...There are many reasons for which Disney World is a good example of crime prevention through environmental design. Barriers, pavement markings, magical fountains and friendly live security are just a few reminders of the purpose of the place: fun and laughter. People who go to the fairy tale world do so governed by their own free will. They give consent to being controlled by Mickey Mouse laws and to be guided like mindless peons through Goofy and Pluto lane. Unfortunately, even in a world filled with magical wonders, there will always be evil characters who are tempted by the dark side of nature as well. Fictional or not, places where opportunities for committing crime and/or people who are willing to commit it will continue to spread or relocate. Situational crime prevention will not have much significance in today’s society unless all individuals and communities work together in an educated fashion. Although there are instances where situational crime prevention and crime prevention through environmental design work well, they do not attain the aspired results when looking at them from a larger perspective. Is it possible to lessen crime through these measures in a society that is so concerned with ethics, personal freedoms and that is divided into numerous economic, racial, and sexual orientation inequalities? I will argue that situational crime prevention and crime prevention through environmental design cannot be effective and ethical at the same time for the reason that...
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...Disenchantment of our modern world and crime as a by product of disenchantment What is disenchantment and how does crime in our post apartheid era link to disenchantment? To begin our indulgent search into the inner workings of societies psyche and its effects on our modern day world , we shall first define the plague "disenchantment", that has grasped its hold over modern day society. Thereafter we shall pursue the possibility that many socio economic conditions are a result of this disenchantment, in particular crime.Beginning with a depiction of our times by Weber: "The fate of our times is characterised by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world. Precisely the ultimate and most sublime values have retreated from public life either into the transcendental realm of mystic life or into the brotherliness of direct and personal human relations. It is not accidental that our greatest art is intimate and not monumental, nor is it accidental that today only within the smallest intimate circles, in personal human situations in pianissimo, that something is pulsating that corresponds to the prophetic pneuma, which in former times swept through the great communities like a firebrand, wielding them together."(Weber 1946,p.155) This depiction of our modern world through the eyes of Webber, tell us of a world based on logic and rationality as a foundation rather than pure reason. He speaks of a disillusioned world. A world who's law assists...
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...urban crime in the Third World, the major obstacles to reducing crime, and the possible political consequences of rising crime rates. Crime The word crime, in the terms of criminal law, is an act which is punishable by the law of the land. All crimes are evil acts. However, some crimes are those acts which are not punishable by the law of the land, even though they are evil acts. A person who is involved in crimes is known as a criminal. The word crime, in a broad sense, is defined as an act which violates either a political law or a moral law. In the narrower sense of the term, the word crime is defined as a violation of the criminal law. Most violations that take place at traffic signals on the roads are considered to be breaches of contracts, but they are not considered to be crimes in the legal sense of the term. Anything that is in violation of the penal code of a country is considered to be a crime. Third world The economically underdeveloped countries of Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Latin America, considered as an entity with common characteristics, such as poverty, high birthrates, and economic dependence on the advanced countries. The French demographer Alfred Sauvy coined the expression ("tiers monde" in French) in 1952 by analogy with the "third estate," the commoners of France before and during the French Revolution-as opposed to priests and nobles, comprising the first and second estates respectively. Like the third estate, wrote Sauvy, the third world is nothing...
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...Global Crimes Analysis University of Phoenix Cynthia Butler CJA/394 April 16, 2012 This paper will identify the various major global crimes and criminal issues that affect national and international criminal justice systems and processes. In addition, there will be a comparison and contrast of the different criminal justice systems and how they have addressed major global crimes and criminal issues. Global crime is an issue that threatens the safety and security of people all over the world. Global crime can be international drug smuggling operations, human trafficking, or international prostitution rings. Weapons trading are also a problem that exists all over the world. There are always concerns of rogue nations selling nuclear weapons to other nations that do not follow the guidelines of the world community. In the international community, human trafficking has become an issue that is spiraling out of control. The "International Trafficking" (2010) website cites that victims of this crime are usually trafficked both within the countries borders and inside other countries borders. Human trafficking happens in different ways, sex trafficking occurs all over the world, while Burma traffics children to be soldiers. The trafficking crimes are not contained to other countries as Florida has been known to have forced labor practices within the citrus fields. Lucas (2011) addresses the difficulties in securing weapons caches that can be...
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...Criminal Justice System Je’Nea Taylor March 19, 2011 Dale Jenereaux CJA/204 Crime, can anyone really give the correct meaning of this word. People hear the word crime and put a lot of different meaning to it. They think about the crime that has happen to the people close to them and all the bad things that goes on in the world. Most people would tell you the meaning of crime is when someone is doing something that is against the law. According to our text book, crime is conduct in violation of the criminal law of a state, the federal government, or a local jurisdiction, for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse. Crime has many different meanings but it all comes to the same setting; anything that is illegal is against the law, whether state or federal. Crime relate with in many different forms. Crime is a violation of the law, not all violation of the law is considered a crime. For example, if someone sign a contract and do not follow through with the terms of the contract, they are in violation of the contract but they have not committed a crime. When someone commits a murder, they are in violation of the law and they have committed a crime. No matter what a person may do whether they commit a crime or they violate the law, they deal with the criminal justice system at all time. There are instruments that people can use to measure crime. Sometimes it helps law enforcement and sometimes it do not. One measure is self-reporting....
