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    Crime and Punishment

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    CRIME AND PUNISHMENT ASSIGNMENT ORAL PRESENTATION Theories of Punishment Question - ‘What form of punishment should lawmakers seek to develop in Australia?” Introduction Good morning class‚ today I will be talking to you about the 3 main forms of punishment and the form of punishment that lawmakers should seek to develop in Australia. The three justifications for punishment currently used in our society today are retribution‚ deterrence and rehabilitation. Our society today uses these three

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    Crime and Intelligence

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    question‚ “Does a person’s IQ level really affects their probability of committing a crime and if lack of intelligence increases criminal behavior throughout a person’s life.” Some believe that IQ is a more important variable than race‚ social or economical class in foretelling criminal behavior. The theory of crime being linked to a person’s intelligence says that if IQ does not affect the probability of crime‚ it can have a chain reaction. Academic incompetence as a child is the stressor for many

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    Crime and Deviance

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    causes crime and deviance in society‚ biological or social factors? Definitions of crime and deviance would change according to time‚ place‚ situation and culture‚ as what is acceptable in one would be unacceptable in another. Crime would entail the breaking of the law according to time and place‚ deviance would be an action that is unacceptable to the majority within the time and place‚ but both can alter during time‚ place‚ culture and social norms including religion. One example of crime would

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    Functionalism And Crime

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    Functionalism and crime: In this essay I will be talking about the functionalist perspective on crime and deviance and be comparing it with the Marxist view. The main functionalist theories I will be examining are Merton’s strain theory‚ Cohen’s status frustration and Cloward and Ohlin’s three subcultures. Functionalists argue that crime and deviance is useful and necessary in society as they reinforce the consensus of values‚ norms and behaviour of the majority non-deviant population. Functionalists

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    Crime Analysis

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    Experts‚ Answers. Web. 17 Aug. 2011. <http://opposingviews.com>. "Innocence Blog." The Innocence Project - Home. Web. 17 Aug. 2011. <http://www.innocenceproject.org>. "Wrongful Death Penalty." NY Times Advertisement. 4 July 1997. Web. 07 Aug. 2011. <http://nytimes.com>.

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    Hate Crimes

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    All around the world people are becoming victims of hate crimes. Hate crimes are crimes that are attached to strong feelings of hate of someone’s ethnicity‚ religion‚ sexual orientation or disability. These crimes usually suffer more extreme penalties because of this. Everyone can be affected by hate crimes but some groups are hit harder then others. Racially African Americans are the most affected. They have over 3‚400 victims a year. Religiously Jewish people are the worst affected because they

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    Youth Crime

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    sociological theories have been established. This paper will be focusing on one of these theories‚ which is the symbolic interactionist perspective. According to symbolic interactionist perspectives‚ society is the sum of the interactions of individuals and groups (Murray‚ Linden‚ & Kendall‚ 2011‚ p.20). These theorists emphasize on the interaction between one another and the symbols that represent meaning in human communication. This paper will be exploring the cause and effect of youth crime and analyzing

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    Youth crime

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    weaknesses of the theory that young people offend because of their upbringing. The term ‘upbringing’ means the care and teaching received by the child from the parent throughout their childhood. There has been extensive research and controversial debate into upbringing being the root cause of youth crime and this essay will examine evidence to support this claim and evidence to dispute it. Although it is quite subjective as to whether a bad childhood is the cause of youth crime‚ the fact remains

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    Explaining Crime

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    EXPLAINING CRIME ASSIGNMENT 2 ESSAY ________________________________ ANOMIE‚ STRAIN‚ AND SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY: INTERPRETING CRIME Causes of crime are arguably criminology’s most important and largest research topic. In this process of research‚ criminologists and academics have used numerous theories in attempts to explain how and why people resort to crime (Ellis‚ Beaver‚ Wright‚ 2009). The purpose of this paper is to examine a case study first with the use of strain theories (ST)‚ followed

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    crime and deviance

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    SCLY4 Crime and Deviance with Theories & Methods Past Papers Use the following past papers to practise your exam writing techniques and aid your revision. Make sure you look at the mark scheme for each question to assess your answer. Also check the ‘model answers’ from students to see where good AO1 and AO2 marks were scored. Crime and Deviance Different theories of crime‚ deviance‚ social order and social control. The social distribution of crime and deviance by age‚ ethnicity

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