Official crime statistics should not be accepted as closer analysis finds that they can be unreliable. ... They appear annually so comparisons can be made over time to see how crime rates have changed and trends can be identified. ... By making certain acts legal or illegal it can completely change the statistics. For example, before 1977 criminal damage of less than £20 was regarded as trivial and not recorded but a change in Home Office guidelines meant that these acts were deemed serious enough. ... It can become a master status but it can also be negotiated. ...

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It has been an ongoing debate on whether children can be raised properly in a home with homosexual parents. ... Opportunities are open across the country; it might even open the door to a position in a more liberal area where my values and duties can be performed based upon the law rather than having the pressure of outside influences. I feel the children would benefit greatly by being removed from a home with physical violence. If the mother is also being abused, mental abuse may also be a relevant issue with the children and that can be disadvantageous to a child's development. ... Ch...

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Families are a primary agent of socialization and can be considered a direct cause of juvenile delinquency. ... The first three come from what is labeled as the "broken home" and will be classified as such. Punitive and incompetent parenting will be labeled as dysfunctional families which can be viewed as "functionally broken". ... Of all the broken home factors divorce is the most studied and is often compared to the death of a parent. ... The results showed that such homes were more likely to produce serious delinquency in comparison to homes occupied by both parental figures (Wadsworth 1979...

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The Home Visitor will work in any type of community to avoid crime. ... The Home Visiting Theory weakness may be that people will not be open to letting other people in their homes. ... After the bond and trust is build, learning can begin. The home visitation theory will be very useful to any type of family. ... The home visitation theory provides a solution before a problem can manifest by providing the building blocks necessary for correct caring and guidance for parents. ...

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Attempts should be made by service providers to assess the extent to which a child experiences instability in the home as unchecked instability can contribute to delinquency. The quality of a child's home life can also positively or negatively affect behavioral outcomes. A home life of poor quality can involve low levels of affection, comfort, supervision and home security (Shumaker, 1997). ... The removal from the home and placement of children outside the home has been linked to delinquency among juveniles. ... Intensive, home-based treatment programs such as Home Ties have demonstrate...

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Semi-custodial sentences are used for punishments such as a good behaviour bond, probation order, community service order, loss of divers licence and home detention. ... Breach of the conditions can result in the original prison sentence being imposed. ... Another punishment that is appropriate for those convicted of non-violent crimes is the home detention penalty. ... Home detention is a very effective punishment since the offender is partially supervised and able people with family responsibilities to stay home. ... Laws can be enforced and is officially recognised, and if they are not obey...

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Moreover, having Gun control laws can decreases crime if we regulates them. ... There is no easy solution to gun violence but there are some measures that can be implemented that can decrease 1gun violence such as regulating and monitoring them better this can cause a decrease in overall gun violence. ... Moreover, Whitlock talks about how guns can cause violence. ... And his also talks about gun ownership increasing tragedy especially in our society and various homes. ... Meanwhile, make sure that any firearms in homes are fully locked down. ...

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Mediators discussed the fact that the reasons for so much human trafficking between genders is because of the rising numbers of women who migrate just to engage in sexual activities away from home. They feel that most women do this because of the lack of economic opportunities that is non-existing in their own home or communities. Other things or how women seek for better opportunities and run into the wrong persons saying that they know this person or can help with the situation and the seeker usually ends up exploited without consent (HumanTrafficking.org). ... These criminals usually tell ...

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Probation also moved on in the 1990's as it became responsible for developing partnerships with other agencies, such as employment agencies and alcohol and drug counsellors, so that offenders in the community can be more effectively managed. ... It operates within the Governments Correctional Policy Framework, contributing primarily to the Home Office Aim 3, to ensure the effective delivery of justice, through efficient investigation, detection, prosecution and court procedures. To minimise the threat to, and intimidation of witnesses and to engage with and support victims and the Home ...

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In Michigan, the Safe Streets-Violent Crime task force was established in response to the "Home Invaders," a gang responsible for over one hundred home invasion robberies. ... This is known as "direct file,"" in which the prosecutor can bypass the fitness hearing and file directly to the adult court. ... Under Penal Code Section 186.22(b)(4), the following offenses are punishable by life terms: Gang Home Invasion Robbery. ...

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First of all lack of education, lack of education leads to low level of education, this can affect many things like illiteracy, low level of jobs, less income, unplanned family, and short minded. ... They do not care about increasing family and population; they think that one more baby will go to work and bring some money to home. ... Due to this there are lots of germs and viral Bactria found in the air and people getting disease, not only children get ill but as well as adult also getting ill, for that reason the majority of death ratio is high in slum area and do not go to hospital they are...

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Garey Scott an investigator with the Provost Marshal's Office located at Fort Bragg stated, ""Gangs are like electricity, they follow the path of least resistance, often targeting middle school kids because they know they can use them to commit crimes and the courts really can't do much; they'll be back out on the streets quickly"" (Hasenauer 3). ... Military Police were called and visited the home of the alleged thief and found multiple bicycles and parts in the garage. ... Residents failing to maintain the inside of the home create a breeding ground for roaches, mice,...

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The study surveyed the officer's levels of stress what they brought home and their spouses reactions to their behavior. ... Research suggests that experiences from one domain can spill over into, or impact, the other" (Staines, 1980; Zedeck, 1992). ... When an officer is emotionally affected by a bad situation the officer's mood often is carried home to family members. Physical exhaustion is another factor that plagues police work because, after long hours and extensive physical activity cops often return home lacking the energy to effectively interact socially. ... Officer Jimmie Mc...

