Amnesty International states that, “Gun crime in Chicago is most prevalent in communities with high rates of poverty and unemployment.” Poverty influences crime because many people do not have jobs which induce them to join gangs just to make ends meet. Lolly Bowean, a reporter for the Chicago Tribute talked to Tracy Siska, an executive director of the Chicago Justice Project, who claims that “the city has abandoned some neighborhoods and doesn’t care what happens in some communities.” The crime has gone so high up in some neighborhoods that the police have quit in trying to catch all the bad guys there. According to New York Times, young men who live in poor neighborhoods settle simple argument with violence. In neighborhoods filled with poverty, people hang onto their rank and reliability any way they can. The killings have increased from 9 percent to 20 percent since a year ago. Poverty does not cause people to start shooting randomly. It is the fact that gun laws are not strict nor forced unto
Amnesty International states that, “Gun crime in Chicago is most prevalent in communities with high rates of poverty and unemployment.” Poverty influences crime because many people do not have jobs which induce them to join gangs just to make ends meet. Lolly Bowean, a reporter for the Chicago Tribute talked to Tracy Siska, an executive director of the Chicago Justice Project, who claims that “the city has abandoned some neighborhoods and doesn’t care what happens in some communities.” The crime has gone so high up in some neighborhoods that the police have quit in trying to catch all the bad guys there. According to New York Times, young men who live in poor neighborhoods settle simple argument with violence. In neighborhoods filled with poverty, people hang onto their rank and reliability any way they can. The killings have increased from 9 percent to 20 percent since a year ago. Poverty does not cause people to start shooting randomly. It is the fact that gun laws are not strict nor forced unto