Crime In Philadelphia

The film Law and Disorder in Philadelphia exemplified high violence and crimes around the streets and in the neighborhood in Philadelphia. A theory for the high crime rate in Philadelphia could be from the result of distrust between the criminal justice system and the civilians. Since the destitute Philadelphia streets established itself to be a common placed for the drug trades, local police officers routinely encounter high rates of criminal activities and the local people strongly developed and shared some animosity toward the police officers. For those who live in these neighborhoods that persist in an impoverished state, its environment and its culture create many kind of strains which build greater stress and persistent social problems …show more content…
Although there may be different forms of government assistance programs (e.g. SNAP, Medicare, SSI, Public Housing Assistance, and more) provided throughout the United States, Law and Disorder in Philadelphia illustrated an overall poor condition embedded within the Philadelphia community which suggest that it is plausible that the government do not supply a sufficient amount of assistance and may also neglect the overall well-being of its Philadelphian citizens. According to a police officer (Theroux, 2008), policing can make in impact in the impoverished, unstable Philadelphia community, but the government and all of the people need to actively work together for progression to happen or Philadelphia’s future would cease to escape the impediment that it perceive to be currently. Crime statistic demonstrated that the highest crime rate age range between 18-24 because teenagers no longer are in school or no longer living with their parents; therefore, people of this age group, especially those who reside in an impoverished urban community, engage in criminal activities and they will find any necessary means to survive (e.g. financially unstable). The government need to provide greater funding into these poor schools, and establish social programs which educate the people in its community how to remove themselves from the street life and refine …show more content…
However, a feature that the majority of people would be knowledgeable about is that crimes is too prevalence in our society. Law and Disorder in Philadelphia represented the prevalence of crimes in America, but the essential social problems in regard to Philadelphia is its high crime rates. The subculture of Philadelphia’s code #1 perceived to make it more problematic to bring justice and peace to its community. Aside the from much needed aid from the government for restoring Philadelphia into a robust state, the cooperation and trust between the police and civilians need to be established for advancement to transpire in reality. Although there may be countless and difficult decisions to be made, it is essential that the government genuinely care about its people and the people could entrust their life amongst other people (e.g. government members, police officers, neighbors,