The article Fear of crime as serious as crime itself is written by Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye. The news article aims to call for Malaysian to combat crimes together. He believes that if Malaysians united and work together to solve social ills, we can live in safer condition. In combating the crimes in our country, political parties whether the supporters or opposition, community, police, and non-governmental bodies need to contribute efforts. Besides, police and community have to build trust, create working relationship, build understanding for each other and work together for a same objective in order to form a secure community. The author stated the police are one of the body that play vital roles in finding solutions and making policy to reduce crimes in our country. Furthermore, the social institution like school, parents and authorities also plays role in disciplining the students so that they are not involved in social problems and crimes. The parents have the responsibility not only to teach the children but also to make sure that the safety of the children is secured. …show more content…
From my observation, crimes that happen in Malaysia are very serious for example murder, robbery, human trafficking, kidnapping, drugs trafficking and others. These crimes completely violate society’s values. All values that hold by society are positive and preventing us from committing serious mistake. Holding the values help us to live in the right way and right manner. If there social ills in our society, it could spreads and make the people think violate the values of the society is acceptable. In maintaining the values and preventing the crimes Malaysian should aware that the effort should be done together so it will be
The role of policing in our culture can be categorized in two broad models; crime fighter or public services role. These two models view policing in different ways as seen by society as a whole. The views of policing at stated by Pollack (2017), in with the crime fighter model focus on the “presumption is that criminals (who are different from the rest of us) are the enemy and police officers are the soldiers in a war on crime” (p.116). This view by police and society helps to formulate the style of policing they utilize leaning more towards force and not viewing all members of society as equal. The public servant view of policing described by Pollack (2017) as the “presumptions are different and include the idea that criminals are not so different from us and, in fact, may be our sons and daughters” (p. 116).
Nathan Alexis Professor Klein ENL 102-30 April 15, 2017 Causes of Irrational Fears; Analysis Essay Irrational fear can exist in various forms, either; aliens on Earth, a duck watching your every move, or cats. Nevertheless, irrational fears pose a dangerous threat due to the illogical motives that people will attempt in order to not deal with them. Consequently, what causes theses illogical motives? Why are people more terrified of irrational fears than rational fears? People cannot rationalize the odd, especially if it something dramatic.
Barry Glassner’s Culture of Fear identifies the fear that media gives us about problems that don't exist. They manipulate statistics and stories to get the result that they want- to buy their paper or watch their news because they have the most sensational stories. This inevitably earns them the most money and ratings. Glassner used the accurate statistics and the real stories that the news stations didn't use because then you would see how unnecessary they really are. They manipulate the truth so you become dependent on them for helpful tips about how to avoid these new dangers.
Children will become more independent with their learning. There are children who misbehave for many different personal reasons. Some behave badly to get attention, they disrupt other class-mates, show off and misbehave in class. They need to know their boundaries and the rules and policies in place in school, therefore understanding the school’s sanctions and
This paper discusses the theories in radical criminology which contributes core understanding of the youth crime. Furthermore, the nature and extent of youth crime as well as the impact it had on the response of the criminal justice system is critically evaluated. Crime and Criminal Justice System According to McAra and McVie (2010) rupturing of any law and regulation is recognised as crime which may be minor as well as severe. It is said that the administration or establishments generally make laws and commandments that the people of the state
The research was carried out to determine if victimization has any direct effect towards the behavior of the young people living in those areas. It came up with the results that any time there is victimization, the youths are expected to be more violent as a way of reacting to the victimization. The research is relevant because it involved the research on the group observed to be the most violent in the society. In relation to the study in this paper, it is important in determining the major causes of the violence among the
Crime is defined as an action which evokes dissent and constitutes an offence in society. Crime can take a number of forms which have been conceptualized by a number of sociologists. The purpose of this essay is to analyze the function of crime regarding its contribution towards social stability. The French Sociologist, Emile Durkheim, was the first to comprehensively establish a relation between social functionalism, crime and deviance.
Juvenile delinquency is a growing social problem in the world today, as worldwide, about 200,000 murders occur among youth 10–29 years of age each year (more than 500 deaths a day), which is 43% of the total number of murders globally each year (WHO, 2016). It is defined as major or minor law breaking (e.g. murder, rape, robbery, and theft) by youth (Berger, 2000) and the United Nations defines ‘youth’, as those persons between the ages of 15 and 24 years. Consequently, juvenile delinquency is a critical problem in the society, which could lead to social instability by violence and insecurity perpetrated by and against young people. These problems are caused by various influential factors ranging from peer and parental influences, environmental, and strain. It also affected by family process variables (e.g. parent-child involvement, communication, parental monitoring), indeed parenting is one of the important factors among them.
There are many phenomena that could cause or correlate with crime. In addition to this, there are many characteristics to these phenomena that cause/correlate with criminal behavior. Furthermore, these characteristics can be individual, sociological, or both that could have an effect on criminal behavior. This paper will take the educational avenue on crime.
Treatment rather than Punishment Thesis Statement: Children, as innocents and infantile, are unconsciously doing unwanted acts that may violate our laws, therefore insufficient guidance from family, environmental factors syndicates, poverty and problem on education, which are the main rationales for their involvement on crimes should be given corresponding solution by the government. INTRODUCTION Juvenile delinquency means that a youth specifically those who are below 18 years old commits an act that is against the law. It can also be used as legal term for the criminal behavior carried out by minors. According to UNICEF, an average of 10, 500 minors are being arrested and detained every year – about 28 children every day, or more
The crimes had become more sofesticated, more organized,more deceitful, and even more difficult to get hold of. The system of policeing that is followed in india is still very old and the changing world demands for a much effective system, that will be more focused on speedy investigation and justice to the victims. The world around us is changing and the morden police is required to bring in an equilibrium in the socity, but in doing so the police face a lot of difficulties be it reguarding the laws in force of the probpems of purgery various problems because of policical pressure or the obsoleteness of the police Act. This article aims to point out the various problems faced by
This essay will discuss crime as both a social problem and a sociological problem. Crime is seen as a typical function of society. Crime doesn’t happen without society. It is created and determined by the surrounding society. According to the CSO, the number of dangerous and negligent acts committed between the years of 2008 and 2012 rose from 238’000 in 2008 to 257’000 in 2012.
However, the same cannot be said for the past few decades. This is because of selfish politicians playing the controversial “race card” to gain support from a particular race. These selfish actions have worsened the relationships between races and affected the harmony that was once our nation’s pride and joy. Thus, it is our role as Malaysians to find new ways of promoting racial harmony, because honestly, who would want to live in a country where everyone hates each other?
Every day on the news there are all kinds of reports. Crime reports are a major part of today's events. Almost every day there are posts about crimes. The level of crime has risen immensely in every corner of the world. People have tried to understand the causes of crime, but if we look around the world we can see that many of the crimes are caused by people who abuse drugs and alcohol, people who think negatively towards others, and poverty.
Safety of our citizens is of utmost importance in creating a robust society. Building sustainable communities that are inclusive, secure and sensitive to needs of the citizens will continue to be of national priority. However, over the years, crime has stymied this endeavour. There must be a commitment to ensuring safety, security and justice for all citizens, which are seen as moral rights and intrinsic to development. Good policing, targeted social interventions and an efficient judicial system are needed to help our nation thrive.