Research Skills Report: Analyzing Crime's Impact on Local Society

This report examines the impact of crime on local society, drawing on research skills and information analysis. It explores how crime affects community safety, social order, and individual well-being. The study analyzes two articles, one focusing on the general relationship between crime and community, and the other on organized crime in the United Kingdom. Key findings from these articles are summarized, and their methodologies are compared. The report highlights the importance of addressing crime to foster healthy and thriving local societies, emphasizing the role of government policies, community awareness, and individual responsibility in crime prevention and justice.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Crime and its effects on local society..............................................................................................3
SECTION 1.....................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Background of the study..............................................................................................................3
Article one “ Crime and community”..........................................................................................4
Article two “Organized crimes in the United Kingdom ”...........................................................5
SECTION 2.....................................................................................................................................6
Summary of key findings.............................................................................................................6
Comparison between academic papers including purpose, methodology and results.................8
Purpose............................................................................................................................................8
Methodology....................................................................................................................................8
Results..............................................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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Crime and its effects on local society
SECTION 1
INTRODUCTION
Crime has been determined as an unethical consideration in the society. It further denotes
the illegal commitment by an individual. The community is consists of large number of people
and the contribution of each person shapes the society. The rise in the crime affects the local
society in negative manner. As the crime involves those elements that are unacceptable for the
society as it reduces the effectiveness of the faith and belief in society. However, the local and
higher authority are consistently taking actions against crimes so, the number of crimes can be
reduced (Lindo and Padilla-Romo, 2018). There is need to shape the behaviour pattern of the
people who are following the path of crime. The crime often generates the fear in the public who
are living in the local society. Also, it affects the independence rate of the public.
The current study is based on the crime and its affects on local society. The report will
illustrate the background of the study and the two articles will be selected in order to analyse the
study. Also, the key findings of the selected articles will be shown that depicts the final result of
the study. Lastly, the comparison among the methodology of both the articles will be
highlighted.
MAIN BODY
Background of the study
Crime impacts the safety rate, social disorders, trust and faith in the community. Crime is
shaping the local society in that manner that only leads to the development of unethical
behaviour in the society. Thus, there is need to make a focus over this important topic as it
affects the large number of parameters in the community (Kubrin, Kim and Hipp, 2019). In local
society, the people who have a fear in relation of the crime does not involve in any physical
activities that performs at the local level. As a result, this impacts the physical health of the
people. Furthermore, it affects the mental health of the people as well. The fear in the mind of
the local people leads to generate the anxiety and depression in the people and this leads to
affects the mental health of an individual.
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The current study examines the major reason of the crime and its impacts over the local
community. The crime does not align with the people by their birth. There are certain factors that
force an individual to choose this path. The crime by an single individual affects the whole
society. Therefore, it important to know what are the major aspect of crimes that impacts the
local society. In order to protect the society it is important to know the impacts and solution of
the crimes (Koop-Monteiro, 2021). The current study is revolves around this only. Currently, it
has been considered as the important issues as it is affecting the local community. As a result,
this leads to shape the behaviour pattern in the society.
Article one “ Crime and community”
Wilkinson, K.P., 2019. Crime and community. In American rural communities (pp.
151-168). Routledge.
The chosen article has been first published by the Kenneth. P. Wilkinson. This article has
revealed that, crime and community both are inter-linked with each other. The environment of
community impacts the crime and same as, the crime impacts the environment of the community.
Crimes related to abuse, drugs, theft, murder and so on shapes the community in a high negative
manner. The crimes related to the drug abuse are impacting the lives of the youngsters in the
local community (Wilkinson, 2019). The article further shows that, the youngsters further
believes in the path of crime as there is no guidance to them. There is threat to those youngsters
as well who are free from such wrongdoings. As it has become the trend in the society and each
individual is attracting towards it.
The women often feels unsafe in the community due to the increasing rate of crimes. As
the cases related to the sexual harassment has been increasing on a high note. At workplace often
women has faced the crime. This leads to create the sense of fear in them. Furthermore, women
only feels safe at home and do not go for job only due to the increasing rate of crimes (Roth,
2018). The fear related to the theft and murder in the local society hindering the growth of the
local people. As there are many physical camp has been organised at local level but due to the
threat of crime many local people doest not attend such activities.
The mental health of the people in the community is highly affected by the crimes. For
example: An individual has experience the crime in drastic manner. Many times such events
change into the trauma. These traumas affect the mental health of an individual for the rest of
life. This is how crime affects the people in the local society and local society as well. The article
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says that, people in the community performs the crimes and destroy the property of the society.
