicide. Other crimes can include…

Crimes against morality belong to the category of “contacted” and “reported” crime. Concerning the expression “contacted crime”, victim and perpetrator are (were) in a mutual contact and victim is usually able to describe the perpetrator. For instance there is a discrepancy with a property crime where victim is not in a contact and so ordinarily does not have a possibility to see a perpetrator to commit a crime, to steal something, etc. In comparison to that, quite a high number of reported…

The story starts form Kolathur gold heist case. How to rob a jewellery store? Robbers usually find some new ways to rob but here this group of men had decided to do it in movie style while robbing, a jewellery shop story in Kolathur. The robbers rented the first floor of Mahalakshmi jewellery in Kolathur. The men from north India and the owner of the place had not taken any details from them. They had told that they would be opening a shop there soon. But what they were really doing was to…