Gangs in the United States

Americans are incarcerated in state prisons across the country at more than five times the rate of whites, and at least ten times the rate in five states.” (Nellis, 2016) Although there have been promising reforms put in place to reduce the prison populations, racial and ethnic disparities within the prison system continue to cripple the idea of justice in America. African Americans have been incarcerated in state prisons 5.1 times the rate for whites. In the states of Iowa, Minnesota, New…

issues are gang related, however, gangs are not just in the major cities anymore. Larger cities and suburban counties remain the primary location for gangs. Over the past decade, annual estimates of the number of gangs have averaged around 27,000 nationally.…

What is mass incarceration? Mass incarceration is the increase of people incarcerated in the United States prisons. America has a very high number of people incarcerated compared to other countries. This causes many problems and crime rates are still high. I do not believe John Rawls would agree with mass incarceration because it is not beneficial in some aspects and it goes against the veil of ignorance in certain ways. Although his critique of mass incarceration maybe harsh under several of…

Multiple types of social inequity are strongly affecting teens in modern day society, particularly racial inequity and bullying. Ever since the end of the Civil War, people like to believe that racial disparity is no longer a dilemma in the United States. However, that is far from the actual truth that seems to…

something wrong, something atrocious, or even something just plain ridiculous. When people think of a conspiracy they probably go straight for something involving the Nazis or Hitler, but did you know there are conspiracies involving the very United States of America? There are plenty of truths in those conspiracies as well and many of them are more horrifying than any nightmare you could ever have in your life and are like something you would find in a modern horror film, but they are all too…

It is very evident just by watching the news and seeing the headlines in local newspapers that in our current society the adult courts are growing. Illegal drug use and gang involvement are just a couple of crimes that are on the rise and it comes to no surprise that juvenile courts are growing as well. According to U.S. Government Child Statistics, “Twenty-four percent of twelfth graders reported using illicit drugs in the past thirty days”” (2015). In this paper I will clearly define the…

that exist in relation to human interaction and functionality of the aggregate of people within communities is that change is necessary. Change is is vital part of the inevitable progression that occurs within society across the world. From the United States of America to Japan, forms of social reform: a movement by the “people” whom seek to transform, the political and social ideologies of the current ruling body or majority people, in regards to those who have been marginalized by society;…

As we develop from a baby into an adult, we learn many things from our lives, these things can range from anything. Although not everyone realizes, all the things we believe in our adult lives, we got those beliefs from our childhood. Of these beliefs that we receive from our childhood, one of those beliefs is related to our thoughts about race. So if you are growing in an environment where the people that are close to you seem to have negative thoughts about other races, then obviously you are…

minority groups. In 2010, 66% of the youngsters in authority in the United States were adolescents of color: 41 percent African-American and 22 percent Hispanic. Eighty-seven percent were male (Morones,…

Advisor to President Barack Obama and initially a federal prosecutor. I was interested in the events taking place in our homeland; like the Boston Marathon bombing, the school shootings, North Korean and Chinese cyber threats and within-country Islamic State of Iraq (ISIL) counterterrorism. While the interview did discuss some of these points, it was largely focused on ISIL in Syria and social media. Reflections of the Interview Lisa Monaco and Charlie Rose first attempted to tackle the dilemma…