Also, the fear in the people vanishes the independence of the people in the community. A
community is said to be good when there is peace and harmony in the community. The crimes
affect the peace and harmony in the society. Furthermore, creates the unequal balance among the
morals and ethics in the community. Thus, it is important to analyse the factors that influence the
person in order to commit the crimes. There are certain factors such as, biological, social and
physical which leads to influence the person in terms of adopting the path of the crime. For some
people, poverty is the cause of crime and for some, lack of love from the family. There are
numerous factors that leads to crime in the society. The major theme of this article is that, the
crime shapes the local society by shaping the individuals in the community (Blevins, 2018). The
efforts of the local authority in stopping the crimes in the society plays the major role. Strict
actions by the government and Police leads to create the fear in the criminals before adopting the
path of crime. Thus, the government pattern of the local community has the power of protecting
the local society from the crimes.
Article two “Organized crimes in the United Kingdom ”
Campana, P. and Varese, F., 2018. Organized crime in the United Kingdom: Illegal
governance of markets and communities. The British Journal of Criminology, 58(6),
pp.1381-1400.
This article has been published by the Oxford university press on the behalf of centre for
crime & justice studies in 2018. The major theme of this article is based on the governance-type
crimes. This states that, there are many crimes that occurs because of the lack of step taken by
the higher authority. These crimes affect the local society. This article revolves around the
important steps that has to be taken by the government in order to protect the local society from
the impacts of crime. In rural areas, there are large number of people that are concerned with the
issues of poverty (Campana and Varese, 2018). They do not have enough amount to full-fill their
basic needs. The children of such people do not get the right of experiencing the effective
education. The major issue is that, many people are not aware about the policies introduced by
the government for them. Due to lack of knowledge they follow the path of the crime. The major
reason behind choosing the path of crime for such people are their needs. Thus, this refers as the
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organized crimes. There is no desire of the people to adopt this path, but they do not have any
option in relation of this. Therefore, the crime has been committed by them.
Article further says that, the information in relation of the policies that has been taken by
the government for the betterment of the local people especially in rural areas must be
communicate with them. So, the level of crime can be maintained (Woldoff and Uggen, 2018).
The another important element that has been analysed in the article is that, crime is not the
internal desire of any person. In local community, there are some people that are highly educated
and there are some people who are not. For both type of people crime provides the impact in the
different manner. Educated people are aware of their rights when they experience the crime.
They know the actual path from where they can get the justice. While, the uneducated people are
not aware of such rights and many times no action has been taken by them.
This results in organizing the crimes for upcoming future. Therefore, it is important to
make people aware about the rights and responsibilities in relation of getting the justice. As this
leads to make society free from the impacts of crime. The government has made all policies that
are ensuring justice to the local people. Now, it is important to use those policies by the people in
order to shape the society free from crimes. The article determines that, how crimes are
organized in the society. The local society can be free from the impacts of the crime if the people
are aware about their right to get justice (Stenson, 2019). The government has the complete
power of shaping the local communities in effective manner by communicating the mandatory
policy to them. No-on desire to follow the path of crime there are many circumstances that force
people to adopt this part and the crimes has been organized.
SECTION 2
Summary of key findings
From the study of two articles its been identified that Crime and its effects on local society badly
influence social behaviour. It badly abuse people or individual mental or physical health. Also
people feel very scared from stay in this type of environment. On the basis of this situation
audience mainly believes and consider communicating police or other who protects society
people with crime. For the crime and its impacts on local society its include two major articles
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which clearly provide information why its very essential to consider and focuses on two articles
like Organized Crime in the United Kingdom: Illegal Governance of Markets and Communities
and Eviction and Crime: A Neighbourhood Analysis in Philadelphia. Analysis and study of two
articles makes more clarity so this study define that UK governance develop higher concern
towards with the control on crime with awareness development in people, addition of police or
multiple technical sources addition into society for managing sustainability and reduce crime
(Shao and et.al., 2021).
This articles makes great sense from the research application where individual communicate and
share their view point for reduce crime and manage sustainability and good culture in society.
From the articles study on crime impacts on society people mainly define that inivdiual has duty
to get aware and develop higher concern to resolve this practice with taken small initiatives.
Because of the evaluation of research or study of this report its been evaluated that daily crime
like bank robbery, house robbery, violence, harassment and many more crimes impacts on
society culture effectiveness. Articles has power to define or explain more sustainable practices
which can be develop higher variation and positive changes in business practices within
involvement and addition of new practices. From the first article organized crime mainly refers
to describe and defined and to reduce or control crime under government acts development and
make sure that individual not consider and focuses on towards with the government decision and
rules for crime control it badly affects on business sustainability (Kunst, 2021). Also from the
second article its identified that makes eviction and crime clearly provide and develop
information that crime badly affects on new people attraction and it influences mental disability
as well. Application and consideration of this topic has power to explain various aspects on
crime influence local society people behaviours and they feel unsecured from where they stay.
