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This research falls within the scope of the Thusano project to evaluate families concerning a variety of aspects of which this research specifically focuses on crime. Crime therefore is an act that must take place contradictory to the judicial system. The aim of the research is to determine the causes of the perceptions of the community with regard to crime, to identify the crimes that occurs most and to determine how crime in this community can be reduced. Through this research it was found that an increase has occurred with reference to certain crime categories, such as violent crime, women abuse and house theft. The community is of opinion that heavier punishment will lead to prevention of crime and to more job opportunities. Alcohol abuse also plays a large role in the assaults that take place during weekends. Furthermore they believe that, with the assistance of the police and the community, crime can decrease. / Thesis (M.A. (MW))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2006.

Increased interest in the voting behaviors of Millennials has led to research that confirms that they are typically and becoming more Liberal in their politics as well as less traditionally religious. By extension, this study attempted to determine whether or not these trends toward liberality were also reflected in attitudes of punitiveness through the examination of a burglary scenario and death penalty attitudes. This study also sought to answer whether punitive attitudes were racially motivated by utilizing racially distinct burglars in two different scenarios. Survey data from 829 students at a Midwestern university confirms self-reporting as highly Democratic in their voting preferences but still largely Conservative-leaning. Millennials did not demonstrate highly punitive statements towards the burglary suspect or indicate that their judgments were based upon the suspect’s racial identity. Comparison with GSS data regarding death penalty attitudes also showed that these Millennials were less punitive than their same-age peers throughout recent years and that opposition towards the death penalty appears to be on the rise. / Department of Sociology

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One of the problems that has bedevilled much discussion of crime in the past has been the lack of consistency in its categorization. In this thesis a systematic attempt has been made to resolve these difficulties and to provide a categorization based principally on an analysis of contemporary jurists. It is further argued that it is essential to consider the state of the criminal law in the seventeenth century in order properly to appreciate the subtleties of the law and thus the framework within which prosecution occurred. This framework is important in showing how. contrary to received belief. the criminal law in the period was comparatively sophisticated. This was the case. not only in theory. but also in practice. and it is a major contention of this thesis that the complexities of the law were recognized by contemporaries. and. indeed. affected the practices of prosecution. Most work on crime in the past has. to date, concentrated on the counties of the Home Circuit. close to. and doubtless influenced by. London. but in this thesis the material that exists in abundance for the Northern Circuit has been utilized to provide a picture of the pattern of crime. or rather of prosecution. in Yorkshire. From this it has been possible to see that the pattern was, in many ways, similar to that elsewhere. but that there were also significant differences. in particular a very high proportion of offences against the authorities. The chronological spread of the prosecution of crime has also been analysed and again it is plain that Yorkshire did not witness the decline in prosecution that might. from other studies. have been anticipated to have occurred by the end of the seventeenth century. The different influences on prosecution have also been considered and in particular it has been shown that central government initiatives were of considerable significance in affecting the prosecution of certain offences, especially those which impacted directly on the state, such as sedition and coining.