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ASSESSMENT 2: SHORT ANSWER RESPONSES 1013CCJ: Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice Griffith University Student name: Click or tap here to enter text. Student number: Click or tap here to enter text. Tutor name: Click or tap here to enter text. Course mode: Instructions: Respond to   TWO   of the following short answer questions. Type or paste your responses into the spaces provided. Refer to the assessment instructions on Learning@Griffith for further guidance.
Module 5 Short-Answer (Street Crime and Violence): Street crimes occupy a great deal of public attention and police resources. Some research suggests that these non-serious offences (things like public intoxication, vandalism, and street drug dealing or prostitution) have more serious consequences for individuals, businesses, and communities. What kinds of flow-on effects might street crime problems create? Do these consequences warrant stronger efforts to combat street crimes? (250 words, +/- 10%) Street crimes are defined as non-serious types of offences that occur in public, such as vandalism, drug marketing, public intoxication and other incivilities. Due to the location in which these offences take place, they are seen as most visible to the public and consequently, due to the amount of public attention, require a great deal of police resources, as well as creating a clear flow-on effect in the community. One clearly identifiable flow-on effect caused by trivial street offences, is that they generate a fear of crime within the society. If there is re-occurring street offences in one area, it becomes a hotspot. Due to this, people who live there would choose to move, and others would simply avoid the area. This would result in the ‘flow-on effect’ of any establishments in the area losing business and potentially shutting down due to the lack of customers. The general cost of street crime is also an expensive flow-on effect which affects the Criminal Justice System, along with community taxpayers. Approximately 90% of current offenders in prison are there due to committing trivial street offences. This ‘zero tolerance’ approach which lands first time street offenders in prison, is an extremely expensive method of deterrence. As overall crime in Australia cost approximately $32 billion a year, when including policing, prisons and security. Overall street crime creates an economic strain on everyone within society, along with creating intangible effects on individuals involved. Due to these substantial consequences, it is clear that stronger efforts must be made in order to combat street crimes. Street crime is not randomly distributed but is instead the result of environment and situational factors, making it easier to predictand therefore prevent. Possible cost-effective prevention methods include neighbourhood watch programs, vocational training for juvenile delinquency, family counselling and within prison programs that will ensure offenders do no re-offend.
Module 6 Short-Answer (White Collar and Internet Crime): The ‘dark figure of crime’ is generally larger for white collar and internet crime compared to ‘conventional’ crime. What are some of the reasons we know less about corporate crime than traditional crime? Is this a necessary feature of the nature of white collar crime and internet crime or are there better solutions to help us understand (and thus address) these offences? (250 words, +/- 10%) Click or tap here to enter text.
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