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Topic: Street Crime Submitted to: Miss Riffat Submitted by: Rabia Yousaf (BS10-10) Nimra tariq (BS10-26) Ume Farwa (BS10-16) Saira Ashraf (BS10-28) Qurat ul ain (BS10-23) Nabeela Iqbal (BS10-27) (Date: 31st May 2012)
Outline
Street Crimes
Poverty and Unemployment Poor parenting skills Peer influence Drugs and alcohol Income and education TV and Newspaper violence Easy asses
Crime has an impact on everyone Especially the Victi Effects of Street Crime on Economy
Eliminate the corruption Strengthen the Law Enforcing Agencie Targeting markets of stolen goods Youth awareness program for education Introduction of technologically advanced security tools Reducing the drug availability Provision of Employment Opportunities Reducing Poverty and Inequality
Role of Pakistani Govt. in Reducing Street Crime Rate Some practical ideas for dealing with street crime Conclusion
Crime
An action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law. A crime occurs when someone breaks the law by an overt act, omission or neglect that can result in punishment. A person who has violated a law, or has breached a rule, is said to have committed a criminal offense. There are two main categories of crime: property crime and violent crime: Property Crimes: A property crime is committed when someone damages, destroys or steals someone else's property, such as stealing a car or vandalizing a building. Property crimes are by far the most commonly committed crime in the United States. Violent Crimes: A violent crime occurs when someone harms, attempts to harm, threatens to harm or even conspires to harm someone else. Violent crimes are offenses which involve force or threat of force, such as rape, robbery or homicide. Some crimes can be both property crimes and violent at the same time, for example carjacking someone's vehicle at gunpoint or robbing a convenience store with a handgun.
Street Crimes
The incidence of snatches and thefts at gunpoint, of cars, motorcycles, cell phones, purses, cash and other personnel belongings in markets, bazaars, parks and roadsides, collectively referred to as STREET CRIMES, has been growing at a frenetic rate over the past few years. Every day, on an average nearly 100 cases involving such crimes are reported, much larger and now growing numbers remained unreported owing to the increasing skepticism amongst the victims over police ability to ever recover their property. Very often, offering some form of resistance to the perpetrators ends up in some form of injury or death for the victim. Types of street crimes: Crime on the streets of a city may include many other types of offenses, for example pickpocketing, the open carrying-on of the illegal drug-trade, prostitution in the form of soliciting outside the law, the creation of graffiti and vandalism of public property, and assaults. As a generic term street crime may include all of these, as well as offenses against private property such as the stealing of hub caps.
Robbery:
Robbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take something of value by force or threat of force or by putting the victim in fear. At common law, robbery is defined as taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the person of that property, by means of force or fear. Precise definitions of the offense may vary between jurisdictions. Robbery differs from simple theft in its use of violence and intimidation. Types of Robbery: Armed robbery involving use of a weapon. Aggravated robbery involving use of a deadly weapon or something that appears to be a deadly weapon.
Highway robbery or "mugging place outside and in a public place such as a sidewalk, street, or parking lot. Carjacking is the act of stealing a car from a victim by force.
Pickpocketing:
Pickpocketing is a form of larcensy that involves the stealing of money or other valuables from the person of a victim without their noticing the theft at the time. It requires considerable dexterity and a knack for misdirection. A thief who works in this manner is known as a pickpocket. Pickpockets and other thieves, especially those working in teams, sometimes apply distraction, such as asking a question or bumping into the victim. These distractions sometimes require sleight of hand, speed, misdirection and other types of skills. Pickpocketing can be a dangerous trade, since persons aware of the presence of pickpockets in an area may conceal such items as specially designed mousetraps, rat traps or empty decoy wallets on their person. Since pickpockets usually have no way to gauge the contents of a wallet, save by the style of dress of the victim, they must take what they find. Illegal drug trade: The illegal drug trade is a global black market, dedicated to cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and sale of those substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license, of many types of drugs by drug prohibition laws.