This study defined that both the articles represent different term one mainly focuses towards with
society aspects that society people has to develop higher focuses and they do have duty to
develop safe environment and second one mainly focuses on governance has duty to develop
higher attraction towards with the control on different types of crimes in society for managing
sustainability within area because with the government decision when they provide information
to police or other who provide services to control on crime they can easily manage. This study
has been very beneficial for multiple ranges of information development on crime and its effects
on local society (Farrall, Gray and Jones, 2021).
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Comparison between academic papers including purpose, methodology and results
Purpose
Major purpose behind the research articles and Crime and its effects on local society
makes clarity that without crime in society can be possible when government and audience
consider and develop effective practices to reduce crime with the help of essential practices like
government policies, involvement of police and many more. Because they do have authority to
reduce crime and they have power to take strict action against on it. Therefore, this study major
purpose is to develop and aware people towards with the application of action which useful for
reduce conflicts and crimes which happen into daily basis. Selection of these articles has major
sense because it makes better understanding from different inivdiual perception like what they
feels from the crime is not happen into society and how they stay into society with effective
manner. Calculation and analysis of this topic research is important because it makes clarity that
how can be resolve crime in local society and which major aspects affects on local society
people.
Methodology
Research methodology has two types one qualitative and second one qualitative but in
both the articles researcher consider or prefer to take qualitative methods and its different types
which makes more reliability and consistency in decision-making on the basis of requirement.
Researcher analyse that qualitative research different methods develop better understanding with
the helpful to clarify effective information which is beneficial for gather information and new
decision creation. In this research both the article researcher take qualitative research approach
(Amuedo-Dorantes, Bansak and Pozo, 2021).
Research methodology for specific articles makes clarity that how research collects data
from different aspects and what people think about crime and its effects on local society people.
Research approaches develop clarity that which research application is useful for collection on
specific data. Eviction and Crime: A Neighbourhood Analysis in Philadelphia articles study will
be evaluating from the observation research approach from primary method. Primary method is
one of the most effective methods for research on specific topic because it takes very less time
and makes results with very effective manner. For this article research higher prefer observation
from neighbourhood behaviour and communicate them that what they feel from eviction and
crime. And from the utilization of primary research it provided effective knowledge that how
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society people feel from crime and eviction. A next article which is Organised Crime in the UK:
Illegal Governance of Markets and Communities so in this research researcher take qualitative
research method with interview questioner approach. This method is one of the most beneficial
and sustainable patter to gather information for new decision making (Stenson, 2019). And for
this topic research its one of the most effective aspect for proper identification and evaluation of
essential features. This research is useful for provide information of multiple aspects in terms of
governance contribute major role for control crime into society and many more.
Results
From the study of two articles its been analyzed that having appropriate research approach
develop quality of information and it develops ideas for how to resolve conflicts with proper
consideration and identification of important aspects (McDaniel and et.al., 2021).
. From the articles research evection and crime research topic it has been clearly evaluated
that crime reduces sustainability within society, it impacts on mental health, physical health
disorder, it increase cultural differences, trust issue and many more. From the qualitative
research approach it has been determined that interview methods makes clarity that governance
play major role in crime reduce and they do have authority and power to develop sustainability
with application of strict action against on people who develop crime in society. From the second
articles eviction and crime this mainly focuses of that individual has to develop awareness and
they do have to take strict action against on them people who increase and raise or develop crime
in society because when audience not get aware and they not support to other individual who
face difficulties then it highly increases conflicts (Billings, Crumbley and Knott, 2021). So from
the different articles on crime mainly specified that having appropriate and sustainable methods
of research methodology qualitative research application is one of the most effective approaches.
In this research researcher takes qualitative methods approach for collection of information
which is very useful approach for more consistency expansion to analyse essential features or
aspects for decision-making.
CONCLUSION
It has been summarized from the above reflective study that Crime and its effects on local
society badly affect’s on individual mindset because they feel unsecure from the environment
where they stay. Also this study has been given more information that increase crime has power
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reduce other people attraction and it affected on economy as well because audience mainly prefer
to stay in environment where thy feel secure. This study develop great sense from different
articles that business has great sense to resolve multiple aspects and it developed clarity on crime
management by governance helps make more consistency in result and it makes higher efficient
results as well. It has been defined that both the articles reviews different from each other but the
major aspects is to manage risk which happened into society from different crimes. This report
has been identified that application of research methodology provide effective information from
different individual with qualitative data evaluation interview methods but the other hand one
article which consider observation which is not provide more effective result because
communication is one of the most essential tool to define exact information because it has power
to make great sense.
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