Essays on Crime

When you start to analyze Oedipus’s and Antigone’s crimes it becomes easy to notice similarities between them. Both of their actions are considered criminal because of their potential to disrupt social order, they threaten the power of the state and for that reason they must …

While a person’s personality may not predict criminal behavior, several studies have found a relationship between personality and crime (Listwan et al., 2007). The perpetrators of a particular set of crimes tend to have some common set of offense characteristics. It is therefore imperative for …

The Cognitive Theory is a thought process that stores information, so that the information can be interpreted correctly by a criminal. The next part of the process is how criminals can take the appropriate action and so they can make their final decision on their …

Crime is something that affects the lives of everyone. There are many different types of crimes that include street crimes, property crimes, victimless crimes, white-collar crimes and terrorism. For some people, this means being a victim of violence, having property stolen, having their home broken …

1 INTRODUCTION 1.1MOTIVATION AND BACKGROUND In the society crime issue is very important. It is common knowledge within the society that crime induces vast psychological, human and economical damages to individuals, environment and the economy of a particular society itself. It is very important that …

Introduction Is youth crime a moral panic or a moral crisis, many people will have different views however what view does the media haveThe media tend to represent youth crime as a moral panic within society to create a stir and gain the public’s attention. …

Introduction A standard definition of corporate crime would read as follows: ‘Illegal acts or omissions, punishable by the state… which are the result of deliberate decision- making or culpable negligence within a legitimate formal organisation.’ (McLaughlin & Muncie 2006: 74). With reference to how corporate …

Introduction Western society is fascinated with crime and justice. From films, newspapers, everyday conversation, books and magazines, there is a continual rhetoric regarding crime. The mass media plays a crucial part in the construction of criminality and the criminal justice system. The way the public …

Introduction The economic crisis of recent years has lead to a heightened focus on tackling financial criminality, also known as ‘white collar crime’. According to D.Leigh and R.Evans, “Ministers are publicly committed to merging the Serious Fraud Office, plus part of the Financial Services Agency …

ABSTRACT The history of crime in Britain is inevitably dominated by the explosion of criminality in the last 30 years (Donohue, 1998). Research into the prevalence of crime rates in the UK has identified the nature of macroeconomic forces that fuel the crime rate and …