Essays Tagged: "Street crime"
White collar vs. street crime
us in our everyday lives. Daily we hear of murders, robberies, and rapes. These are categorized as 'street crimes.' For many people, such crimes are the only 'tragic' crimes, the ones that are sensele ... community.The views of the two arguments proposed in the text do reach one common conclusion. Both street and white collar crime have severe consequences. In most instances, white collar crime is, fi ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Legaliize marijuana
ajor problems facing our country today. We see stories on the news about people being killed on the street every day over drugs. To many people drugs are only an inner-city problem, but in reality the ... licy of our government is obviously failing. Drug laws have created corruption, violence, increased street crime, and disrespect for the criminal justice system. Current drug legislation has failed to ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Policy Issue: Legalizing Marijuana
ems affecting our country. Stories are on 10:00 news every night about people being murdered on the streets because of drugs. Many people think that drugs are only an inner-city problem, but in realit ... ficking to the point where it is beneficial. Drug laws have created corruption, violence, increased street crime, and disrespect for the criminal justice system. Besides that, the American people shou ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
This paper argues pro-legalization for the incessant marijuana debate. It includes statistics, quotes from doctors, and facts to back up the positive effects of the use of marijuana.
our government today is fails to be effective. Drug laws have been a main cause for the increase of street crime, corruption, violence, and disrespect for the criminal justice system. We see stories o ... espect for the criminal justice system. We see stories on the news about people being killed on the street every day over drugs. To many people drugs are only an inner-city problem, but in reality the ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Gov't Oversight
hite-collar crime is costing America an estimated $200 billion per year, about 50 times the cost of street crime. According to Business Ethics editor Marjorie Kelly, Lockheed Martin has 63 violations ... o most people but unfortunately they don't, why? The reason why is that these are not your average "street thugs" these are highly educated top executives that are planted firm in some of the nations ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Sociology.
ew level of understanding of the behavior or social reality. Sociologist's deal with issues such as street crime and delinquency, corporate downsizing, how people express emotions, welfare or educatio ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
White Collar Crime vs. Street Crime.
s we hear of murders, robberies, and rapes via the media. These types of crimes are categorized as "street crimes." For many individuals, such crimes are the only "tragic" crimes, the type that are se ... is however, another verity of crime that affects its victims in a relative manner just the same as street crimes. These crimes are called "white collar" crime. Both crimes affect victims in a serious ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Crimes
Many researchers agree that, in the United States, most arrests for street crime involve people of lower class position. Why, according to Robert K. Merton, Albert Cohe ... Albert Colman, Walter Miller, and Elijah Anderson all agree that people of lower class commit most street crimes, because they are limited in their means to achieve their cultural goal of financial s ... cities youths create sub-cultures. Groups of youths that is determined by who is feared more on the streets. They are delinquents who act out on impulse and do not think of what consequences there act ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
What are the major difficulties associated with theorising white-collar crimes?
his nature are more prevalent, more serious, and more damaging to society than other crimes such as street crime (Croall, 1992). Contrary to this view there have been comparatively little research and ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Police Brutality
h regard to police abuse, there will be many officers who feel that their job offighting escalating street crime, gangs, narcotics violations, and otherviolent crimes is difficult enough already, and ... elves. Many feelthat their firepower is already too weak to battle the weapons criminalshave on the streets, and limiting their legality of gun use will not onlyendanger them, but the innocent bystand ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Punishment and behavior
more likely to assault their spouse during that year (Straus 142). This study also found a rise in street crime with increasing amounts of physical punishment. A 1972 study of 385 college students wh ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Juvenile Delinquency
The juvenile and street crime rates are major problems cities and communities including Boston are dealing with today ... wars were being fought and innocent people were getting killed. Guns were readily available in the street and some kids even felt they had to bring a gun with to school for protection. How did gangs ... ternative to selling drugs for a living. With a shortage of after-school programs, children hang on street corners waiting to get into trouble. This is a major reason why most of the crimes committed ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
The Police Force is a Service in Crisis?
tained period of increased policing the overall rate of crime should be reduced. Examination of the Street Crime Initiative in 2002 suggests that more police resources can significantly reduce crime. ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors