where the lower caste originally known as “the untouchables” are still largely poor while the upper class mainly the “Brahmins” are richer. To this day I remember the image of 3-4 year olds running around by the road side and looking for food in the dumpster while their mothers collect plastic bags to make money. Conflict theory applies to this situation which states, “Conflict theorists view social structure as inherently unequal, based on power differentials related to issues like class,…
“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex,” reads the Equal Rights Amendment. Women in the United States of America did not have many rights before 1919. However, in the early 1920’s, the Equal Rights Amendment was created for the benefit of America’s women. The amendment was dedicated to equality for women, for equality to be included inside of the Constitution, and to support women’s rights. Even today, the Equal…
to Butler face causing him to stumble backwards (Murder on Sunday Morning, 2001). Butler also mentions that Detective Darnell wrote his statement forcing him to sign it.” During the trail the Mary Ann’s purse was found by a man collecting in a dumpster on Main Street. The purse was covered in blood with all credit cards inside, as well as two envelops with more than $1,000 in each. When on the stand, the gentleman who found the purse of Mrs. Stephens stated the police officers accused him of…
It is unlikely that someone would say it is good that people do not have access to affordable housing, yet in recent years across the United States the problem of homelessness has increased, and it is being criminalized in an effort to “clean up” cities. The line between public and commercial space is being blurred as cities are being redeveloped and developers attempt to change the social topography of a city, by ignoring the problem of homelessness and trying to send it away. By studying how…
Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) Wrongdoing Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) is an arrangement of plan standards used to debilitate wrongdoing. The idea is straightforward: Buildings and properties are intended to keep harm from the power of the components and catastrophic events; they ought to likewise be intended to forestall wrongdoing. CPTED standards depend on suspecting the manners of thinking of a potential guilty party and making a situation that…
Lets think about this, you are a homeless person due to the fact that there are many new companies moving into your city which cause the housing prices to go up. You work a small paying job barely managing to get by. Eventually you are either fired or laid off due to budget cuts and it is now really hard to get a job due to all the new technology that you are not used to working. Over time you will become in debt or get ran out of your home forcing you to sleep in the streets or try finding room…
eat garbage. Sift through it like the basureros at the dump, take somebody else’s filthy leavings, full of spit and maggots and ants.” (238) No money and looming starvation leads to Candido feeding his wife and himself with food scavenged from a dumpster behind KFC. One would imagine only an animal was capable of stooping to such levels of desperation, however for Candido it’s a matter of survival. Moreover, the mere location of where Candido and America live is wild. “…he was camping down there…
Rachel and Colton live in a small house down the road from the school. On the way to school, Colton was eating and threw his wrapper out the window. “Stop littering Colton.” said Rachel. “ Why?” asked Colton. While he was driving to the school. “ Because its trashing our community.” said Rachel. “So you're trying to convince me to stop littering?” asked Colton. While parking the car in the school parking lot. “ Colton we should convince everyone to stop littering, because of the causes it does…
Brock Turner vs. Moral Justice Rape, has been a thorn in societies side for thousands of years; women, men, and children have been victims of nonconsensual acts since before the formation of society. The first written laws against rape were first saw in Ancient Rome, and is still illegal in most modern societies today. Recently, In the United States and much of Europe, rape, is more critically viewed and can often have severe punishments. However, in the case of Brock Turner v.People, a young…
Every year, about 300,000 children are placed into out-of-home care due to abuse and neglect (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). Many of these children already have siblings in the system. Sibling separation in foster care is a dilemma that many families go through when being placed into foster care. Brothers and sisters who have relied on each other for comfort and support through tough circumstances in their lives are forced to leave one another’s side for many reasons. Although…