Crime in the United States

activity in a beneficial way. All the benefits that marijuana has to offer should make it legalized across the United States for recreational use. When the topic of marijuana is introduced into a debate many people fail to acknowledge the sorts of benefits marijuana offers, instead focus on the illegal side of it. “Marijuana arrests now account for over half of all drug arrests in the United States. Of the 8.2 million marijuana arrests between 2001 and 2010, 88% were for simply having…

favor of gun proponents. Conversely, some believe that guns should be banned, because it will drop the violence rate. However, some civilians believe they are necessary to help stop crime. In reality, guns are vital to the protection of civilians, and therefore ownership should not be restricted in the United States. Many people believe that by legalizing more types of guns, murder rates will rise; however, this is not the case. In some of the largest cities, the murder rates are already going…

Juvenile crime is overwhelming throughout the country and most states have enacted laws allowing convicted juveniles to be tried as an adult and sentenced to death for serious crimes. This case addresses the issue of whether sentencing a youth to death for a crime he or she committed during the age of sixteen and seventeen is cruel and unusual punishment in violation On evening of January 7, 1981, in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Kevin Stanford, age 17 years and 4 months committed the murder of…

of Crime Statistics and Research, statistics have proven that there is a correlation between unemployment and high crime rates. Unemployment costs the United States at least $400 billion per year in lost output. This number does not begin to add up the total cost of unemployment, which includes many serious social problems, like the increased crime rate and governmental assistance dependency (Ottosen & Thompson, 1996). In our society, there have been several fluctuations within the unemployment…

If you are looking for freedom, to state your own opinion without being severely punished, or to feel safe on the streets then Cuba is definitely not the place for you. I wouldn't consider Cuba to have the best human rights ever. Cuba is a country with very little freedom for its citizens. The country was dictated by Fidel Castro. This man would not let the citizens of Cuba leave the country, and would also imprison those who even attempted to leave without permission or escape. Citizens at…

Introduction As we know the United States has a major prison problem, the United States accounts for only 5% of the world’s population but responsible for over 20% of the world’s prison population (Mass Incarceration in the USA, 2015). Since the 1980’s incarceration rates have tripled since the tough on crime campaign (Wyler, 2014). One out every 100 is a person behind bars, the United States has more prisons than colleges. This should tell us something how are prisons more important than…

groups in the United States. The Social reaction of the reemergence of the neo-Nazis in the United States. Occurred. The new presidential candidate resembling a fascist leader. The creation of the Christian identity and the skinheads the ideology of the neo-Nazis is prevailing in the United States. Throughout time, from one era to another the Nazis are reemerging in the 21st century. They are reemerging in the United States stronger than ever before which is causing the hate crimes to…

citizens are aware of the danger that follows with gun use, but still advocate to keep them legal within the states. The gruesome massacres that have occurred within American schools such as Columbine, Virginia Tech, as well as the massacre that recently occurred in Orlando, Florida at club Pulse, somehow do not resonate with the fact that this country has a very serious gun problem. The United States must figure out logical ways to make access to guns harder such as disallowing someone who has…

In 2008, approximately one in every 31 adults (7.3 million) in the United States were either behind bars or being monitored (on probation and parole). From 1978 to 2014, our prison population has risen 408%, partially as a result of mandatory sentencing that came about during the "War on Drugs." Mandatory minimum sentences take away the freedom of judges in sentencing, who are bound by statute to place the convicted behind bars. Existing statutes don’t allow judges to hand down alternative…

criminal justice system. The country of Norway has many similarities and differences when comparing their correctional systems to that of the United States. The correctional systems that are implemented int he United States and Norway are similar an different when it comes to the comparison of their juvenile and adult systems within each country. The. United States of Americas correctional sys em is known for one thing the fact that they have one of the highest incarceration rates in the world…