Crime. It is being committed these days around the world. We are all capable of violating the criminal law in one way or another. Crime is a violation of the criminal law. Even when there is a system in place to prosecute and punish those who violate the criminal law, it does not stop certain individuals to commit unlawful acts. Even when the system provides stiff penalties and ultimate sentences for those who commit serious crime, people continue to break the criminal law.
Many of us have asked ourselves, Is there anything any one of us can do to help with the prevention of crime? Let’s find out how we can. This book has many answers for you.
As the author says:
One of the best ways to help with the prevention of crime is for every single one of us not to violate the criminal law ourselves. -Roldimy Montinar
Some argue that one who engages in undetected criminal activity is not a criminal by the strictest or operational sense because a criminal is by definition one that has been detected, arrested, and convicted.
However, from a psychological point of view, we encounter problems when we limit ourselves to simply talk about persons legally defined as criminals and to consider and go beyond who are really criminals. Therefore, do we consider as lawbreakers just those who committed unlawful acts and were arrested and prosecuted or those who broke the law, but went undetected? Do we consider as innocent those who really committed a crime and were prosecuted, but were acquitted, or do we consider as criminal those who truly did not commit a crime they were convicted of? Do we consider as non-criminal a person who committed murder, but went undetected? Do we consider as innocent a person who truly committed murder, was prosecuted, but was acquitted? Do we consider as criminal a person who was wrongly prosecuted for murder and was convicted? Isn't at the same time that a person breaks the criminal law that they commit an unlawful act whether they were detected or not? Or do we only consider as committing an unlawful act a person who broke the criminal law and was prosecuted and convicted? Do we consider it okay for a person to engage in violating the criminal law as long as he went undetected?
Legal classifications are determined by what society, at some point in time, considers socially harmful or, in some cases, morally wrong. Therefore, because each society has a different and changing set of values, what may be judged a criminal act in one may not meet the criteria in another or even in the same society at a later time. We are all capable of violating the criminal law in one way or another. The fact is that crime is a violation of the criminal law, and there must be a way to prosecute and punish those who commit unlawful acts and give justice to the victims.
The criminal judicial system is there for that reason. Even when to my understanding there is a system in place to punish those who violate the law, it does not stop certain individuals to commit unlawful acts. Even when the system provides stiff penalties and the ultimate sentence for those who commit serious crimes, people continue to break the law. Many of us have sometimes asked ourselves, Is the criminal judicial system really working in preventing people from committing unlawful acts? I do believe that it is a good thing that there is a system in place to prosecute those who violate the criminal law. However, it is my understanding that not all individuals who violate the criminal law are prosecuted. The criminal law does not take action against those who violate it. Can you imagine how the world would be if there was no system to prosecute those who violate the criminal law where anybody could have committed crimes and walk? Where anyone could have given justice how they wanted?
We all have our own sense of justice. We want justice to be done our way. Our way of seeing justice being done and given may sometimes go beyond what the criminal judicial system considers and states as justice. I’m afraid that we sometimes think that our way in each situation is the best way to give justice, but we all have to go by what the law says and justice has to be given according to the law, regardless of how we think it should have been given. I must say that the criminal justice system protects a lot of us from wrongdoing and crime. While that does not mean that we will automatically be protected or not be victims of unlawful acts, it does give us a way of seeking justice if we believe that we become victims of it. There is not a day without crime being committed around the world. In addition, one of the reasons crime happens is because we are all able and capable of violating the criminal law intentionally or not. Violent crimes draw attention and sometimes anger people. Can you imagine the nightmare of a neighborhood being put on alert that there is a violent criminal on the loose?
A crime-free nation: together, we can do it and if we are seriously committed, we can make it happen. -Roldimy Montinar
We must continue to thank the law enforcement and the criminal justice system personnel for all their great effort and services. And also to continue to support and help them to always be successful on the difficult job they have to do day-by-day and with the prevention of criminal acts. They continue to put their lives on the line every day to protect ours. Let's give them credit for that and let them know that we appreciate them because they truly deserve it. I myself personally thank them and congratulate them. Salute! Roldimy Montinar
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