In 2007 analysis said that Detroit officials noted about 65 to 70 percent of homicides in the city were confined to a narcotics catalyst. Now days there are way too many shootings going on over the stupidest things. A lot of our young men in today’s society are getting their lives taken a young age. People are fearful much more than back then in our metro Detroit area because the violence and death rates continue to go up. Every day you hear of a young male getting shot/killed or a young woman getting abused then killed.
In the U.S. texting while driving is a serious problem that needs to be addressed. Everyday in the United States there are about nine people who are killed and over 1,000 who are injured by distracted drivers. In 2015 according to NHTSA, 660,000 people reported that during the day they used their electronic devices while driving. Distracted driving alone caused 3,477 deaths, 3,196 deadly car crashes, and a total of 391,00 injuries (Clerkin). A simple solution to this deadly problem is to enforce stricter laws or even banning texting and driving to save thousands of lives each year.
Threatened battery is not really recognized in many of the states today. When an individual attempts battery, they are likely to carry out the threat and severely injury their victim. Aggravated assault is another type of assault. Some assaults may be classified as either felonious or misdemeanors. For an assault to be considered a misdemeanor, it must be an assault that was unaccompanied by aggravation circumstances (Schmalleger, Hall & Dolatowski, 2010).
With a national population of over 304 million people, that is around 16,000 murders for 2008 alone. Admittedly, not all of these murders occurred in states where the death penalty is in use, however, of the ten states with the highest murder rates, eight of them are death penalty states (FBI, 2008). It is true that violent crime trends have decreased over the past five years, however, it is important to remember that the violent crimes being committed the most are in areas where the criminal is risking death at the hands of the state. This alone shows that criminals have no regard for a state’s policy on the death sentence, which proves that the penalty has lost its effectiveness as a deterrent. The death penalty has been the most severe punishment for crimes since the 18th century BCE, when King Hammurabi of Babylon held 25 crimes by which a criminal could be put to death.
The Dangers of Carrying a Gun In 1985, about 31,600 people were killed with guns, and perhaps another 130,000 people suffered nonfatal gunshot wounds. However, the majority of the deaths, 55%, were suicides, rather than criminal homicides. Only 37% were homicides, 5% were fatal gun accidents, and 1.5% each were due to legal intervention (police officers killing suspects in the line of duty) and to death where it was undetermined whether the injury was intentionally or accidentally inflicted. Moreover, among all deaths due to "external cause,"( i.e. accident, suicide or homicide) a gun was involved in 22% of them, handguns in about 13% of them.
Did you know that 27 people in America die each day due to drunk driving fatalities and another 15 due to fatalities linked to distracted driving? According to Johnston and Wiggins, 2012 Every year there are thousands of fatal car crashes due to distracted drivers. Distracted driving is not only caused from texting & drinking, but from other distractions as well. These distractions include eating, music, children or other passengers in the car, & even putting on makeup or fixing their hair. There are many laws out there that ban texting and drinking while driving to keep people from harm’s way but there are so few people who actually obey the laws.
| The Dangers of Drunk Driving Did you know that when you drive under the influence the likelihood of getting into an accident is 1.4 times more probable than if you did not? The Nation Highway Traffic Safety Administration states that 60 percent of all teen deaths in car accidents are alcohol related. Teens often abuse the power of alcohol resulting in a dangerous situation like DUI. The dangers of drinking and driving can ruin your life forever and can result in fatal crashes where you or others can be killed. Drunk driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.
Date Rape Drugs Date Rape Drugs are drugs that can be used to assist the committing to unwanted sexual activity. In my research I found that there is three major types of Date Rape Drugs. The three major types of Date Rape Drugs is alcohol, Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid or GHB, and Rohypnol which is commonly known as roofies. These drugs are highly dangerous if taken carelessly. I’ am going to explain to you the effects of each of these drugs.
Almost one-third of car wrecks are caused by teen drivers, a whole thirty percent! If we took out that one-third of car wrecks out of the total amount of car wrecks a year in the united states there would only be a total of four million car wrecks instead of an astounding six million! Also teenage drivers pose a threat to other drivers. Since there are six million car wrecks a year in the united states that means that there is a total of twelve million cars wrecked in the united states approximately every year. If teenage drivers were taken out of that equation a total of at least four million people would not have to go through the trouble of getting in a car wreck in the United States every year.
Statistics state that there is an estimated 10 million alcoholics in the U.S. and alcoholism is the 2nd leading cause of death behind cancer. In addition, the statistics also state that there are some who suggest that “alcoholism is actually ranked 1st because alcoholism is often misdiagnosed.” (Milam & Ketcham, 1983)The cause of death for the alcoholic can range from dying in a car accident; to deterioration of his or her organs from years of alcohol abuse. The alcoholic can look forward to a life in which they will have heart disease, cirrhosis of the liver, organ failure, loss of family, and loss f job. In addition, the ethnic group most likely to become an alcoholic is Native Americans while the least likely ethnic group is Orientals. Most people view alcoholism as a controllable disease and a “personal emotional weakness”.