Abstract
This paper discusses the ways in which the media lends itself to promoting copycat crime and deviant behavior.

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"Today's media is vastly more influential than the media of years ago. Not only does news reach the public much more quickly than in the past, it does so with an immediacy and a visual impact that makes it seem that the events being reported on are occurring right in the viewers' living rooms. With huge high-definition TV screens adding to the effect in viewers' homes, the media has departed from its long-held charter to use discernment about what aspects of..."

Tags:deviant, copycat behavior, copycat crime, criminal, crime, media, news, distortion, glorification of criminal, technology

Abstract
This paper explores how the media can positively affect criminal investigations as much as it can hinder the investigations. It looks at how copycat crimes can possibly be created based on the amount of publicity a crime receives and the ensuing sensationalism. Twenty adults are interviewed with a questionnaire in an attempt to gather information concerning the public's perception of the effect of the media's coverage of serious crimes and incidents.

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"In his essay, "Courts and the Media," Charles S. Clark points towards the massive publicity of the O.J. Simpson trial, as the event that renewed an old debate, between the Constitution and the media. Clark suggests that the integrity of the first and sixth amendments is coming into question in the media. The first amendment guarantees, the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, while the sixth amendment guarantees a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury. How can a person get a fair trial when, the media is always willing to exploit high profile court cases, and the Constitution comes into play?"

Tags:copycat, criminal, investigations, publicity

Abstract
This paper examines the parallels that exist in the films "Copycat" and "Silence of the Lambs", discussing the significance of gender in the movies as well as the ways in which the victims, criminals and investigators relate to each other. In spite of the similarities in the two films, the paper concludes that the message and the dynamics of the two films are nonetheless strikingly different.

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"On a surface level, the films "Copycat" and "Silence of the Lambs" parallel each other in important ways. In both cases a young investigator is teamed with an older one to help solve a serial murder. In both cases the nature of the crime is defined at least in some measure by gender with female identity equated with victimization. And, in both cases, the gender of the investigator is also important both to the investigation itself and to the ways in which victims, criminals and investigators relate to..."

Tags:film, gender, crime

Abstract
This paper discusses the concept of community policing. The author says that for certain types of crime, such as hate crimes, mob-related crimes and ritualistic crimes, police must look at the underlying causes of the crimes rather than just dealing with the perpetrators after the fact. The paper explains why these particular categories differ from other crimes, and why these categories require a different kind of approach from police.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Organized Crime
Hate Crime
Ritual Crimes
Law Enforcement Perspective
Conclusion

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"Community policing is a term that is becoming increasingly common in police studies and practice. This is a natural result of the increase in the responsibility of the police in a complex and modern environment. This means that policing has to deal not only with the effects of crime but also with the underlying causes of criminal acts in order to be effective. This is especially the case with regard to forms of crime such as hate and ritual crimes which have sensitive and far-reaching social implications. In this regard the responsibility of the police is being shared with other institutions and the community in order to provide a more adequate and comprehensive solution to contemporary crime issues."

Tags:community, police, hate, crime, racial, violence, organized, mob, law, enforcement, ritual

Abstract
This paper discusses how poverty has been regarded as a multiple causative factor for crime because it's founded on economic, social and cultural structures of the society. It looks at how the relationship between crime and poverty focuses on two main premises which are economic inequality and social stratification. Economic growth and development in many countries is not balanced and this ends up creating classes in the society.The paper also examines Karl Marx's conflict theory versus crime and briefly examines a study set in Harlem which attempts to determine whether there is a correlation between poverty levels and crime and whether unfair social and economic structures have en effect on the rampant crime in the society.

Outline:
Crime versus Poverty/Low Income
Karl Marx's Conflict Theory Versus Crime
Research Questions
Results
Discussion

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"The social conflict theory advanced by Karl Marx also accounts for the oppressive power and social structure. For example, United States of America has a long history of oppression and discrimination especially on racial and class lines. Success in many societies including United States of America is usually measured in terms of money and power and the social and power structure in these societies usually prevents the minorities from climbing up the social and economic ladder. The minorities and the lower class are denied the chance to get decent education, are relegated to lower calibre jobs with lower incomes and are blocked from various economic opportunities. One does not expect these oppressed groups to sit back and stay in the positions that the social and economic structure has relegated them to. They must hit back at their oppressors and this is the genesis of the social conflict that begets crime. "

Tags:Poverty, crime, conflict theory, low income

Abstract
The topic of cyber crimes encompasses many different crimes. This report defines cyber crime, and goes into depth regarding the specific crime of identity theft. It includes the definition of cyber crime, and specific techniques used to obtain an individual's personal information used to establish false identity, how to prevent the information from being compromised, as well as additional information should one become a victim of identity theft. This paper also includes real world examples stemming from personal experience.

