United States cities by crime rate

Over 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…

Discussion Previous studies, which examine the effect of gun control laws have generally failed, with the exception of a few, to discover a statistically significant gun control effect on the violent crime rate. This present study is concurrent with inferences drawn from previous studies about their inability to discover statistically significant gun control effects. After conducting our analyses there was not a statistically significant effect, with the exception of one relationship, on…

our justice system is mistaken for weakness because of luxuries, stability, and sentence cutting to maintain budget (Smith). Today in American 's face a big problem with trying to figure out the best way of justice for criminals who have committed crimes to innocent individuals. The problem is that we all have different hearts on what we feel is necessary punishment. About 12% of people believe prison should be used as a deterrent to criminals (Friedman2008), 55% of people believe prison be used…

In particular, the chronic economic hardship that follows most single parent families adversely affects an African American child’s development. To provide some light on the issue, the percentage of African American children under the age of 18 living in poverty is 52% (National Center for Educational Statistics). Similarly, the average income for the single parents, most notably mothers, was $26,000 (Single Mother Statistics). This often causes the parents to struggle to buy even the basics for…

lowering the crime rate, but instead infringe on the rights of law abiding citizens who are trying to protect themselves. Contrary to the belief of gun control advocates, gun control regulations do not reduce the violent crime rate. As the numbers of "assault weapons"…

Matt Shepard was killed, his friends placed some of the blame on “the Wyoming legislature’s failure to pass a hate crimes bill”, Matt’s friend, Walt Boulden, also claimed that he knew “someone would have to get killed or beaten before they finally listened,” (Loffreda 239). In this situation, the government failed to have legislation that would protect individuals from hate. Had the state government had laws enact, it may have deterred the perpetrators from beating Shepard to death. At the…

Hate crimes form one of the greatest threats to the prosperity of society. It thrives off bigotry, aimed at individuals or groups because of their identities.These identities can be: race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation and disability. As illustrated by statistical figures, many sources assess the major increase in these crimes. As hate crimes are condemned as amoral and unethical, the controversy relates to the definition, legislation, and prosecution…