Domestics our considered by law a crime of control just as the law described rape as a crime of control. ... We can all agree that domestic violence is a horrible crime. ... " Letting offenders choose the punishment has been seen as a common tactic In the field because offenders in domestic cases usually have control problems allowing them to feel in control and get more out of the punishment. ... Domestic violence is a crime derived from the need to control. Which is why laws are being put in place to prevent further decrease the number of crimes committed. ...

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The types of crimes that the media chooses to broadcast are generally violent crime. ... As the media continues to over represent these crimes, the crimes still stick out in the community's collective mind. ... There is also an emphasis on drug related crime. ... When crime is highlighted on television the offenders are, more often than not, minorities. Crimes of theft, murder, drug selling and drug use are most likely to be associated with a black or Hispanic male ("Crime in new york city" 2014). ...

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The use of physical punishment also should be used with control and reasoning. ... child small amounts of physical punishment used correctly will help induce all the desired morals and values that a parent wants to pass on. ... There was a study done in Sweden (conducted primarily by Statistics Sweden and the National Crime Prevention Council) to determine the effect of Sweden's crime rate with association to the ban of corporal punishment, which was put into effect in 1979. In most areas of crime there was little change but there was an increase of 15 to 17 year olds convicted assaul...

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In response to perceived elevation in juvenile crime and school violence, the Clinton Administration signed into law the Gun-Free Schools act of 1994. ... During the 1980's, the United States saw an increase in drug use and drug related crime throughout the country. ... This era, known as the War on Drugs, introduced zero-tolerance policies as a measure of combating this crime wave that so many feared. These tough-on-crime laws aimed to decrease crime through deterrence effects, hoping that the fear of harsh punishment would prevent criminal activity. ... The majority of cases involving z...

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Juvenile crime does not only affect the individuals who commit the crime; it also affects the victim of the crime. ... One of the major causes of juvenile crimes is violence in the home. ... Another reason for juvenile crime is media violence. ... Focusing on the child at its early age can reduce juvenile crime. Also, giving the offender the appropriate punishment along with the rehabilitation services needed to encourage former criminals can help lead productive lives. ...

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All the gun control laws are not about preventing crime. Law abiding citizens who are armed will prevent crime. ... They do not stop crime while it is happening. ... Predominantly guns of crime are used by gang members. ... Armed citizens pose a risk of punishment to criminals - perhaps more so than does the criminal justice system. ...

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Money should be invested in education and care more than in prisons in order to prevent crime. ... Long before Jonesboro, the governors of California and New Mexico appealed in the name of victims for juvenile crime for laws to lower their state's execution ages to 14 and 13 respectively. ... They add: "Is being two years in a Juvenile Centre enough punishment for a fourteen year-old murderer? ... Second, the UK's "age of responsibility", the age at which a child's crime can be treated as other than a juvenile offence is ten. ... It seems to me that rehabilitation carried out b...

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Just because a person watches a movie, it does not mean the creator can be held responsible for a crime someone tries to copycat. People are driven to violent crimes for a number of reasons, not just because of a violent flick. ... People will commit crimes whether or not they watch two hours of the most gruesome pictures. ... Filmmakers create films solely for the entertainment of the public, not to coerce people into committing violent crimes. ... People old enough to realize the consequence of their actions are old enough to receive the punishment. ...

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Assignment Critically evaluate the usefulness of contemporary criminological theory for an understanding of crimes of violence. Response This paper will look at some crimes of violence, and it will evaluate how contemporary criminological theory is useful or how in some cases it is not useful towards crimes of violence. ... A main issue with structural violence as previously mentioned is its invisibility, and because of this assigning liability is difficult, therefore how can punishment be administered with no one to blame. ... This theory is fitting with the rational choice theory of crime...

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Levin is careful to justify torture not for punishment, but for "preventing future evils." If we cannot be certain that it will achieve its end, then it is difficult to see how this differs from punishment. ... Although it is accepted practice that violators of the law do not have the same rights as those who have not committed crimes (for example, imprisonment means that a person loses the freedom to choose where he or she lives), this is only after it has been established in a court of law that the person has in fact committed the crime. The person being tortured, Levin assures us, is a ...

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Crimes with guns and knives wouldn't take place without the students having access to those weapons. ... It covers criminal acts from traditional street crimes to white-collar crime and juvenile delinquency. The exchange theory is based on the premise that people act according to a system of rewards or punishments. ... Coordinating privileges and punishments at home based on bullying at school helps, too, but do not use corporal punishment. ...

