Criminal Justice



Criminal Justice

Introduction

Crime refers to a set of acts that are carried out against the laws which are normally implemented and generally accepted by the entire society overall. Crime can also be defined as the conduct of a person or persons who do not meet the requirements of the given society and violate the laws of that particular society. As a result, the crime may differ depending on criminal code of each country. A criminal who commits crime on several occasions can be regarded an anti-social person, since his or her actions undermine the normal functioning of the society, endangering a different nature to its members. Crime is a unique human behavior, however it is not a spontaneous phenomenon; there are always factors that cause or trigger crime. Criminal aggravation can be considered as the expression of a serious and complicated social unrest which has a direct impact on criminal law. Crimes are carried out in every country of the world and throughout the history. It is not observed in other organisms, in which aggression is limited and prevails only to feed and protect the species and territory. Though, the proper measures implemented in the criminal justice process has a key role in curbing the criminal activities taking place at various locations of the cities. Therefore, the main purpose of this topic is to study crime and to assess the effectiveness of criminal justice in eliminating the criminal activities.

The concept of Criminal Behavior

Criminal behavior is defined as a conscious behavior which takes place due to certain external factors such as separation of parents, psychological imbalances, and poor economic conditions etc. Causes of crime are important to be considered in order to know the role of socio-psychological mechanism of individual behavior. Under such mechanisms, the sequence of behavior is understood. This process is complex such that it affects the totality of qualities and personality traits, which are manifested in the interaction with the environment. In the motivation of criminal behavior, it is a serious place which is the need of an individual. Needs are based on social and psychological categories. They are formed in the process of socialization, i.e. in the course of its life, through communication with other people and through other channels which are under the influence of objective factors of social environment. It is also done with the natural organization of the individuals (Bateman, 2007, 544).

The main determining factor of needs in individuals is determining their contents and is the system of socio-economic and socio-psychological social relations. Among them are essential relations of production, relations between classes, the degree of social homogeneity of society, the differences within classes and between social groups etc. These social factors determine the nature of interaction of personality with the social environment, its location, status and role in the system of social relations. Therefore, these needs also determine the direction of the formation of real opportunities which are to be met. It is indirectly refracted through the concrete forms of ...