It wasn’t too long ago that school bullies were known to flex their muscles face-to-face and at school. But times have changed. The Internet has become an attractive bullying ground for many teenagers and children. This trend is commonly known as cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying is a serious problem that simply cannot be ignored. According to the National Education Association, nearly 160,000 children miss school each day because they are scared of bullying.
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Identity theft has become a major U.S. crime. Thousands of people are victimized every year by thieves who cost them thousands dollars and ruin their credit scores. The FTC has said that identity theft has exceeded all other forms of fraud. Over nine million people were affected in 2008 and thousands more don’t even know they were hit.
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Although, nationally, crime has dropped in the current recession, countering predictions that crime would rise in a recession, some individual crimes have increased. One of those crimes is burglary and theft from office buildings.
Although many people follow the logic that when the economy goes sour, people without jobs turn to a life of crime, many don’t take into account the fact that if people don’t have jobs, they are home more. Considering that the majority of residential burglaries take place during the day, when the residents are at work, more people at home during the day cuts down on the number of these types of crimes.
However, with an increase of people at home, where does a thief turn for easy pickings? Office buildings. Read more . . .
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In two other recent posts, I’ve discussed issues in creative sentencing—particularly public and online humiliation. Now here’s a fun one that may be the most fitting punishment I’ve seen yet.
A landlord in Richmond, Va., was recently found guilty of over 180 property-maintenance violations on over 150 properties that his company, Bayou Properties, owns in the Richmond Area. In addition to a $177,000 fine, and 30 days in jail, the landlord has been sentenced to live in one of his rental properties for 40 days under house arrest. Read more . . .
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Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health recently conducted a study of 10,000 young men across the country and found that those diagnosed with childhood Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) appeared to be at an increased risk of developing criminal tendencies.
Specifically, the researchers found that those with ADHD “were twice as likely to commit thefts and 50 percent more likely to sell drugs.” Read more . . .
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