Crime in the United States

“The guns have touched every corner in the united states”. The united states of American known as one of the most countries where gun are being use significantly. Import illegal gun has been a huge issue for the government to handle. The way I see it, there are three main point why the united states considered a gun culture. First, the history of the country which has been always related to guns in general. secondly, the absences of security which lead some people to have their own guns in order…

In the United States, we know and understand that the criminal justice system has an inequality against blacks, Hispanics, Asians, or any other ethnic group. Criminal Justice doesn’t acknowledge other race as equals. There is lack of support in the criminal justice system were many of the issues are not address and will continue to encounter many problems. Something needs to be fix, not only for the better of the present but the future too. Criminal Justice is a perfect career to whomever wants…

The United States of America is famous for the giant gun industry and for the freedom of gun owning. Every year, millions of firearms manufactured in America and set to public. According to Firearms Commerce in the United States Annual Statistical Update, 8,578,610 sophisticated firearms produced in 2012. This number is three times higher than what has been produced in late 80’s. The production of firearms increases year by year. As stated by Swiss Research Center Small Arms Survey, United…

In 1972, the Supreme Court place a ban on the death penalty all fifty states. The court recognized that the system allowed for cruel and unusual punishment, and ruled that until the system was amended, there would be no executions in the United States. Even though the death penalty has since been reinstated in many states, the court created criteria to define "cruel and unusual punishment". It would be defined as "degrading to human dignity", "arbitrary", "rejected throughout society", and…

In this topic, I am addressing the issue of gun control in our criminal justice systems. We all know that there are many controversies on how to reduce crime. Every state is on the search to produce new laws or to eliminate certain objects to lessen crime. Gun control is the laws that control how guns are sold and used and who can own them (Gun Control, n.d.). In other words, the citizens have the right to own a gun. Gun control might have its good side, but it also impacts the criminal justice…

In this present day United States of America, the Law enforcement career is known to be one of the most dangerous career fields. This is because of the hate crimes that is shown towards officers while in the line of duty. A career in Law Enforcement is one of the few career fields that offer exciting and numerous opportunities for those individuals aspiring to be Law enforcement personnel. Law Enforcement field is made up of several jobs and is thus not as limiting as many professional fields.…

help support two children. Enrique’s mother went to the United States in search for a job to help provide for her children. As the years went by Enrique was yearning for a mother, everything he thought he had was taken away from him and he was disappointed with his life. Years later he decided to go to the United States in hope to find his mother, but he was going to do it illegally. Going through Mexico to illegally enter the United States was very hard…

Furthermore, a crime motivated by a hate group is called a hate crime. According to Zyad Wright, a researcher in the Social Sciences and Humanities states "examples of ‘hate crimes’ would include racist cross-burnings to incite fear amongst African-Americans, and assaults against gays." (Wright, 57). Both these are top example of hate crimes that has been seen many times. Hate crimes continue to be an important problem in the United States, though as of 2015 all but five states passed various…

known as the death penalty, dates back to the beginning of recorded history. It is mentioned in Hammurabi’s code, the Babylonian code of conduct, which is the oldest law scripture in the world. When the death penalty was first introduced to the United States of America in the seventeenth century, it was an acceptable punishment for minor offenses, as well as major ones (Part I: History of the Death Penalty). Since then, the death sentence has been modified so that it is only used for the most…

In his article “The Human Face of Overcriminalization” (2016), Derrick Hollie argues that the United States criminal justice system is wildly subjective and is most of the time unfair. Hollie uses tone, anecdotes, and pathos to sufficiently argue against overcriminalization. Hollie’s goal with his editorial is to convince the public that overcriminalization is prevalent in our society in order to hopefully fix this issue. The audience intended to be reached by this editorial is all American…