Graffiti:
Graffiti is writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place. Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. In modern times, paint, particularly spray paint, and marker pens have become the most commonly used graffiti materials. In most countries, marking or painting property without the property owner's consent is considered defacement and vandalism, which is a punishable crime. Graffiti may also express underlying social and political messages and a whole genre of artistic expression is based upon spray paint graffiti styles. Kerb-crawling: A kerb crawler (or curb crawler) is a person who drives around areas known for street prostitution soliciting prostitutes for sex. The act is known as "kerb crawling" because the person will typically drive very slowly along the kerbside. Kerb crawlers are widely regarded as a public nuisance because they help keep street prostitutes in business in red-light districts and often solicit pedestrians who are not prostitutes for sex, and as a result, kerb-crawling is illegal in many jurisdictions. Sting operation in which undercover police wait for kerb crawlers to proposition them are a common method for tackling kerb crawling. Causes of crime "Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it " (Henry Thomas Buckle) There are certain factors in our societies, cultures, system , economy and so on that endorse the potential of criminal activities of an individual. Usually a combination of these factors is behind a person who commits a crime. Reasons for committing a crime include greed, anger, jealously, revenge, or pride. I will
discuss social causes, because from my point of view people are good by default, only the social factors create the criminals.
TV violence:
In TV programs crimes are presented in such a attractive way that the people especially youth get fascinated and indulge in such activities only for the sake of thrill. further, programs on criminal issues in particular provide people with many ideas or way of committing crime. Newspapers: Besides cinemas, newspapers also have a hand in increasing criminal activity. Newspapers increase criminal activity by publishing methods of crime through news items, by printing many news items relating to crime, by making crime a general subject, by printing news of major crimes and showing their advantages, circulating the names of criminals, by highlighting causes which tend to increase crime in the name of studies of crime sand by warning and alerting criminals by publishing police methods. The recent wave of dacoities in Pakistan was to some extent indirectly assisted by newspapers.
Easy asses:
Another factor many criminologists consider key to making a life of crime easier is the availability of
handguns in society. Many firearms used in crimes are stolen or purchased illegally (bought on what is called the "black market"). Firearms provide a simple means of committing a crime while allowing offenders some distance or detachment from their victims. By the beginning of the twenty-first century firearm use was the eighth leading cause of death in the world. Hot weather: Studies have suggested that warmer temperatures boost aggression hormones such as epinephrine and testosterone. It has long been known by police officers that cold winter nightskeep criminals off the streets and crime levels down. Crime scientists speculate that one of the hidden consequences of global warming will be an increase in street crime during mild winters.
Feelings:
Extremely fearful! Angry,resentful/revengeful and easily agitated. Anxious-n edge,easily startled and suspicious of everyone violated and vulnerable. Embarrassed about some of the details of the event. Guilty about your actions or reactions. Alone-disconnected and different from others. Scattered-unable to focus on work or daily activities. Sleepless nights, nightmares, headaches, changes in appetite.
These reactions can last for several hours, days, weeks, months or even years depending on the individual and the circumstances that they are faced with. Crime effects people by making them fearful and changing most things in their life. For example parents aren't going to allow their children alone outside or at the supermarket will crime prevalent. People may also become meaner as to protect themselves.
proper punishment, the other criminals will think twice before doing illegal acts.
Strong judiciary Honest officers in law maintaining departments Increase in salaries of police officers Provide employment opportunity to youth Aid should be used in progress of the nation More and more industries should be set up
Conclusion
There is no single factor that can be specified as the main cause of criminal behavior. This can more accurately be found in the way that multiple risk factors clustered together can interact in the lives of some children, while important protective factors are absent. Moreover, causes of crime differ from country to country, In western world, causes are directly related to the environment of the surroundings. These surroundings can be of school, home, neighborhood or playground. In contrast, causes of street crime in Pakistan are significantly different from that of the western world. Here in Pakistan, the first main cause of street crime is corruption in the law enforcing agencies, if corruption is eliminated; the major part of the problem will be solved. After identification of the root causes of crime in Pakistan, the remedial measures to control the criminal activities must revolve around those identified causes. These remedial measures include mainly the solution to the following problems, Corruption in law enforcing agencies, lack of authorities given to the agencies, unsolved issues of the agencies (like salary increment and provision of modern tools), technological backwardness in context of security tools, poverty and unemployment. Priority wise solution of the problems is the key to success. If the above mentioned remedial measures are taken into account, significant decrease in crime can be achieved. If we fail to do so, all our efforts for progress and economic development will come to naught as street crime will continue to project Pakistan as a lawless and wild country as no amount of image building can be fruitful without safe streets in large urban centers of the country.