Violent crime

significant difference between the lengths in the inmates, convicted of violent crimes, and the control group. The control had relatively average CAG repeat lengths, whereas the population of violent offenders had considerably shorter CAG repeat lengths. The experiment explores the correlation between AR-CAG repeat length and the tendency to commit violent…

that it is just a big country of debauchery. Usually after people claim to be an expert on the crime rate and what crimes actually happen in other countries, it usually comes with steaking the claim that America is the best country, or Europe is one of the best places to live, and apparently due to unpopular belief; these things are just not true what so ever. With strict drug and gun laws, violent crimes are at the lowest they are for most other countries. With dozens of safety precautions to…

are concerning the potential effects the mass media has upon the public when reporting news, which has contributed to their fear of crime. In their desire to sell more newspapers journalists often present the news in an distorted view as it attracts the public attention. One way this is achieved is by the media playing a vital role in agenda setting in relation to crime and deviance. In 2011, Marsh and Melville defined moral panics as an “exaggerated reaction from the media, the police and the…

Beccaria established an important principle of proportionality in relation to crime and punishment that is punishment imposed upon a guilty individual should be rational and proportionated to the levels of seriousness and harms brought by the criminal behaviors (Becarria 2013, p. 12-13). As Beccaria believed ‘all individuals have freewill, rational and self-interested thoughts and manipulability’, individuals may commit criminal acts against the laws and public interests in order to pursue their…

“Of the 29,618,300 violent crimes committed between 2007 and 2011, 0.79% of victims(235,700) protected themselves with a threat of use or use of firearm, the least-employed protective behavior” (“Should More Gun Laws”). Pro-gun advocates would argue that having a gun would decrease the amount of violent crimes, and one may believe this is to be fact because, if the suspect knew the victim had a gun, then they would…

Imagine you are asleep in your warm bed at two in the morning when you hear a window break downstairs. Your first thought is your children and their safety. Before leaving your bedroom, you grab your gun. You walk down the hall and tell your children to get under their beds. As you go down stairs and peek around the corner, you see a man holding a knife, stealing your television and other valuables. You know that in a few minutes he will be coming up stairs and you and your family will be in…

For example, Adiran Raine, a professor of criminology, psychiatry, and psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, has discovered a strong correlation between brain functioning and crime rates. The prefrontal cortex and the amygdala are two portions of the brain that are responsible for regulating feelings and instincts, and generating emotions, respectively. Raine’s study found that criminals, as a group, have “…much poorer functioning…

the game player took the game into an airport, all of this being encouraged. Airplane hijackings are not a joke, if they made it past security as a true threat, who knows what would’ve happened. This story shows high school students bringing these violent games meant for the screen, to life. This also teaches kids how to do things like getting through security with a gun or hacking into secure networks. These video games can be okay what kept on screen, but studies have shown a correlation…

In 2014, America had a violent crime rate of 365.5 per 100,000 residents and a murder rate of 4.5 per 100,000. It is easy to blame that violent crime rate on drugs. Alcohol is the most abused drugs today. Back in 1920s, many people including the President thought that drinking is a serious problem. Organization like the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and Anti-saloons organization saw that alcohol is the reason for high crime, violence, and poverty, unemployment, and corruption in cities.…

application about past incriminations, the citizen is turned down immediately and the case is given over to the ATF. The ATF is an acronym that stands for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The ATF protects communities from violent criminals, criminal organizations, and the illegal use and trafficking of firearms (Bureau). Once the case is turned over to the ATF, the bureau is supposed to investigate these citizens and prosecute accordingly. The problem with this is the ATF…