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 ?????

To decrease crime we need to do a lot of things but crime will never disappear. Education help, abortions help, legalizing weed helps, etc etc but crime is well unstoppable.

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Originally posted by Caramelbabi08:
To decrease crime we need to keep our children in school so they can get an education. Education is the key success. People don't think about what they do until it has already happened. It is too late to think now. Crime is the biggest part of what is happening in the US. This is too much for our city or state. The crime is mostly happening by the teenagers or younger than us. We can decrease crime by letting our teenagers be in school instead of out here in the streets getting in trouble with the police.Everytime i look at the news there is somebody getting killed or somebody committing suicide. This is terrible.The crimes mostly happens in the city of Jackson. Teenagers need to be in school somewhere instead of getting in trouble with the police.

okay but what if education is not what a child or teenager can do based on the environment or living arrangements. what the youth need is recreational parks and/or clubs(activities) to keep them out of trouble and to help them change their attitudes about life and theirselves.

To decrease crime we need to keep our children in school so they can get an education. Education is the key success. People don't think about what they do until it has already happened. It is too late to think now. Crime is the biggest part of what is happening in the US. This is too much for our city or state. The crime is mostly happening by the teenagers or younger than us. We can decrease crime by letting our teenagers be in school instead of out here in the streets getting in trouble with the police.Everytime i look at the news there is somebody getting killed or somebody committing suicide. This is terrible.The crimes mostly happens in the city of Jackson. Teenagers need to be in school somewhere instead of getting in trouble with the police.

You are so right. I am lucky and I thank God that I have a parent that cares enough to care about who Im with and what I am doing.

Then we need more parents like yours, you got lucky.

I totally agree with you about that. I mean even though I come from a single parent home, I have always had BOTH of my parents raising me. I think if my mother wouldnt have been strict on me like she is now, then I wouldnt be happy with who i am today.

You're right, but my point is that a majority of career criminals come from a single-parent home, a poor nuclear family, or the foster system.

Good parents won't garauntee a good future, but it sure as hell give kids a better chance.

This is true however I know that from experience and talking that a child may grow up in good conditions but when they are faced with an overprotective parent or a group of "bad" friends then that may have some effect on their outcome. Some people may be weak-minded and they fall into a life of crime and bad habits that they cant get out of

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Originally posted by AceModel:
So do you believe that this can help prevent crimes in children and/or people and in society? Do you think that its also the person's mind frame too?

Many of the criminals that are running rampant today grew up in bad homes, with parent's who had something better to do than worry about them.

I believe that when a parent holds their child accountable and responsible for their actions the child learns to do right not wrong.

If a parent know where their child is/with who/when the child is less likely to commit a crime.

Parents who instill pride in their children have children who grow up to try- in school and in careers- to make something better of themselves.

Children with parents who love and care for them are much less likely to drop out of school and become career criminals.

So do you believe that this can help prevent crimes in children and/or people and in society? Do you think that its also the person's mind frame too?

We well personally me is not saying that theft, murder, and rape is not wrong but the little things that have heavy penalties for. For instance, someone who receives three years in jail for running a red light vs. someone who has killed twelve people but yet has only to serves several months or a year. That is what we are talking about because I wouldnt want to live in a world that belives extreme crimes are right. I rather be safe than sorry

A better parent?
One who doesn't choose drugs or an abusive boyfriend over their child.
One who cares enough to teach them right from wrong and steer them in the right direction in life.
Who cares enough to know where they are and who with.
Who knows their child's friends.
Who tries to instill values and morals in their child and teach them to obey the laws and value a clear conscience.
I think that would work.

i agree with VivaLaSoph. Crime is only what society deems it to be. But Hoopdawg08 my question to you is what is your definition of being a "Better Parent"?

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Originally posted by VivaLaSoph:
Crimes are as the society defines them.
Crime only occurs because society deems certain acts to be criminal, or against social values. Some people think abortion is criminal, or doing pot. Where the law agress, criminals are the one's that disagree.

Criminal often means "what society considers wrong", like theivery, murder, and rape. I don't think I would live in a society that didn't consider those things wrong.

The constitution gaurantees life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness- as long as your pursuit brings no physical, fiscal, or emotional harm to others. That seems easy enough, and it brings up the fact that we have a lot of stupid laws.

Crimes are as the society defines them.
Like Sharia Law is based on religious values, and behaviour that doesn't comply with religious values is considered punishable, and criminal.

Crime only occurs because society deems certain acts to be criminal, or against social values. Some people think abortion is criminal, or doing pot. Where the law agress, criminals are the one's that disagree.

We could reduce crime by having better parents, but there isn't a pill you can give someone to give them pride, compassion, and a feeling of responsibility.

I see what you are saying you are correct. But we go off of statistics and what the media has shown the public. I come from a single parent home where all we had was cereal noodles and spam (off brand meat) but its all about the person and if they want better. My mother wanted better so she did several jobs to make better. But you are right everything you said is true. But knowledge and experience is the key

Not everyting, but even the most stubborn, bull-headed person has to admit that young women in poor communities are not only more likely to do drugs (like crack) they are also more likely to get pregnant- which means either an abortion or a possible crack baby- so while drugs may not be linked to every single poor child that commits a crime- the odds are good that many of them were born to poor women who don't have the means to provide for themselves, let alone a child.
This means the child will grow up in poverty- which means there is a much larger chance that the child will not only do drugs and commit crimes, but grow up to do the same thing all over again, and again, and again.

Do you see what I'm trying to say?

Abortion has nothing to do with crime. You cant say every child that commits a crime or an act of one comes from a crack mother. Because if they did they would have a 50/50 chance of living or they would have some type of deformity. so dont relate drugs to a crime because everything a person do is not related back to drugs