Community Policing

Crime is defined as: commission of an act or act of omission that violates the law and is punishable by the state. Crimes are considered injurious to society and the community. As defined by law, a crime includes both the act, or actus rea, and the intent to commit the act, or mens rea. Criminal intent involves an intellectual apprehension of factual elements of the act or acts commanded or enjoined by the law. It …

…use of statistics. Since most crime covered on television, radio, or through other media sources focuses on violent crimes, these statistics can be very confusing. As the authors point out in The Mythology of Crime and Criminal Justice by Victor E. Kappeler, Mark Blumberg, and Gary W. Potter, crime can be perceived in nearly every fashion. Unfortunately, crime is reported in ways that are not always accurate solely to influence the public. pg. 39 pg. 39 pg. 47