Long Term

There are so many factors in victimization. People who have been a victim of a crim can become re-victimized, for instance Law and Order-SVU episode"closure" the victims name is Harper. She is raped by a man and the police make her describe everything that happened then she has to explain it again to the detectives. They dont catch her rapist but 6 months later when they think they have, they find out she has moved changed her whole look and significant other. She then refuses to help them because she doesnt want to remember the past. She even wears running shoes to bed because she still has the "long term" effects chasing her. In real life there was a 17 year old girl who killed her sister which would also be considered to have long term effects on the entire family.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2012/09/24/20225956.html
 

Short Term

There is also an effect on people called short term, a crime that doesnt harm someone for a continuous cycle. There are a few short term type of crimes but long term is the more common. Short term effects can be caused by crimes such as small theft, smuggling, and a few others. In the link below is a sort of short term case. Victims of smugglers would only be short term in my mind.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2012/09/27/20238896.html

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My theory on crime is that the people who commit it are doing it for many reasons. Criminals have many reasons for doing crime that are unexcusable, for instance mental illness, for attention, for entertainment, for a rush, for money, and many more. I personally am interested in Social Structure Theories: People commit crimes because of where they live and the conditions they are living with like poverty and other influences. I also believe that in social disorganization, strain, and cultural deviance theories are part of it. Like Durkheim said because of anomie which is surprisingly frequent. A breakdown in social structure would be crimes such as gang related offences. There are many underground gangs that we dont even aknowledge and they are ripping apart our society its a good thing we have such strict laws on fire arms. One of the big issues I think we are faced with is the hells angles who are merely just a middle man they are solicited drugs from the higher gangs therefore they sell to smaller gangs who sell to people on the street making themselves almost untouchable. gand violence is a big issue more than we take into account. If you have seen the movie 21 jump street you know what i mean even though im sure theyre not as comical as that movie. For example,

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2012/08/18/20115356.html