1. Crime Prasad Wong Xing Yuan Lee Kar Wei Rajalaxmi Arvind
Prabu 2. Crime reflects the character of people, or maybe it
reflects something more than just the pitiful few that commit it,
it reflects the character of society. Crime is not just sordid
happenings, its reflects human behavior. Essentially some think
that it is genetics that control man's criminal activity, and
others think that they have to be introduced into the environment
of crime. 1 3. Classic definition of crime is crime is an
intentional act in violation of the criminal law committed without
defense or excuse, and penalized by the state as a felony . Crime
can be defined as form of violation of behavioral norms; form of
deviant behavior; legally defined behavior and etc. Four
definitional perspectives can be included such as: 1) Legalistic 2)
Political 3) Sociological 4)Psychological. 2 4. 5 5. The context of
crime rests on the notion of attributing personal responsibility
for the social transgression. There are one or more clearly
identifiable individuals to hold accountable for their actions. The
social, political and cultural context in which the problem occurs
tens to disappear into the background. Individuals are ultimately
responsible for their actions and need to be held accountable for
what they do. These actions do not arise in a social vacuum, and
need to be interpreted within the social context. Crime and culture
enjoy a symbiotic relationship, that is, the nature of crime shapes
and is shaped by the quality and dimensions of culture. 4 6. There
may be a prolonged pattern of repeat victimization having lifetime
consequences for those victimized. Fear of crime remains
persistently higher than the real risk of being a victim of crime.
Older people have particularly high levels of fear of crime, as
they tend to be more home-centered and dependent. 5 7. Social
issues tend to be matters that people worry about, and crime
worries many people, and in some cases can cause misery and anxiety
to individuals and cast a blight over entire neighborhoods. Even
though crime rates statistic shown that, the crime rates have been
falling in recent years . But fear of crime remains persistently
higher than the real risk of being a victim of crime. For example,
the 2009-10 British Crime Survey showed 15 per cent of people
thought they were fairly or very likely to be a victim of burglary
in the next year, whereas the actual risk was just 2 per cent. 6 8.
A victim of crime is defined as anyone who has been injured by an
act of violence committed against them. An injury can be physical
or psychological. 7 9. INJURY CAN BE DEFINES AS : Bodily harm
Mental illness or disorder Intellectual impairment Pregnancy
Disease The impact of sexual offence A combination of the above 8
10. Stress Insecurity physical injury Personal loss Sense of having
their homes violated after burglaries Lasting fear of being
victimized again Leading to a heightened sense of personal
insecurity Fear of leaving their homes 9 11. Most violent offences
are committed by someone who is known or recognizable to the
victim, and in the case of women, this is most likely to be a
partner or ex- partner. Women are most likely to be raped by men
they know, with over 50 per cent of rapes committed by someone know
extremely well by the victim. Over half of all offences involve
repeat rapes by the same person over a period of time. 10 12.
Everybody is involved in some sort of crime, such as exceeding the
speed limits to other major crimes. The risk and depth of
involvement in crime is strongly influenced by the quality of
parenting to which children are subjected. Crime is not the result
of any single factor or combination of factors, it makes no sense
to seek to control crime by any single strategy or set of
strategies. The emphasis on particular strategies should vary
according to the nature of the crime problem at hand, the available
options for influencing the problem and the urgency with which
change is required. 11 13. THANK YOU !!! 13
