United States cities by crime rate

a result of their crimes, convicts lose their freedom and are place among others who suffer the same fate. Crime is the cause of this establishment, but what are the effects of incarceration on convicts, their relations, and society? The United States has a much larger percent of its population incarcerated than any other developed country in the world. America is responsible for a quarter…

from the Pew Center on the States, the United States has less than five percent of the world’s population, but almost 25 percent of the world’s total prison population 15. The total number of inmates in the United States, in 2008 was larger than the populations of Seattle, Boston, Kansas City and Atlanta combined 16. Incarceration is intensely determined by race and ethnicity. Among men the highest rate is black males aged twenty to thirty-four, among women the highest rate is black females aged…

Gun Control and its impact on society. In the United States and abroad there is a controversy surrounding guns and laws to control the spread of all firearms throughout the civilian population of the world. Firearms are one of the tools used to carry out much of the violent crime in America, however according to murder rate here and around the globe guns are just one of the many tools used in violent crime. In the United Kingdom the government has imposed a ban on all…

Gun Control is Not the Solution Increased Gun Control in the United States is absurd, useless, and unnecessary. In order to increase safety all throughout the United States time and effort must not be spent towards limiting gun owners of their rights. The tragic rash of school, religious, and workplace shootings has turned up the heat on the public conversation about guns. In nearly all of these cases gun laws would not have stopped the shooters from obtaining a firearm. This proves how…

progressively common in the City of Chicago. The first twenty-two days of 2017 at least 40 people had been murdered (dnainfo.com). Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says, “The police force is doing their part” and reiterates a call for harsher sentences for criminals (dnainfo.com). President Donald Trump states, “He’ll send in Feds, if Chicago does not fix the horrible carnage going on” (CNN.com). Some citizens…

In the United States many states are developing that more and more crimes are happening in their area. At the age of eighteen, one will be charged as an adult and not be considered a juvenile any more. Any age under eighteen is considered a juvenile. A juvenile in most cases are let off easier with short and lenient sentences. The purpose of the juvenile justice system is to isolate the cruel adults from the juveniles. The people that make up the juvenile justice system came up with “to-save a…

don’t talk about enough is Ohio’s unique and remarkable quality of life. We are a state of cities, small towns and growing suburbs where life is affordable and destinations within reach. There is no better place to raise a family” -Bob Taft (former governor of Ohio). Ohio isn’t that “all country, nothing else” boring place that everyone thinks it is. Ohio is filled with many fun, unique things to do, that not all states have. Ohio is a great place to live. Although many people that don’t live…

This tragic event was undoubtedly a morally unacceptable choice of action in war, therefore the United States is ethically responsible for the war crime of nuclear bombing the Japanese city, Hiroshima. Through an analysis of the atomic bombing on Hiroshima using the Jus in Bello and Jus Ad Bellum Just War Principles, this essay will demonstrate why the United States bears moral responsibility for a war crime. In “Contemporary Moral Problems” by James E. White,…

Troubles in Camden In a city in New Jersey, Walt Whitman once thought of it as “In a dream I saw a city invincible” (Gillette 5). Today that same city ranks as one of the poorest and most crime ridden cities in the United States. This city is directly across the river from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a city called Camden. When many people hear the name Camden, they think of all the crime and drug issues that go on in that city. What some people may not know is that their past wasn’t all that…

definition deviance is the violation of cultural norms, therefore crime is considered a deviance that breaks social norms and laws. Crime itself has been with us since the beginning of human civilization. It is often looked down upon due to the nature of its being. But according to functionalist perspective; society needs crime. If crime did not have any functions, society itself would 've gotten rid of crime altogether. However, crime can also be a threat to social order because it has…