Cyber crime has increased significantly as the Internet became ubiquitous. This increased research in the field of sociology and criminology to understand this new field of crime, which is very different compared to traditional crimes. However, sociologists and criminologists try to apply traditional sociological theories to explain cyber crime. This literature review examines the reliability of Routine Activity Theory (RAT) to explain victimization of cyber crime in relation to activities online
The End of Mandatory Juvenile Life without Parole Criminal Justice Policy Review Published in 2013 By: Megan Kennedy Reviewed by: Cajetan Ihe Doctoral Student Department of Administration of Justice Professor: Dr. Helen Taylor Greene September 28, 2015 Descriptive Summary This article, authored by Kennedy (2013) considered a number of factors which informed the decisions of the United States Supreme court in ending the law that stipulated mandatory life without parole for juveniles;
arrested due to fraud (Hamsi, 2015). As the cyber crime incident increasing from time to time and it is affecting both Government and Corporate sector and well as individual. So, the main aims of this research will be to find out the truth which on cybercrime that is hidden and which has not been discovered as yet as it relate to the rate of increasing of sophistication hacking and ultimately find the way to deter it or at least to reduce the cyber crime activities to the barest minimum. Well, although
commentary in Dead Man Talking begins with a quote by Dr. Samuel Johnson. He says, “A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.” I – like Zadie Smith- began to contemplate and review my own history with literature (required texts and personal readings). This quote and Smith’s commentary allow me to recognize that reading, like life, is intricately tied to one’s attitude. I vehemently disagree with Dr. Johnson. Required reading (as a “task”) and
released the 2011 Uniform Crime Report. The Uniform Crime Report provides statistics and information about crime in our nation. The report indicated that nationwide, law enforcement made an estimated 12,408,899 arrests in 2011. Of these arrests, 534,704 were for violent crimes, and 1,639,883 were for property crimes. The highest number of arrests were for drug abuse violations (estimated at 1,531,251 arrests). It should be noted that the arrest data in the Uniform Crime Report is not reflective of
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POVERTY AND THE INCREASING LEVELS OF VIOLENT CRIMES IN OLD NALEDI, GABORONE, BOTSWANA Acknowledgements Table of Contents Acknowledgements 1 Abstract 3 Introduction 3 • Background of the study 3 • Statement of the problem 5 • Rationale 5 Research Aims, Objectives and Questions 6 • Aims 6 • Objectives 6 • Questions 7 • Hypotheses 7 Methodology 7 Analysis and discussion of findings 8 Abstract Focus on pro-active crime prevention strategies against the prevalence of criminal
In the 21st century one of the most intriguing fact is there is an increase in female crimes and decrease in number of female child. Law students and people in general are aware or made aware of criminology theories given by Male criminologists more and less of Female criminologists. Feminism and criminology is not forgotten, but less remembered. The tragic consequences seen today against females clearly indicate that it has a strong history. But traditionally the scenario is that Criminology is
Introduction: Sport has often been viewed as an agent linked to the constructive development of individuals and as a mechanism that can foster social change within communities. This research intends to examine the relationship between sport for development (SFD) programs and Aboriginal peoples by critically exploring the historical and concurrent structure of Aboriginal sport initiatives in Canada. To this end, Foucault’s concepts of biopower, panoptic surveillance, docile bodies, and technologies
Crime prevention is a topic area that has received nearly as much research devotion as crime causation. What can be done to prevent a particular criminal act from occurring? What methods can be undertaken to harden a person, location, or item from becoming a victim of crime? What are the socio-economic drivers of criminal behavior? These questions and a myriad of similar thoughts, questions, and ideas fill the minds of the public and policy makers alike. A more simplistic approach is often needed
This statement can be seen as problematic because it is gender specific and focuses on the male in the relationship being the offender and the female in the relationship being the victim, which is not always the case. Within the results of their literature, Liem, Levin, Holland and Fox (2013) discovered out of 629 retrieved cases involving family homicides, 33% of the cases were intimate partner related and the other 67% of cases discovered were not intimate partner related. The bulk of research within