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Prisons, jails, and youth institutions are overflowing; violent crime has risen alarmingly and citizens feel increasingly vulnerable in their homes, schools, and at their job sites. ... It upholds the law, and it prevents others from thinking they can get away with doing something without being punished. ... Three consistent ways have been through pre-detention mediation (a chance to be held accountable for their actions by facing their victims), detention mediation (a chance to act out the setting and tone of their crime in all roles for help to understand what they did was wrong), and post...

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The forces of the media, an individual's home environment, and peer pressure/acceptance are three possible negative effects on one's morals that could later lead to youth gang membership. ... An older adult can see that the ways gangs live are immoral, but a young child cannot. ... Aside from the media, home environment is another contributing factor to a child thinking gang violence is acceptable. ... Since it is nearly impossible to throw away every television set in America, or have enough money to provide every family with a $400,000 house, or keep people from pressuring one an...

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The governing body of the United States needs to take a hard look at the problems here at home and infuse more resources into programs that help the mentally ill, the jobless, the homeless, and the drug abusers whom can be just as large a threat to national security as terrorism. ... Risk factors occur in the environment that the person is subjected to and can alter the ability to adapt to that environment. ... In the article entitled "Young, Jobless, Hopeless," Bob Herbert talks about the rising percentage of young Americans who may have no job and no place to call home. ... One such risk...

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By examining statistics it can be seen that laws relating to hate crimes are still needed to provide security to vulnerable groups. ... In February of 2010 in Nova Scotia, a large wooden cross with a noose attached to it was left burning on the front lawn of an interracial couple's home. Michelle Lyon who is Caucasian and Shayne Howe who is African American and their five children were home at the time. 20 year old Justin Rehberg admitted to building the cross, pouring a flammable substance on it and lighting it on fire. ... As seen through the multiple definitions hate crime is it can al...

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Few of them have a chance to get educated in school or have secure homes. ... The treatment that these criminals really need is getting educated, having a job, a stable home and family that help them connect to the society instead of severe punishment and treatment from prisons that ban and isolate them from the rest of the world. ... Also, telling someone to "get better" and locking them up in the process doesn't work; no one can force that. ... Prisons that actually deal with the issues and send criminals out work ready can be hugely beneficial to all parties. ... Criminals ca...

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By contrast, almost every citizen can talk about "delinquency," by which they generally mean male delinquency, and can even generate some fairly specific complaints about, for example, the failure of the juvenile justice system to deal with such problems as "the alarming increase in the rate of serious juvenile crime" and the fact that the juvenile courts are too lenient on juveniles found guilty of these offenses. ... Indeed, an important point to understand about the nature of delinquency, and particularly female delinquency, is that youth can be taken into custody for both criminal acts a...

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Humanity can create the best possible world for future generation by implementing three main things: conserving the environment, working out of poverty, and taking control and helping prevent crimes. ... In fact, people can help saving the environment using different ways, particularly by conserving energy, water, and gas; recycling, nurturing the outdoors, and reducing the material consumption. ... Similarly, people at homes use skylights on ceilings to reduce the use of electric lights. ... Indeed, any person doesn't have to be a member of an environmental organization, yet can contrib...

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This is particularly important in youth crime, where if dealt with successfully the courts can provide youth offenders with the right help and guidance to curtail their offending in the future. ... If there are any mitigating factors present the courts can take these into consideration and are likely to result in a more lenient sentence. ... A determinate prison sentence which is a custodial sentence with a fixed length of time can be imposed. ... Then the courts can impose a life sentence which is mandatory 25 years in the UK. ... Mark Townsend, home affairs editor for The Guardian reported...

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This can mean that even though they are the bad guys, we instantly like them. ... A panning motion, is used to show the audience, through a subjective perspective, that it is night-time, the community have all gone inside for the night and eventually, it shows the mobsters who socialise across the road from Henry's home. ... We know this because the voice over says: 'As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster' - Referring to him idolising the Lucchese crime family gangsters. ... As we see the gangsters, we can hear their objective dialogue as Henry pauses...

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Environmental Criminology is a focus on various aspects in certain environments which can cause crimes to happen. There have been many theories that have been developed for how certain environments can drive a person to commit a crime which leads to the question; why do crime levels differ within certain areas with different levels of economic status? ... (Jacoby, 2012) Therefore, when it comes to the study of certain environments; there have been many discovered factors which can cause a person to commit a crime which can possibly raise the question of why is sometimes being a product of ...

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The present offense, the degree of risk to the community and the potential for change can be assessed only in the context of the offender's individual history and experience. ... Where needed intervention can best be provided by an agency outside the system, the offender should be diverted from the system to that agency. ... McGill states: I enjoy managing and motivating a team and am grateful for the opportunity to encourage officers to be the best they can be. ... By working with the community, we can educate others and make a joint effort. ... Some probationer officers conduct un...

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The existence of unpleasant stimuli can lead to delinquent behavior, as the individual seeks to escape from it, by disposing of it (Agnew, 2012). ... Agnew's (1992:57) research in the stress literature led him to the discovery that the removal of positive stimuli can also cause strain. ... Parental abuse and neglect was persistent in Hall's home as the judge noted, 'He was abused, and he was neglected from the womb forward' (Wallace, 2013). ... Hall was expelled from many schools, and then finally home-schooled by his parents (Wallace, 2013). Hall had inadequate or no con...

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