Hate crime laws in the United States

can be used as a visual to show the different topics we talked about in class. This movie is based off of Jordan Belfort a white collar criminal on the streets of long island. There are many instances where what we discussed in lecture/discussion. Crime is now a big seller at the movie theatre and I believe that it can have an impact on a youths mind. The wolf of Wall Street follows the rise of a young money driven stockbroker out of long island, NY. Jordan Belfort a young broker is a story of…

The Land of the Free?: Mass Incarceration as the New Jim Crow By Rosie Kereston What were the Jim Crow Laws Before a comparison can be drawn between the phenomenon of mass incarceration in the United States and the Reconstruction-era Jim Crow laws, it is important to note what these laws were, what effect they had on citizens, and why they were instituted in the first place. The term “Jim Crow” is actually a direct reference to a racist, traveling musical act from the 1830s. Blackface was…

Race and Crime Name Affiliation Race and Crime When we talk about the crimes in America, it has a close and direct relationship with racism, Arab Muslims and African American people to be more specific. An observation says that out of every three African American people, one is expected to go to the prison in his life time. Almost same is the case going on with Arabs, after the September 2011 attacks on the twin towers of America. It raises a serious question. What is the reason…

community is home to broad social inequality, including underfunded public schools, poverty, high levels of gang violence, a lack of affordable housing, a lack of affordable health care, as well as high rates of youth incarceration. The 2010 United States Census reports the population of Kennedy, New York to be 16,258 people, with a mixed demographic composition including Caucasian, Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial individuals, with a majority of the population being African American. 26.7% of…

the past few decades, people across the United States have been debating about gun control laws. Debates ranging from restrictions to background checks, have been heavily discussed by both civilians and people on Capitol Hill. Many nations have abolished the private ownership of guns all together, others have made it nearly impossible to own a firearm. America has been reported to have the highest gun violence in the world, as well as the most lacks gun laws. Many Americans believe that…

such as violent crimes, murders, robberies and incarcerations between holders and non-holders of a concealed handgun license in 51 states. It shows different figures due to the relationship between crimes and shall, such as the mean, min, and max. For the states who adopted concealed handguns, it apparently showed that gun-carry laws coincide with fewer violent crimes, robberies, murders as well as lower incarceration rate. To be more specific, these comparative data show that 17 states with…

discussing the fear of crime it is referred to the fear of being a victim of crime as opposed to the actual probability of being a victim of crime (Hale, 1996). Although the fear of crime can be differentiated into thoughts and behaviours about the personal risk of being a victim of crime, public feelings, and there are many differences that can be made between seeing the situations are fearful and the actual experience while being in those situations, also the media and how it reports crime can…

“I look forward to a great future for America. A future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraints, it’s wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose,” said John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States of America. This great president was shot and killed by a gun, and to be more specific, a 6.5mm Carcano rifle that was easily obtained and that changed the course of history in America forever. The U.S. needs more gun regulations. If only year…

“The United States leads the world in gun ownership, however, it is 103rd in homicide rate” (Guns in America, n.d.). Do guns do more good than harm? Do they protect us, or put us in more danger? Would criminals obey gun control laws? These are a few of the many questions asked when it comes to the issue and debate of gun control. Being able to have guns would benefit society as a whole in that citizens would be more protected, and they would have the ability to take action faster than the local…

referring to the amount of death caused by drugs in the United States. “At first blush” refers to how the legalization of drugs may not seem morally just at the first glance. She also uses the idiom “side of the angles", meaning to side with righteousness, to describe the moral choice of legalizing drugs. She then declares the conclusion in a prescriptive claim that calls for the drug epidemic to be viewed as a public health issue instead of a crime. She adds…