Crime in the United States

Is the United States a racial democracy? The summary The United States has a long history with racial conflict. Specifically with African Americans which are classified as black people. From going through different time periods such as slavery; not being given the right to vote as well as segregation. We as normal white Americans have gone through certain times in periods where we didn’t stress as equal amount as they did. African Americans’ have not been given the classification of being…

Young black males were associated to heavy drug usage, although they are less likely to use illegal drug than any other racial groups in the United States (Walker, 2011). The Perceptions that claimed that minorities were responsible for the drug epidemic established moral panic in the judicial ideology of sentencing judges, which resulted in higher incarceration and harsher punishments for minorities…

2014-2017, we observe that there has been a growing tendency around the globe but not limited to the United States of America, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Turkey to see the rise of a populist rhetoric where demagogues are increasingly indulging in “gesture politics” while supporting and advocating for policies that right violate the sanctity of the right to privacy and other human rights in an attempt to ‘call for’ doing something about topical security issues and combating terrorism.…

possible, even in a world of diverse media, for the crimes of a North American country to be concealed. For example, several allegations of the United States founding ISIS in order to create a sense of urgency and teamwork have been made. This could result in the conquering of the oil-rich Middle East, which would aid the United States in gaining leverage as a dominant country. The end result of this conspiracy theory would be the United States reigning as heroes for defeating ISIS. If history…

In the last couple of years, the United States of America has seen a huge increase in gun violence and an increase in trying to figure out what to do about it. In several speeches at Washington D.C. politicians spoke about the tragic accident of Sandy Hook Elementary. The politicians that spoke there all believed that no matter what the gun laws were, the violent act against innocent children and teachers could not have been prevented. There have been numerous studies that have proven that…

as young as 7 years of age who were blamed for crimes were detained with adult offenders. In the mid nineteenth century, the thought of changing youth guilty parties flourished in the United States. The House of Refuge in New York, which opened in 1824, was the main juvenile place of change in the United States (). This was the primary attempt to achieve something to be able to house juvenile guilty parties in a different office and different States. Upheld by rising exploration and science…

Privatized Prison System With the United States being the land of the free, you would expect to see very low incarceration rates, but this isn’t the case. Crime rates in the American metropolis areas are blown completely off of the scale when compared to other countries around the world. Which leads to the question, “ why does the United States incarcerate more people than any other country?” through the duration of this essay I will attempt to reveal and provide possible solutions to the…

Crime rates in the United States have been steadily dropping since the early nineties after having been on an upward trend since the sixties. They reached a historical peak in 1992 and from 1993 to 2000, the U.S experienced an unexpected 48% and 51% drop in violent and property crime rates, respectively (U.S Dept. of Justice). Many researchers have tried to explain this sharp drop in crime, but there seems to be a lack of consensus on the most influential factors. On one side, there are…

March 31, 2016 in Montreal, Canada, NASCAR driver Derek White was arrested for claims of being involved in a major tobacco smuggling ring. The police say that the car driver played a key role in the illegal operation that contributed in bringing more than 2000 tons of tobacco from North Carolina into Canada, which also not paying over $530 million dollars in taxes. The Canadian native is also involved with illegal drugs such as cocaine and other vulgar substances. The U.S Drug Enforcement…

Fight the System! (or Not) Throughout the history of the United States of America, the justice system and the opinions of citizens on how the system should work have vastly developed and varied. Many US citizens currently believe that the justice system has been fair since the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, but Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, has a different view. Stevenson believes that being equal under the law did not actually fix the legal…