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Kids don't really look at the consequences they"ll get if they commit a heinous crime such as murder. ... Many teens see violence on TV, and are influenced by that, what they don't see is the consequences that the person will get in if they commit the violent crimes. ... Teens see actors get away with murders and all kinds of illegal crimes. ... Most of them think they"re going to walk free with no punishment for murder, because the actors on TV get away with murder. ... Many teens think they are untouchable, no one can get them in trouble because they saw it on TV so that makes i...

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Seeing robberies, murders, and other violent crimes on TV causes some people, adults and children, to fear that these crimes will happen to them. ... According to a study at the University of Central Los Angeles, in 73% of all violent scenes on television the perpetrators go without consequences and without punishment (Rohan). ... When viewers see this violence going on without proper punishment, they are more likely to commit violence themselves. ... According to a news report, teens and young adults were at greater risk of committing violent crimes and participating in other types of aggr...

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Moreover, punishments for committing illegal crimes are harsher for women than they are for men. ... Women face much harsher punishments for committing a crime than men do, as they are considered weak and they don't have the rights to voice their opinions. ...

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Also, untrue stereotypes are encouraged from entertainment that portray minorities as committers of violent crimes. ... Music has also been known to cause depression, homicide, suicide and other crimes. ... Punishment due to violent acts is uncommon in the media, adding to a more dangerous view of the world. ... If this does not become the case, then the population could actually become more aggressive and repeats of terrible youth crimes such as Columbine are realistic futures. ...

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Many women believed that they deserved to be hit, they did something wrong and they needed physical punishment. ... Domestic violence is the most under reported crime in the country, with the actual incidence 10 times higher than is reported. ...

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They are convinced that the brutal violence found in the media leads young, influential minds to engage in various crimes such as gang fights, school shootings, and suicides. ... The study found seventy-five percent of the programs monitored shows no punishment of the perpetrators for example, the famous cartoons "Batman and Robin" and "X-Men" are not bringing justice to the enemy by sending them to jail; rather they are destroying them with elaborate weapons. ... Many others who are supportive of television violence are convinced the violent crimes committed by today's adolescents are gr...

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Crime and Punishment are two chief factors of life and it is a chief theme in the book. ... Tracey says in a letter "There is life after death" This is showing the readers that people can still lead normal crime free lives. ... However once the truth came out that she was an inmate in a detention centre that was when their friendship began to grow, although she was not completely honest with Mandy as she wouldn't tell her what crime she had committed their friendship would not have developed to that level if Mandy had not found out who she really was and as a consequence the book would no...

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Television seems to be a very influential source of modeling behavior which is acceptable since the television shows do not show punishment but instead these people committing the violent crimes in the shows are considered to be hero's or heroine. ...

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However, in recent years the female inmate population has increased, this is due mainly to the "war on drugs ", which means that more people are being charged with time in prison for small drug misdemeanors instead of being awarded intermediate punishments, such as house arrest, or out of prison rehabilitation programs. ... The mother can't be serving a sentence due to a violent crime; she must be near the end of her sentence, among a few other regulations. ...

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Society views this as a social problem because people believe that, with the increase in violent video games that are out on the market, violent crimes are also increasing. ... After playing the video games the doctors had the students simulate a punishment of an opponent by having them give their opponent a noise blast that lasted as long as the student pushed the button down. ...

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It is very well described in Lear's speeches when his madness begins to make him see things clearer: "You commit crimes and call them the law! (III.ii.92) Your law always does more harm than crime, and your morality is a form of violence" (III.iii.99). ... Indeed, Bond also wants to show that there is no need for great punishment and control because according to him, there is no need of aggressivity in human nature. ...

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Throughout the ten-year long civil war, hundreds and thousands of women and girls were subject to widespread sexual violence in Sierra Leone. This means around 215,000 to 257,000 women and girls may have been subjected to such violence during this time. ("We'll Kill You If You Cry " p.25). Nicholas ...

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Violence within schools has become a big problem in today's society. School violence is defined as "any physical or verbal attack on a person while on school grounds or school property" (Oxford Dictionary, n.p.). This violence can include anything from bullying to large scale violent acts such as those committed at Columbine and École Polytechnique. In any form, school violence has the power to affect students, teachers, parents, community members and even those who hear about it on the news. In earlier decades, school violence merely involved delinquency and the occasional ...

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Millions of children worldwide are affected by armed conflict. They are confronted with physical harm, violence, danger, exploitation, fear and loss. Many children are forced to escape, some witness the death of loved one and some are forced to pull the trigger themselves. Communities are ripped apa...

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