Crime Rates In Baltimore: Case Study

Baltimore city had a strong economy, and it was among the top prosperous cities in the United States (U.S)leadingin wages, jobs, and industries up until the 1950s. Since the 1960s, however, the city has seen a decline in its economy as a result of systematic governance failures. Recently, Baltimore has been experiencing an increase in homicide unlike prior years, and in fact, by the end of 2015, various law enforcement organizations predict the city will break its homicide record. As a citizen, Baltimore’s murder rate is a crucial issue to tackle than police brutality because it is symptom indicative of larger issues that need to be addressed and solved in the black community. Three major issues often talked about in Baltimore

As we all know, Camden today is plagued by many problems including gun violence, poverty, robberies, and other crimes such as arsons, assaults, rapes, homicides, and auto thefts. Statics show and prove that Camden New Jersey is one of the top most dangerous places to live in the United States in the world today. You 're probably thinking to yourself of how many annual crimes there is a year in the city of Camden. Camden has a total of 4,431 crimes per year, which is a humongous about. With having a crime rate of 87 per one

My first reaction after watching the video Fault Lines- Baltimore- Anatomy of an American City was that city Baltimore is obviously a dangerous city and there is crime everyday. While anyone can commit a crime, in this particular video it was mainly blacks that were spoke about, I feel that they themselves sold drugs and killed people with guns because that’s the only way of life they knew and were not brave enough to change it for the better. The dealing of drugs was apparently big at one time and more arrest’s meant more money to the state, in order to stop violence and crime with guns, this meant trying to arrest each and every person they thought look suspicious. It seems to be that the black people feel it’s a “war on blacks” and think they are the only ones that we are after but it’s very untrue, it was said by the black man incarcerated that basically if you are of black color then you are going to jail. If people would be more open minded and stopped dragging out slavery from years ago, they would realize that we are not automatically arresting every black person that walks the street, it’s a pattern in Baltimore and it’s up to the ones that live there to change the pattern, prove us wrong and show us that it’s not a war on blacks but a war on drugs.

Crime is something that happens every day. Many people fear it, but it is a factor that people cannot escape. In places, like Detroit, people are surrounded by violent crime. Either they are the victims of it, or the committers, but it was not always like this. During the sixties, Detroit was one of the most lucrative cities in the country. Many people moved there to seek jobs in the automotive factories which increased the population to 1.85 million. (Padnani, 2013) However, this is not the case now. Many of the factories have moved, putting people and their families at a disadvantage. A numerous amount of workers relied on these jobs to feed their families. Since then, Detroit has faced a significant amount of hardships that has caused the city to deteriorate effecting education, employment, and the crime rate each factor acts as a chain reaction. The lack of diversity in the city can be a factor of the crime rate as well because Detroit is filled with a large population of minorities. Many politicians have looked for ways to solve the problem, but nothing has been proven to work.

On January 17, 2017, “Surge in the Violence” was released by the Crime lab at the University of Chicago, which had combined a report on the statistics of homicides taken place in the year 2015 and 2016. The number of homicides taken place in the year of 2016 has soared by record high of 67 percent than the previous year. Chicago is one of the busiest and advanced cities in the world and getting such high numbers in the field of crime is a shame and leaves a bad impression on the rest of the world. The violence related to guns has also increased enormously and according to “Chicago Tribune”, 2,958 people have been shot dead by now this year. Though the data shows that the homicides by gun has decreased significantly but the number is still a problem. The gun violence now is a serious problem and the current situation demands strict gun laws.

interpretation, as well as varying degrees of moderated success or lack thereof. For example, they open the chapter with a discussion of the fact that sociological experts in the Clinton administration had predicted a massive influx of gun-related crime within the coming years, stating that the percentage of teen homicides was subject to increase as much as fifteen percent over the course of the next decade. They then go on to admit that even these experts were unable to adequately predict the trend that occurred, in that several factors ensured the actual decrease of teen homicides over the course of those years. By 2003, as this chapter states, the number of gun-related murders in New York City had fallen to 596, as compared to 2,245 in 1990.

