Crimes

the visual images of these front page articles are also important for analysis. In ‘I’ve been stabbed’, Tapaleao and Schoultz (2016) uses a photograph of the crime scene showing vehicle of the victim and a police officer at night with a red filter. This is alarming for readers with conjunction with the descriptive witness accounts of the crime. In ‘Aussie Criminals Link Up in NZ’, Jones (2016) uses an image of handcuffs which represents offender, unlawful, the law, and authority. On the other…

In 1968, the United States Supreme Court case Terry v. Ohio decided that police may stop a person for questioning and frisk, without probable cause, if they have reasonable suspicion that the person has committed or is about to commit a crime. The New York City Liberty Union website provides a total number of how many people were stopped from the year 2002 to 2016, while also providing a racial breakdown of how many of that total were blacks, whites, and Latinos. According to this website, in…

The concept of crime can be simplified as "an act capable of being followed by criminal proceedings" (Williams, 1955), but this leads to an exceeding amount of detail. Crimes can involve the harming, either physically or not, to a person or more and their property. In addition to that, Crimes can break unwritten moral codes that would be looked down upon by society. Different societies can also have different morals that could be shaped through different aspects such as religion…

Different states have different crime and census rate. Even in the same state the counties has different crime and census rate. Crime rate is the number of crimes that have been committed Crime rate is computed by the number of crimes based on the state, county, or even by their category. There are different volumes of crimes, and some crimes are more serious than others. The crime rate is inserted on the Federal Bureau of Investigation website by different states, and counties. The rate is…

The Choice of Crime or The Inevitability of Crime Most people have gotten a speeding ticket at least once in their life, or a parking citation, or some people might have gotten into a little trouble with the law when they were younger. Fighting “the man” and resisting authority figures is something that is another chapter in most people’s lives. However for some they can never turn the page. Stuck in a life of crime that goes against many laws and morals that our society has chosen are…

Studying crime is an interesting topic because there are so many theories surrounding why people commit crimes. Although there are several theories pertaining to crime, there are few that stand out when exploring criminal activities. Theories such as strain theory or differential association theory are based around a persons surroundings, that those surroundings are what causes them to commit crimes. Although these theories make extremely good arguments, they suggest that others are to blame for…

in our society has really seized my attention. Every day, whether it is on TV or the radio, there is always some new crimes being reported. Some of these crimes are understandable if we take into account the offender upbringing and circumstance(s). But others are inconceivable, and allow no room for tolerance because of the criminal men 's era. Our society is witnessing various crimes that impel us to question ourselves, as to what might be the main factor of human criminal behavior -- nature or…

Tallahassee, Leon County has a shocking total crime index due to it’s rather small population compared to cities like Miami and Jacksonville. With a total population of 287,671 in 2016 there was a total number of 16,269 crimes accounted for during 2016. Many families, college students, and citizens did not realize how awful crime was in Tallahassee. “I’ve lived in this city all of my life, I have a family here. I’m not naïve to crime, however I’m naïve to the crime rate of this city. I…

(2015). Crime Places in Crime Theory. [online] Papers.ssrn.com. Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2629856 [Accessed 10 Aug. 2016]. This 2015 research paper “Crime places in Crime Theory” emphasises that criminologists and crime prevention practitioners are progressively mindful of the significance of places and crime. A place in this sense being a little territory, more often than not on a road corner, address, building or street section. An emphasis on crime…

they also harm the environment. Unfortunately, many of these corporations are able to go undetected and continue to kill innocent children and adults. These types of crimes are multilevel and can occur under many situations (Wilcox, Gialopsos, & Land, 2013). These crimes are also complex and not random; the offenders behind these crimes make normal use of their time and space, which allows them to go about their daily routines and gain access to criminal opportunities (J. Brantingham & L.…