American Teens Against Crime

Looking back, it wasn’t the best day, but there is never a perfect moment in life and I just couldn’t hold it back any longer. There is a spectrum of sexualities and people within the LGBTQIA community, yet people do not recognize this. Discrimination against the LGBT+ is real and it happens all over the world. While many people believe identifying as part of the LGBT+ community is wrong, it is not. It’s been about a year since I came out as bisexual to my father. Before I came out, I had been…

Throughout history, African Americans have dealt the most with discrimination. For decades and to this day, they are fighting for equal rights. Blacks have had less opportunities to succeed in life and voice their opinions. Because of these on going issues, the Black Panther Party (BPP) was formed in 1966. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (later dropped ‘ for Self-Defense’) were considered the voice of those oppressed during this period of time (Trueman). Initially, the Black Panther…

death. Due to this fact, people believe the issue could be resolved by no longer allowing cigarettes to be sold, but other people believe that the issue is being taken care of by all the federal laws and policies that the government has in place against the cigarette. Would banning the cigarette benefit the public’s health or would they find their way around it like any other drug and create an even bigger problem? A cigarette is a thin cylinder of finely cut tobacco rolled in paper. About…

Outstandingly, music that is deemed vulgar for children is censored. Some places, like Wal-Mart, will only sell albums if they have a content advisory (Knoploh). This is to protect the innocence of children, supposedly. I think it is a way to control yet another aspect of our lives. The people who started the campaign of censoring were the president’s wife and her higher up friends (Prabhakar). If it was that much of a problem, why didn’t they control what their own children were listening too.…

As, I already pointed out, my favorite criminological and behavioral theorist, is Mr A. Cohen. In his theory, of delinquant subculture and his book “Delinquant boys “ (1955), he pointed out that youth engage in crime in seek of personnal social status, as a result of their own "American Dream" failure , he investigated the character of criminal behavior in lower-class urban areas. The…

social-psychological area. Robert Agnew’s version of general strain theory discusses strain specifically in individuals as a classical and traditional area of criminology. Strain in individuals leads to negative relationships amongst the youth and adolescent teens. Robert Agnew’s general strain theory was introduced back in 1992, as a way to define social relationships and delinquent state of mind but also has support from empirical evidence (Agnew, 1992). The background of general strain…

in America would come greater government revenue and a refocused law enforcement agency; the benefits of ratification outweigh the costs completely. As told by Dr. Malik Burnett and Amanda Reiman from drugpolicy.org, in the early 1900’s after the American Revolution, there was an influx of Mexican immigrants…

organized crime, prohibition, and a number of other glamorized activities." Marijuana is getting legalized by some states and other states are saying no for many reasons, for example, public safety and if it's legal how many other people will start doing it just because it is legal. The legalization of drugs helps save taxpayers money, also keeps law enforcement costs down and prevents black market sales of drugs. Prohibition of Alcohol was enacted in 1920-1933, almost 12.6% of arrest are from…

Everyday Americans watch television, play video games and listen to music. We see violence everywhere; on tv, in video games and even in music videos. Violent media has become something that we enjoy watching. We aren’t necessary attracted to violence, but seem to be drawn to violence content because we anticipate other benefits, such as thrill and suspense. We admire the acts of courage and moral beauty in face of violence. Even though violent media is entertaining to our eye, it does cause…

occurred on a large scale and affect an entire nation or several nations. Such examples may be taken from the American Civil War and September 11th. At the Standing Rock Sioux reserve in North Dakota, hundreds stand together in opposition of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Citizens who have large social media presences, as well as celebrities such as Shailene Woodley are coming together to stand against the development that is expected to devastate the surrounding environment, including the…