What is a Crime? A crime is an offence against the public law. It is an act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it and for which punishment is imposed upon conviction. Crimes violate the law and order of a society and it negatively affects the social structure and the society’s fundamental values‚ morale and belief system. The concept of Crime can vary from society to Society The crimes are events and actions that are proscribed by the criminal law of a particular
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ASSESSEMENT and ASSIGNMENT BRIEF Unit 2 : Management In IT UNIT CODE: J/601/0462 Learning Hours: Hours. Self-learning hours: Course: HND CSD – Level 4 Credits: 15 Term: Lecturer: Raj Verifier: Learners Name JORNA BEGUM Registration Number BATCH-2 Learners Declaration: I certify that the work
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responsible for choosing media to meet their needs. The approach suggests that people use the media to fulfil specific gratifications. This theory would then imply that the media compete against other information sources for viewers’ gratification. (Katz‚ E.‚ Blumler‚ J. G.‚ & Gurevitch‚ M. 1974). This Theory is all about the role people play in choosing and understanding/using what they learn from media. Some people use media as a way of gathering information for example some people watch QI to learn
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Criminology is a combination of two Latin words: Crimen – crime Logus or logy – science It is the science or study of crime. It is concerned with the conduct of individuals which is prohibited by society and law. It is a socio-legal study which seeks to discover the causes of criminality and suggests appropriate remedies. 1.1 Definitions by various scholars 1.11 Edwin Sutherland Criminology is the body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. It includes within its scope the
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A RESEARCH MONOGRAPH ON CYBER CRIME AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SOCIAL SITES TO CYBERCRIMES Abstract Facebook has become a force to reckon with in the field of social networking. It has been ranked as the number one social networking site with a membership of over five hundred million. It has earned trust from many people who have in turn exposed their information without thinking twice into which hands it might fall. Despite the positive contribution and impact that Facebook has provided‚ it
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Only when learning from the past then can we prevent and come up with better solutions to alleviate future crimes. We cannot afford to forget past crimes and the lessons it teaches us. Crimes that were committed many years ago should not be forgotten that easily. Some people believe that crimes committed should just be forgotten for everyone to move on with their lives since those crimes are historical events‚ which are meaningless to remember now. They feel that this is particularly true for
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Name of Course: The Explanation of Crime Code of Course: CMY3701 Semester Code: 02 - Second Semester Assignment Number: 01 - Compulsory Student Name: Riëtte du Bruyn Student Number: 4238-255-6 Unique Number: 363036 Assignment Closing Date: 22 August 2013 Rational Choice Theory Table of Contents Section A: 15 marks 3 1. Introduction 3 2. Definition of Rational Choice 3 3. The Six propositions of Rational Choice (Joubert 2009:19-20) 3 3.1 First: Crimes are deliberate acts‚ committed with
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following characteristics: It is generally a single event from the perspective of the victim. For example‚ the victim unknowingly downloads a Trojan horse which installs a keystroke logger on his or her machine. Alternatively‚ the victim might receive an e-mail containing what claims to be a link to known entity‚ but in reality is a link to a hostile website. It is often facilitated by crimeware programs such as keystroke loggers‚ viruses‚ rootkits or Trojan horses. Software flaws or vulnerabilities
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Cyber crime Cybercrime is one of the fastest growing areas of crime. Cyber Crimes are defined as: "Offences that are committed against individuals or groups of individuals with a criminal motive to intentionally harm the reputation of the victim or cause physical or mental harm to the victim directly or indirectly‚ using modern telecommunication networks such as Internet (Chat rooms‚ emails‚ notice boards and groups) and
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turned to crime as a means of income. What Globalization Means Globalization is not a recent concept. It means that the worldwide‚ virtually instantaneous interdependence about many aspects of economic and cultural life within a nation or state has expanded across borders either intentionally or unintentionally. Now this nation or a state ’s independence to control events within its borders is challenged by international corporations‚ economic globalization‚ trade‚ transnational crime and the
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