PPT-What is a Crime?

amp Concepts of Justice Expectations Explain the purpose of criminal law Explain the legal definition of a crime and the concepts of mens rea actus reus and strict and absolute liability. &. Intro to Criminal Law. Why Do I Need to Know This?. Because in our legal system, what you are . thinking . at the time you commit a crime is almost as important as what you do.. Because what you are thinking when you commit a crime is not the same thing as the . The “Discovery” of White-Collar Crime. Today, people are well aware of white-collar crime, and judges are willing to impose harsh sentences on white-collar criminals. However, this has not always been the case. D. r.sc. . . Arta. . Bilalli-Zendeli. 14.06. .2012. Product Counterfeiting. A form of consumer fraud: a product is sold, purporting to be something that it is not;. Typically an organized group activity: manufacturing of goods takes people, time and its goal is the profit.. INDUSTRIAL CRIME. MODERN CRIME. WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU . KNOW ABOUT THE CRIMES OF EACH . PERIOD AND THEIR CAUSES!. KEY CAUSES OF CRIME. KEY CAUSES OF CRIME. KEY CAUSES OF CRIME. 5 minutes. Crime in the 16. and . Evidence Collection. Physical Evidence. Any and all objects that can establish that can establish that a crime has or has not been committed or can link a crime and its victim or perpetrator. In order to be useful it must be collected, preserved and properly analyzed by forensic experts. By: Benjamin Lewis, Alex . Lesko. , Patricia Di . Pietro. , & . Gabbrielle. . Cadieux. Types of Cyber Crime. Targets Computers:. Malware. Viruses. Code. Hacking. Spam. Vandalism. Uses Computers. Which social groups are at the highest risk of becoming victims of crime and why? . Connector . Work in pairs.. Discuss and write down what you think are the . social characteristics of the typical victim. Green crime. Crime against the enviroment . Who……. What……. Could……. Should…. Why……. When…. Where……. How……. Picture. How is green crime linked to . G. lobalisation. ? . Lesson Overview. Professor James Byrne. Sept.23, 2015. Is Crime Biologically Determined?. Biological criminology: The Early Years. The . basic assumption of early biological criminologists, such as the Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso (1835- 1909) was that crime was . I. ncarceration. : Reform or a ‘new normal’?. Dr. . P. aul Leighton. Eastern Michigan University. Osher. Lifelong Learning Institute lecture, January 21, 2016. Sentencing reform so far…. The number of inmates in state and federal prisons has declined about 54,000 in the last five years.. Newburn. (2007):. The study of crime focuses on crimes of the powerless rather than the powerful. Timner. & . Eitzen. (1989):. Focus is always on crimes on the ‘streets’, not crimes on the ‘suites’.. Anomie and Strain Theories. Criminological Theory. Strain Theorists Through the Years. Robert Merton’s anomie. Albert Cohen’s delinquent boys. Cloward. and Ohlin’s differential opportunity. Agnew’s revised strain theory. Hate crimes are any crimes that are targeted at a person. because of hostility or prejudice towards that person’s protected. or perceived protected characteristics:. D. isability . Race or ethnicity . Paul . Ekblom. What’s coming up. Importance of Good Practice knowledge. What’s wrong with the way we collect it . Introducing . the knowledge . management suite . that attempts to . put things right.