Criminal Victimization Robin Lanman Criminal Justice Professor Smith 11/02/2014 “This Article sets forth the concept of “victimization”—the idea that the moral status of a wrongful act turns in part on the degree to which the wrong’s victim is vulnerable or innocent and the wrongdoer preys upon that vulnerability or innocence. It shows the concept to be implicit in both the doctrine and practice of criminal law. And it argues normatively that victimization is at the same time essential to
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behavior that arises because of the label a person has. A child who is constantly told he is bad may grow up to do bad things. Marxian Critique of Criminal Justice – PP2 Conflict theorists – those who draw from Marxian ideology and apply it to criminology Reiman
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Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909), was considered as the “father of criminology”. He created the positivistic school of criminology. Lombroso’s basic idea was that many criminals are born criminal, and they are evolutionary throwbacks to an earlier form of life. It maintains that the antisocial tendencies of criminals are the result of their physical and psychic organization, which differs essentially from that of normal individuals; and it aims at studying the morphology and various functional phenomena
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CCJS 461 6980 Bryan McAllister Project 2: Literature Review October 20, 2014 “Poverty refers to a situation which the basic resources to maintain an average standard of living within a specific geographic region are lacking.” (Bartol & Bartol, 2014, p. 31) It is known that there is a definite connection between poverty and criminal activity. The connection leaves little doubt that poverty is a legitimate risk factor and those who are forced to survive in impoverished conditions are
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Outline and assess the view that the law operates to serve the ruling class As crime is subjective concept we must look at the explanations of crime and how it occurs, this assumption clearly suggests that social class plays a large role in explanations of crime. We must consider how social class affects us as a society and thus how it is reflected in the laws set for our society to conform to. The idea of the law serving the ruling class is clearly a Marxist perspective however other sociologists
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a) Upbringing refers to the way a child is raised in terms of religion and moral values, which is effected by factors within their family (primarily their parents), environmental and social factors, and the dominant views in their culture. This will determine your behaviour as an adult. We research upbringing so that if an individual is at high risk of developing criminal behaviour due to his upbringing, the risks can be easily reduced by changing the way an individual is brought up. Upbringing suggests
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Juvenile Shoplifting Jean Powell Wayland Baptist University Abstract Juvenile shoplifting is becoming a serious crime. Juveniles commit this crime for many different reasons. Social influence plays a big part in why most juvenile commit the crime of shoplifting or also knows as stealing. Influence from peers can become overwhelming to where a person feels as if they have to steal to feel accepted. Economic reasons can also cause a juvenile to shoplift. Families today are struggling and
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Gender and Family Kimberly Francis CJS 240 August 24,2014 University of Phoenix Gender and Family In today's society, there are more and more juveniles that are doing delinquent crimes. People wander what causes so many juveniles to do the crimes that they do. Is it because of family, their gender or can it not getting the attention they need. People wander if the gender between the boys and girls has anything to do with the delinquency. Girls become delinquent for a vary of different reasons
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The juvenile court system has the option to transfer a case to criminal court rather than a juvenile court based upon age and crime. There are three different categories for the transfer. The first type of waiver is a judcial waiver; this waiver allows the juvenile judge to transfer the case. The second is a concurrent jurisdiction is a situation where both juvenile and criminal courts have jurisdiction over the case. The last waiver is statutory exclusion where the state mandates that certain crimes
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Right Realism Right realism advocates ‘small’ government and considers the phenomenon of crime from the perspective of political conservatism. Right realism assumes it takes a more realistic view of the causes of crime and deviance. Right realists believe crime and deviance are a real social problem that requires practical solutions. It is said that right realism perpetuates moral panics as a means of swaying the public to agree with their views. For example, the media claims that elderly people
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