This could in some instances include family members or close friends of the person who committed the crime.” (2006, p.1) The impact of such crimes is long lasting in particularly for violent crimes. The victims of violent crimes, if the survive at all; suffer from both physical and psychological scars. These scars can often result in tremendous loss both in their personal lives and or their work lives. When a victim has suffered from a horrific crime, the courts have occasionally considered victim's compensation as a means of at least to a degree making up for individual’s losses. Smith (2006) defines victim compensation as a “form of income redistribution designed to redistribute wealth from offenders to victims of crime” (307).
The other five types all contributed somehow to their own injury, and represented victim precipitation. Von Hentig (1948) studied victims of homicide, and said that the most likely type of victim is the "depressive type" who is an easy target, careless and unsuspecting. The "greedy type" is easily duped because his or her motivation for easy gain lowers his or her natural tendency to be suspicious. The "wanton type" is particularly vulnerable to stresses that occur at a given period of time in the life cycle, such as juvenile victims. The "tormentor," is the victim of attack from the target of his or her abuse, such as with battered women.
We often judge people by their acts, but most of the time we don’t know that something might have happened in their past for them to act the way they do. For example we have Evey in V for Vendetta. Evey confronted a rapid change from innocence to maturity which makes her do something unexpected in the world, however, she had reasons for it: she almost gets raped, was mistreated for days and V left her in charge of his plans when he died. Eventually Evey’s loss of innocence leads her to understanding the real purpose of V’s acts. Evey’s loss of innocence forced her to undergo many unfortunate situations.
John Girard Professor Baker II Psych 350: When Harm Is Done September 9th 2013 Fixing Juvie Justice: Reflection Paper When one thinks of the definition of criminal what might come to mind? Murder, drug lord, gangster, bank robber are all-extreme examples that came may come to mind. Yet many people would be shocked to know that many of these “evil criminals” portrayed in the media, television, and even movies got there start as a children! The repeat offenders in and out of our prison system most likely began their life of a crime as a child. The film we watched class cleverly titled Fixing Juvie Justice completely broke down the wall of doubt that was is our American judicial system, and offers a positive solution to fixing the problem of repeat offenders.
After reading the report, I chose Glen Woodall. I found this case to be very interesting, as situations like this happen all the time. Wrongful convictions,not only hurt the one that's being accused, but it hurts the person's family as well. In the eye of the public, if your arrested for a crime, then your an outsider, no matter how you may have contributed to your community. But a lot of people remain steadfast in their innocence.
Shaming is an Effective Punishment Shaming is a relatively new punishment to the criminal justice system in the United States, which means that the crime is dealt with by making he/she feel ashamed of his/her behavior and makes the perpetrator aware of his wrong doing, thus making the perpetrator feel that he must act appropriately in society or he/she will be more degrading to himself and to his family. In the world today public shaming makes convicted felons think twice about their actions. “Have you no shame, sir or maddam?” Well, convicted criminals who face public shaming do. “Steal from your employer in Wisconsin and you might be ordered to wear a sandwich board proclaiming your offense” (Kahan, 530). In some states public shaming is in effect as criminals chose public shaming as a punishment or jail.
John Hospers also thought all things were determined. We may think we are free but there is always something inside us that will urge us to make one decision over another. Clarence Darrow is another hard determinist; he took on the case of Leopold and Loeb who were the two teenagers from wealthy backgrounds. They were found guilty of kidnapping and murdering another teenage boy Bobby Franks. They had the idea of committing the perfect crime.
These hoaxes amplify society’s image of the criminalblackman. These white-on-black racial hoaxes are often times believed immediately because society finds it highly likely that a black person did indeed commit the crime. Often times the perpetrators of these racial hoaxes are only charged with filing a false police report, if any charges are brought at all. In the event the perpetrator is charged with the crime they are trying to cover up, it is less likely that any additional charges will be filed for the hoax since they are already being charged with the more serious crime. Typically there is not amends of any kind made to the person or the community that has been affected by the hoax; not even a simple apology.
Many civilians, including myself, believe that these police officers think they can do these things because they believe they are merely ‘’above the law.’’ This summer I was a victim of such crimes brought about by the New York Police Department. Due to the simple fact that I was only 16 years old and out late, I was seriously hospitalized and incarcerated. As I walked down a dark and discreet block with a friend of mine, I heard a deep voice bark at me. “Stay where you are!” I stopped in an instant, only to immediately get roundhouse punched across the face. Then I was maliciously thrown face first into the hood of the police car, cuffed accordingly, and repeatedly beat in the face a number
It’s all up to the perspective of the viewer. My interpretation of Travis by the end is a combination of the two; I would call Travis a psychotic hero. Even though he did kill several men, he had a very good reason to do so; by taking matters into his own hands, he was able to restore Iris and send her back to her loving family. His plot against the senator is unjustifiable, however. There is no apparent reason as to why he would want to kill a man who had no previous entanglements or disagreements with.