Crime In America Essay

In America, people have wittiness or been informed of many different crimes and violence through their lives. Around the country, some locations tend to have a higher crime levels then other places. Yet crime happens every second throughout our lives. People know that various crimes are commitment in society every day; people have reasons to be involved in these crimes and by doing so, they are spreading violence as well. The justice systems role is to punish the criminals and enforce the law, but they are not affective.
I have personally witness a crime in my personal life. I was about 10 or 11 years old when my apartment had a burglary break in. The crooks trash the entire home they left a big mess, but they were not smart people. They did not take any of the MP3 players, which were brand new. I was shock that they did not take the …show more content…
There are many different factors, which can affect a person sentence such as wealth, power, and race. When looking at the people who are mainly send to prison they are mainly African Americans and people of color. A great example is from Marc Mauer lecture about the American prison system needs to be fixed. He discuss by saying “higher class have the income to help them not receive any harsh sentences, while a person of color may have a greater chance to receive harsh sentences due to the lack of resources”. I totally agree with him because when a person has wealth and power they access to many resources while most cannot. John points out “ In 2012, more than 2.3 million people were incarcerated”(180). It shows that large groups of people are send to jail in a high alarming rate and it’s pretty scary. I watched a segment on John Oliver about the prison system in America he brought up an interesting point. He talk about that the justice system is messed up because they are putting people in jail because they can’t afford the fine so they have to be send to