...CAUSES OF CRIME In this modern era, there are a lot of crimes keep happening around the world. Crime is the breaking of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction. Crimes that we usually found in newspaper are disappearance of children, serial murders, single homicides, serial rapes, extortions, threats, kidnappings and many more. All these crimes need to be control to ensure our country is in a peaceful condition. However, what are the causes of crimes? Firstly, one of the causes of crime is poor parenting. According to the research by Currie and Tekin (April 2006) which using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, it shows that the child maltreatment are having doubles the probability that an individual engages in many types of crime. According to Bloom (May 2011), parents serve as role models not only through direct interactions with their children but through the examples they set with their attitude and behavior within the family and in the outside world. Parents’ behaviors and attitudes usually will be imitated by their children. Therefore, family care and love are important to reduce the crimes rate Furthermore, lack of education may lead to the crimes. According to a paper from the University of Western Ontario and the University of California, Los Angeles, people that educated are probably less to involve themselves in crimes. They are more patience and also not likely to take risk to commit a crime...
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...What Causes Crime? Crime has existed in societies across the world since the term crime has been implemented. The standard definition of crime, if one can use the term standard, is any action that is prohibited, prosecuted, and punished by criminal law. Therefore, crime cannot exist without some form of legal system to label criminal behavior. The mandatory existence of a legal system for criminal behavior to occur can be easily confused with actions that violate socially constructed norms, or deviant behaviors. It is with that premise that I propose crime is caused by a conflict of interest. This conflict of interest is not limited to the interactions between classes, groups, or individuals; the conflict of interest is intentionally vague so as to not cause further damage to criminological understanding by imposing misleading specificities. Crime is a conflict of interest between two or more variables, with at least one variable involving one or more humans. I propose crime is a conflict of interest because the term interest can encompass the two key aspects of profit and loss that is the rational basis for creating legal systems. However, as so many have noted, illegality is at the end of the day typically decided by those who create the laws rather than those most affected by the laws. Conflicts occur when there lacks a unanimous consensus among all parties considered in a given situation. When countries consist of millions of people, one can note how even the most well...
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...India Smith English Lierature Woman Take two Woman Take two is a Bahamian play, Writen by a Bahamian woman Telcine Turner. Woman Take two is writen in three acts. The play is about a few people forging alliances for themseleves for love and money. The Characters in the play are: · Harold ( Erma's Husband) · Erma(Harold's Wife) · Sonia (daughter of ( Harold and Erma) · Matilda ( the Davies House keeper) · Lionel (haitian Decendant, Beverly's Fiance) · Beverly (Merline Niece) · Merline (Beverly's aunt and Jenifer Mother) · Jenifer ( Merline Daughter) In Act one Erma suggested that Harold should stay home with her and the family. Harold is the owner of Davies Construction Company. Erma was getting clues that Harold was sleeping with his secretaries, She gathered this information because on all of Harold Business trip would t ake his secreataries and they were all women. The Davies House keeper, Matilda, Noticed something about Sonia. She didnt want to feel nosy but she told Erma. Erma was shocked and hurt. Matilda knew that Sonia was pregnant because she wasnt eating her food. Sonia was pregnant at the age of stixteen, for a married Minister. After her mother found out she was pregnant she called the Minister that she was pregnant for. He told her that she must get an abortion because it will ruin his reputation and family if people found out. Harold found out about Sonia being pregnant, He wanted to beat her and he waonted her to have an...
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...Crimes and Their Cause in Shanghai Opium use was addictive and the addicts had to chip in more money for their continued leisure’s. Unfortunately, these addicts were too weakened to work, they had depleted most of their investments, and could not easily avoid the drug. This lead to development of mechanisms to acquire money to acquire the substance. These mechanisms were however through use of force and violence and eventually resulted to crime activities. Some of the crimes that popped up include: Human Trafficking for prostitution In the previous centuries prostitution was seen a lesser social evil compared to opium smoking. By the early 20th century gambling and Sex dens provided a better venue for opium consumption. In the Dreams Splendor...
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...El Batina Bokhoum English 098/099 June 8, 2014 ! ! ! Causes of Crime in Philadelphia ! The U.S most biggest cities such as New york, Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia have faced different problems over centuries. One of the biggest problems is crime. Philadelphia residents have lived with high rates of crime and violence for decades. In 2005, Philadelphia had a crime rate of 15.2 percent, made it the highest in the U.S during that time. These crimes which are usually murder , robbery, rape and thefts can be explained for many causes. By interviewing a Philadelphia resident , it can be seen that easy access to gun , poverty , alcohol and illegal drug use are the causes of crimes. One the main causes of crime in Philadelphia is the easiness to access to gun. People with access to gun are usually more exposed to commit a crime. The lifestyle in Philadelphia can't be described without talking about its gun culture. People carry almost carry guns everywhere. They carry them on the streets, some students bring them at schools, others bring them at work. As the results , they randomly and easily use their guns when their is the fight . It’s very common in the "1 Philadelphia news that someone has been shot. You cant watch the news without seeing a person got shot. Even tough you need an authorization to carry gun , a lot of people have illegally a gun. They get gun from the corrupt stores , which are licensed to sell guns. Criminals in Philly...
