Essays Tagged: "criminal behavior"
Murray, B. (1997, September). School phobias hold many children back. APA Monitor.
have severe repercussions on children later in life. It can lead to such things as alcohol abuse, criminal behavior, underemployment, and marital difficulties. These children are likely concerned w ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
Kentucky Adult Corrections: Inmates with Mental Health Issues and the Facilities
judicial process; andTo provide opportunities for offenders to acquire skills which facilitate non-criminal behavior?The Kentucky Inmate Population Profile:*Median age 33 years*Median sentence 9 year ... nal Institute of Justice examined the implications of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for criminal justice agencies on the state and Local level. This is the sixth in a series of the ADA and ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Race in the United States. Suggest ways in which the American experience can have relevance for other nations and peoples.
ityThe impact of bias crimes reaches beyond the harm done to the immediate victim or victims of the criminal behavior. There is a more widespread impact on the "target community" -- that is, the commu ... al motivation for a crime would implicate no greater value in society than the values violated by a criminal act motivated solely by the perpetrator's dislike of the victim. It is not easy to imagine ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Racial Profiling in America.
meone because of the color of his or her skin and fleeting suspicion that the person is engaging in criminal behavior. Racism and stereotyping are issues that date back to many years ago. Racial profi ... ia itself. When the media covers a story about drugs they often show the black drug dealer, abuser, criminal or the undeserving affirmative action recipient. When we look at the ways the national medi ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism
Special Needs in Adolescents and Maturity.
cern about adolescents identified as "at risk" of a variety of social ills, such as drug addiction, criminal behavior, teen pregnancy, drunk driving, and dropping out of school. While these risks may ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters
Crimes.
d why it takes place. The theory of heredity as being the source of crime is based on the idea that criminal activity is subjected by human genes. Gender being the root of crime suggests that testoste ... hormone that causes aggressive behavior is encouraged in male-dominated societies, thus leading to criminal behavior. Both heredity and gender are based on "nature", but in effect, lead to "nurture". ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Pro-legalization of Medical Marijuana.
n disproven by recent studies. However, opponents of this measure now state that marijuana leads to criminal behavior, drug abuse, and drug addiction. Although these erroneous claims have been proven ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
An overview of Psychological Theories of Crime
Criminal behavior has a multitude of theories attempting to explain its origins ranging form the biz ... e internal motivations of crime. These theories warrant a thorough investigation and analysis.Early criminal theory was a branch of philosophy based on a theistic principle of good and evil natures. T ... s further held that parental responsibility when not fulfilled caused a person of poor character or criminal nature to be created. The Romans largely followed the Greek model of criminal behavior.Medi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors
Biological/psychological factors of crime
, who failed to evolve to a fully human and civilized state. Crime therefore resulted not from what criminals had in common with others in society, but from their distinctive physical or mental defect ... nderstood themselves as scientists and were concerned with scientifically identifying the causes of criminal behavior in individual offenders.Biological Factors in CrimeNot many want to believe there ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
ANOMIE by Durkman to Strain theroy by Merton.
Why People Commit Crime: A Strain Theory PerspectiveDeviance, criminal behavior and wrong doings; why do they occur? People don't just wake up one morning and say ... a bank". There has to be something in their past or present experiences that cause one to engage in criminal behavior. So what makes people commit crime and most importantly why do they fell they need ... mind, or resources" (dictionary.com). Merton reveals in his Strain Theory that this consequences in criminal and deviant behavior when and individual finds out that he does not that the means to fulfi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Both sides of juvenile justice
ny other private service to the public.It involves crime prevention as well as participation in the criminal justice process once a crime has been committed. Private crime prevention is more than prov ... ity or burglar alarms or participating in neighborhood watch. It also includes a commitment to stop criminal behavior by not engaging in it or condoning it when it is committed by others.Citizens take ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
A summary and response to an article regarding pornography
Isaacs voices.Isaacs states in her article, that there is no proof that pornography contributes to criminal behavior. Research has not established a link between violence and pornography. She brings ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Crime and Social Class
trait that lead people down the road to actually committing a crime. Some traits that can influence criminal behavior are: Families, Economic status, Gender, Race, and Age. FAMILIES: MARRIAGE Married ... f female widows as being easy victims. There are negative proverbs directed towards widows and even Criminal slang sayings such as: "Hazy Lazy Daisy" that means "Rich Foolish Widow" also "If God wants ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
What I now know about "Criminal Profiling"
What I now know about "Criminal Profiling"In the beginning, the work of individual psychologists and psychiatrists could be ... enforcement setting who only does profiling in their daily duties. The interpretations they make of criminal behavior are usually the result of their knowledge of the human personality and of various ... more official sources of information such as court transcripts, police reports and psychiatric and criminal records. The data they collected in this period served as the basis for the profiling metho ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Common Sense and the world view
ir right hand chopped off. This would remind them daily for the rest of their life about their past criminal activity. However, in New Zealand, if the same act were committed rehabilitation would be t ... nd, if the same act were committed rehabilitation would be the method of correction. In New Zealand criminal behavior and its treatment is seen as a group responsibility. The criminal, his family, the ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
The Rational Choice Theory versus The Trait Theory on the Issue of the Reduction or Control of Crime.
Theoretical schools have long been used in the study of criminal behavior and as guidelines for determining ways to effectively reduce crimes. Two popular t ... theories. However, in weighing both theories' possible effectiveness on the reduction or control of criminal activity, I concluded that the Rational Choice Theory would be more effective.The Rational ... heory would be more effective.The Rational Choice Theory is based on the idea of free will and that criminals choose to commit crimes."According to this view, law-violating behavior should be viewed a ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Alcohol Verses Marijuana The Differences on the roles they play in social issues.
most threatening factors of social risk, resulting in increasing rates of mortality, aggressive and criminal behavior, and dissolution of social ties.This paper is devoted to comparison of social scie ... . Conflict theorist emphasize how drugs are used as a political tool. They decide whether a drug is criminalized or not. The conflict theorists used the laws against the Chinese immigrants in the 1800 ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Why People Commit Crime: A Strain Theory Perspective
Why People Commit Crime: A Strain Theory PerspectiveSOCI150 CriminologyDeviance, criminal behavior and wrong doings; why do they occur? People don't just wake up one morning and say ... a bank". There has to be something in their past or present experiences that cause one to engage in criminal behavior. So what makes people commit crime and most importantly why do they fell they need ... mind, or resources" (dictionary.com). Merton reveals in his Strain Theory that this consequences in criminal and deviant behavior when and individual finds out that he does not that the means to fulfi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Societal Level Explanations of Crime
nt. Scientific methods are used by criminologists to study the nature, extent, cause and control of criminal behavior. The concept of the study of crime emerged in the 19th century nevertheless the co ... on whose perspective is most commendable, criminologists have agreed that, when studying crime and criminality, one cannot rule out other explanations, whether psychological, behavioral, radical, or ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Motivation
evance to an investigation, the term motive must be defined. A motive is essentially the "why" of a criminal act. It is the reason and driving force behind committing a crime. Motive can also be viewe ... ar Nonetheless, people concentrate on finding one causative factor that can explain an individual's criminal behavior Ainsworth (2001).Interest in MotivePolice and lay-persons have different reasons f ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology