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    Crime Rate

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    none is trustable because anyone can be a criminal‚ can be a suspect. Crime has been increasing in Philippines recently. The public’s fear of crime is a major concern for policymakers‚ more so if it involves a marked and sudden increase of violent and property crime. Meanwhile‚ violent crime generally includes crime of violence such as murder‚ gang robbery with firearm‚ rape and sexual abuse. What is the main cause of crime and its imperative relationship to poverty? Such a question at first may

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    Inchoate Crimes

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    The crime of solicitation is the intent to offer‚ persuade‚ or encourage someone to do something in exchange for money or something of value. The crime of solicitation is most commonly thought of as mainly prostitution. There are other ways that solicitation can be referred to as a crime‚ such as murder and drugs. The criminal solicitation does not have to be accepted for it to be a crime. The crime of solicitation is called an inchoate crime. “Inchoate crimes‚ also called incomplete

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    Crime And Victimization

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    Crime and Victimization Chris O’Connor Strayer University CRJ 100 Professor Blais October 31‚ 2014 Dr. Carla O’Donnell discusses Rational Choice Theory as the thought processes encountered when people engage in delinquent‚ (youthful offenders‚) or criminal behavior. They have a sense that crime pays and this is the easiest way to get ahead in life. Such a criminal mindset does not consider the exact consequences of their maladaptive behavior. Criminal offenders use rational choice to commit a

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    Violent Crime

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    February 10‚ 2013 Juvenile violent crime is at its lowest level since 1987‚ and fell 30% between 1994 and 1998. Fewer than half of serious violent crimes by juveniles are reported to law enforcement. This number has not changed significantly in 20 years. The rate at which juveniles committed serious violent crimes changed little between 1973 and 1989‚ peaked in 1993‚ and by 1997 declined to the lowest level since 1986. On average‚ juveniles were involved in one-quarter of all serious violent victimizations

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    Theories Of Crime

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    Crime can be defined as any human conduct that violates any criminal law of a given state‚ the federal government‚ or a local jurisdiction that has the power to make and enforce the laws. It is difficult sometimes to explain why people engage in illegal and deviant behaviors because each offender have a different motive for committing crime but most people commit crime due to poverty‚ unemployment‚ peer pressure‚ social inequality‚ and the system that refuses to take back inmates as part of the society

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    Crime Victims

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    Prosecution of violent crime offender‚ (FBI‚ 1992) investigators must realize that the end of his analysis depends on the dynamics of human behavior. Speech patterns‚ writing styles‚ verbal and non-verbal gestures‚ and other forms and patterns shaping human behavior. These individual features work in concert to cause each person to act‚ react‚ work‚ or is made in a unique and specific. Individualistic behavior usually remains consistent‚ regardless of the activity performed. Since the commission

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    Crime Prevention

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    Juvenile Detainees Acorn T Fautanu CRJ 303 Corrections Prof. Theresa Cruz November 20‚ 2012 Criminal Justice and the juvenile justice systems are almost the same but are different. When corrections’ officials have to deal with juvenile detainees‚ such a situation needs to be dealt with care. In identifying such situations‚ we will look at child development‚ punishment and deterrence. Juvenile detention officers work with incarcerated youth. Although juvenile

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    Media and Crime

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    and crime. The newspapers have a duty to report it and the stories can make for excellent TV and film‚ however the line between reporting facts and creating a story can often be blurred. The celebrity killer is now a recognized figure within society with D. Schmid describing how “The celebrity culture around serial killers has developed so far that one can now purchase the nail clippings and hair of some killers‚ as if they were religious icons.” But is the media to blame for glamorizing crime or

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    Crime and Prostitution A.

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    the country‚ but legalized prostitution could also reduce crime. I. Illegalized prostitution A. Preservation of morality B. Health risks C. Violent crime D. Costs to citizens II. Legalized prostitution A. Constitutional right B. Regular health exam C. Reduction of violent crime D. Government regulation III. Argument

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    Computer Crime

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    White-collar crime‚ specifically computer crime‚ is becoming more popular as computers become more readily available. Crimes using computers and crimes against computers are usually committed without fear of being caught‚ due to the detachment of the offender from the victim. Computer crime is defined as‚ “Criminal activity directly related to the use of computers‚ specifically illegal trespass into the computer system or database of another‚ manipulation or theft of stored or on-line data‚ or sabotage

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