I live in the most violence city there is. New Orleans is the number one city for incarcerating. That is ridiculous. I want to now why? What makes criminals do what they do?
As the numbers of officers are reduced, the city gets more and more out of control every day. We once had a beautiful city with an impressive name, but now we are known to others as Killadelphia. Philadelphia became one of the nation’s top high crime cities around 2006. “According to the FBI’s 2006
Ronald Reagan pushed the war on drugs to take the drugs off the street. Whites and blacks use the drugs at the same rate but are not being sentenced the same. The F.B.I data show two-thirds of those arrested for drug violations in 2006 were white and 33% were black, although blacks make up 12.8% of the population. Federal data of the most recent available information tells that blacks are 53.5% of all who entered prison for a drug charge. The criminal system is supposed to be justice, but as we see it is very injustice.
Violent, preventable crimes by minors have long plagued America’s larger cities but have scarcely been punished because of the age of the perpetrators. Protected by a lenient and highly outdated juvenile justice system, violent youth have taken advantage of such benefits and have run rampant in our cities. High profile slayings are quite the norm on the evening news, and every once in a while, disaster strikes and we lose a large number of lives at the hands of young offenders. And sadly, naive America continues to lose more and more lives at the hands of reckless teens and repeat offenders because we choose to give them as many chances as they need so long as they are not legal adults. Unfortunately, we have to lose and destroy more lives because we refuse to
There was so many immigrants descending on the city but many had problems finding jobs so they instead turned to crime.Newyork was also the center of commerce which is always a beacon for criminal types.At the turn of the century the city was largely over populated there was a million people to each 2 square mile. There was not enough jobs or housing for all these people.gambling dens and saloons started springin g up everywhere and the crime followed. The police were even to afraid to respond to calls in some areas without having a sufficient number of officers along. There was always a leader to these organized crime gangs. One such leader was called the American Napolean of crime.
Philadelphia and Homicide Over the years Philadelphia has become one of the most violent cities in the US. It was listed in the top ten murders cities in America and seventy percent of these crimes were committed by African American males between the ages of eighteen to forty. In Eric Schneider’s, article Homicide in the Hood, he believes that most of these homicides are due to the low employment opportunities in the urban areas. I agree with his argument. This plays a major factor in the homicide rate in Philadelphia, although it’s not the only factor.
“The reality is that crime has gone way down in New York City and that stop and frisk has certainly contributed to it. I get the fact that the statistics show nearly 686,000 stops in one year and that's way, way, way up from 2002 where it was just over 97,000 but I feel that it's working. It's keeping guns off the street. It's kept crime down to numbers that this city never imagined and, unfortunately, sometimes it takes things like stop and frisk to make that a reality” (Huffington post). People want to feel safe, if you do not feel safe in a community you move.
(NYC Economic Development Corporation) Hunts Point has suffered from crime and poverty for many years and is part of the poorest congressional district in the country, with over half the population living below the poverty line. The community is considered to be a ‘Red Light District’ in many cases for its crime and prostitution. The community’s 41st police precinct consistently records the highest violent crime rate per capita in New York City. As a result, the area has a high rate of incarceration. Due to the lucrative drug trade in the area, many drug addicts reside in the community.
Rikseim and Cherman make a note about police officers and state "arrest is the only area of police behavior that has generated a substantial number of findings on the influence of community-level variables"("Police: police officer," 1997). In poverty stricken areas with minorities teenagers are more likely to join gangs. In places such as Compton with a more African American community there is an increased amount of crime activity and gang violence hence a much more substantial amount of patrolling done by police officers. Other cultural differences can be found through out other “rough” areas in places Chinatown have gangs like “Black Dragon”. In Harlem, an increased amount of crime activity occurs due to the involvement of gangs such as “Bloods” and “Crips”.
The legal drinking age in the United States is 21 years old. That means anyone younger then this is breaking the law and a lot of bad things can happen to them. One bad thing that can happen to them is getting caught with the liquor and having to deal with the police. There are four underage drinking laws that the cops follow: possession, purchase, use and lose and zero tolerance (“Underage Drinking” 1). Each one of these laws can make someone go to jail and pay a huge fine.