As delinquency, we mean everything related to criminal actions and the people who commit them, known as criminals. The word, as such, comes from the Latin delinquentia.
The State is in charge of protecting citizens against crime, creating supervisory and social control bodies, such as the police, and applying the law through the justice system.
The penalties applied to offenders generally include imprisonment, and are pursued as an ideal social reintegration of people who have committed criminal acts, so that they can once again be productive elements of this.
Crime is a social concern in all countries of the world, since it is a symptom of the problems of inequality and exclusion that are experienced in societies.
By involving illegal behavior (contrary to the law), the crime is punishable as stipulated by law. This penalty will depend on the type of crime committed.
It is important to establish that there are different types of crime. Thus, for example, we find the so-called juvenile delinquency which, as its name suggests, is that carried out by minors. Alcohol or drug abuse, living in a complicated environment, being part of violent gangs or suffering from some mental disorders are some of the main causes that lead young people to commit crimes.
As organized crime they are called all those criminal organizations made up of a group of people structured by hierarchies, roles and functions. Its main objective is to obtain political and economic benefits through the commission of crimes. Among the most common crimes of organized crime are human trafficking, arms trafficking, drugs, counterfeiting or money laundering.
Cyber crime is one that uses the Internet as an instrument to commit crimes. The most common crimes of cybercriminals are related to identity theft, they can use phishing, which consists of tricking users into obtaining their identity; malware, which develops programs to collect personal information from people, or hacking, which involves illegally accessing a computer remotely.
Urban crime is known as crime that occurs within the terms of population centers or cities. Urban space, especially large cities, are places where a large part of the population is concentrated due to its economic and financial power, which also attracts criminals, who make cities their main field of action. For this reason, it is in the big cities where the main security problems appear.
Criminals are people who commit crimes, that is, who carry out actions contrary to what is established by law and the law, and who are punished by the justice system of each country, which implies the fulfillment of penalties or sanctions depending on the seriousness of the guilt.
