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    FINAL SUBMISSION HEARING OF APPEAL:PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE LAW OF CRIMES-II Submitted by: ABHISHEK SINGH Division: C Roll No.:07 Class: BA. LLB Under the guidance of: Professor Vikram Singh and Professor Girjesh Shukla Faculty Law Of Crimes Symbiosis Law School‚ NOIDA Symbiosis International University‚ Pune. March 2013 C E R T I F I C A T E The project entitled Hearing Of Appeal:Practice And Procedure submitted to the Symbiosis Law School‚ NOIDA for Criminal Procedure

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    CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR: DEVIANCE Viel Elysse N. Cansino Concept: DEVIANCE is the outcome of social strains due to the way the society is structured. For some people‚ the strain becomes overwhelming to the point where they do deviance as a way to manage the strain. Often their deviance is due to their feelings of anomie—meaningless due to not understanding how the social norms are to affect them.  This is usually because the norms are weak‚ confusing‚ or conflicting. Robert K. Merton

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    Poverty and crime has been a controversial subject over the years. Scholars argue that poverty does not have a relationship to crime because there are countries where poverty is very high but the crime rate is low. In the US it would be hard to argue that there is not a relationship between crime and poverty. The poor people make up an overwhelming majority of the people behind bars. Sociologist and criminal justice scholars have found a direct connection between poverty and crime. An economic

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    Human deviance is not only a local problem but one that spans across the ocean causing significate harm requiring criminologist to seek answers to this social phenomenon not only locally but on a global level. The very nature of deviance describes the violations of social norms and laws that are often customary within the cultural environment. However‚ prostitution and drug crimes are often viewed as victimless crimes because it is believed these crimes do not cause harm to innocent victims; although

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    Crime as a complex and contested concept Introduction Crime is a complex and contested concept which will be examined through different definitions to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of collected information about crime and how it affects the way society receives information on crime. This essay will discuss crime to determine why it is contested and received in such a broad category and how interpretations and misrepresentations of crime can make and change society’s views on crime. Crime

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    Crime at its simplest is an act prohibited by law upon pain of punishment (Hall-Williams 1964). Theorists such as McCabe (1983:49) stated that no word in legal and criminological terms could define the word crime for the varying content in which an act is categorised. Due to the broad spectrum surrounding crime‚ differing understandings about human subjects and premises lead to the development of several theories‚ assumptions and forms of criminal law. Michael and Adler (1933:2) are often cited

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    In every society‚ there are unspoken agreements that describe what is acceptable and what is not. These things are called the institutionalized norms. Each society’s norms vary by its culture. Norms‚ according to Newman‚ mainly only present a “general framework of expectations.” So‚ within a society‚ each individual must be aware of what he or she can and cannot do. If one was to deviate from a norm‚ the deviator will then be looked upon society as “untrained” or “undisciplined.” As a student

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    refer to as crime. In this essay I aim to compare two differing sociological perspectives towards crime‚ the Functionalist and Marxist perspectives‚ its significance within society‚ and also if the relevancy they held at the time of writing translates into today’s society. Firstly‚ however‚ it is important to make clear the difference between common sense and sociological explanations. These are often argued to be the same thing‚ though this is not

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    Theories of Crime Causation from Psychological and Sociological Perspectives Throughout the history of criminological thought‚ various theories on crime causation have been formulated and many questions as to why individuals commit crime still remain unanswered. This essay will focus on psychological and sociological theories in relation to criminological matters. Criminology the study of crime in society arose from sociology and psychology in the late 1800’s. It has three main schools of

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    Assess the contribution of functionalism to our understanding of the family (24marks) Functionalists see the family as providing many important values to society. They believe behaviour is constructed by social forces‚ the government and the individual is made and controlled by society therefore according to this approach every individual is a product of society. Society essentially makes the person‚ but not solely. Family and other contributing factors heavily shape a personality along with their

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