Crime

ton of crimes throughout today society, but none quit as prevalent as white-collar crimes. According to Adler, Mueller, & Laufer, white-collar crimes are defined as “a violation of the law committed by a person or group of persons in the course of an otherwise respected and legitimate occupation or business enterprise (Adler, Mueller, & Laufer, 2012). Although, white-collar crimes are everywhere you look in today’s new and cooperate America, they are not new to history. White-collar crime date…

CrimesThere are many different types of property crimes, these include theft, larceny, embezzlement, vandalism, receiving stolen property, false pretenses, forgery, uttering, arson, and burglary. All of these crimes are defined as property crimes because they involve the unlawful taking or damaging of another person’s property. The effects that these crimes have on individuals and society, as a whole, are hurtful. For an individual victim of a property crime, the social and psychological damage…

The author of “Rise of Crime” tries to deal with the issue of the rising crime rate in Malaysia. Even worse, its can affects our country’s economic growth and democracy. The author argues that he supports the idea between Malaysia’s rising crime levels based on the crime statistics that have been conducted in Malaysia. The author begins his arguments by stating the research studies of which studies have shown that the poor economic condition of a country such as high rates of unemployment, low…

Crime has been a daily social issue in our society for many centuries. The lack of control over crime has caught the attention of many researchers and academics who, from decades, have tried to study crime to seek solutions for this social issue. Crime has become an issue of interest to study by many sociologist and criminologist because it affects not only the victims of crime, the perpetrators, their families, but society as a whole. Theories after theories had been previously created to…

that means for people 's experiences involving and surrounding crime and victimisation, and statistics on LGBT crime starting with, "Almost half (48 per cent) of all lesbian, gay and bisexual people have been the victim of some type of crime or incident in the last three years." (TGBCS, 2013). It will also look at types of risk factors that are experienced in the LGBT community, to which tends to have an impact on certain types of crimes experienced against them. "Even though there is an…

The violent crimes that occur in Houston Community College range from theft, possession of dangerous drugs, assault, disorderly conduct, sexual assault and burglary. These crimes are similar to that which occurs in the University of Houston because they are both a public higher institution of learning which is located in the same city in Houston, Texas. The violent crimes in the University of Houston range from theft, burglary, assault, sexual assault, online impersonation, criminal mischief,…

hate crime is usually a violent, prejudice-motivated crime that occurs when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her perceived membership in a certain social group. The term “hate crime” did not enter the nation’s vocabulary until the late 1960’s, when emerging hate groups like the Skinheads as well as the Ku Klux Klan conducted many bias-related criminal acts. Many incidents may involve damage to property, physical assault, bullying, harassment, verbal abuse or insults. Hate crimes…

Crime is a serious concern in our world today and it is ever evolving. Today we have to worry about things like Cyber crime, which our ancestors would have never even thought about. Our technology is moving faster than we can keep up with and it is creating a technological lag. Also, many of our lawmakers like to do things the old fashion way and are not capable of combating this new era of crime. We don’t have to sit here and let it just happen though; we can use this new technology to our…

Juvenile Crime The American Juvenile justice system has undergone several historical stages to achieve what it is today. The concept of adults and juveniles having a separate legal framework is relatively new. Prior to 1900, juveniles who were accused of wrongdoing received severe punishments such as incarceration and even death for their crimes. According to Clear, Cole, and Reisig, when children broke the law, the same authorities who handled adult criminals processed them, ex-posing the…

The research involved with juvenile crime points to many adverse consequences. Juvenile crime can negatively affect the individual committing crime, victims affected by crime, families of victims/criminals, and society. It’s obvious that the people most directly affected by juvenile crime are the victims, however the individual responsible for committing crime can also suffer from undesirable adverse consequences. The juvenile who commits a crime may be unable to foresee the dark road they’re…