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    HOW HATE CRIME CAN DIFFERENTLY BE REPRESENTED IN NEWS REPORTS? | Module: Hate Crime | | | Student Name: Ufuk Ucar | HOW HATE CRIME CAN DIFFERENTLY BE REPRESENTED IN NEWS REPORTS? Exploring news reports‚ which can shape the aspects of our society‚ within the light of news values and news imperatives. Introduction: Crime is always news worthy‚ especially‚ in this century of telecommunication‚ internet and media. It nourishes the audiences‚ which are waiting to see new events in

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    Crime Trends

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    Crime trend Part 2 According to my crime trend: Career Criminals My crime trend does not seem to exist in Virginia. According to US legal “Parole has been abolished” (Us Legal‚ 2010). With parole being abolished this does not give felons a chance to become career criminals. By abolishing parole Virginia has cut down crime in their state significantly. According to the Lexington prosecutor the number of repeat offenders has risen from 1996 to 1999 about two percent each year. They are recommending

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    “The Construction of Crime News” it discusses the process in which journalists and editors choose and pick stories that are newsworthy. If a story is not newsworthy than it does not appears in the news agenda. They determine this by looking at the news value‚ which essentially means seeing if the story appeals to the public and if it will interest people. These values tend to change and be different in other parts of the world. According to Yvonne Jewkes‚ “they sift and select news items and – in a process

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    116TH INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE PARTICIPANTS’ PAPERS CRIME IN INDIA Sanjiv Kumar Upadhyay * I. CRIME IN INDIA A. General There were 61.8 million criminal cases reported in 1998 with a rate of 6366 per million population. 77.8% of cases investigated were chargesheeted in a court of law. There were 5.7 million cases pending in courts of which trail was completed in 15.8% of cases and of these‚ 37.4% cases ended in conviction. There are 41.6 police personnel per sq. kilometers and 1360 per million

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    little buckets‚ are assumed to pick up their loads of meaning in one person’s mind‚ carry them across the intervening space‚ and dump them into the mind of another" (Osgood 1979:213) Within criminal justice Labelling Theory has been seen as a way of manipulating and encouraging both the would be offender to think and behaviours in a particular way so as to live up to the label and equally to manipulate and direct the thoughts and actions of those that work and manage the system e.g. a label encourages

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    Crime Statistics

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    dilemmas associated with relying on police statistics as a measure of crime. When the annual crime statistics are reported‚ they can generate many emotions within society. These feelings can be conflicting depending on whether the crime statistics show an increase or decrease in crime fields. When crime rates are down the community feels relieved‚ protected and safe‚ restoring confidence in the legal system‚ however when crime rates are high‚ there is a sense of community fear‚ insecurity and a

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    Crime and Deviance

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    Crime and Deviance from a Sociological and Psychological assessment: The sociology of deviance is the sociological study of deviant behavior‚ or the recognized violation of cultural norms. Cultural Norms are society’s propensity towards certain ideals; their aversion from others; and their standard‚ ritualistic practices. Essentially the ’norm’ is a summation of typical activities and beliefs of group of people. There are various Sociological deviance theories‚ including Structuralist: why

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    Cavite. The case was docketed as Criminal Case No. BCR-79-154 of the then Branch 5 of the Court of First Instance‚ later Branch 19 of the Regional Trial Court of Bacoor‚ Cavite. The case was subsequently transferred to Branch 21 of the Regional Trial Court of Imus‚ Cavite. 1 On 9 March 1988‚ the trial court promulgated its decision‚ 2 the dispositive portion of which reads as follows: WHEREFORE‚ finding the accused guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape as defined and penalized

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    List of Criminal Cases in the Philippines Human nature being what it is‚ crimes do happen even in the most peaceful places. Whenever a violent or especially grisly crime hits the headlines‚ people wonder what causes other people to commit crimes. Defining the criminal mind is not an exact science; until now‚ there is no single comprehensive explanation for why people commit crimes.[1] People who commit crimes come from different backgrounds‚ lifestyle and social status. Some of them become well-known

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    Criminal Procedure Probable Cause article CJA/364 November 14‚ 2012 Criminal Procedure Probable Cause article Probable cause must be present when stopping a citizen for a traffic violation. Officers must follow rules just like the people in the community or face consequences. This paper will describe the article titled “Judge Throws out Lance DUI Case” and analyze the requirements for search and arrest warrants and how they relate to probable cause. Journalist Peter Lance was pulled over

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