Violent crime

Crime Crime is one of the biggest menaces in the society today. In the USA, crime has been in existence since colonization. Over the years, the rates of crime have varied. Crime rates increased during the period following the Second World War. In the early 1970s and 90s, there was a slight peak in crime rates, declining shortly during the 90s. According to the FBI definition, crime is broadly categorized as property crime and violent crime (UCR, 2010). Violent crime comprises of non-negligent…

The crime rate in America is steadily decreasing but nonetheless crime remains , 63.8% of which are aggravated assaults, 27.3% robbery, 1.3% murder and 7.5% rape. Guns were used in almost three quarters of the murders, nearly 41% of the robberies and about a quarter of the aggravated assaults in 2015, and 3 quarters of the countries murders. Violent crime rates ticked up slightly that year, and is 16.5% lower than a decade ago. Yet, it remains nearly 373 violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants in…

In the article “ Americas Real Crime Element: Lead” by Kevin Drum published in Mother Jones magazine, the author gives possible reasons behind crime rates in the 1990’s. Drum introduces many theories, to later discredit them through evidence. Such evidence leads him to the real reason behind violent crimes.The evidence presented by Drum makes his argument credible to most, including parents of young children. Parents with young children have many fears. We fear the future, what type of person…

People died every day from gun violence. Ik- Whan G. Kwon and Daniel W. Baack say “In 2000, almost30,000 persons died from firearm injuries in the United States” (134). How could this large amount of number be reached? In the United Stated, there are lots of gun shooting tragedies. CNN reported that 20 adults and 6 students were killed by gunfire “at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14.” (Sandy Hook shooting: What happened?). This is just one example of many…

Disorganization There are many different causes of crime and theorists have come up with good reasonable ones. I personally think that crime is caused by overcrowded neighborhoods and instability. Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay’s Theory of Social disorganization shows why certain neighborhoods have more social problems, such as delinquency, than others. Shaw and McKay began with assumptions that certain neighborhoods in all cities have more crimes than other parts of the city. These areas are in…

shorter jail sentences for these horrific crimes. The justice system with Bates Motel is a direct reflection of what our system is becoming. Just like Norman the criminals are the ones who have power over everything. They hold power of the justice system, the police officers who enforce it, and us the citizens. We have seen countless examples of violent criminals who have walked away with little or no punishment. We become so engrossed with their violent crime we often ignore the lack of…

and “Gun Violence spikes in Carbondale.” I know that I will never speak to neither one of you directly, but I would like to address some of the material included in your articles. The Carbondale community has witnessed a drastic rise in violent and property crimes within the year of 2016. In addition, “Violence Creates Conundrum” included a statistical approach showing a visual aspect of total number of shooting incidents that have occurred in Carbondale, Illinois, which I find appealing.…

biological, psychological and sociological theories of crime could be applied to explain the desire to commit murder but in this case, Social Learning Theory and Rational Choice Theory offer the best rationalization (O’Grady 2014, 81-83, 99).…

Violent crimes are increasing rapidly, and many vicious crimes are juvenile crimes. Many people try to find the best procedure to treat the juvenile crimes. Some think that children committing the crime should be treated in a separate juvenile system. However, to judge these kids should depend on their intention. Children might have to mature faster to know and obey the law by lowering the minimum age to treat them as an adult. A psychiatrist may be necessary to give advice to children who…

Gun Rights There’s two sides you can believe about gun control. You can believe that guns create crimes or that guns can prevent crimes. People on the side that believe that guns create crimes, want to increase gun control; make more laws that restrict gun possession in certain locations, type of guns and ammunition that can be purchased. People on the side that believe guns can prevent crimes, want a decrease of gun control; less restrictions considering the possession of guns, type of…