Based on this fact, criminology is explained through a variety of theories including; psychoanalysis, functionalism, interactionism, econometrics, systems theory, postmodernism, and evolutionary psychology among others (Armstrong & Maruna, 2016). The theories were developed by various individuals and are divided into classical theories, positivism, and social structure theories. However, on account of the fact that most theories explain and predict socially deviant behaviors and the impact of the
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JORIND 10 (2), June, 2012. ISSN 1596 - 8308. www.transcampus.org./journals, www.ajol.info/journals/jorind NOLLYWOOD MOVIES ANDNIGERIAN YOUTHS-AN EVALUATION J. O.Nnabuko Department of Marketing. University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus,Nigeria and Tina C. Anatsui Department of Mass Communication. Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria E-mail: chinyere_06@yahoo.com+234-805-2422-918 Abstract This paper is an advocacys on the impacts of Nollywood movies as the two-edge sword for the national development
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Death Penalty. Death penalty, capital punishment, or execution is the legal process of putting a person to death as a punishment for a crime. It is an issue that has the United States quite divided, while there are many supporters of it, there is also a large amount of opposition. But like in the United States, death penalty has been traditionally used in almost every country. One of the most common method of execution has been lethal injection. Europe is one of the countries that is opposed
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The Insanity Defense The insanity defense refers to that branch of the concept of insanity which defines the extent to which men accused of crimes may be relieved of criminal responsibility by virtue of mental disease. The terms of such a defense are to be found in the instructions presented by the trial judge to the jury at the close of a case. These instructions can be drawn from any of several rules used in the determination of mental illness. The final determination of mental illness rests
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punishment is incarceration. Their primary goal is deterrence of crime. Deterrence can be categorized into three areas; special, specific and general deterrence. Rehabilitation has been proven an effective way of deterring inmates from repeating a crime. Punishment stops the crime immediately however it affects inmates psychologically. Two thirds of prisoners reoffend within three years of their release from prison typically with a more violent crime. Typically more than 90% of a prisons population is released
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Justice The theory of deterrence says that punishment for a crime will dissuade people from committing crime. There are two types of deterrence : general deterrence and specific deterrence. General deterrence is defined by Siegel (2011) as “a crime control policy that depends on the fear of criminal penalties, convincing the potential law violator that the pains associated with crime outweigh it's benefits.” (p. 95). In other words, general deterrence uses the punishment of one person's crime to teach
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Texas native, phoned police on June 20, 2001 from her home. She called to tell police she drowned all five of her children. During the phone call, she admitted to drowning her five children in a bathtub. She was 34 years old when she committed this crime. She was put on trial for capital murder in 2006. She later received a sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years. Background History On July 2, 1964 Andrea Pia Kennedy was born in Houston, Texas. Her family was Roman
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situation in Australia. At a time when people seem to be more worried by crime, the research evidence suggests crime rates are not increasing. How can we explain this apparent contradiction? Word count: 2089 The threat of crime victimisation is ever-present in our daily lives. Despite the best laid defences, each one of us are likely to become a victim of crime at some point in our life time. Such direct experiences with crime can leave devastating effects, on the victims and their loved ones
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How a sex offender is classified is greatly varied. This classification is not necessarily about the specific crime, but more a variety of factors for the offender. Sexually oriented crimes are considered the “lowest”. These offenders do not have to register as often and it is only for some time, not an entire life. This differs from Habitual Sex Offenders and Predators, which are the most serious
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middle-class seem to make all the rules which must be obeyed by the vast majority - in the schools, the courts, etc. There are many models proposed within the criminology field that focus on the issue of discrimination. The first is the conflict theory.
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