The beggining of the chapter explained the story and motives of the Virginia Tech and Columbine High shooters. All three of themseemed to be either outcasts, loners, or with a history of mental instability. They all were picked on and they preplaned their actions.How should you measure and define crimes such as these ones? Some of the things I've learned in this chapter are the three general types of crime. The first crime is where homicide, rape, robbery,and assualt fall under. it is because these involve the use of physical force, it falls under "Crimes against persons". the next type are"Crimes against property". Here property is taken misused and unlawfully. Examples include larceny, arson, burglary, and vandalism.last types are alcohol, drugs, weapon offenses, prositution, and gambling related crimes that distrupts the peace in a civil society.this type is called "Crimes against public order". All three types/ or categories continue to be the majority of arrests in Americatoday. One thing I learned too in this chapter is that murder is a "Intentional felonie" where manslaughter is a mitigated murder where a deathis caused recklessly. Finally, The chapter has a section that has what the offenders have to say for themseleves and the future predictionof crime in the United States as well as alot of statistics that back it up. I have to say that this chapter gave me a better prospectsagainst sick/evil people!
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