Disadvantages Of Crime

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Men are more attracted to evil because the unknown and the prohibited is more excited than the restricted life of the good, or is its nature of ego and survival that leads them to a deviant life? No human is a saint, and no human is the devil. Everyone lives in a mix of both. Therefore, crime’s nature varies extensively which is why law enforcement agencies try to understand the cause of a crime in order to reduce it in the future. For example, children are taught that murderer and theft are “bad’, and once they grow, they learned this is not just immoral, but also illegal, so why these crimes exist?
An arrest doesn’t show the crime’s nature because it is just an “act of social control rather than an act of deviant behavior” (Epidemiology). …show more content…

For example, in the UCR, the law enforcement departments differ in how to categorize some crimes; consequently, the statistics aren’t accurate—similar crimes can fall into just one category. Also, agencies can make errors while reporting this data. In the NCVS, one of the disadvantages is overreporting. For instances, citizens take advantage to report cases that aren’t considered crimes and are more personal problems that don 't require legal intervention or many victims report the same crime with different settings/experience—considering that they were in the same place and time when the crime occurred. Another problem is the inability to record personal crime activity of the interviewed because this is a victim survey. In addition, inadequate question format can invalidate response which makes some crimes not be part of the official report. Moreover, in self-report surveys, people don’t admit illegal acts, and it is less accurate than the other sources. Indeed, this information is bias because it can be also altered for political reasons. For instance, if a politician has to show the reduction of a crime in a city, some crimes can be reclassified or ignored. Additionally, the MTF demonstrates that the number of people who commit crimes is greater than the one shown in official data which pinpoints the inaccuracy of this

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