Knife crime: Teenagers back custodial sentences By Robin Chrystal BBC News Youngsters back tough sentences for knife crimes Continue reading the main story Related Stories More serious offenders face life Knife crime rises by 8% in London Any 16 or 17-year-olds caught carrying knives will be given custodial sentences under government plans. But what do teenagers at a London event aimed at cutting youth crime make of it? Benjamin Akande knows exactly how it feels to be threatened with
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The graph of Inflation rate (consumer prices) *30% of goods in Malaysia are price-controlled Year | Malaysia | Japan | | Inflation rate(consumers price) | Rank(222) | Inflation rate(consumers price) | Rank(222) | 2003 | 1.90% | 168 | -0.90% | 215 | 2004 | 1.10% | 189 | -0.30% | 210 | 2005 | 1.30% | 31 | -0.10% | 6 | 2006 | 3.00% | 90 | -0.30% | 7 | 2007 | 3.80% | 111 | 0.30% | 9 | 2008 | 2.00% | 40 | 0.10% | 5 | 2009 | 5.40% | 89 | 1.40% | 10 | Source: CIA World Factbook and
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Why might the figures for recorded crime underestimate the actual amount of crime that takes place? Brief definition of crime and the process from committed crime to prosecution. An overview of recorded crime numbers between the years 1876-2000. Given statistics of the actual amount of recorded and unrecorded crime. Possible reasons and examples for crimes not being recorded based on BCS surveys. To define crime we have to look at it from two different perspectives‚ one is based on the legal
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…. STREET CRIME or WHITE COLLAR CRIME? By general definition‚ a crime is a wronging‚ proclaimed by law against society. All acts of disobeying the law are crimes. Be it an assault or embezzlement one has committed a wrong. Yet we have learned values and morals from our surroundings which gave us concepts of the degree of harm pertaining to a particular crime. Our normal concept of crime is usually that of a physical one. We as a society‚ generally conjure images of a personal assault on oneself
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Computer crime Computer crime‚ or cybercrime‚ refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network‚ where the computers may or may not have played an instrumental part in the commission of a crime.[1] Netcrime refers‚ more precisely‚ to criminal exploitation of the Internet.[2] Issues surrounding this type of crime have become high-profile‚ particularly those surrounding hacking‚ copyright infringement‚ child pornography‚ and child grooming. There are also problems of privacy when confidential
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2. The rate at which the reaction occurred for the 100% concentration is 1.45 mg/dL per minute. For the 50%‚ the rate was 3.05 mg/dL per minute‚ and for the 25%‚ the rate was 2.76 mg/dL per minute. As seen‚ the rate fluctuated from the lowest rate at 100% and the greatest rate occurring at 50%. As mentioned earlier‚ the Collision Theory states the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the number of collisions that occur. One way to increase the number of collisions is to increase the concentration
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Perspectives on Crime Marxist Perspective on Crime/3/4/2000/P.Covington/2000 Deviance Disc The history of criminal legislation in England and in many countries shows that an excessive prominence was given by law to the protection of property. Herbert Manheim Property crime is better understood as a normal and conscious attempt to amass property than as the product of faulty socialisation or inaccurate and spurious labelling. Both working class and upper class crime…. Are real features
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Over the last few years prostitution has continued to rise in Rhode Island. The reason behind this is the increase in sex trafficking. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reports hundreds of people being trafficked through Rhode Island every year. This is a big issue especially since the average age of sex trafficking victims in the state of Rhode Island ranges between fourteen and fifteen. These young females are being manipulated by people that they trust into a life of prostitution. Websites
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attackers but they knew him. According to sociologists‚ it is common for victims of hate crimes to have been attacked by people they do not know. The attackers called David names like “Queer” and “Faggot” to relate to his sexual orientation. David was brutally beaten and was also threatened with a pocket knife to keep the beating a secret. This is considered a hate crime because a hate crime is generally considered a crime where one is discriminated against and victimized by his or her sexual orientation
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for the high proportion of young‚ working class males shown in official statistics on crime.” This essay will start by making a distinction between the concepts of crime and deviance‚ followed by an examination how such concepts have been acquired and accepted by society. Further reference will be made to the current crime statistics‚ and analyse some of the possible explanations for the high proportion of crime that is being committed by young males. Finally‚ consideration will be given to what
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