Assignment 1: Crime And Victimization
Crime and Victimization
Assignment 1: Crime and Victimization
Deconna Burke
Professor Robert Hammes
Intro to Criminal Justice
July 25, 2013
Theories of victimization The deviant place theory states “greater exposure to dangerous places makes one more likely to become the victim of a crime” (Seigel, 2006). Unlike the victim precipitation theory, the victims do not influence the crime by actively or passively encouraging it, but rather are victimized as a result of being in "bad" areas. In order to lower the chance that one will become the victim of a crime, the individual should avoid the "bad" areas of town in which crime rates are high. For example, South Central Los Angeles is notorious for its gangs, and high crime rate. The more …show more content…
The first phase of the sweep began at 4 p.m. yesterday when 45 plainclothes officers and supervisors fanned out across the city 's south and west districts to conduct surveillance and gather information about criminal hot spots, officials said, adding that their findings led to 25 arrests on a number of charges including drug distribution. Phase two began at 8 p.m. and involved 22 uniformed Jersey City police officers, including Emergency Squad officers and officers from the Hudson County Sheriff 's Office, who targeted hot spots monitored by earlier teams of officers. During the second phase police arrested “10 individuals on a variety of charges, issued 42 municipal ordinance summonses and 11 motor vehicle summonses, while recovering two handguns, a replica handgun, a replica Uzi, a crossbow handgun, 14 knives, 19 pairs of handcuffs, a blackjack, 15 bags of marijuana and two bags of cocaine” officials …show more content…
Seward was arrested without incident at the Econo Lodge near Butler Boulevard by a U.S. Marshals task force and was taken into custody with the assistance of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, according to Justino. The couple’s divorce was finalized on Monday. Following the slaying on Friday, the Sheriff’s Office put out an alert on Seward and said he should be considered armed and dangerous.” David Crumpler, http://jacksonville.com/news/crime Crime like these are leading to more involvement from U.S Marshals in the city of Jacksonville
Assignment 1: Crime and Victimization
Deconna Burke
Professor Robert Hammes
Intro to Criminal Justice
July 25, 2013
Theories of victimization The deviant place theory states “greater exposure to dangerous places makes one more likely to become the victim of a crime” (Seigel, 2006). Unlike the victim precipitation theory, the victims do not influence the crime by actively or passively encouraging it, but rather are victimized as a result of being in "bad" areas. In order to lower the chance that one will become the victim of a crime, the individual should avoid the "bad" areas of town in which crime rates are high. For example, South Central Los Angeles is notorious for its gangs, and high crime rate. The more …show more content…
The first phase of the sweep began at 4 p.m. yesterday when 45 plainclothes officers and supervisors fanned out across the city 's south and west districts to conduct surveillance and gather information about criminal hot spots, officials said, adding that their findings led to 25 arrests on a number of charges including drug distribution. Phase two began at 8 p.m. and involved 22 uniformed Jersey City police officers, including Emergency Squad officers and officers from the Hudson County Sheriff 's Office, who targeted hot spots monitored by earlier teams of officers. During the second phase police arrested “10 individuals on a variety of charges, issued 42 municipal ordinance summonses and 11 motor vehicle summonses, while recovering two handguns, a replica handgun, a replica Uzi, a crossbow handgun, 14 knives, 19 pairs of handcuffs, a blackjack, 15 bags of marijuana and two bags of cocaine” officials …show more content…
Seward was arrested without incident at the Econo Lodge near Butler Boulevard by a U.S. Marshals task force and was taken into custody with the assistance of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, according to Justino. The couple’s divorce was finalized on Monday. Following the slaying on Friday, the Sheriff’s Office put out an alert on Seward and said he should be considered armed and dangerous.” David Crumpler, http://jacksonville.com/news/crime Crime like these are leading to more involvement from U.S Marshals in the city of Jacksonville