Crime
Tamika Griffin
Sociology
Professor McGowan
11/23/12
Crime
Crime is an act where someone breaks the law or illegal activities. There different types of crimes such as vice crimes, street crime and computer crime. Vice crime is a crime where someone is doing a criminal act such as gambling or drug use. Street crime is something down the lines of rape, robbery, or assault. Finally is computer crime, which would be hacking on the computer for money or personal mail. These crimes are different and can affect our society in serious ways.
Vice crime is a crime such as prostitution, which is an act where someone offers themselves for hire to engage in sexual activity. All 50 states make prostitution a crime except Nevada where you need a permit to operate in specific area. “Legalizing prostitution would mean regulating it. Supporters content that this would allow the government to collect million of tax dollars annually in taxes, reduce collateral crime, and protect the public from transmitted disease”(Donna Batten Pg 171). Prostitution can affect any society like ours. Prostitution can be severe because it can pass along sexually transmitted disease without knowing someone and can pass it to the next without caring. It’s also affecting today’s society because men or women picks up an STD not caring what there wife would thing and in effects this can cause an divorce. In today’s time, the divorce rate is at its highest and can continue to rise. It can affect our society because it is more than a crime. It can lead to more crimes and violent acts on the streets such as street crimes.
Street crimes are violent offenses such as homicide. “Although homicide is the most serious of violent crimes, it is also the least common, accounting for 1.2 percent of all violent crimes”(Mooney pg.130) . An example of an homicide would be a women killing another women after they have a serious argument. Another form of street crime would be drug trafficking, where people would
Sociology
Professor McGowan
11/23/12
Crime
Crime is an act where someone breaks the law or illegal activities. There different types of crimes such as vice crimes, street crime and computer crime. Vice crime is a crime where someone is doing a criminal act such as gambling or drug use. Street crime is something down the lines of rape, robbery, or assault. Finally is computer crime, which would be hacking on the computer for money or personal mail. These crimes are different and can affect our society in serious ways.
Vice crime is a crime such as prostitution, which is an act where someone offers themselves for hire to engage in sexual activity. All 50 states make prostitution a crime except Nevada where you need a permit to operate in specific area. “Legalizing prostitution would mean regulating it. Supporters content that this would allow the government to collect million of tax dollars annually in taxes, reduce collateral crime, and protect the public from transmitted disease”(Donna Batten Pg 171). Prostitution can affect any society like ours. Prostitution can be severe because it can pass along sexually transmitted disease without knowing someone and can pass it to the next without caring. It’s also affecting today’s society because men or women picks up an STD not caring what there wife would thing and in effects this can cause an divorce. In today’s time, the divorce rate is at its highest and can continue to rise. It can affect our society because it is more than a crime. It can lead to more crimes and violent acts on the streets such as street crimes.
Street crimes are violent offenses such as homicide. “Although homicide is the most serious of violent crimes, it is also the least common, accounting for 1.2 percent of all violent crimes”(Mooney pg.130) . An example of an homicide would be a women killing another women after they have a serious argument. Another form of street crime would be drug trafficking, where people would
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