The continent of South America is known for its variety of music, literature, and its beautiful geography. Although this beautiful culture and cities are in the continent many people refuse to go there. This is due to the major crime and violence in Brazil (one of the best cities in South America). Even though the olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro people are still not wanting to travel there. The crime and violence is affecting millions of lives in Brazil and drug-trafficking, gangs, and together with widespread availability of weapons are the main causes and to be solved they need to focus on gun control and the focus on poverty. The city of Brazil has had many crises. In 1894 Brazil had 2 crises a military one and an economical one. …show more content…
The first main reason of the crime is the the poverty level in Brazil. Although the economy Brazil is growing, the people of Brazil are not seeing the results. This is because the focus on poverty is very weak and the main focus is security. By being poor this is making a life of crime an easy outlet for criminals. By stealing and making money they are becoming less poor. This is what is leading to the above average crime rate. However by using the growing economy to help the poor they can eliminate a lot of the theft and murder. An example of using the economy for good would be building roads, houses, and even a homeless shelter. Brazil also needs to increase protection. Like I said they are focusing on security but if the focus on poverty is increased then the focus on security could be a lot easier and would be more effective. (Scuratovski De Gasperi 1) One of the main ways of murder is guns. Brazil has an awful gun control policy. If Brazil can do what Australia did with gun control then Brazil's crime would be gone. Australia had many gun massacres leaving over 100 shot dead in only a decade. Australia's prime minister John Howard’s first act was to pass a nation wide gun law reform. Fully auto rifles and shotguns were banned. This was done by two nationwide buybacks and large scale voluntary surrenders. Australia destroyed nearly one million firearms which was a third of the nations weapons. They …show more content…
One example was in 2003 the Family Allowance Program was started. It was designed to help Brazil lower the amount of people in poverty. This program gave low income families more money per month and in exchange the families had to keep their kids in school and basic health programs. Unfortunately, this failed because of the fact that some people did not receive the money due to geographical isolation, lack of information about the program, and bureaucratic malpractice but the big reason why this did not work was the because that people who had been poor there whole entire lives did not know what to do with the money so it would go to waste. Also, the people who received the money sometimes also went out and brought drugs or weapons with the money. Another attempt the government had tried was that in 2004 the Brazilian government created the National Public Security Force. This was designed to help strengthen the security and police. How ever the National Public Security Force have somewhat failed because the crime rate is still high but the homicide rate has gone down over the years so that is an
The police in Rio de Janeiro regularly takes bribes from drug lords, abuses favela citizens, and sells back drugs and firearms to the drug trade. Because of this, the favela becomes scared of the police, which can make some places dangerous to be at which can make it easier for people to be killed.
The prison systems, which are assessed as the most violent in the world, are extremely overcrowded and often controlled by gang leaders. It is estimated that there is one gun for every two residents in Venezuela. Backing this claim is the fact that statistically Venezuela has the second highest crime rate in the world. In 2014 approximately 25,000 homicides occurred, a rate of 82 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants overall. Certain cities reflect a higher rate. Caracas, for example, reported 5,200 victims which equates to 134 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2014. Bottom line, government efforts to dismantle or displace criminal activity has failed. Crime rates continue to soar certainly adversely affecting regional stability and economic prosperity.
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The country of Brazil is on the continent of South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean and is the fifth largest country in the world. It consists of 67% forest and woodlands. The country is mostly flat, hilly, and mountainous and has a narrow coastal belt. Brazil is mostly tropical, which is why it is such a fantastic tourist attraction. The further south you go it becomes more temperate. Brazil is 8,456,510 sq km. When comparing its mass, it is slightly smaller than the United States of America. Brazil borders Argentina, Bolivia, Columbia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. The only two countries in South America that are not bordered by Brazil are Chile and Ecuador. The people of Brazil are known as
Brazil is currently undergoing a large wave of gang-related criminal activity that has resulted in backlash towards the police for their inadequate response. Rohter from the New York Times described how the prison gang, First Capital Command, has escalated their crimes to terrorize law enforcement. This pressure has caused the Brazilian national government to act by moving the gang members to maximum security prisons hundreds of miles away from the capital. The decision to separate the members motivated the street affiliated members to increase terror on law enforcement. It was not until the government officials met with the gang leader, Mr. Camacho, to negotiate a peace offering, that the gang called a cease-fire on government officials. To
The purpose of my research paper is to give information about the country of Brazil and the blueberries that are grown there.
