Essays on Crime

In criminal justice, examining why individuals commit crimes would be fundamental to the current debate regarding how criminal cases should be handled or prevented. With the growing theoretical body of evidence about why people commit crimes, diverse theories have been developed through sociological inquiry. The current paper aims at profiling...

The article Preventing Child Sexual Abuse, What Parents Know? analyzes the out parental information with regards to the prevention of child abuse in Saudi Arabia. The study begins with a definition of a sexual offense which is regarded as the engagement of a child in sexual activities without...

Deterrence theory implies that the punishment should be significantly prompt so that lawbreakers can associate actions with the outcomes. However, due to the lack of knowledge about habitual sentencing statutes, irrational decision making by the offenders as well as a false perception of the statutes, the deterrence effect fails to...

Justice comes from a Latin word 'jus' meaning right or law (Thompson 38). According to the dictionary, justice refers to the state or characteristic of being fair. Justice is one of the most important political and moral concepts. There are four types of justice namely; Distributive justice also known as...

One of my childhood friends once told me of the story of his mother who worked as a magistrate in Montgomery. He narrated about a homicide investigation in their neighborhood that had taken some weeks. Several people had been arrested in connection to the murder of a four-year-old child. However,...

The Sanctity of Human Life and the Need for Self-Defense The issue of gun control is centered on the sanctity of human life since all individuals posses a natural right to life. This right is inevitable despite one’s experience, background or individual attributes (LaFollette 6). Thus, there is a great need...

Katie Roiphe and Nicholas Dixon are individuals who have written articles concerning social matters in society. It is of importance to take a keen interest of these social aspects since they involve every person in the society in one way or the either, i.e. either directly. Katie Roiphe gives a...

1. Critical thinking in politics Especially in regards to emotive community issues includes examining how the citizens interact with the information they get by listening to or reading about the issue. It also includes assessing how the people interact with the others regarding those issues. A divisive matter such as fracking...

Ethics is one of the fundamental aspects in the society, and there are numerous calls for people to adhere to the ethical requirements. The discussion on ethics leads to the questions of morals where there is the need to establish the correlation between the morals and ethics. Ethics can be...

Capital Punishment: A Controversial Concept Capital punishment refers to a legal death penalty for defendants found guilty of their charges; a concept that is continually finding its way into all circles in life due to its controversial nature. In Western Europe, the United States is the only country currently where the...

In the present times, most nations are determining in ensuring that the individuals live in peace and harmony. In order to achieve this, there are numerous laws that have been established relating on how to deal with individuals who commit crimes such as murder, robbery with violence, rape, physical assault...

Upon the release of the biennial statistics on female criminality women were represented as offenders, suspects, victims, and employees of the reported criminal incidences during the period data collection. I found out that there is a number of statistics from the figures that really attract the eye. The 35% rise in...