Outline.
Abstract
What is Cyber Crime?
Identity Theft: what is it?
Types of identity theft
Keeping you safe from such crimes
What to do if you become a victim
Conclusion
References

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"Browsing through the US Department of Justice's Website for the Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section, cyber crime is a handful of crimes where the primary method of operation or M.O. involves the use of computers or attacks on secure electronic data. The scope of these crimes includes unauthorized access to networks, computers databases, fraudulent money transfers or electronic wire transfers, piracy, espionage and gambling. The invention of the internet creates a new place for people to conduct business, and a very discrete and anonymous place for criminals. Everyday more and more people engage in commerce online, accessing bank accounts and making purchases entirely online. The internet creates a larger arena for crime, and creates more instances of opportunity for crime that requires little technical knowledge and provides a tempting cloak for a person to commit crimes. There are more and more crimes that have moved from the streets to an online environment, taking everyday crime and turning it into a cyber crime. Anything that is illegal, and is committed using computer technology in this virtual environment is cyber crime."

Tags:internet, cyber crime, identity theft, computers phishing, credit card

Abstract
This paper discusses cyber crime, criminal activity which targets computers and information, or which uses computers as the means of committing an offense. It examines how it is a very serious and complicated matter that cannot be taken lightly and how without a true understanding, public and private corporations can easily be mislead in the perspective of its gravity. It shows how this thinking opens up weaknesses in public and private computer systems that the cyber criminal could easily take advantage of and exploit for their own gain. It defines cyber crime, breaking it down into a number of sections giving examples of certain crimes that are often committed under each section. Then it provides a brief history describing the development of new laws for the new crimes, specific cases in history concerning cyber crime and also a description of where cyber crime is today and its impact on the individual and companies who are its victims.

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"Just like the world of street crime the world of cyber crime needs policing tactics and policing units. Yet the goal of the agencies are not really to prevent, but more to investigate crimes that have already happened; the reason for this is because in cyber space there is no physical area where police can patrol to stop crime. So if policing agencies cannot prevent attacks, not including the use of undercover online operations, then who can? This question can be answered in a few ways. Private companies usually hire experts in the field of computers who can find the companies? weaknesses and where they could be attacked and tighten up their network with certain defenses like firewalls, virus scanners, and other various programs. The individual, on the other hand, has to spend money on programs which will detect intrusions and viruses that have infiltrated their personal system. Private industries that create these programs which protect systems would be similar to companies who produce self-defense equipment and classes, because that is what these programs do; they target-harden and help a victim fight back against their attacker."

Tags:computers, crime, crimes, criminology, cyber, hacking, policing

Abstract
In this article, the writer discusses natural crime and legal crime. The writer looks at whether the FBI's major crimes are mala in se or mala prohibita.

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"According to Calvi and Coleman criminal law deals with activities that have been formally forbidden in a society by its government. Most laws enacted in any given society can be said to originate in the moral ethical or ideological norms of the society. For example there are almost no countries in which homicide is not considered to be a crime. However there is a very real distinction between crimes that are considered mala in se or wrong in themselves and crimes that are ..."

Tags:legal crime, natural crime, mala in se, mala prohibita

Abstract
This paper discusses the media's influence on the phenomena of violence in today's increasingly "wired" society. The paper explains the effect of that influence in terms of psychological and behavioral outcomes affecting law enforcement and criminal deterrence. The paper contends that a better understanding of these factors and their outcome will allow for the proposition of solutions and interventions which have the potential to manage violence and the way it is handled by police, community leaders and lawmakers.

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"The media helps create and continuously reinforces the social scripts that adolescents act out in their daily lives. Much of what goes on in entertainment movies and TV is a reflection of what goes on in the news; the media echoes messages young people hear at school, in particular themes of violence and sex are constantly reinforced."

Tags:media, violence, behavioral factors, influence, copycat crime

Abstract
In this article, the writer discusses Hunter S. Thompson's ideas about the media, as indicated in his 1966 book, Hell's Angels. The writer looks at the media of today and considers the proposition that these thoughts of Hunter S. Thompson are still relevant to the current society.

From the Paper
"The media help create and continuously reinforce the social scripts that adolescents act out in their daily lives. Much of what goes on in entertainment movies and TV is a reflection of what goes on in the news. The media echo messages young people hear at school, in particular themes of violence and sex are constantly reinforced. The report was colorful, interesting, heavily biased and consistently alarming-just the sort of thing to ... "

Tags:Hunter S. Thompson, media, crime, copycat violence, media social responsibility, sensational reporting