Category: Criminal Behavior

Cybercrime also called PC crime, is the use of a PC as a tool to further illegal ends, together with committing fraud, trafficking in infant pornography and highbrow property, stealing identities, or violating privacy. Cybercrime, especially via the Internet, has grown in importance as the PC has grown to be principal to trade, leisure, and…

A crime is an offense by a person by action or omission that is punishable by law. Most crimes are dealt with by fines or prison sentences. The person who commits a crime is then prosecuted by the state or commonwealth. According to the Legal Services Commission of South Australia, there are 4 principles of…

The recent Rivonia trial which concluded on June 12 1964 brought about the sentence of Nelson Mandela as well as nine other members of the African National Congress to life imprisonment. In October 1963, Mandela (along with Walter Sisulu, and Govan Mbeki) and his other colleagues were tried for treason, sabotage, and conspiracy against the…

Northern Mexico is notorious for high crime as a result of inequality (Enamorado et al., 2016). Drawing on empirical evidence of the link between education and crime reduction (Jonck et al., 2015; Chioda et al. 2016), the vision of this project is to reduce crime among adolescents, by increasing upper secondary school attendance, improving the…

Criminal behavior is a complex phenomenon influenced by a myriad of factors, including both innate characteristics and environmental influences. The age-old debate of nature vs nurture in understanding criminal behavior continues to captivate scholars, researchers, and the general public alike. Through the examination of real-life examples, this exemplification essay aims to shed light on the…

All black individuals are criminals. This a sentence that may be shocking but is an example of an ecological fallacy that has become so normalized within society; the concept that the white majority is less likely to be perpetrators in crime but victims. Most people have a belief that we all deserve to be treated…

 Identity theft comes in many forms: from credit card theft to social security numbers, people nowadays have the power to steal or take what they own or even who they identify themselves to be. Especially in todays society with the advancement of technology, it is much easier to scam credit cards and the identification of…

Justice is one of the most fundamental social, ethical, and moral principles we encounter every day. How you define justice affects how you think society should work. Some people may define justice as doing just actions such as buying food for someone in need, punishing a criminal by sending him or her to prison, or…

When thinking about criminal behaviour, one would name murder, rape and assault. Those are the crimes most people are afraid of. But those are not the most prevailing ones. White Collar Crime, first coined in 1939, defined as criminal behaviour committed by a higher social class is the most common type. Money laundering and insider…

Despite being a relatively new phenomenon, hate crime historically served as the final solution. It was enforced in the Second World War to ethnic cleanse Jews and was enacted in former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. In this paper, I will first define crime, and how hate crime falls within its category. Secondly, I will implement sociological…