In the United States today more woman than men are a target of violence and other forms of crimes. In the specific requirements of the victims assistance programs is to ensure the protection of the victims and the families of the crime committed. One main support an individual must acquire to learn about is the quality the programs endure to sponsor such altercations of the violent crimes committed. The protection from the justice system all the way down to the counselors of the programs is to guide each person to accomplishments of his or her life.…
Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) | |Public order Offences |indecent behaviour, offensive language |Summary Offences Amendment Act 1997 (NSW)…
Victimless crimes do exist. They are crimes that do not affect anyone immediately and everyone involved has consented to the action. Victimless crimes have no direct victim and may involve consenting adults (Schubert, n.d.). Examples of crime are illegal acts such as; Drugs, prostitution, or suicide (Schubert,…
At first you may be ill at ease when stating that offenders can be victims but it could be difficult to determine the victim and the offender. In the end, both could be in the wrong and both could be victims as well. The concept of offenders as victims is complicated. There are multiple ways that factor in this concept, such as the use of deadly force when resisting a violent offender. The judge and the jury must decide whether or not deadly force was justifiable. A good example is provided in the book Crime Victims an Introduction to Victomology 7th ed. To elaborate, a man in distress was concerned that he was about to get robbed and killed by two teens in a subway. The two teens were provoking him, asking to give up his money. The man decided to…
Like waves ebbing and flowing from coast to coast, one moves through day to day life without question or conscious recognition or belief of what is happening. This parallels with the waves of thoughts boiling in the minds of nihilists. The philosophical process of nihilism is defined as “the belief in nothing or a rejection of objective truth, social conventions, and moral meaning” (“Nihilism”) A wave of nothingness crowds the shores of minds with a state of utter emptiness. To discover the depths and breadths of nihilism, one must take in the history, meaning, and application of what it truly means to lead a nihilistic life.…
A prosecutor is a law enforcement official who is the chief legal representative in the court systems in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system. The prosecutor is responsible for representing the state, in presenting the case in a criminal trial against an individual accused of breaking the law.…
The scenario that I chose from Dr. Carla’s O’Donnell’s discussion was the following: The police are called to the corner of Pine St and 32nd Avenue, where Malcolm LaBelle is clearly in a drug-induced delirium. He has stripped down to his underwear, claiming that he has a fever. Two employees of a café nearby attempt to restrain him, but he throws them off and lunges at the officers as they arrive, clawing and biting at them. The correct response was to: Warn him verbally with the potential use of deadly force if he does not cease; if he continues, shoot…
According to Dr. Carla O’Donnell, one example of theories of victimization is social process theory. This is described as the social conditioning of a certain crime. It focuses on the aspects of criminality as one of the major factors of individual interaction in the community. She states that all individuals in a community have the potential of turning to crime in cases where destructive social relationships are upheld. The theory emphasizes that the socio-psychology…
The authors find consistencies with research on measurement of crime that leads them to believe that individuals do not define their own experiences as victimization.…
The National Crime Victimization Survey currently provides the most detailed data on rape and sexual assault and identifies it as a forced sexual intercourse in which the victim may be either male or female and the offender may be of the same sex or a different sex than the victim. In nearly two out of three rape and sexual assault incidents reported by victims over the age of 12, the offender was not a stranger (Rand, 2009). So, it is probable that in most cases the offender and victim had a previous relationship or knew each other. Rape occurs much more frequently in urban areas and typically weapons are not used.…
In my opinion, there will be two different possible results as offenders of victimless crimes don’t go to prison anymore. The first one may be depressing because it defines that those “criminals” who were guilty before become innocent, leaving them an idea that all of the crimes they committed in the past are repeatable in society, which they will repeat in the future. For example, more and more minors will imitate how “criminals” act in society; in a way, it increases the danger and the concern towards social stability. The other possible result is that the government changes the method of punishment, Instead of sending them to prison, these criminals have to accomplish something beneficial to society; this method not only reduces the risk…
Anybody is able to commit a crime or become a victim to a criminal offence. Gender is a significant factors to consider when analysing crime and victimization. In order to critically understand the reasons behind crime and victimization you must be able to recognise and analyse the influencing factors. This essay will focus on a few of the central arguments which include criminal behaviour of men and women, feminist criminology, hegemonic masculinity and gender victimization of sexual abuse.…
Victimless crimes provide revenue for greater organized crimes. Victimless crimes also provide goods and services for which there is high demand, thus contributing to the serious violent crime rates. Because of the strong demand, large numbers of citizens are driven into association with the criminal elements who supply these goods and services. There is a danger that such citizens will come to view themselves as criminals, cooperating less with law enforcement generally, and are more likely to be drawn into other forms of crime (www.reference.com). Also, some people may not be satisfied and will go out and look for other ways to make more profit. In such crimes, like pornography, instead of just making adult pornography, people might go out and try to make child pornography which is illegal. Studies show that child pornography is one of the fastest growing businesses online, and the content…
Prosecution of violent crime offender, (FBI, 1992) investigators must realize that the end of his analysis depends on the dynamics of human behavior. Speech patterns, writing styles, verbal and non-verbal gestures, and other forms and patterns shaping human behavior. These individual features work in concert to cause each person to act, react, work, or is made in a unique and specific. Individualistic behavior usually remains consistent, regardless of the activity performed.…
From the beginning of time there have always been crimes against persons. People went by the saying “An eye for an eye”. You stole from your neighbor, they stole from you. You hurt someone, they hurt you. It wasn’t until the 1940’s people started taking a closer look into these crimes against person, which they later called victimology. This paper will look into victimology and their theories as we go back into the past and how victimology is now.…
