What is a serial killer? Many have their own ideas as to what a serial killer is, what they look like, and what kind of job they have or how they were raised or even where they live. In order for the reader to really understand the definition of a serial killer the research must pinpoint what makes a serial. Statistical data as well as demographic data will also be discussed so that it can show accuracy between profiles and stereotypes. Past studies and the articles under consideration mostly...
The concept of deviance in sociology is a broad one, encompassing many forms of behavior, legal and illegal, ordinary and unusual. Crime is one form of deviance, specifically, behavior that violates specific criminal laws. School violence, shootings in the workplace, drive by shootings: these are the images of violence in America. Violence is growing more rapidly among youth than any other groups - both as victims and as perpetrators. (Becker, 2004) What can be done about violence? Sociologis...
Crime statistics were first published by the police force in 1876 in England and in Wales. Crime statistics attempt to provide accurate statistical measures of crime in society. Crime statistics are measured by police records and is used as a data resource also along with the police records there is a public survey called the British Crime Survey, the survey acts as an important source of information about different levels of crime and takes into consideration of the public's feelings and att...
Forensics plays a vital role in solving crimes that would otherwise go unsolved. I intend to explore in detail how to prepare and enter crime scenes from every angle of forensics and how to collect each part of evidence correctly and securely. Often, this type of work is not recognized for its tedious operation and its effectiveness, if carried out correctly, in gaining in a conviction. Fingerprint, blood, trace evidence, photography, and ballistic collections all can play a vital role in a c...
This essay will focus on Left Realism and how some of their beliefs can be criticised by other left wing approaches. As there are many different left wing approaches that can criticise left realism, and there are only 2,000 words available for this essay, only three left wing approaches will be focused on. They are the new criminology, radical criminology, and the Birmingham School. Left Realists were of the belief that all research and efforts previously were pointless because none pointed t...
Left Realism was a policy oriented intervention which focused on the reality of crime for the working class victim and the necessity to elaborate a socialist substitute to conservative emphases on 'law and order'. Left Realists did not deny that ruling elites often try to criminalise forms of protest but noted that such attempts necessarily assume that the public, and particularly the poor, has a negative view of crime. Left realism particularly explains the origins of juvenile delinquency am...
Feminism, according to Mitchell and Oakley (1986:3) suggest that it is 'easier to define feminism in its absence rather than its presence.' Delmar (1986) defines it that, a feminist holds that women suffer discrimination because of their sex, that they have needs which are neglected and unsatisfied, and that the satisfaction of these needs requires a radical change. However, he clearly states that in order distinguish feminists or feminism from the multiplicity of those concerned with women i...
Criminology has always been an area of academic imagination, the inability for anyone to make a theory that is so empirically greater than all its counter parts that it gains the allegiance of most scholars. To exemplify this, take Darwin's theory of evolution, it makes a stable ground work for the development of life that almost all serious scientists accept and embrace. Criminology is yet to have a Charles Darwin of its own. The very structure of criminology paves the way for many theories,...
Rates of crime are recorded using two key sources; Police Recorded Crime (PRC) and Victimisation Surveys. Both will be explored and examined to see how they can, effectively assist policy makers in targeting areas for change. In addition the advantages and disadvantages of each method will be discussed along with their similarities and differences. To understand why it is important to record crime levels, three key notions must be clarified. Firstly, crime is legally defined as "any act or om...
Cambodia, which is one of the small developing countries in the South East Asia, has a total population of around fourteen millions and the majority of Cambodian population is living under the poverty line. Briefly speaking, Cambodia's economy relies on three main sources such as agriculture (67.9%), industries (12.7%) and services (19.5%); they largely provide work in labor force almost eight millions dollars; the GDP per capita of Cambodian people is $1900 in 2009 estimation. Although, its ...
