The routine activities theory focuses on the views of the offender. For a crime to occur there must be 3 elements happening at the right time and in the right place such as, a motivated offender, suitable target and the absence of a capable guardian; these 3 elements are known as the crime triangle (Miller et al. 2011). For the offender to commit a crime, they must be motivated; as routine activities theory is a rational choice model, meaning, before an offender commits a crime, they will observe
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Missing connection for young men and gangs Gangs have brought fear in the eyes of Americans for centuries, however what people fail to understand is that these rebel groups may just be a connection to a person finding acceptance, guidance, and love and protection. Terry Frieden, CNN Justice Producer states that CNN FBI report claims that over 1.4 million people are active in gang memberships in America. The FBI also reports that over the past 3 years gangs have increased 40%. Some people believe
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Many people argue over the controversial topic about parents being held legally responsible for their child’s actions. Should the parents be the ones to be blamed? Or should the children be held accountable for their actions? Everyone has their own opinions on this, but do not know how to get their point across. The professional name for cases like this is Parental Liability. This is generally used in cases where the parents are held legally responsible for the crimes their children have committed
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The Ohio Reentry Program was created to prevent criminals from doing the same criminal acts over again. It begins at sentencing and continues through the release of the inmate. The program identifies the needs of one and links them to services that can better them as a person. Reentry is the act of reentering something. This program was created to reduce the number of crimes as well as help offenders become better people. In 2002, Director Reginald A. Wilkinson issued The Ohio Plan for Productive
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In the 1990’s crime was a foot more than it had been every before, as an effect states like New York and California issued an Habitual offender law known as the Three Strike Law. The basic concept of this law is, if an offender is found guilty of 3 or more serious criminal offenses the punishment would gradually become harsh. Within time the punishment would become life in prison without the chance of parole. The intent of this law was to stop and detour murders, robbery of a residence in which a
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According to the Iowa State Daily, “Murder cases among 14-17 year olds have increased 160 percent between the years 1984 and 1999.” Sadly, these fourteen to seventeen-year-olds are still being categorized as juveniles, and are therefore tried in juvenile courts where they do not get a satisfying punishment. Today society gives these juveniles the right to vote at the age of eighteen; the fact is that when society declares an eighteen-year-old as an adult is such a random standard to determine one’s
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Appendix The provided instrument to collect the data starts with these appendixes: questionnaires, 5-point Likert, and interviews which are the three principal tools used for collecting data. These instruments will show the change in consideration involves legalizing marijuana and doing away with the mandatory minimum sentence. The sentence has been there over the years, but crimes related to marijuana continue to increase. Such trends lead to the questioning of the punishment based on whether it
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Hills, Larry. “Comparative Criminology.” Miami Dade College Justice Department. Miami Dade College North Campus Justice Building. 25 Jan. 2017. Lecture. In this Lecture, prof. Hills explained the comparative criminology as the study of the nature and extent of violent crimes. This lecture will be used in my research paper as one of the examples on how violent crimes affect our society. Johnson, David, and Josh Sanburn. “Violent Crime Is on the Rise in U.S. Cities.” Time (2017): Web. July 12, 2017
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People can be absolutely strict on curfews for minors and even to a point where it becomes a law. Curfews can conflict with minors who will participate in activities that run later than 10 PM. People say that minors will be a part of a predicament at night, but not true for even single teenager. I conclude that the curfew should be less strict to the minors than having to be home at 10 PM. The first point is that we're all told not to determine someone by what they look like, but with teenagers
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After spending much of my childhood growing up in New York City I have acquired the distaste for insanity. No, not the mentally ill kind or the crazy of every type you find simply walking the streets of the city but the people who exhibit insane behavior by doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, a definition commonly attributed to Albert Einstein. Although there is no evidence that Einstein ever said that phrase or any combination of words that resemble anything
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