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    Economic Crime

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    Legislations on White Collar Crime 2010 5/26/2010 Introduction: In 1939 Edwin H. Sutherland (1893–1950)‚ a sociologist of the symbolic interactionist school‚ first used the phrase white-collar criminal in a December 27‚ 1939 speech to the American Sociological Association. In his 1949‚ he defined white-collar crime as "approximately as a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation." Fraud is widespread and growing. One conservative

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    Theories of crime

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    One such influential psychological theory of crime is by Bowlby (1969)‚ who emphasized that crime is the product of attachment insecurity with the mother. Bowlby identified that the type of attachment relationship in childhood leads to the development of a cognitive framework known as the internal working model which consists of mental representations for understanding the world‚ self and others. A person’s actions and interactions are guided by this internal working model and influences their contact

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    Crime in Urban Areas

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    Many factors generate crime. That ‘inner morality’ necessary to resist the temptation to rape‚ rob‚ or kill weakens in an environment of broken homes‚ systemic poverty‚ ethical relativism‚ religious decline. Poverty ’causes’ crime in general in the same way that pornography causes sex crimes and television violence causes violence by children: it is a predispositive condition. If the family life could be strengthened‚ raise the living standard‚ instill character values this could have an impact on

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    Crimes

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    Although homeschooling has many benefits‚ Public school education provides a more efficient and effective environment for a student to learn and succeed. According to some researches‚ there are more than 2.04 million students who are doing the homeschool in United States of America. The number keeps on increasing over 75% since 1999. In Indonesia itself‚ the number of families that choose to use the homeschooling is still increasing. According to HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association)‚ there

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    Criminal Justice has been a career option of mine for a year. I have come to the concussion that I would like to spend the bulk of my life rehabilitating criminal’s. Parole officers evaluate offenders to determine the best course of rehabilitation. They also provide offenders with resources such as job training assistance in getting a home if necessary. Becoming a parole officer will allow me to do so. In order to pursue a career as a parole officer there are some steps that I will have to take.

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    Compstat and Crime

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    Does CompStat Reduce Crime? Does CompStat Reduce Crime? 1. What management‚ organization‚ and technology factors make CompStat effective? CompStat is effective in management do to the fact that it holds the commanders of the local precincts accountable for their areas. It helps to organize the resources of the precinct in order to benefit the community in reducing the crime rate. The technology that make it effective is that is compiles and analyzes data city-wide and produces reports that

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    Why Society Should End Victim Blaming America is known as the land of the free and the home of the brave. Americans say these words loudly and proudly‚ with abounding patriotism and strong conviction. If this statement is true‚ victim-blaming should not be a part of American society. If Americans are truly free‚ should they fear being blamed for their victimization? If a woman is taken into a back alley and attacked‚ should she fear that her race will prevent action from being taken against her

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    Victimless Crime

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    Victimless Crime Victimless crime is defined as an illegal act that is felt to have no direct or identifiable victim. Drug possession and usage is considered to be a type of victimless crime. Libertarianism says the government is set up to offer protection for each of us against the initiation of force by others. They say this gives us the “moral space” in which to live our own lives in our own chosen way-even if that means choosing to use drugs. A person under the influence of illegal drugs is

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    Crime Drama

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    Task one Effect theories Effects theories were developed and introduced into the media in the 1920s; they are used to look at how media texts or products influence people who consume them‚ they are used more and more particularly in recent years to look at how negative messages for example sexual and violent based content affect different audience groups. There are two main effects theories that are used within the which are known as “Uses and gratifications” and “Hypodermic model”. Uses and Gratifications

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    Criminology and Crime

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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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