criminology

According to Garofalo, someone who has been influenced by alcohol may be lacking to common trait of pity. Lack of the pity trait allows one to forget to feel upset about the idea of injury to another person. They’ve grown numb to the idea, because there is no pity in them (Criminal Theory p 23).  Read More »

The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) is put together from voluntary reporting by police agencies once an offense has been reported. The agencies report arrests made for the crimes, victim’s demographic status (age, sex, religion, race, marital status, etc), and the place that the crime took place. Expanded forms also show hate crime statistics and homicides against police.  Read More »

In an article about Jacob Ind, a juvenile charged to life for the murder of his parents, Mary Ellen Johnson describes the life of a juvenile detainee in the Colorado State Penitentiary. Ind is only allowed out of his cell for two hours a day to exercise under close supervision and is fed through holes in the door of his cell which is completely boxed in by concrete walls.  Read More »

There are many theories as to what causes deviance to exist. Theorists come from a multitude of backgrounds, anywhere from biological to psychological to sociological. What many do not address, however, is any possible origin of deviance.  Read More »