Essay On Single Parent Crime

Single parents are fearful when they see the statistics on children raised in single parent homes and the potential life of a crime that a child is supposedly more prone to because he/she does not have two parents in the home. High crime has sky rocketed in single family homes. It was believed in the 1980s crime sprees were caused by a number of single parent families. However, crime rates began to decrease while the percentage of single parent families continued to rise. Parents often separate due to behavioral issues on the part of both or one parent. There are several reasons which could cause separation of parents. These could include substance abuse and other addictions, violence, or unable to keep a steady job or income to name some. Also these behaviors may be due to family environment, genes or both. It is easy for society to …show more content…
Government officials and their respective officials have guessed on what factors influence the amount of crime and how it can be controlled. Having more accurate information on how poverty and low-income affects crime and with this information researchers can focus on how to help those overcome poverty somewhat and focus on how to reduce crime.
Our criminal justice system will continue to live up to its purpose which is racial oppression. Reforming our criminal justice system helps us to maintain what the system once was derived from which still can result in racially motivated disenfranchisement. Reform cleans the aspects of the system we do not care to see. We as a people feel better but the system itself still is not adequate or where is should be.
If we truly want a system that will reflect this country’s values of justice, it we really want a lot less damage in the form of violence, poverty, and family division, if we want a country that is built on racial equality, we cannot just reform the criminal justice system. We must change