Four Different Types of Crime

In this assignment I will be examining and investigating the effects of crime on individuals, communities and business and discussing the role of services that support victims of crime and witness. There are a lot of people and communities that are impacted negatively by crime. However in the public service, there are approaches used in order to reduce crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour. This is done by using websites and wardens to keep track of recent crimes. Also I will be writing about how both public and third sector

This first week the assignment was to Define crime, its relationship to the law, and the two most common models of how society determines which acts are criminal, Describe the government structure as it applies to the criminal justice system, Identify choice theories and the their assumptions in regards to crime, Describe the components of the criminal justice system and the criminal justice process, Identify the goals of the criminal justice system.

This essay will explain the five different types of crime. These include: Crimes against persons, Crimes against property, and Crimes of public morality, White-collar crimes and Cyber crimes. Statistics show that we are likely to be a victim of one of these crimes. This essay will explain each crime and their differences, providing a definition by category of crime. They are many types of crimes but I will be giving you two examples that fall into each category.

They explain that the telephone were originally marketed as a time saver for commercial use and later, it for residential use where it took telephone companies over twenty years to advertise and market the sociability of the telephone even though they were aware that was being ‘misuse’ by them . Cassell and Cramer try to discuss that the relationship between the production and consumption of technology been part of the culture that facing in the society. The media’s represent in both perpetrators and victims of online crimes.. The media continues to portray the stereotype where the fact that statistics cited in this article suggest that the majority of the one in seven solicitations that young people reported in the latest Youth Internet Safety Survey (YISS) do not come from the stereotype of the older male Internet predator but from family, friends and peers. The use of this statistic was convincing, however I was more doubtful about their argument that the victim were not from teen girl even though they acknowledge that the girls aged from 14 – 17 experience the highest rate of online solicitation. They argue the fact that solicitations for girls aged between 14 and 17 had dropped by 11 percent. It try to show that statistics can be used to support any argument. It was interesting to note that even been funded by the YISS, they try to hide their findings base on how to reduce stranger solicitation that could increase exposure to sexual material and

Outline and assess the role of the police in the social construction of crime (50 marks)

The internet has brought upon a new revolution of global interconnection where contacting someone on the other side of the world is just a click away, but with this international phenomenon comes an increased susceptibility with unfamiliar technology. Internet crime is compiled of all non-physical crime with the aid of a computer. Although broad in definition internet crimes are largely composed of acts such as cyber fraud, ‘phishing’ (username and password hacking), cyber stalking and hacking. Internet crime does not pose an overwhelming issue in society in terms of its

The first element, as aforementioned, is identifying crime causes. Canadian theorist suggests addressing this from a social psychological perspective (Wilson & Petersilia, 2011). Previous studies show that family and peer relationships, attitudes, values, beliefs, criminal history, substance abuse, educational

As the internet and social media have made our lives easier, it has also become a easy way for child predators to get in touch with kids. Parents are very much unaware of how cyber-predators look for children of any age from elementary school to high school. Predators can come in diverse forms and have different intentions than other predators. Predators at the least can look for vulnerable children to create online sexual relations with. Next predators can try to meet face-to-face with children they found online and sexually assault them consensually or not. Finally, the worst a cyber-predator can do is find children to become a victim of human trafficking. However, the internet isn’t all a bad thing. It is a very easy and useful tool that

White R & Haines F, Crime and Criminology: An Introduction, 2nd ed, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2000.

Internet has changed and transformed lives of society and constructed line between virtual and non-virtual communities. People remained to live in virtual world so it encouraged to encounter more deviance. Juveniles are most familiar with the internet deviance because they are more likely to attach with digital technology. Due to frequent use of internet juveniles develop hacking behaviour which involve spreading virus, altering file, infiltrating software. In one study, hacking done by juveniles provided the predictor of hacking behaviour. To get better perspective of this behaviour there are two criminological theories

The internet can be an extremely useful tool for everyone, but instant messaging, chat rooms, emails, and social networking sites can also bring trouble from cyberbullying to more serious internet dangers, including exposure to sexual predators.

1. Physiognomy theory states that human behavioral characteristics have external physical manifestations (Understanding Crime: Essentials of Criminological Theory, pg 95, Unit 3). What does this mean exactly? Physical manifestation happens through detachment. Detached from your goal and not thinking about, the physical manifestation will be in process and eventually take place (http://www.lawsofmindsystem.com/physicalmanifestation.htm). Could this have happen to Skylar? Skylar is a young man in his 20’s, who has been acting since a child. His career came to end in his early 20’s when he wasn’t able to remember his lines. He joined US Marine Crops for a brief time, 15 days to be exact. Skylar was physical and sexually abused from this drug addicted father. Skylar Deleon is saying that he had a poor social treatment. Due to the poor social treatment he, his wife Jennifer and two other friends handcuff the Hawks to the yacht anchor and sent them hurtling to their deaths in the ocean. Skylar couldn’t take that he wasn’t a child star anymore. It was a detachment that he couldn’t come to terms with. Biochemical is that humans are cauldrons of biological chemicals, many of which are susceptible of external influences and internal disturbances or imbalance (Understanding Crime: Essentials of Criminological Theory, pg. 96, Unit 3). Skylar is a young adult who couldn’t cope with not working in the show biz. He needed a balance.

People are not bad by nature. Humans are good by default, but not everyone is the

The agencies employed by governments to police the web in order to protect the vulnerable have seen an increase in child pornography and online fraud. The speed at which information can be distributed and the number of people that can be reached attracts those that are intent on causing harm. The term “cybercrime” is becoming more widely used. The financial gains that can be made and the anonymity the internet can provide, make the virtual world of cyberspace a haven for criminals. Although the internet has huge benefits for information gathering and social networking, in the wrong hands it can cause harm to the vulnerable and criminals are able to vanish into the underground with the use of false identities that are hard to track online.

A crime is an action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law. There are many different types of crime which range from theft, arson and driving offences to homicide, sexual assault and kidnapping. Crime in the street occurs in public places such as streets, shopping malls and car parks and depicts how a society functions. In comparison, crime in the home occurs in a private setting that is supposed to be a network of caring relationships but instead individuals can be victim to assault, drug crime, family violence, domestic, child and elder abuse and are often trapped. The issues that will be discussed as part of this debate are the