United States cities by crime rate

for the many chicken ranches in the area. Today, this community is experiencing positive job growth and has a lower than average unemployment rate. On the other hand, the cost of living in this location is considerably higher than other parts of the United States. Estimates show the cost of living in Castro Valley, California is 87% higher than other U.S. cities. Addiction to drugs and alcohol can become a problem for anyone. While the majority of residents living in Castro Valley, California…

is who exactly are they protecting and serving, from who or what, and how are they going about protecting those people? Racial profiling is a controversial and illegal discriminatory practice in which people have fallen targets of having committed crimes because of their ethnicity, race, or religion rather than on evidence-based suspicious behavior ("Racial Profiling"). While it is unconstitutional, it is used alongside stop and frisk by police officers nationwide ,especially in urban…

Immigration exploded during the ninetieth century as our nation with through the industrial era; with this increase in population so was the increase of crime and poverty. With such vulnerabilities among the new immigrates and African Americans of the south migration from rural areas to more urban areas. The hope of more freedoms avoiding violence and racism from the Jim Crow of the south; with words of promise that the north held better jobs, created the Great Migration. The Great Migration…

3.3 Age and Crime One of the few universally accepted facts in criminology is the fact that crime has a strong relationship with age, which is characterised by a typical pattern: the ‘age-crime curve’ (McAra & McVie, 2012). For both men and women (Ulmer & Steffensmeier, 2014), the crime rate increases from the minimum age of responsibility – which is ten in the UK – to a peak in the late teenage years; before declining in adulthood, first quickly and then more slowly; finally trailing off into…

Strikes and You’re Out law (also known as TSAYO) in all 50 states. This policy gives the courts the right to penalize a convicted felon to at least 25 years in prison…

Kaitlin Halvorsen October 14,2015 POL103 Gun Violence The United States has experienced much devastation due to gun violence. Most recently at a college in Oregon, a gunman killed 10 people and injured 9 and then took his own life. The United States is the most heavily armed nation, “a society with a firearm for nearly 90% of its 321 million citizens, (cnn.com). The man who is responsible for the devastation in Oregon had all of his guns legally, purchased by him or a relative, (Sanchez). So…

government sent out additional forces to the cities of Daraa, Baniyas, and Homs (Encyclopedia Britannica). These three cities were seen as the most prominent in the anti-government protests. Not only did they deploy physical military force, but they also shut off internet connection and telephone lines. Darra, the city seen the biggest threat to the regime, took an even larger hit. On April 25th the government shut down electricity and water lines going into the city in an effort to end the…

Gun control has and is an ongoing controversial topic in the United States of America. In past recent years, there has been an increase in mass shootings in schools and in other public places such as movie theaters and dance clubs. It is very worrisome for a person to have in mind that at any given moment our lives could be endangered. For this reason, there has been a discussion of whether gun control is helpful to our country or not. There are many arguments for enforcing and implementing…

White Flight is a concept that is said to have originated in the United States in the mid-20th century. It is described to be the large scaled migration of people of various European backgrounds from racially mixed urban settings, to more racially homogenous suburban or exurban regions (Wikipedia). This concept was largely noticed between the 1950s and 1960s (before this time there was not a good system to track these movements) in cities such as Cleveland, Detroit, and Oakland, where…

Hillary Clinton and our president elect Donald Trump were not the most favorable candidates to run for office. However, Trump has been elected by the American people and many are concerned about his plans for specific groups of people in the United States. Throughout his campaign, his opinions on groups such as, Muslims, Gays and blacks has been difficult to listen to. Based on what he said in his Campaign, I do not feel that Trump will govern this country in the best interest of every citizen.…