Violent crime

States had declared bankruptcy of $18 billion debt (Davey & Walsh, 2013, p. A1). As a result, there were less jobs available and many people had moved away to find a better life. In the article, Most Dangerous Neighborhoods: Detroit Home To 3 Most Violent Areas In America by Kate Abbey-Lambertz (2013), Detroit, Michigan was once most beautiful city is now abandoned. This essay will analyze how the city of Detroit, Michigan became one of the most dangerous city in United States to live in by…

America is the country with the highest crime rate in the world. There are approximately 12 million crimes committed in the United States every single year. That is by far the worst in the world. 2 No other nation has more than about 6 million reported crimes per year. But at the same time, USA’s people are having serious problems of crimes. The rate of streets crimes has increased about 73 % as compared to the last year. 1 In US criminal population, nearly half of are black people, and nearly…

These ex-felons made communities concerned that violent offenders released from prison would go on to perpetrate serious, violent crimes. The Three Strikes law had a minimum sentence of twenty-five years to life for three-time great offenders who had multiple priors of violent felony convictions. This law had longer prison sentences for certain repeat offenders and required sentence intensifications for convicted felons who had previously committed violent felonies. However, the Three Strikes…

always surround us human beings. Quite a numerous amount of crimes go undetected. This interest many, they want to know why the criminal does what they do. What are the factors that led them to their decisions? There are five different types of criminals. The first is an ordinary person that fell into the crime type by an external circumstance. Second is an apparently normal person who is led by an irresistible impulse to commit a crime. Third is a neurotic criminal who is not only driven by…

intensity of the crime is concerned, youth gang related killings, homicide, confrontation, various violent events, drug trafficking and robberies’ are dramatically amplified with the passage of time. So, in view of this, the current youth gang crimes and youth deviance have…

1. There are many different reasons why individuals might join a gang. According to organized crime, we all have what is called cognitive R.A.M. or random access memory. It is the ability to process information just like a computer. Therefore, everyone is programmed differently and has different ways to process information in this world. Furthermore, how we process information is mainly determined how we were raised. Those particular individuals who are raised around gangs such as the Mafia…

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has begun tracking those who abuse animals for the first time in history. Because individuals who abuse animals are more likely to harm people, the FBI believes that tracking the information could help prevent crime and assist in solving open cases. Using its National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), each case of animal abuse will be recorded by placing it into one of four subgroups: animal neglect, intentional torture and abuse, organized abuse or…

Been an abuse victim or witness abuse have been reported to have a big impact in the youth growth. According to NIJ kids that have been victims of sexual assault are three to five times more likely to suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that is triggered by witnessing or experiencing a terrifying event in the youth life. This can include nightmares, anxiety attacks and sometimes flashbacks that bring them back to the…

There are many social theories which attempt to break down crime and criminality. Two of those theories are Marvin E. Wolfgang and Franco Ferracuti’s theory of subculture violence and Travis Hirschi’s social control/bond theory. There are significant ways that both social control theory and subculture theory addresses the problem of crime. While one focuses on a collective level of analysis the other focuses on an individual level of analysis. Wolfgang and Ferracuti’s theory on the subculture…

Martinez 7 America, the land of the free, has the world's largest prison population in 2014 (1.5 million) decreased by 15,400 (down 1%) from year end 2013. Although we have decreased in incarcerations we continue to be the number one nation with the highest incarceration rate. And our overcrowded prisons are disproportionately filled with blacks and Hispanics, causing many urban communities to lose trust in a system they consider biased and racist…