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...Global Organized Crime Globalization has brought about many new ways of communication and different ways of interaction. Helping societies progress in the ever changing world by introducing beneficial styles and ideas to each other are just some of the positive concepts to result from globalization. Unfortunately, globalization has also led to negative concepts such as illegal trade and other various crimes. Organized Crime has been around for centuries and now exists in a variety of distinctive manners in almost every section of the globe. How is the world today so polluted with crime, and why is there a substantial presence of gangs, racketeering and counterfeiting throughout our society? Global organized crime rose greatly in the early modern era during times of the spice trade and well through the industrial revolution. Throughout this period, markets became self-regulating as well as less dependent on the state from where they were located or originated. The world was rapidly becoming more globalized and crime evolved with it as well. Underground organizations at the time could not be prevented from carrying out illegal trade as well as smuggling. As the world was changing, so were methods of illegal operations. Older structures of organized crime were more centralized. All through the time of the early modern era, organized crime became more diverse, decentralized, and highly mobile, similar to how it is today. In the present day global organized crime has developed rampantly...
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...The Impact of Technology on Law Enforcement and Organized Crime Impact of Technology on Law Enforcement and Organized Crime Organized crime involves the illicit flow of goods and services in one direction and the flow of the profits of crime in the other. Technology has created much change in the way organized crime groups conduct operations. It has also caused law enforcement organizations to evolve and use a variety of techniques and methods to effectively combat organized crime groups. In order for law enforcement to effectively target and prosecute these groups they must adapt as the organized crime groups have in their use of technology. Many operations run by organized crime groups and law enforcement organizations require the use of some type of technology. The dynamics of technology have made it an advantage for organized crime groups who use technology. But it can also be just as much an advantage for law enforcement organization so they can combat organized crime groups more effectively and efficiently. Globalization has also had a major impact on both law enforcement and organized crime with many organizations being able to operate through networks. This has created many issues such as jurisdiction which can be combated through the use of technology, communication, and effective legislation. Globalization Globalization is a term that describes the changes in societies and the world economy that are caused by the dramatic increased cross-border trade, investment...
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...Brazil is a huge country, with millions of people there is no surprise that the crime rate is as high as it is. Currently crime rates in Brazil is one of the countries biggest issues. Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world, as well as the largest country in South America, and it shares a border with every country in South America except Chile and Ecuador. The fact that Brazil shares its border with so many different countries makes it much more simple for crime to happen. Especially when it shares a border with three of the world’s largest cocaine producers Bolivia, Peru, and Columbia. Crime in Brazil is said to be inevitable, no matter where someone goes they’re most likely subject to witness some type of crime from a simple theft,...
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...global mass media, cheap flights, deregulation of markets and easy movements of businesses. Held et al argues there’s been globalisation of crime; an increasing interconnectedness of crime across national borders. The same process that brought globalisation of legitimate activities has also brought the spread of transnational organised crime. Globalisation creates new opportunities for crime and new means of committing crime, for example cyber crime. Manuel Castells (1998) argues because of globalisation there is a globalised criminal economy worth £1 trillion. This takes a number of forms such as arms dealing, human trafficking, green crime and many others. The global criminal economy has both a demand and supply side. A reason for scale of transnational organised crime is demand from the rich west. However the global criminal economy couldn’t survive without a supply side that provides the source for demands of the west, such as drugs and prostitutes. This supply is linked to the globalisation process. For example third world drug producing countries such as Columbia have large populations of impoverished peasants. For them drug investment is attractive; it’s simple to produce and commands high prices. In Columbia, 20% of peasants rely on cocaine production for their livelihood; cocaine out sells all other exports. Thus to understand drug crime we cannot focus only on countries where drugs are consumed. Globalisation creates new insecurities and produces a new mentality of risk...
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...Crime in religion is unfortunately an everyday fact that occurs around our world while millions of people are unaware of it. Religious crimes date back through ancient times and they have been a global problem since mankind can recall. Fortunately, there have been many countries that have opened their arms and humans have found refugee. Others, however, are the cause of these persecutions due to the fact that their governments lack a justice system that protects these crimes against religions. Analyzing the beginning of human civilization we come across two factors that have always played a role. Those two factors are crime and religion. Man, since we can recall, must feel that it has the power to rule fearlessly. That is why when a group of people decide to put men's beliefs aside and follow a religion or a deity of their own, conflict emerges as fast as explosive granite. For this reason, presently we have so many crimes related to religion because some humans oppose others who have a different point of view. Humans feel the need to be accepted and when that can't be accomplished they go to extreme measurements to reach their goal. It is a shame that we must see crimes in every aspect of our lives. Even when we think religion would be the solution to uphold humanity and make it peaceful, the total opposite takes place. But this is not the worst part. Sometimes religion contributes to violence since some religions teach the concept of self sacrifice. In our world we have witnessed...
