Pros And Cons Of Stop And Frisk

A popular technique used by teachers when they give their students work is that they'll pick kids at random to get answers from the assignment, this encourages kids to do it so if they're called on then they don't get in trouble. This is essentially the idea behind stop-and-frisk policing except imagine that the teacher picks on black or Hispanic students four fifths of the time. In discussions of Stop-and-Frisk, most of us will readily agree that race plays a part. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of whether it's beneficial or not. Whereas some are convinced that it helps stop crime, others maintain that the negatives out weigh the positives and should be abolished. I believe that it's an effective way to stop crime but should be used on an equal basis to all. …show more content…
The fact that people could get stopped at anytime is a huge deterrent to possible criminals. This strategy is so effective that in New York City from 1990 to 2009 the murder rate dropped a tremendous 82% (MacDonald, Heather). This large drop is account to less guns as "guns were used in 61 percent of all homicides, but 86 percent of black males between the ages of 16 and 21 killed that year died from gunfire, according to N.Y.P.D. data." (MacDonald, Heather). When compared to places like Chicago and San Diego it's a wonder why stop-and-frisk isn't used in every big city. To answer, statistically stop-and-frisk is really affective however even these stats don't support it's wild