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In 2016, 17, 250 (4.5%) murders in the US compared to Houston’s 302 (12.9%) with a difference of 8.4% difference ("FBI Federal Crime Data," 2013-2016, p. 1). For the most part, three major cities pushing the national murder rate up higher than any other portion of the country is Baltimore (133 in 2015), Chicago (67 in 2015) and Houston (61 in 2015) ("US murder rate," 2016, p. 1). In comparison, these three cities are also at the top for aggravated assaults. The murder and aggravated assault rates are primarily gang and domestic issue related with gangs taking the front on the murder rate with gun violence. Guns are used more than 60% of the time used in the commission of these crimes.

In the years 1992 thru 2011 I grew up in America's number one most dangerous city Camden, NJ. Some impressive stats about Camden is people who live there have a 1 out of 50 chance of being a crime victim. Growing up in

It is apparent that guns, drugs, and drug houses are not the direct problem, rather just a tool of the core problems and divisions at hand. As Roth states, “It is impossible for researchers to hold historical circumstances constant while they study the influence of a single factor. Some social scientists claim that they can measure the impact of gun laws or unemployment or the death penalty on homicide rates by controlling statistically for the impact of other variables. Those claims are false” (14). Although, the police force in Birmingham uses these factors to explain the rising homicide problems, these explanations ignore core problems in our

After reading the article, there are three main points that we should discuss revolving around Camden crime rate. Camden is known for having the leading part one offenses which is murder topping off the charts compared to other New Jersey cities. The first point, that will be reviewed is the high crime rates that have been displayed in Camden for numerous years which has lead there chief to believe in the philosophy of community policing. Secondly, not all residents have seen the decrease of crime in their area such as the Community Baptist Church. The final point that will be discussed is why Camden crime rate has not turned around and why we should include the public on crime awareness in their area.

Common phrases used by locals to describe the city of Reading is “high crime rates” and “poorest city in America.” In 2015 alone, the overall crime rate within the city was seventy-four percent higher than the average crimes committed within the whole state of Pennsylvania (Areavibes). Despite being a fifteen-minute drive from the city of Reading the percentages of crime are much higher within the city compared to where I live, Sinking Spring. The overall crime rate within Sinking Spring was forty-six percent lower than the average crimes committed within the whole state of Pennsylvania. The difference of a

The pair conducted their study using statistical data gathered from the Uniform Crime Report’s Supplementary Homicide Report for the years 2000 through 2007, and they chose their cities to gather data from by using United States Census Bureau

Chicago is a big and beautiful city in the United States, this paper will discuss the cities demographics and analyze a criminal profile. It will include the characterization of the city in terms of social and intellectual context and identify social factors that contribute to crime. A description of beliefs people living there would accept for explaining criminal behavior by linking of events or attitudes. It will consider the changes in land use, property values, transportation, and retail as one moves away from the city. If there are any changes, it will describe the distances between these

This crime can vary from intoxication in public, reckless driving, or the possession of cannabis. Violent crimes, on the other hand, involve all crime that cause much damage to oneself or others. These crimes include murder (homicide), rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. In a 2011 police report, from the KCPD (Kansas City Police Department), there was a total of 110 homicides that consisted of 68% African American males. Out of the same total, the majority of victims were between the ages of 17-34 (Media Unit, 32). Comparing this total to the previous year which had about 102 homicides and in 2009 which had two less (Crime Stats), it is apparent that homicides are decreasing at a steady pace. If one were to look at the overall violent crime that had happened in that 3 year time span, there is no decrease as seen with the homicides. Looking at the amount of crime that occurred in 2009, there was a decrease in the amount of crime but there was an increase of approximately 35.5% in 2011 (Crime Stats). In other words the amount of violent crime that is occurring every year in Kansas City is fluctuating. This fluctuation is happening between 30,000 and 23,000 crimes per year. Looking into the next two years it seemed that the amount of crime would stay well above the 30,000 but that was not the case in 2015. There was a decrease from 31,729 in 2012 to 30,171 in 2013 and finally decreased even further in 2015 to 27,887 crimes (Crime Stats).This means that over those 4 years there was a significant decrease of approx. 12% in violent crime. It may appear that with this decrease in crime there should be no concern for Kansas City’s crime rates but that is not the case. There should still be concern for the amount of crime that is happening in Kansas City. Compared to other cities it still has one of the highest crime rates in the nation. The issue now is not determining if the crime in kansas