Crime Is A Major Problem

Location of a university is a contributing factor to the safety of the students and campus. The overall crime rating of the university is based on reported crime on campus and in surrounding areas. Colleges with low amounts of reported crime are valued as being safer. Bradley University earns an overall crime rating of C- when comparing on-campus, city, and regional crime against all other schools nationwide. According to the data, Bradley’s campus rated as a D+, Peoria rated as an F+, the region rated as a D (“Bradley University Crime”). In this section, I will be addressing the crime factors related to the city of Peoria and on campus.

Scarce research is available on active offenders due to their unwillingness to corporate with researchers and past and convicted offenders may have changed their perspectives after being convicted or left their lifestyle of crime. The most reliable data on these offenses and their perpetrators may come from active burglars themselves. Richard T. Wright and Scott Decker’s book, Burglars on the Job seeks to explain the reasons why burglars commit the crimes they do. They have taken their research to another level by gaining the trust of active offenders in the St. Louis area and gaining inside knowledge of these criminals’ daily lives and their crimes. This paper will address

The brutality of the police force has been a long worldwide problem, but especially between the years of 2012-2016. Black people are being unjustly beaten and shot in plain sight for doing nothing while being unarmed. Journal of African American Studies “Blacks are viewed as deserving of harsh treatment in the criminal justice system” (482). “Black males with more “Afrocentric” features may receive longer sentences than blacks with less Afrocentric features like lighter skin and straighter hair”(482). Nowadays it is important to know about the police force. It’s important to know our rights as citizens and be careful around cops. Not everybody is good, but not everybody is bad also. In The New York Amsterdam News 21 people were killed by Chicago police in 2008. Entire families were being attacked. They believe it’s because of their skin color and how they are different. The year of racism started off with the world seeing the police murder of Oscar Grant. “The media have pushed people away from hearing the issue of police brutality, and it has fallen off of the radar screen.”(2) “You can’t give in. They will try to make an example out of you, try to break your spirit!”(2) African Americans say do not trust the cops with anything. “They will ruin you.”(2)

In Memphis you have a 1 in 14 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.

According to FBIs Uniform Crime Reporting Database, Memphis, TN major offenses are; Robbery (3,285) and Aggravated Assault (7,477). The prevailing trends for these types of acts in Memphis is due to poverty, drugs, and gang relations. In Memphis there are multiple trends of more white colored individuals leaving the inner cities and start moving out to places where there are less African American individuals located, because of the violence that comes with poverty. When kids go through poverty at an early age, those younger kids tend to look to the streets for financial stability. This is where in society, we as a generation lack knowledge about what is actually going on. When a younger kid or teenager turn to the streets looking for financial

The two metropolitan areas I have decided to do my research paper on are Cincinnati, Ohio and Dallas, Texas. I choose Cincinnati because it is one of the bigger cities where I live. I choose Dallas because there seems to be a big difference in crime rates compared to Cincinnati. In this paper I will be comparing the burglary rate between these two cities. I will identify the number of burglaries reported to the police in each area and also explain which area had more reported

Being a minority in the United States has never been easy and does not seem to be getting any better. Minorities have been exposed to violence by law enforcement for many decades. Law enforcement 's are tasked with protecting and serving its citizens, not to harass and assault them. Police brutality is a continuous problem in the United States and officers need to be accountable for their actions. This research project will examine how police brutality often leads to death because of some officers ' unnecessary physical aggression and poor judgment, some incidents leads to unjust shootings, and finally, the misconduct of police officers. By understanding how police brutality is increasing and the violence that comes with it, police officers can then receive better training and learn how to gauge certain situations to avoid the use of violence and abuse their power.

This research paper is an overview of police brutality in the United States. The paper covers what police brutality is and the definition. The information about police brutality is expanded about what is reasonable and excessive use of force an officer can use. Information is included about the thoughts of what the citizens feel about police brutality. Among the white and black population there is a major difference between their thoughts of police brutality. The black population feels that they are effected by police brutality more than white folks. In addition, the paper touches on what needs to be done about the police brutality across the nation, and if the issue can be stopped. The paper examines court cases involving police brutality including the media buzzed case of Rodney King. The case is further examined and includes the community’s reaction to the beating of Rodney King. Another case is covering Frank Jude Jr. severely beaten by police officers at an off duty police officer’s party.

The initial experimental group was made up of 47 residential burglars who participated in the study in St. Louis, Missouri. The majority of the subjects were considered to be career burglars for the most part. All subjects thought of themselves as active burglars at the time of the study. The control group of subjects was made up of 34 individuals and was taken from community centers with mainly poor and unemployed individuals. First there was a line of questioning during interview to assess whether they have participated or were familiar with property crime and burglary. The characteristics included in the study included race, gender, and age. The two groups did not differ in age and race and sex were evenly shown in summarization.

Within the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, the low income areas and housing developments are rampant with what we call order maintenance crimes. These are mostly misdemeanor crimes such as drugs, public intoxication, vandalism, loitering, panhandling, and prostitution. These crimes cause disruptions in the community and usually involve the same individuals time after time. Most of the individuals are not from the communities where these violations are committed.

In 2015, there were an estimated 1,197,704 violent crimes. Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter increased 10.8 percent when compared with estimates from 2014. Rape and aggravated assault increased 6.3 percent and 4.6 percent, respectively, while robbery increased 1.4 percent.There were an estimated 7,993,631 property crimes. The estimated numbers for two of the three property crimes show declines when compared with the previous year’s estimates. Burglaries dropped 7.8 percent, larceny-thefts declined 1.8 percent, but motor vehicle thefts rose 3.1 percent.

In looking at Nashville, Tennessee, as an example, the behavior, which should be the focus of the area that are in question in resolving the criminal justice problems in low-income neighborhoods would be violent crimes against the person; (assault, rape, robbery, murder, etc.) the data obtained for this question, was taken from the City of Nashville, Nashville, Tennessee ("MNPD Public Crime Reports and Maps," n.d.) In reviewing the crime areas the central zone would be located in what is considered the centralized area of downtown Nashville, with the population density decreasing towards the outward zones. According to the website, The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, it collects and reports data in both the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program and the National

This report is designed for the City of Topeka, Kansas' Task Force on Crime and Crime Prevention. Under the auspices of a joint effort between the following agencies, the report is designed to look at crime from a micro-cultural perspective in a Midwestern capital city: The Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Topeka Police Department, the FBI's regional office, and the University of Kansas Department of Criminology. The purpose of the data analysis is to provide a basic understanding of overall trends for Topeka. The following data was collected for the years 2009 and 20010:

females tend to be victimized the most when it comes to home break-ins in Rock Hill, and we have seen that for several years. Our suspects like to kick in doors as the most often used method of entry but sometimes front doors are just accidently left unlocked. Age range for suspects of burglaries is wide, but the department does see more juveniles committing this type of crime than other crimes. Black males were most often identified as suspects. In 2016, the peak months were December with 31 but we saw some increases between May and July which accounted for 29% of all residential burglaries for the year. The Triangle, South Central, Catawba Terrace, Sunset Park and East Town neighborhoods had the highest number of this crime in 2016.

The property crime rates of 45.7% occurs more in urban areas. About 16.8% of the crimes were committed by high school dropouts and only 0.4% of the crimes that occurs were related to the population density. The type of property crimes that happens includes larceny-theft, home burglary, home invasion, grand theft auto, forgery, and arson. These types of crimes may be caused by factors such as high school dropouts, the population density per square mile, and people living in urban areas. The paper will focus on the crimes against properties such as larceny-theft, home burglary, and grand theft auto, not a person.