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    Bambam2 Because crime is one of the more appealing themes in popular culture‚ the public receives a skewed version of crime. The public’s knowledge may be particularly lacking with regard to the entire field of criminology‚ the differences between blue-collar and white-collar crime‚ and the general perception of the incidence of crime in the United States. You are asked‚ as the public relations representative of your police department‚ to provide an information session on the field of criminology

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    more interested in seeking causes of group crime rates rather than why particular individuals commit crimes d. The consensus or functionalist perspective is one that views society as a system consisting of mutually sustaining parts and characterized by broad normative consensus. All the various social institutions have their own particular specialized social functions to keep society running smoothly II. Sociological Positivism a. Causes of crime favored by sociologists in this tradition are

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    The nature of crime in our society has never been accurately presented by the media‚ because it is over represented by the way they portray crime stories and they way that when find a story that gives them a high rating they decide to continue it over a few days or weeks to get the most out of the story. As for my opinion I feel that all the media wants out of crime is to pick the best story to get the best response from the public‚ so they feel the pressure of crime and so they feels its on the

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    The Sociology of Crime and Deviance in Britain Throughout this assignment‚ there will be discussion with reference to the role of the police‚ the usefulness of the official statistics. There will also be theoretical views included of the usefulness of the official statistics including‚ Marxism‚ interactionism‚ feminism‚ left realism and functionalism. The role of the police is to enforce the law by prosecuting the public and catching criminal. They are the main agency responsible for the

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    relationship between social policy and crime Denham (2000) defines crime as when a formal set of rules which designed to be observed or a set of standards of conduct which all members of society are expected to follow are broken. Breaking these formal set of rules or the law will lead to sanctions by the government’s principal enforcement agencies the police and the courts (Denham‚ 2000). However‚ Knepper (2009) purports that Richard Titmuss‚ a social democrat believed that crime is a social problem which originates

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    lot more common sense not to do that‚ and the fact that how are they able to be doing this kind of stuff at their age some of these elders can barely even walk‚ why would they think they could get away from the cops? How does crime policy analyst Nathan James describe crimes that have a "high level of replacement"? Does this help explain the growing prison population? Why or why not? “He said‚ if a serial rapist is incarcerated‚ the judicial system has the power to prevent further sexual assaults

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    Mutanda 1 Getting Away With Crime Lately I’ve been watching a lot of Dexter. Dexter is a TV series centered on a blood spatter analyst named Dexter Morgan who works for the Miami Metro Police Department who also lives a secret life as one of the biggest serial killers in Miami. What separates Dexter from other serial killers is that he only hunts down criminals that have gotten away with crimes. As a Miami forensics expert‚ Dexter spends most of his days solving crimes thus making him a master at

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    Media in Crime Media give a distorted image of crime Over-representation of violent and sexual crimes – Ditton and Duffy – 46% of media reports were about violent/sexual crimes but only made up 3% of all crimes recorded by the police Media coverage exaggerates police success The police are a major source of crime stories and want to present themselves in a good light Media exaggerates the risk of victimisation Especially to women‚ white people and higher status individuals Crime is reported

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    Severity Of Crime Control

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    Crime control takes a balance of different tactics to keep criminals off the street‚ but the most current one used is certainty of punishment. When a criminal knows that they will be caught and punished‚ they are more likely to rethink their current actions and possibly make a better decision. Now we focus more on the severity of punishment. I think severity is the most important aspect now because the criminal justice system has made it apparent that offenders will be caught‚ and punished. Furthermore

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    Computer Fraud and Crimes

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    Computer Fraud and Crimes In the world of computers‚ computer fraud and computer crime are very prevalent issues facing every computer user. This ranges from system administrators to personal computer users who do work in the office or at home. Computers without any means of security are vulnerable to attacks from viruses‚ worms‚ and illegal computer hackers. If the proper steps are not taken‚ safe computing may become a thing of the past. Many security measures are being implemented to protect

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