Violent crime

AViolent crime is reported when someone hurts someone physically or threatens to hurt someone. Violent crime may be committed with a weapon or without a weapon. It includes murder, rape, assault, sexual assault and robbery. According to various research studies, it is reported that the violent crime rates have dropped between the years 1990-2001. According to Cross-National Studies, the violent crime rate has fallen significantly in the United States, moderately in Great Britain and slowly in…

Introduction Since the 1970s the American Prison population has increased at an exponential rate, making it the highest prison population in the world. This is peculiar in the sense that crime is at an all time low in this country but there has been increase in punitive laws. One of the factors of the prison population growth is the “War on Drugs”. Throughout his presidency until his resignation President Nixon set the foundation for the War on Drugs by creating institutions like the Special…

Solution A: Berry calls for tougher law in New Mexico Recently, there has been a lot of crimes that have taken place in New Mexico, which led the government of New Mexico to take action on those violent crimes. There is a solution that is being discussed in New Mexico is to call for tougher laws, proposed by New Mexico Mayor Richard Berry and supported by the concerted and bipartisan effort. This bill will thoroughly change the three strikes law in New Mexico and make it stronger by removing…

to the best of our ability tends to make the punishment too harsh. If revenge was to play a role in punishment, the punishment would never fit the crime, For example, when revenge was used in punishment in China in the 19 century, Ling Chi (extracting portions of flesh slowly from the offender) was used for minor offenses or in most cases violent crimes. I believe when revenge is used in punishment, there is no limit to how harsh the punishment could be even if the punishment involves humility…

42% play video games for at least three hours per week, but are the video games making you do violent things? well many people play video games and play for a long period of time in a day but people wonder if video games cause you to become mad and commit violent actions big and small. So the question is do video games actually cause violence? Lots of critics say that videogames are a cause of violent crimes such as shootings. That can also be argued by people who think that video games…

they drift farther away from the real reality. Violence in video games is something our society has become desensitized to, and further desensitizing our people to violence. Now why this is important is that there is a possibility that exposure to violent video games is a contributing factor to parricide, since evidence proves that the exposure increases aggression. People could be looked at as a clean slate, being shaped by other people, events, and culture. When violence becomes part of…

are surrounded by violent people who will take advantage of them at every turn. If they ever get to leave those places they will on average leave with a damaged psyche and a bleak future. This is the United States prison system and it is broken. To save the lives of countless people things must change. To create a better prison system and in turn a better society, the United States must reform its laws, fund rehabilitation…

In James Q. Wilson’s Just Take Away Their Guns, Wilson has fairly liberal views on guns, gun owners, and their respective rights, but Wilson also has a radical solution for gun-related crimes. Wilson boasts an increase in frisks as a better way to control the amount of guns on the streets illegally than the already instituted paperwork and background checks required to legally purchase and own a firearm. He also argues that blame and ill will should not be upon legal firearm owners and that it…

charges or non-violent crimes. Studies also show racial profiling in all levels of the law all the way down from the police officer, the prosecutors, and the judges. Also, minorities are more likely to receive sentencing of being incarcerated…

year-old Jermaine Grant. Since they were under 18, they are considered minors but may be trialed as adults. Violent crimes are offenses which involve force or threat of force. Prosecutors believe that children who commit a violent crime, to the extent that the victim has to suffer or did not deserve the violent act, should be charged as an adult. Many children are accused of committing a violent crime everyday. Whether the situation be robbery, murder, or just physical aggression, many children…