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...What Causes Crime? Crime has existed in societies across the world since the term crime has been implemented. The standard definition of crime, if one can use the term standard, is any action that is prohibited, prosecuted, and punished by criminal law. Therefore, crime cannot exist without some form of legal system to label criminal behavior. The mandatory existence of a legal system for criminal behavior to occur can be easily confused with actions that violate socially constructed norms, or deviant behaviors. It is with that premise that I propose crime is caused by a conflict of interest. This conflict of interest is not limited to the interactions between classes, groups, or individuals; the conflict of interest is intentionally vague so as to not cause further damage to criminological understanding by imposing misleading specificities. Crime is a conflict of interest between two or more variables, with at least one variable involving one or more humans. I propose crime is a conflict of interest because the term interest can encompass the two key aspects of profit and loss that is the rational basis for creating legal systems. However, as so many have noted, illegality is at the end of the day typically decided by those who create the laws rather than those most affected by the laws. Conflicts occur when there lacks a unanimous consensus among all parties considered in a given situation. When countries consist of millions of people, one can note how even the most...
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...Causes of Crimes Today A Research Paper Submitted to the Humanities Department Of Father Saturnino Urios University Butuan City . In Partial Fulfillent of the Course English 102A A Paper Submitted by Roland M. Retiza Victor Paulo Butcon BSCRIM1 March 2014 Table of Contents Title Page Introduction Introduction: The world is not as easy as it looks to be, at one time people could sleep with their windows up and doors unlocked, but in today’s society people have to lock and close the windows. Crime today is very rampant and is at an ultimate high which the world is slowly falling apart. You can think and ask yourself, what is happening to our world today? Teenagers are not what they use to be. A long time ago, teenagers were loyal, respectful, and helpful to their parents, but not anymore. Today’s teenagers live their own lives. They do what they want when they want, and they don’t listen to anyone much less to their parents. These teens drinks, use illegal drugs, steal, and murder. They also feel the need to be accepted by their own kinds. This is how gangs are formed. A gang is a group of criminals or hoodlums who band together for mutual protection and profit. These gangs are the greatest cause of crime in the world today because they participate in frivolous act in order to survive. To become a gang member one must go through an initiation which could consist of anything from shoplifting to murder. One initiation includes...
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...The Cause of Aggressive Crime 1 RUNNING HEAD: The Cause of Aggressive Crime The Cause of Aggressive Crime Mark Maldonado Grantham University The Cause of Aggressive Crime 2 Being in Law Enforcement there is no doubt I have seen my share of crime that goes on in society. I would like to say that I do have a personal view on the cause of violent crime. For me I would say it would have to be the way you are raised, the people you associate with and if you are in a home that is associated with crime. When I say a home associated with crime, I mean is there drugs being sold from the home, is there drug us going on in the home, domestic violence etc. In my opinion I believe that one of the causes of crime is due to the environment that person is exposed to on a daily basis. If that person is always around that kind of environment I believe they will more than likely commit serious criminal acts. For example with these school shootings, I believe that they learned how to handle these weapons from somewhere and the fact that they committed these shootings, the idea had to have come from somewhere. So what I am saying is whether the cause is direct or indirect, I believe that something had to influence the individual to commit the crime. Whether that influence was television, music, a person in their life, what they seen growing up something had an influence...
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...Logic surmises that the perpetrators of a hate crime would be the ones blamed for it. However, after an attack in Germany on Jewish citizens by members of a far right group, the blame shifted from the attackers to Muslim refugees (BBC News). Xenophobia is the irrational fear of things perceived as foreign or alien. Though attaching the suffix “phobia” to anything seems to dramatize its meaning, there is no exaggeration in this diagnosis for North American society. Since 2016, hate crimes have risen at an alarming rate, most notably religious hate crimes targeting Jews and Muslims; slanderous and fear-mongering rhetoric, specifically regarding Jews, Muslims, and immigrants, has also increased in the past two years (FBI). American society...
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...During the 1800’s, Stapleton was the leading commercial center of Staten Island. The once lavishing community, is now associated with poverty, crime, and issues of mental health. Many events of crime take place within the community are expressed in the news and papers, giving the neighborhood a bad reputation. The racial make-up of this neighborhood is predominantly African-American and Hispanic, making up 45.4% and 25% of the population in Stapleton. Majority of females are head of the household [35.7%], and 72.3% of the homes are renter occupied (Social Explore, Census 2010). This is a large shift in what the neighborhood used to look like years ago. Stapleton has transitioned from a tourist attraction to becoming a community avoided by...
