Is Australia a Dangerous State? - Crime, Punishment and Criminal Justice

CRIME PUNISHMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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Crime punishment and criminal justice
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Institution
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CRIME PUNISHMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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IS AUSTRALIA A DENGEROUS STATE 3
QUESTION 5
Introduction
According to the law dictionary (2018), dangerous refers to any act that whose implication, on
a person, a nation, living things, or the world at larger, are harmful. This paper focuses on the
dangerousness or the adverse implications of the penal law taken by the Australian criminal and
justice law system upon the citizens and the non-citizens who live in the country. Penal code
refers to the policies and the statutes that the judicial system uses to counteract criminal activities
or punish those involved in the offensive acts.
The massive increase in the number of captives, detainees, suspects, and prisoners that are put
behind bars due to criminality illuminates the security of the nation as well as the dangers of
staying in Australia. Admittedly, one does not have to wait until he or she is involved in a
criminal situation or suspected for them to understand the alarm of security in the state. The
increase in the number of incarcerated citizens due to illegal activities and suspicions raises a
signal to the nation and the world. The most affected part of Australia is Perth, which has the
most alarming security issues in the country.
On the world scale of security comparison between nations, Australia is among the highly
ranked troubled countries. This insecurity comes as a result of the likelihood of undergoing a
harmful situation from the citizens, the tourists who visit the country or even the people with
mental issues and challenges. Therefore, it is admittedly true that Australia is a dangerous
country, although not as alarmingly hazardous as the United States of America. The world-scale
interstate criminal statics that compares the dangerousness between various nations base their
statistics on the rate of criminal commitments, seriousness of the illegal activities and the various