SCHOLAR: CRIME & JUSTICE

Crime is an issue in all societies which needs to be addressed. This issue has plagued humanity since the inception of the civilized world. For me, I associate crime with violence, stealing and drugs. The mentioned, I have observed in many ways throughout our society and in the media, all with varying amounts of severity. Crime affects people and through my analysis, I determined that crime is really all about not having enough of something. As an example, a wealthy person who decides that he or she should neglect to declare all income on his or her income tax, so that he/ she may avoid the taxation of the government. This is tax evasion and in this situation, the person is wealthy however, it is his/ her perception of lack which evidently resulted in the crime. Perhaps this individual avoided the tax because he/ she needed to purchase something with the money. This is therefore still a problem of scarcity. Another example could be a man and a women are dating. However, the women get’s into an argument with the man, evidently resulting in an assault. These people are lacking something, they lack consensus with one another and they feel they need this consensus because they want to be able to do something. Therefore, their lack in consensus also is reflected in their lack of action which is hence preventing each one of them from accomplishing their individual intent/ goal/ purpose. As you can see from this example, a lack in one place will result in a lack in another which will result in some generally individually perceived unfavorable situation, in this case it was assault. Even when it comes to the usage of drugs or even discrimination. Some examples of lack for the former can be boredom or social support and for the latter a lack of amusement or perhaps lack of compassion. In the case of discrimination, I would like to delve into how this example acts as a scale. I will focus on compassion. As compassion is reduced the anger will increase, therefore each of these emotions are directly related. And the same can be said for the lack of amusement and boredom. This is what I know about crime and it comes from various observations throughout my life.

Now that we have taken a look at crime, lets explore briefly the concept of justice. This is a term that I feel really emerged as a result of government. Government was created so that order in a geographic location will or shall be maintained. This so called, “order,” is really consensus. Once again, the lack or scarcity thereof will result in crime. Thus, I can say, based on my analysis that justice seeks to rectify this perceived lack amongst its citizens and itself. This is done through actions such as law and legislation. The lack between people, I learned through school, are managed through discipline via fines, prison or sanction. The lack in the government itself are managed through actions such as taxation, negotiation or war. To me, justice means to protect the public and at the same time itself from anything that may impair it.

I learned in school about the question of deviance. This is a widely used concept to explain crime however, I would like to point out its flaw and it is this, it does not take into account the reason for the action, it only looks at the society. Although this established way may have merit, I feel that it really does not get to the root of the actual problem, which is lack. The only reason people do deviant behavior is the fact that he or she is really lacking something. Thus, I can say that perhaps if we as a society look at both factors of from the stated method, I feel we could increase progress in this subject matter. Therefore, in both cases, crime and justice, I can conclude the elements of their justification as follows- situation, perception, lack and action.