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...Personal development and Academic Skills | Poverty and Crime | Does poverty foster crime? | | SHI Hanwei | 28 September 2012 | Introduction: There has been an ongoing discussion over the relationship between poverty and crime. Some of the researches have concluded that poverty does not increase the crime rate, because in some of the most undeveloped countries where people have low standard of living and some even struggle to survive, the crime rate was proven to be low (Christine 2005). However, in contrast, some scholars have developed a direct relationship between poverty and crime. The researchers indicated that since people who live in poverty are already having a bad life and the benefit of committing a crime is greater than the cost of committing it and ultimately, people who live in poverty is more likely to commit a crime (Niskanen 1996). This essay will examine both perspectives over the relationship between poverty and crime and subjectively suggest possible causes of crime rate. However, since only secondary data are gathered, there might not be sufficient information to present the real issue. Contents of Discussion: In order to prove the direct relationship between poverty and crime, it is crucial to understand the direct influences of poverty and then the potential threats it might oppose to the society. Poverty is defined as the state of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of poor (Dictionary.com 2012). The money is...
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...position on what you believe is the root cause of crime today in society. We know there can be numerous causes; however you as the learner must decide, based on theories we covered in class, which theory in your opinion best describes the root causes of crime in society. So, ensure your paper addresses the following: What you believe is the root cause of crime in America and why? Select a theory the correlates to the cause of crime Argue why the theory you selected is the most applicable theory Discuss why critics would not accept your theory and what theory they might suggest is the root cause of crime in America. I believe the root cause of crime in society today is hard determinism and soft determinism. Hard determinism is the belief that crime results from forces beyond the control of the individual. Soft determinism is the belief that human behavior is the result of choices and decisions made within a context of situational constraints and opportunities. Soft determinism is because most criminals are a product of their environment. The criminal groups are the ones up around a lot of crime and illegal acts. The criminal grows up into that type of environment and accept the criminal way of life. Either the people turn to being a career criminal to survive financially or a gang related criminal to feel loved and like they belong to something. Then society that the criminal is in, they have lots of opportunity to commit crimes that are very tempting. Also the have situational...
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...Sadly hate crimes like this one have been increasing over time in America since 9/11. The rise of hate crimes towards Muslims is mainly caused by Islamophobia. Islamophobia is the irrational fear, discrimination, or hatred of Islam and its followers and can be rooted so deep into people's minds, many may not know they have it. Islamophobia does not just appear from nowhere, It is caused by people unwilling to...
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...even they don’t care about the rules at all. This action of breaking rules or laws is called crime. Nowadays, the reported cases of crime all over the world are alarmingly increasing. It is believed that the main reason behind this is the rise in population which will lead to unemployment. The crime can be reduced with the involvement of the government to the society. Firstly, I would like to state that the population of a country will be the first and foremost reason behind this increase in crime. Take Indonesia for instance, it is a developing country and in the prevailing scenario its population is sharply increasing, which creates a significant number of problems. With respects to that, unemployment is the major one, because of that, educated and sophisticated people survive without jobs and result in indulge in the crime to bear their expenses. To combat this grave problem, governments can arrange educational classes and programs to increase public awareness about the adverse effects of the increase in population. If the increase rate of population decrease, there will be less unemployment which will of course decrease the number of crimes. Eventually, after analyzing all the views, I would like to conclude that crime in any way is a major problem for any country. It needs a combined effort by governments and masses of any country to join hands together to fight against crime. Otherwise it is expected that it could be worsen in near...
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...explanations of both the causes of crime and the solutions to crime (21 marks) As suggested in item A, right realists explain crime to be a social problem requiring practical solutions. Realists focus on crime which is at the centre of public concern, for example street crime, violence and burglary; they are concerned with increasing measures of crime control. Wilson and Hernstein put forward a biosocial theory explaining the causes of crime; they argue crime is an activity disproportionately committed by young men living in large cities, these young men are temperamentally aggressive as a result of biological factors which predisposes them to crime. The social aspect to their theory comes from the belief that young men are socialised in the family, school and wider community in a culture that emphasises immediate gratification, low impulse control and self-expression which has reduced the restraints on their behaviour in conforming to society’s norms and value, resulting in more crime. A criticism of Wilson and Hernstein’s theory is their assumption that young males in inner cities are responsible for most crime. Right realists uses official statistics to base their theory on, thus, the assumption of young males could be based on an invalid picture presented by official statistics. The theory also ignores wider structural causes of crime, such as the increasing gap between the rich and the poor creating resentment and relative deprivation resulting in more crime. Right Realists focus...
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