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Chapter 7: Crime in America

Chapter 7: Crime in America. Bellwork: Answer the following questions on your own paper to be turned in. What is crime? Why might a person commit a crime? What crimes do you consider to be the worst? Do you think that crimes occur more in urban, suburban, or rural areas?

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Chapter 7: Crime in America

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  1. Chapter 7: Crime in America

  2. Bellwork: Answer the following questions on your own paper to be turned in • What is crime? • Why might a person commit a crime? • What crimes do you consider to be the worst? • Do you think that crimes occur more in urban, suburban, or rural areas? • Which age group and gender commit the most crimes in your opinion? • Will tougher penalties curb crime?

  3. The Nature of Crimes • Crime something one does or fails to do in violation of a law OR a behavior for which a government has set a penalty. • Society decides what is “right” and “necessary” for orderly conduct • Legislatures make laws based upon what society has deemed to be right.

  4. The Nature of Crimes (cont.) • Crime rates are generally higher in urban areas than suburban and rural areas. • Crime is not confined to any particular group, but youths between the ages of 15 and 24 commit more violent crimes than any other group. • Males commit almost four times as many crimes as females. • The victim knows the offender in nearly half of all crimes • About 35 % of victims report that the offender had been using alcohol. • Violent crimes are more likely to occur during the day but 2/3rds of rapes occur at night

  5. The Nature of Crimes (cont.) • How will crime affect you? • Not including the cost of lost or damaged items, fear and suffering, or your life, a family of four that is NOT a crime victim will spend an average of more $1,500 per year in taxes • The government uses approximately $100 billion per year in the fight against crime

  6. Discussion Time • List on the margin of your notes or on a scratch sheet of paper all of the reasons you can think of that people would commit crimes. • What can we do to curb the crime rate?

  7. Reasons for crimes Poverty Permissive courts Unemployment Lack of education Abuse of alcohol and drugs Inadequate police protection Rising population Lack of parental guidance A breakdown of morals An effective correctional system Little chance of being caught or punished Influence of television and films The Nature of Crimes (cont.)

  8. The Nature of Crimes (cont.) • The U.S. has some of the toughest criminal laws and the highest incarceration rate of any industrialized nation • Some critics agree that we need tougher penalties to deter crimes. It is the certainty of punishment that is more important than the length of sentence. • Some critics agree that we need more police protection, but studies show that increasing the number of police officers does not necessarily reduce the overall crime rate.

  9. The Nature of Crimes (cont.) • Community Policing: A strategy whereby the community works actively with the local police to lower the crime rate in its area. • Helps build closer connections between police and the communities they serve. • Police officers who have more direct contact with residents in neighborhoods can understand the nature and extent of local crime problems, and gather information about criminal activity.

  10. The Nature of Crimes (cont.) • Crime on school and college campuses has been a source of increasing concern. • School theft, school gangs, sexual harassment and assault, bullying, drugs, fights, etc. • College Violent assaults, hate crimes, property crimes, sex offenses, murder, etc.

  11. Discussion Time: • Do you think SHS has a crime problem? • What types of crimes do you think occur here at SHS? • What can we do as a school to combat this crime?

  12. Community Crime Rates Oconee County (2000) • Total 1,942 • Murder 2 • Rape 17 • Robbery 23 • Aggravated Assault 264 • Burglary 369 • Larceny - theft 1,175 • Motor vehicle thefts 79

  13. Gangs and Crime

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