Recently, there has been a spate of report in the press about increasing crime in the worlds. Crime is a violation of criminal law for which some governmental authority applies formal penalties. Crime also represents a deviant from formal social norm administered by the state. But why do people violate social norms? If someone commit a crime, the nonconforming and disobedient people must expect to be faced punishment such as fines, penalty, imprisonment. Why, does crime occur in everywhere? Is it the jobs of police to prevent the crime in the society? Or a good judge suppose to make teh punishment fit the crime for prisons? Personally, I believe that crime leads to prison, which leads to unemployment, which leads to crime again. It's a vicious and endless circle.Do you agree with this??? Why they will cause an anomie in the society? There must be discrimination in the society!!! How to eradicate this phenomenon ?????

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The most effcient way to handle crime is to be less lenient towards criminals we need to be harsher by letting them off we are not saying anything. Captial punishment is a big no it will give a swift end to the criminals. But if he is allowed to sit and suffer he will learn and if he does not it will reapeat and then he will learn the error of his ways.

Yeah because somehow the dude with the life sentence is psychically connected to other criminals, so when they know he's in jail they'll crap themselves and become nice model citizens.

Adress the social and economic issues that lead to criminal behaviour, like xenophobia, unemployment, and poverty.

It has been proven hundreds of times by hundreds of statistical studies that strict punishment does not dissuade potential criminals. If you're broke, live in a ghetto, and don't have an education there's not much to lose if you get caught stealing.

White collar criminals are another issue entirely but I don't think that's what you wehre referring to.

The most effcient way to handle crime is to be less lenient towards criminals we need to be harsher by letting them off we are not saying anything. Captial punishment is a big no it will give a swift end to the criminals. But if he is allowed to sit and suffer he will learn and if he does not it will reapeat and then he will learn the error of his ways.
Sic Vic Pacem Para Bellum. Latin "if you want peace prepare for war

The irony of outlawing crime just kills me.

If something is a crime, it is already outlawed. Outlawing it again...would make it legal? I'm not sure where things cancel out.

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Originally posted by Kharybdis:
Clearly the solution is to outlaw crime.

Been tried, look at the list of laws and curfews. Outlawing crime would be as successful as outlawing alcohol.

Hahaha.

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Originally posted by Kharybdis:
Clearly the solution is to outlaw crime.

Been tried, look at the list of laws and curfews. Outlawing crime would be as successful as outlawing alcohol.

crime happens out of greed and envy its stupid that the human mind can be twisted into believing these things are ok i dont believe in the death penalty but things have got to start changing

"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets [war]." - Voltaire, _Candide_

Our penal system wasn't designed to rehabilitate. It was designed to segregate. To keep criminals poor and under represented. Ironically, the biggest crimes which affect us all are white collar crimes, far more devastating to our economic order. But laws aren't written by those who suffer under them. That has been known for a long time.

I live in a suburb near Philadelphia, which as you probably all know has been having skyrocketing crime rates. (the city, not where I live) Our newspaper recently said that there are more people dying there a day than in Iraq. I'm not sure if that's true, but I found it hard to believe..

They claimed crime was increasing during the early 1990s, too, but crime actually decreased throughout the '90s. Don't believe everything the media tells you. Three-quarters of the time, it's just hype. The other quarter of the time, it's based on faulty or incomplete data.

Crime occurs usually because, in the case of the criminal in question, it pays. They might not have enough opportunities for a good job, so they rob a 7-11 to pay taxes or buy a new car, or maybe they do it just to get food. Most often, it's probably drug-related. Life sucks wherever they live, so they get hooked on heroin or meth to get a high. They need to pay for that habit somehow, which usually leads to muggings, robberies, etc.

The best way to combat crime is to eliminate the conditions which allow it to thrive. While having a lot of police is good for fighting crime, preventing crime before it even starts (by taking away the reasons people do commit crimes) is a lot more important. How to do this? I really have no clue. It would require a lot of time, tax money, and cooperation by many different groups of people, though.

Clearly the solution is to outlaw crime.