Crime fiction

Perhaps, though, it is not necessarily just the label of delinquent that is the cause of a juvenile’s recidivism, but rather the stigmatization that occurs from the label of delinquent. Contrary to Chiricos (2007), Klein (1974) suggested that things such as social bonds and other’s perceptions of those labeled as a felon are more so the reasons for recidivism, not just the fact that the labeled juvenile now sees him/herself as a delinquent. The so-called delinquent “stigma” is more powerful than…

These crimes consist an individual plotting to seek revenge on another community member who has either challenged them or someone they are mutual with. In this types of crimes you do not even have to know the person that kid you as ling as they know that you know the person that has deceived them they view you as an enemy as well. Many of these crimes end in a victim getting killed or brutally injured. Crime occurs everyday in Chicago, the homicide rates…

What allows drugs to tear people apart? Many reasons exist, but principally, the effect of circulation is self-perpetuating crime. Crime, however, is only an…

Criminology is the scientific study of crime and criminal activity, often portrayed through a means of mass communication, the media. This connection is well established due to the media informing the community in regards to the extent and types of crimes that are committed, establishing perpetrators, people at risk, pathways for solutions, penalties and closure. Marxism is a theory used in new criminology, it describes media as a dominant model that is based on ideologies. The media is…

One article argues, “the victims’ families and friends cannot feel safe and overcome the trauma of the crime as long as the criminal is alive and could always break free” (Gavrila, 2011). Not only is there the fear that a criminal will break free, there is also the fact that a life sentence really isn’t their whole life. Most life sentences are only about…

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is one the partners responsible for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. His actions killed three people and injured 260 other spectators who were watching runners cross the finish line on this mournfully historic day. Now almost two years later, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is giving his jury a hard decision between sentencing him to life in prison and sentencing him to death. The New York Times article entitled, “Question in Boston Bombing Trial: For Tsarnaev to Testify or Not,”…

“The Raging Silence” is a prime example for homicide in Philadelphia, and how it not only affects the victim’s families and friends, but also the entire community. The author of this article, Matthew Teague, explains the misfortune of gang and drug violence on innocent lives. Teague touches on the homicides of an innocent elementary student, Faheem Childs and an innocent teenager, Lamont Adams. Both of those boys were victims of gun violence in broad daylight. The criminals in North Philadelphia…

the death penalty. Berns presents an argument in support of the death penalty. I will analyze these sources and consider the multiple perspectives in a critical manner. I will begin by analyzing Berns’ argument. He starts by describing examples of crimes that people have a right to be justifiably angry about, such as someone being murdered (Berns 312). He uses an example of a mob of people wanting justice and argues that the law should provide such…

three separate cases as a whole. All three cases dealt with African American males committing various crimes in the state of Georgia. The first male William Henry Furman was 26, had not completed the 6th grade, and was diagnosed as moderately mentally deficient, suffering from psychotic episodes. The next male, Lucious Jackson, was 21 and had escaped from imprisonment, then committed multiple crimes including raping a white female. Jackson was said to be tainted from the way he was brought up.…

prisoners are put in prison for petty crimes or more serious crimes like felonies and capital crimes witch is just a felony that is more serious and there brought there to be removed from the public because depending on the crime or for some people even any crime people won’t want them in the same area as them because they’re afraid they might do something again and they won’t nothing to do with it so the Government makes laws to make it so if someone commits a crime there either put in jail or…