Q.E 7

• Cybercrimes – crimes that involve computers and network.
• Political crimes – criminal activities for ideological purposes; also, serious violation laws that threaten the security or existence of the government.
• Family-related crimes – crimes within the family.
• Patriarchal crimes – those committed against women and children in the name of traditional male dominance
• Demonological Theory – it was based on the belief of primitive people that every object and person is guided by a spirit
• Classical Theory – “the punishment should fit the crime”
• General Deterrence – punishment of delinquents and criminal offenders will strike fear in the hearts of other people, thus making them less likely to commit acts of delinquency or crimes
• Specific Deterrence – punishment will strike fear in the hearts of wrongdoers, thus making them less likely to offend others again.
• Incapacitation – the simplest form of jurisdiction; wrongdoers should be locked up in jail since while they are imprisoned in an institution, they cannot commit offenses against other people in the outside world
• Retribution – this reason objects the idea that anything good or useful will follow or result from punishing offenders
• Determinism –every act has a cause that is waiting to be discovered in the natural world
• Critical Theory – This theory blames delinquency on the imbalance of power within the human society
• Lombrosian Theory – this was developed by Dr. Cesare Lombroso, a prison doctor in Turin, Italy and known as the father of criminology
• The theory of atavism –Lombroso had the opinion that criminals were developed from primitive or subhuman individuals characterized by some inferior mental and physical characteristics
• Born Criminals – these refer to individuals who are born with a genetic predilection toward criminality.
• Epileptic criminals – these are criminals who commit crime because they are affected by epilepsy.
• Insane criminals – these are those who commit crimes due to abnormalities or psychological disorders.
• Occasional criminals – these are criminals who commit crime due to insignificant reasons that push them to do at a given occasion
• Pseudo criminals – these individuals are not real criminals
• Criminaloids – the term means “like a criminal” or “having resemblance with criminals”.