DEFINITION OF
CRIME:
Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority (via mechanisms such as legal systems) can ultimately prescribe a conviction. Individual human societies may each
define crime and crimes differently, in different localities (state, local,
international), at different time stages of the so-called "crime"
(planning, disclosure, supposedly intended, supposedly prepared, incompleted,
completed or futuristically proclaimed after the "crime".
Most crimes are not reported, not recorded, not
followed through, or not able to be proved.
While every crime violates the law, not every
violation of the law counts as a crime; for example: breaches of contract
and of other civil law may rank as
"offences" or as
"infractions". Modern societies generally
regard crimes as offences against the public or the state, as distinguished
from torts (wrongs against private parties that
can give rise to a civil cause of action).
When informal relationships and sanctions prove
insufficient to establish and maintain a desired social order, a government or a state may impose more formalized or stricter
systems of social control. With
institutional and legal machinery at their disposal, agents of the State can compel populations to conform to codes, and can opt to
punish or attempt to reform those who do not conform.
Authorities employ various mechanisms to
regulate (encouraging or discouraging) certain behaviours in general. Governing
or administering agencies may for example codify rules into laws, police
citizens and visitors to ensure that they comply with those laws, and implement
other policies and practices which legislators or administrators have
prescribed with the aim of discouraging or preventing crime. In addition, authorities
provide remedies and sanctions, and collectively these constitute a criminal justice system. Legal sanctions vary
widely in their severity, they may include (for example) incarceration of
temporary character aimed at reforming the convict. Some jurisdictions have
penal codes written to inflict permanent harsh punishments: legal mutilation, capital punishment
or life without parole.
The sociologist Richard Quinney has written about the
relationship between society and crime. When Quinney states "crime is a
social phenomenon" he envisages both how individuals conceive crime and
how populations perceive it, based on societal norms.
Usually a natural person perpetrates a crime, but legal persons may also commit crimes.
Conversely, non persons such as dogs cannot commit crimes.
WHY DO
PEOPLE COMMIT CRIMES
There are about 7 primary reasons for criminal
activity:
1) Necessity: If you are extremely poor and have
to steal for instance.
2) Convenience: While looking at an expensive diamond ring on a
jewelry counter and the clerk walks away.
3) Emotional: Hate crimes are on the increase and can be associated
with this, also "crimes of passion" when a person kills their spouse
and lover are often due to the extreme emotions of the situation.
4) Ignorance of the Law: Sometimes you don't even know you are
breaking a certain law.
5) Mental Illness: Many people who have mental health problems can't
truly understand that what they are doing is breaking a law. Often similar to No.
4 (Ignorance). Can also be less severe like with shoplifting which is often a
crime based on emotional issues rather than necessity.
6) Pre-Disposition: Some people's personalities and life choices will
prompt them to lead a life of crime. Repeat offenders.
7) Environmental: If a child grows up believing that certain criminal
activity is acceptable (drug dealing, prostitution, cheating on taxes, etc.) it
can often enhance their potential for crime. Also, sometimes when people are
involved in "group" crimes there are those who really didn't want to
participate but only do so because they have a need for belonging.
people also commit
crimes for the following reasons: economic; power; greed; anger; jealousy;
passion; boredom, fear, peer pressure, opportunity;
vandalism; failure of self-direction; Lack of moral judgment and character;
Because they do not see the benefits of adhering to conventional social values;
A pervading emphasis on being successful; The opinion that everyone commits
some type of crime; The more that people perceive a particular criminal
behavior as occurring, the less likely they will view it as a crime.
POVERTY
Depending on how poor someone is, depends on what and how likely they are going to steal. For example an extremely poor person is more likely to steal some bread than someone who is not as poor. Even people who have enough to live off steal just out of greed, for example a guy wants a bigger TV but doesn’t have enough money might steal some money or the TV itself.
Depending on how poor someone is, depends on what and how likely they are going to steal. For example an extremely poor person is more likely to steal some bread than someone who is not as poor. Even people who have enough to live off steal just out of greed, for example a guy wants a bigger TV but doesn’t have enough money might steal some money or the TV itself.
Another example of someone stealing out of poverty is if a teenage girl didn’t have enough money to buy some jewelry she might go in the shop and steal some. The same could be said for a teenage guy who didn’t have enough money to buy a computer game.
PEER PRESSURE
This depends on the sort of friends the person has. For example a couple of kids have nothing to do so they go out and do some vandalism and if you are in that group of people then you are more likely to do what they do so you are part of the group.
EDUCATION
The amount of education you have (if any) is the main factor that decides if you have a well paid job or poor paying job and if you are in a dead end job that barely brings money then you might steal from people or even mug people so you have some money to spend.
THRILL
Someone for example might get a "buzz" or a great feeling of stealing someone and getting away with it, sometimes they don't even care about what they steal it is just stealing it that matters. This can turn into an addiction where the person is addicted to stealing.
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