American Teens Against Crime

According to Dan Lyons from Bloomsbury New Jersey, one of the most effective laws ever passed was requiring purchasers of alcohol to be 21 years of age. In 1984, Congress urged every state to require 21 as the legal drinking age for purchasing alcoholic drinks (Lyons). An estimated 1,071 lives were saved on the highways alone in 1987, and more than 20,000 lives since then (Lyons). As Robert Voas states, “The 21 law is predicated on the fact that drinking is more dangerous for youth because…

minutes in America someone is being sexually assaulted. Every two minutes there is another victim of rape. Every two minutes there is another person who may or may not get justice for a terrible crime committed against them. In today’s society these victims of sexual assault are shunned and blamed for these crimes do to the ever growing’ rape culture that is present in America. An article written by John Fidler that was published in Reading Eagle states, “’Well, what was she wearing?’ ‘I’ll bet…

Institutional Disparities Data Report On the off chance that we consider back the historical backdrop of the United States, we appear to have made some amazing progress in the battle against racial disparity; we even have our first African American president in office. No doubt we are near accomplishing the equity we have been exercising as a country, if we have not as of now accomplished it. In any case, despite what advancements we have made, the racial disparity is still a critical issue…

Pine Bluff, Arkansas Sissy’s Log Cabin- The robbers at the [crime scene] were only teenagers. The [conflict] cause a lot of media attention. The teenagers were Caucasian and African- American males. The [crime victim] was held up against their will. The police went to the crime scene finding two teenagers with their hands bound together with rope by the store owner. Luckily the owner had a gun to hold the [criminals] until they were brought into custody by the police. The citizens were…

In the eyes of the American people, Asians Americans are usually seen as the “model minority.” The phrase “model minority” means a minority group that is seen and perceived as successful. In particular, some many say that the Chinese Americans are the model minority because they are stereotyped as being overly smart and obedient, which is also a part of being the model minority. Because of the fact that Chinese Americans are always seen as being smart and obedient, many people often overlook…

on drugs is the way to legally discriminate against African Americans and people of color. In the book she encourages us, as United States Citizens to discuss the criminal justice system and how it is not how it should be. In chapter one we are introduced on how the discrimination has made come back according to Michelle Alexander. She did acknowledge that some African Americans have succeeded but she also mentions that even though some African Americans, like Barack Obama, have succeeded, it…

what they see on the outside because not every minority commits a crime and men offer no more than women do. Racial profiling is based on the perception that an individual of one race or…

research, I have found our placement in said list and I want to thank you for taking preventive measure for crimes against the American citizens and anyone who relies on the Department of States’ website for information. Prevention is the first step to saving a life and with our spot in the Travel Warning list, your people can be saved from vicious crimes. El Salvador…

Introduction Teen dating violence (TDV) entails physical, emotional, psychological, or emotional violence in a dating relationship (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). Physical violence includes any kind of physical harm for example, pinching, hitting, kicking whereas emotional violence deals with the threatening of a partner or harm of their sense of self-worth for example, name calling, shaming, bullying, and isolating from friends and family (Eagle, 2012). Sexual violence…

Prejudging someone based on their ethnicity and race is known as racial profiling. Hispanics, Asians, African, and Americans are mostly targeted. Racial profiling tends to lead to racism and fear. The impacts extends much more for those whom directly experience it. Racial profiling has become a tremendous issue in today's society and will continue to affect future generations. By affecting people psychologically, having an impact on people's jobs, changed the environment and has also destroyed…