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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Communication for Social Change: A Powerful Role for Communication in Crime Prevention Author Shanu... Research Analyst Summary Summary provided by the author There is a significant body of research about the role the media plays in influencing public perceptions about crime. The public depends largely on newspapers and television for its information about crime and the criminal justice system‚ but the information they receive is often affected by the limited sources used by journalists to
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| UNIT THREE CRIMINOLOGY PROJECT | URBAN & RURAL CRIME | | | | Elaine Lawrence | 23/4/2012 | | RURAL CRIME INTRODUCTION This project is going to look at urban crime and rural crime and how it differs. It will look at statistics for crime in urban and rural areas and see whether there is any difference. There is research put forward by criminologists to suggest that crime is higher in urban to that of rural areas. The project will be using secondary research as
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of criminal law that an imputed offense must correspond exactly to the type of crime described by law. If no law applies exactly to the point in question‚ then there is no offense” (Fidel Castro). Criminal law follows a strict set of guidelines and procedures that allow prosecutors to convict suspects and police forces to make arrests. Criminal law varies for each state including the punishment that follows for the crime committed. Many individuals are unclear as to what criminal law is‚ how it affects
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role of gender in crime. That also means that female victimisation was minimised almost completely or ignored (Chesney-Lind et al.‚ 2004). Using legitimate statistics and some criminological theories‚ this essay will show extend of a gender gap in crime and try to explain reasons of this gap. The reason why criminology mainly focused on male offenders is pretty obvious – majority of criminal offences is done by men and women tend to be much less involved in any type of crime. Many studies and
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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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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 in our society can be defined as an act or the omission of an act that is morally or legally wrong. Many factors contribute to criminal behavior which range from delinquent nature of one’s personality to various socioeconomic challenges one may face in their life time‚ including child abuse‚ parental and peer rejection‚ homelessness and marital problems. The General Strain Theory (GST) broadly explains the association between social circumstances and crime/delinquency. According to the theory
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Abstract The study of how crime rate is affected by casinos located within a city is shown throughout my paper. When a casino is first introduced to a city the crime rate is lowered giving employment and economic growth to the city. Between 3 and 5 years of the casinos opening the crime rate is increased with violent crimes‚ theft‚ suicide‚ and other negative consequences. These factors are proven to be correct within cities across the United States. The pattern of crime rate of cities with casinos
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of Crime Typologies such as violent crime‚ property crime‚ enterprise crime‚ and public order crime. It examines each crime by giving the definitive analysis of the crimes as well as the many examples that fall under the specific crimes. This paper aims to answer some of the questions most criminologists face as well as our society as a whole. Questions such as‚ how often are these crimes committed? What possesses individuals to commit these crimes? How does society actually view these crimes? Have
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