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Comparing crime 'myths' and 'facts'

Title: Comparing crime 'myths' and 'facts'
Category: /History/War & Conflicts
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Comparing crime 'myths' and 'facts'
There is little consensus about the definition of "crime". The media advertises crime by what acts are reacted to by the police and courts whereas a lawyer sees crime as acts that have been defined as crimes by the written law. A myth can be defined as a belief or story that has been associated with an occurrence, so, crime myths are beliefs about crime not supported by appropriate statistics or research. Therefore, crime facts …showed first 75 words of 1591 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1591 total…Critical Perspective, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 15-38. Cain M (1996), Recidivism of Juvenile Offenders in NSW, NSW Department of Juvenile Justice, Sydney. Kappeler, V, Blumberg, M and Potter, G (1993), Mythology and Crime and Criminal Justice, Chapter 1, " The Social Construction of Crime Myths", Waveland Press. Mukherjee, S, Carcach, C and Higgins, K (1997), Juveniles as offenders. Research and Public Policy Series, 11 18,19 Williams, Matt. (2005), 'Teenage gangs with weapons to kill', The Advertiser, http://www.news.com.au

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