Crime in the United States

legalization of marijuana is a conflict that can be seen from many different points of views; from legalization of both recreational and medical reasons to being illegal as a whole. Some may argue that marijuana would ineffectively decrease crime rates in the United States, but statistically this is not the case. Some may also argue that marijuana should not be legalized for the sake of this generation's future, because they would become a “guinea pig generation,” marijuana should most…

The United States is one of the most advanced countries in the entire world. The U.S. has one of the highest GDP’s in the world, one of the highest life expectancies in the world, and one of the top economies in the world. However the United States also leads the world in the highest number of mass shootings each year. Mike Sharpe, the author of Violent Nation also agrees that United is one of the greatest countries in the world. However Sharpe finds two issues with the United States, “I want to…

The job of a Correctional official is to detect danger in prisons. These same officials can also detect opportunity to make changes and improve the system as well. Within local jails, state prisons and federal penitentiaries, they serve as the voice of authority as they ensure the security and well-being of prisoners. The job of a correctional official is to stop a violent conflict and ensure order within the prison walls and also to support opportunities to rehabilitate prisoners.…

What makes a country great? It is not how much money the country has or the size of the country because a country is just a large collection of people living within set boundaries. A country gets its greatness on how happy it’s citizens are, what it contributes to the rest of the world, and how it got to be the country it is. In the opening scene of the “Newsroom”, a female college girl questions, “What makes America the greatest country in the world?” to a panel discussion. America, however,…

varies based on legislation passed by each state, as the United States has no federal juvenile court system. Typically, once jurisdiction has been established, the juvenile court system takes cases ranging from juvenile status crimes to juvenile delinquents. Jurisdiction Jurisdiction is the power of a court to hear cases and decide their outcome. In regard to the jurisdiction of juvenile courts, there is no federal juvenile court system, so each state has established their own system and…

opens up the speech entitled “On Women’s Right To Vote” presenting herself as having been convicted of the "crime" of voting. As a woman in the year of 1873, she, nor any other woman of the time, had the privilege of…

trafficking is an issue that countries, internationally, have been trying to combat for centuries. Since this issue is far from new, countries have been creating ways that can tackle this issue such as stricter drug charges and sentences on local, state, and federal levels. There are other intersecting problems that make controlling drug trafficking so hard like cross-country trade, cartel control, and expedited trade and consumption of drugs. From the production to the shipment from country to…

In 2011, there were over 11,000 gun homicide victims. Guns are used in crime because they are easy to obtain and only one of the two different ways to acquire a gun is actually regulated (Braga).With all of the recent shootings and crimes going on, why does the United States do something to fix the issue? Massachusetts is one of the states trying to require both primary and secondary transactions to be recorded. Secondary transactions are guns resold to any from another buyer, which makes up…

is Human Trafficking. Many people may think human trafficking does not occur in the United States. In contrast, human trafficking is happening right in our own “backyards”. Human trafficking can be classified into different types of trafficking such as, sex trafficking, labor trafficking and organ trafficking. Sex trafficking and labor trafficking are to be the most popular types of trafficking in the United States. In this research paper, I will be covering the different aspects of human…

is the contentious topic of human trafficking across the globe and what countries are doing to stop this crime. In DuPont's Human Trafficking, she explains the issues of human trafficking and the rising number of women and young girls becoming sex slaves. She specifically discusses sex trafficking in America and what actions the United States has taken. After discussing the United States idea about putting an end to sex trafficking she compares those ideas to countries around the world.…