SOCIAL: ANNALYSIS OF CRIME

There are three main criticisms of critical Criminology and they are as follows:  The idea that we are all equal under the law masks inequality and legitimized capitalism, the criminal justice system reflects the interest of the dominant class and the law punishes the poor and marginalized.  Crime can be dealt with via incarceration, removal of privileges, isolation, deterrence, shaming and social control.  Crime prevention through social development reduces crime rates.  This attempts to alter the conditions in which crime is bread.  These include early childhood education, community activities, job training and parental support.  There are many corelates of crime which give the criminologist perspectives on the likely hood of criminal action.  Sex, men are more likely to commit.  Age, teenagers are at a higher probability to commit crime.  Social status, poor people are highly likely to commit crime.  And relationship, people who have histories of violence are very likely to do crime.  Active precipitation says that victims provoke the crime.  Passive precipitation is when a victim possesses a characteristic the promotes the crime.  When a crime occurs victims have legal recourse they can rely on human rights legislation and provide the police with a statement so the criminal can be charged under the criminal justice system.  There are many causes of hate crimes.  Hate crimes can be defined as a legal violation based on a prejudice.  These have various causes and are not exhaustive to movement of minorities, boredom, economic recession, historical animosity or resentment of success.  Lifestyle theories indicate that high risk life styles are a cause of crime.  These include lifestyles as youth, homeless and or sex offenders.  The routine activities theory on the other hand explains that there are three variables which increase the likelihood of crime.  These are motivation, lack of guardian and a suitable target.  The equivalent group hypothesis explains that victims are also offenders.  This hypothesis explains that victims have a history of crime.  As you can see, there are many views on crime and it is very important that we keep these in mind when analyzing criminal activity within our communities.