... the causal reader alike. To look back at the last century we can see an explosion in books on true crime and a growth in the fields of psychology, sociology, and criminology. This growth in book sales as well as academic research has shown that the crime wave of the twentieth century has caught the attention of the average citizen. How can ... a large library of child pornography pictures and videos (Miethe and McCorkle, 2001). The members of the "W0nderland Club" would most readily fit into the second category. The psychological school of criminology believes that there is something wr...

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... , ) This is a transcript of The World Today broadcast at 1200 AEST on local radio. ELEANOR HALL: Now to some good news on crime in our community. The Australian Institute of Criminology has released a new study, which shows the rate of gun-related murders and robberies has fallen sharply since 1996, and it appears to be due to the Government's massive buy ... but criminologists say it's saved many lives and appears to have ended a spate of murderous shooting sprees. The research is being presented at the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology conference in Brisbane. http://www...

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... 2000, Australian authorities had confiscated some 660,000 privately owned firearms for destruction. Once again, gun control is moving hand-in-hand with a rise in crime. The Australian Institute of Criminology reports that between 1996 and 1998 assaults rose 16 percent, armed robberies rose 73 percent, and unlawful entries rose eight percent. Is this is the right answer to guns? I"ll ... ...

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... -defense does not occur often enough to warrant owning guns for that person. This may seem to be a reasonable argument, until you look at the facts. In John Conklins book, Criminology it shows a nationwide survey "that citizens use firearms in self-defense against crime 2.1 to 2.5 million times each year, and they use handguns in 1.5 to 1.9 million of those cases." "In comparison ... ...

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... -defense does not occur often enough to warrant owning guns for that person. This may seem to be a reasonable argument, until you look at the facts. In John Conklins book, Criminology it shows a nationwide survey "that citizens use firearms in self-defense against crime 2.1 to 2.5 million times each year, and they use handguns in 1.5 to 1.9 million of those cases." "In comparison ... ...

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