Did you know that Brazil is the largest country in South America? It is also the 5th largest country in the world. Brazil is located in the north-eastern part of South America. Every country in South America surrounds Brazil except for Ecuador and Chile. The first people that lived in what is now Brazil were called the “nativos brasileiros," which in English means native Brazilians. Brazil is very large which makes it a great,"home to many rainforests, rivers, and waterfalls, including the Amazon Rainforest, the Amazon River Basin, and the Iguazu Falls. The Amazon River is the second largest river in the world. Brazil also has a very warm climate which makes it a great place to grow crops. Pedro Cabral from Portugal, colonized Brazil on
Have you ever wondered it would be like to live in the big country Brazil? Well, Brazil is the most fabulous place to visit if you are a tourist but, has other environmental concerns that actually make it a country that cannot be lived in. If I was a person living in Brazil, I would be very careful and be aware of my surrounding because there are so many terrorist groups. Also, the climate which takes up most of Brazil in the Amazon rainforest is very dangerous especially for animals and wildlife because of all the deforestation that has occurred in this country. Brazil is a federal republic which is not stable since there is poverty. Even though there is a Constitution that is in play at the moment which I believe is being ignored and people
From time to time crime analysts utilize service calls in lieu of crime incident data to research crime issues/problems (Santos 2012). Analyzing calls for law enforcement can be misleading for many different reasons. The offense type: When a law enforcement agency receives a call for service, the operator assigns the calls classification. In many instances once the law enforcement officer arrives on a scene, the officer will determine that the nature of the call is different than what was originally reported by the caller who initiated the call. The Date and Time: This is where the data is tracked in regards to when the call for assistance was received, when the call was assigned to the responding officer, when that officer arrived, and when the issue was closed by the officer on the scene. The tracking of that information does not always reflect the accuracy in when the offense actually took place.
One of the projects that caused unforeseen consequences was the World Bank’s funding in the Polonoroeste Program in the late 1980’s. This program was designed to build a highway (NAME OF HIGHWAY) into north western Brazil and incorporate this region into Brazil’s ascending economic machine. This project was partially funded by the World Bank (WHICH SECTION FUNDED IT? For how much?). The Polonoroeste Program had some foreseeable objectionable outcomes as well as outcomes that were completely unanticipated. Through negative publicity generated by this project, the World Bank was forced to restructure itself to account for environmental concerns.
Brazil has some of the most violent cities in the world. The murder rate in Brazil has been going through the roof each year. Some cities have a murder rate of 50 per 50,000 people. Most murder victims are usually male, poor and teenagers. Most of these crimes take place in the infamous favelas of Brazil. Murder is not the only crime leaking in the shallow streets of the favelas. High-profile rape cases, kidnapping, drugs, and weapons dealing in the favelas are the common headlines in Brazil (Griffin, Jo). These crimes are born in the favelas and spread through the streets of Brazil. The economic growth of Brazil over the years has benefited the rich puppeteers of the society, but it has made life more miserable for the poor (McCann, Bryan). Not just in Rio, but favelas have spread throughout many cities in Brazil and now they are the number one birthplace of different types of crimes in the country. In this paper, we will analyze an article published on the online version of ‘The Guardians” regarding the lives of people living in Brazilian slums (favelas).
In the last few years, crime in America has been plummeting. All violent crimes have decreased by 4.4% in the last year. Rape has decreased by 6.3%, murder and manslaughter have decreased by 4.4%, and robbery has decreased by 2.8% (Feeney 1). There are many possible explanations for this decrease. “Possible reasons for the decline include the country’s high incarceration rate, an aging population and an increased use of security cameras and cell phone videos capturing incidents” (Feeney 1)
In 1973, homicide was the seventh highest cause from death, but since has become the first since 1990. More than 165,000 have had a violent death between 1980 and 1990. During this decade, the homicide rate was 77.5% per 100,000 people. In comparison, the United States has been regarded as a violent country, but yet the homicide rate was only 8.0%. Contributing to this violence in Colombia is the possession of firearms. Colombians possess more than three million firearms, and more than half is possessed illegally.
Latin America is today the continent with major dates of murder of the world and his metropolises climb the ranking of the most violent cities of the planet (Perea, 2015). According to the study of the Civil Council for the Public Safety and the Penal Justice (2015), between the 50 most violent cities of the world 39 Latin Americans appear. Marked by the sexual inequity, the biggest indexes of inequality of the world and the aftermath of the colonization, the slavery and the dependency politician – economic Latin America is the region of the war against the drug and the drug trafficking, the region of the military dictatorships, the social movements, militias, the crowds, the bands, the commands and the paramilitary ones. Aspects as economic
Crime, death, and destruction is a big problem in Latin America. People are getting severely harmed and killed by many things, such as gangs drug, trafficking, human trafficking, not only those things but many others. A lot of people in the world are trying to help the people that are causing major problems to the world’s economy and the people living in it. Sadly, it doesn’t or won’t stop because people think they can do what they want and get away with anything they want without thinking that it’s bad enough not to go to jail. Although, the crime rate in Latin America is higher in some countries, like for instance Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Murders and violence are a big problem that need to be controlled and solved by not only government officials but the people themselves.