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...Topic: People’s Percption Of Crime Programs On Pakistani TV Channels Introduction Background In the wake of recently interest in crime programs, this study seeks to explore the effects of these crime programs on people and to explore “people’s ‘’ perception of crime programs on Pakistani tv channels. The study demonstrates the effects of these crime programs on general public of the society. The study seeks to know either these crime programs promote awareness in the people about these crimes in the society or people’s perception changed psychologically after watching these crime programs. The study was carried out to find out the actual findings regarding the research questions. The media today controls our society completely. Information from across the world can be obtained instantly through radio, TV, newspapers, the internet, and many other forms of communication. An easy access to such powerful means of communication may have positive as well as negative effects on the general public. There is strong association between perceptions of media messages and its observed behavior. Television is responsible for the increase in childhood violence, alter personality development, stereotyping, language improvement and also somewhat generate many problems. Once upon a time TV was considered to be great educator especially for those who were economically underprivileged, but today television is teaching us that violence is accepted, anything shown attractive( apart from...
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...Crime has always been viewed as something to steer away from. For many generations, society has always tried to lead people away from doing crime in the best way that they could. People who commit crimes don’t usually just commit crimes for the sake of doing so. Most people usually have a reason. However in modern day society, acts of breaking the law have become more normalized than they once were. Criminal activity has gone up and it’s coming from very unlikely sources. The unlikely sources are committing criminal activity are doing so not because of need but because of greed. They are choosing to engage in the activity despite the warnings and consequences they may face when doing so. These individuals have decided to commit these...
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...in the world or the community, what would you change?” The current world that we live in today is falling to pieces and is turning for the worst. For instance, the pollution that we are putting off is downright preposterous; Also, the amount of people living in poverty is daunting. And the crime rate is way too immense. If I had the power to change three things in the world, I would change the amount of pollution that we are putting off, the amount of people living in poverty, and the crime rate that is tremendously high. Pollution is an important thing to change in the world. Right now, pollution is causing the world to become very dirty and contaminated. Pollution is an also a key part in the world’s global warming problem. Each year global warming continues to melt more and more of the polar ice caps. Global warming also raises the average world temperature and continues to rise every year. An ordinary human has a 35% risk from getting a respiratory disease caused by pollution. If I could take pollution out of the world, our living environment would be a better, more safer, and cleaner area than it was with pollution. Global warming would eventually come to a stop and the polar ice caps would start to form back in Antarctica, and there would be no risk of getting a repository disease. Getting rid of all the pollution will and can very well impact us with certainty and open up a whole new world we have never seen. Another thing I would change in the world would be...
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...Table of Contents 1. Crime Data Sources 2. Comparative Criminology in a Globalized World 3. Crime Rates in Different Countries 4. References Crime Data Sources As is the case with all factually based studies, the source of the data utilized in the study must be reliable and accurate. The same is true for comparative criminology. How are law enforcement professionals to believe the validity of reports and studies if the sources for which the information came from are questionable? They cannot and this is why crime data sources are so relevant and important. There are a number of crime data sources that can be utilized that meet these requirements. One resource is the International Criminal Police Organization. “Although some countries do not yet have the resources for systematically collecting information on their crime problems, the great majority send statistics to the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), which publishes the data biannually,” (Adler, Mueller, Laufer, 2007, pg. 389). Another source is the United Nations Surveys of Crime Trends, Operation of Criminal Justice Systems and Crime Prevention Strategies. The survey, which is published periodically, began in 1970 and now includes statistics from over 100 countries (Adler et al., 2007, pg. 389-390). There are numerous other databases available to draw criminal...
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...basically read and learn more about the high crime rate in America, and what excuses we make for these high crime rates. We can see that the crime rates have fluctuated over time since the 1900’s, but even at some of the times of the lowest crime rates in America, it was still higher that even the higher crime rates in most other Western industrial societies. When making comparisons with the US and European countries, we learn that there is a much higher rate of lethal violence, such as suicide in the US. Even though the rates of violent crime in America has declined over recent years, author’s believe that this has more to do with changes in America’s economic status rather than law’s and government policies. Some of the changes in the crime rates could have to do with the “imprisonment binge”, but the number of incarcerated criminals does not reduce the number of criminals we have in America, it just reduces the number of criminals we have roaming free in America. We know that crime is not completely avoidable, and the government has been making changes to help reduce the risks and the likeliness of lethal and dangerous crimes happening. Some of the precautions that have been made include: effective gun control, decriminalization if illicit drugs, amelioration of poverty, the prevention of child abuse or neglect, and they also are taking precautions for at-risk adolescents. In America, there are many “excuses” for the high crime rates that we have. Some of the excuses that...
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