Examine sociological theories that explain the ethnic dimension to crime and deviance (21 marks) Recent statistics show that black people are five times more likely to be in prison than whites. Ethnic groups are heavily over represented in prisons. Waddington et al investigated whether ethnic groups were targeted by the police and whether they were treated unfairly. Waddington et al concluded that these ethnic minorities were stopped and searched more because they were out on the street at the
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techniques name and briefly describe each‚ and give your opinion about which shoplifting prevention and detection technique is the most effective and why. Shoplifting and detection are used in many stores to prevent theft. Below I will briefly discuss the six different ways they are used. Two-Way mirrors: These types of mirrors are used mostly in the retail trade such as department stores‚ supermarkets‚ and large variety and discount stores. The one watching the people can see through the mirror
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SOCY-101 Crime After Crime is an true documentary film‚ story that is totally incredible! While watching this film‚ It gave me a new perspective on life and our justice system. This documentary it is an must watch‚ I recommend it to see because there is a lot of missing out on some really important information that we should all be aware of in ours life. This film is simply unbelievable‚ I wonder how can an D.A’s office
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guidelines for determining ways to effectively reduce crimes. Two popular theories used in today ’s society are the Rational Choice Theory and the Trait Theory. Some argue that the Choice Theory is a more effective way of reducing and controlling crime while others argue in favor of the Trait Theory. After researching both theories‚ I have come to the conclusion that there are obvious problems with both theories. However‚ in weighing both theories ’ possible effectiveness on the reduction or control
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Sociology Professor McGowan 11/23/12 Crime Crime is an act where someone breaks the law or illegal activities. There different types of crimes such as vice crimes‚ street crime and computer crime. Vice crime is a crime where someone is doing a criminal act such as gambling or drug use. Street crime is something down the lines of rape‚ robbery‚ or assault. Finally is computer crime‚ which would be hacking on the computer for money or personal mail. These crimes are different and can affect our society
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Agnew’s General Strain theory to the city of San Jose in reflection that the theory focuses on three different types of strain that can cause deviant behavior. Agnew’s theory claims that criminal behavior is caused by the various strains and stressors and individual faces in their everyday life. This strains can lead a person to engage in negative emotional responses‚ that lead to criminal behavior (Agnew‚ 1992). Ferguson‚ Bender‚ and Thompson (2016) applied the strain theory to explain the processes
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Categories of Computer Crime Smith Strayer University CIS170 Wk2 Professor Masudur Chowdhury July 4‚ 2013 Explain in detail the four common categories of computer crimes and provide at least one example for each. There are many different types of computer crime and multiple ways to categorize them. I will discuss four categories in detail to shine light on how vulnerable people are‚ when we choose to use a personal or publicly used computer to transmit confidential information
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Written Assignment 1 (Due October 1st ) Rational choice theories are among the fastest growing theories in social science today. Many sociologists and political scientists defend the claim that rational choice theory can provide the basis for a unified and comprehensive theory of social behavior. What distinguishes rational choice theory from other forms of theory is that it denies the existence of any kinds of action other than the purely rational and calculative. All social action can be seen
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Situational crime prevention (SCP) is “a framework for some practical and commonsense thinking about how to deal with crime” (Clarke 1995‚ cited in Verbruggen 2016). Crime prevention theories assert that there’s components in the environment that can be changed which lessens and manipulates opportunities for offenders to commit crimes. The rational choice theory (Cornish and Clarke 2006‚ cited in Newburn 2012) argues people are free to choose as reasoning individuals; weighs up means and ends; costs
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ON THE ECONOMICS OF ORGANIZED CRIME By Vimal Kumar and Stergios Skaperdas Department of Economics University of California‚ Irvine Irvine‚ CA 92697 Revised: February 13‚ 2008 Prepared for inclusion in: Garoupa‚ Nuno (ed.)‚ Criminal Law and Economics ABSTRACT: The core function of organized crime is the selling of protection. Protection can be real‚ against third-party crime‚ or manufactured by the organized crime groups themselves. Mafias and gangs emerge in areas of weak state control‚ because
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