Crime is a wrongdoing which is punishable by law. A crime is breaking the law.
Cool stuff for geeks:
- One in every three Australians is a victim of crime.
- Two-thirds of the world's executions occur in China.
- Saudi diplomats have 367 unpaid parking fines in Britain.
I find them interesting because I don't think Australia has a very high crime rate and yet 1 in every 3 Australians is a victim of crime. As China overtook Japan in the world economic ranking recently, it's very surprising to find two-thirds of world executions that occur in China. And the last is just very surprising!
In my opinion, crime rate in Malaysia is quite high. The most popular crimes in Malaysia are:
Snatch-theft
Those are very terriblestupidnonsensehorribleyuckydisgusting crimes, so make sure you dont indulge in them.
I think that crime in Malaysia is rather high. Although our country is quite safe, but this doesn't mean that our country has a low crime rate. Snatch thefts costs a lot of lives in Malaysia. There was a case where a pregnant woman died after the incident of snatch thefts. In that incident, both the mother and her baby died. And this is only one in a million, possibly thousands of millions in Malaysia's snatch theft incidents.
Kidnapping is equally as bad. In Malaysia, kidnapping cases are quite serious.
2007- Nurin Jazlin got kidnapped when she went to the wet market. When found, she was murdered.
2008- Sharlinie got kidnapped when playing in a playground. She is still missing and NOT FOUND.
So as you see, there ain't any major differences. In fact, my views were quite similar to Jasmin's. I don't find these two activities extremely difficult because as long as I am able to justify why I made my choice, I find my reasons valid.
The most difficult choice we had to make as a group was the one on shoplifting. Zahir thinks that shoplifting should be ranked third, while Jasmin and me think that it should be ranked sixth, the reason being shoplifting rarely kills. Zahir ranked solvent abuse at sixth, but we feel that solvent abuse can lead to abnormal and dangerous addiction, which is quite harmful to our human body, thus it should be higher than six. That was one dilemma we faced as a group.
Which of these are crimes?
- driving under the influence of drugs
- drink-driving
- breaking into a car
- shoplifting
- shouting racist abuse
Which of them are victimless?
- solvent abuse
What kinds of punishment would you give to these offenses?
- rehabilitation
- fines
- community service
- educate them about the consequences
- deterrence
- incapacitations
How should repeat offenders be dealt with?
They should be warned and given 2 chances. If exceeded limit, heavy fines with requirement of community service should be imposed and dealt with seriously, depending on its severity.
Nicole X
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