Grand Theft Auto

Within the past decade, the term tacky went from something that you would avoid at all cost when it came to fashion to something you sought to achieve. Well, perhaps it would be best to quantify that statement just a bit. Not just tacky in a general sense but a tacky Christmas sweater. Yep, not only have the hideous monstrosities that we all either hid in the back of our closets or donated to our local charities made a comeback, they have even made their way onto the shelves of high end retails…

First of all, the question we are going to explore is “Whether or not playing video games increase aggressive behavior in children?” The independent variable will be violent and nonviolent video games, and the dependent variable is how much aggression was demonstrated. I will be using the naturalistic observation and experimentation methods to answer this hypothesis. According to Openstak (2014) “the greatest benefit of natural observation is the validity, or accuracy of information collected…

According to a valid point made by the article “Do games like ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ Cause Real-World Violence?” as more and more brutal video games are released, fewer and fewer aggressive offenses have taken place. The statement probably refers to the fact that gamers are probably too busy and focused on their games, to…

increased by 10-12 percent (short term) and 23-29 percent (long term) in almost all twenty-four states where the three strike law is an effect (Kovandzic, Sloan, Vieraitis 402). Other heinous crimes such as rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, and auto-theft did not increase. Surprisingly, the percentages of these crimes were declining throughout the…

adolescents commit under the influence? According to a study done by Dembo et al. (1997), out of 114 participants fifty-four percent were arrested and serving jail time for property charges which included burglary, grand larceny, or auto theft. Forty-six were arrested for retail theft or shop lifting, and nine percent were arrested for drug related charges. All of the participants were under the influence at the time of their arrest. According to the National Council (2014) over seventy…

For a white-collar offense, it could have taken the criminal to hack into networks of large companies to retrieve account numbers, social security numbers, and more to result in credit card fraud and/or identity theft. A blue-collar crime may result in robbing a bank or grand theft auto. As you compare the two crimes, one is more sophisticated in finding out the criminal and the white-collar criminal is more capable of eliminate evidence. However, crimes involving violence are known to having…

being a burglar. Burglary is part of a larger set of crime known as property crime, also called economic crimes. These crimes can be defined as, “criminal activity motivated by financial gain” (Siegel 370). Besides burglary, property crimes include theft, fencing, fraud and embezzlement. Each of these categories listed, share the common factor of using crime to make money. The article The High Life of Crime, by Lynn Rossellini describes the career of criminal, Blane Nordahl. Rossellini gives…

age stage, which includes ages 40 and over. Law enforcement concluded that offenders who have had in the past criminal activity are the ones who get study or exanimated because of their criminal history. Property Offenses includes offenses such as “theft, robbery and aggravated robbery, extortion, burglary/aggravated burglary, fraud, criminal damage, receiving and concealing stolen goods,…

(even from a major corporation) is bad and you lose more money than it is worth. South Carolina has two types of theft, petit and grand larceny. Petit larceny, is the lowest-level offense and is the illegal possession of another’s property or services that are estimated to be worth $2,000 at most. Petty theft is another name for petit larceny and is a misdemeanor under state law. Grand larceny is when the value of property stolen is more than $2,000 and is a felony offense. This unlawful action…

(2013). Theft prevention. Fmcg, 19(4), 56. Retrieved from http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=16&sid=e8cbe6be-5c2e-452a-af3d-6d3c1b1d8d36%40sessionmgr4002&hid=4211&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#db=buh&AN=87725133 Snow’s article highlights the importance…