Crime and Its Effects

People make up the neighborhoods and thus the safety of a neighborhood depends on the

Gentrification has a positive effect on a community in the sense that it ameliorates the local economy. In lower income neighborhoods, the expansion of businesses and creation of jobs is limited by the deficiency of monetary flow. However, as wealthier residents relocate to the area and invest money in the community, businesses develop. Overtime, this trend continues and results in economic development as well as more jobs, which benefits the community. Secondly, the process of gentrification typically results in a lower crime rate. This is because gentrification involves the attainment of vacant properties in order to build new developments. Therefore there will be a decrease in vacant properties which typically attract crime. Additionally, an increase in population results in an increase in local government revenue from taxes which can be spent on law

Crime is an unfortunate part of many people’s lives - both for the victim of the crime and also the suspect. There are many theories as to why crimes happen, who commits the crimes, and why crimes happen to certain people. Not all crimes can be solved, or questions answered but these theories give a peek into the thinking or background behind some crimes that are committed.

The beautification or remodeling of neighborhoods impacts the environment of people surrounding those new places. For example, in ​Police, Power, and the Production of Racial Boundaries

with crime, therefore, some people tend to be apprehensive when it comes to helping those who

Gentrification is often related to the improvement of community in terms of crimes, economy and housing conditions. In this article, Scott C Macdonald discusses the relationship between gentrification and crime rates and how it affects the residents of gentrified neighborhoods. Furthermore, Macdonald explains why gentrification should reduce crime by stating that affluent neighborhoods typically have low crime rates that poor neighborhoods, thus as the urban neighborhood become more affluent the crime rates should decrease because of the change in social class. Similarly, the new comers of the neighborhood tend to be more engaged in the neighborhood security activities such as organizing citizen patrols and neighborhood watches than

become homeless. Gentrification is one reason I believe, many people become homeless within the U.S. and another reason may be due to the lack of resources that are provided for homeless people. This issue on gentrification is important because is shapes what lower income residents go through in order to survive. Gentrification has negative impacts on human’s and society because it makes many residents who are lower class wonder if they will be financially stable to live on their own within another state, or county. This would then lead into homelessness. I say gentrification has a negative effect on people who are homeless because in some cases they may have been forced to evacuate their homes and move into another state due to the restoration of homes. The Metropolitan areas such as Columbia Heights, Anacostia, Georgetown, Minnesota Ave is a prime example of what gentrification would look like. Some parts of the area may have nice home developments and the other parts may still have the same older home developments. Many lower class residents were forced to move because the middle class residents took over with the reconstruction of

A Victim Impact Statement is a written or oral report in their own words of the effect that the crime has had on the victim. For an example, the victim may have suffered a physical injury, loss financially or been affected psychologically. The purpose of a Victim Impact Statements allows crime victims to describe to the court or parole board the impact of the crime during the decision-making process on sentencing or parole. It provides information and aid to the victim who experienced direct physical emotional or pecuniary harm as a result of the commission of a crime. “The Victim Impact Statement can be used if the offender is found guilty by the court or pleads not guilty or guilty, the prosecutor will then present the written victim impact statement to the court before the judge or magistrate decides the sentence” (Erez 2009). According the Erez and Rogers (2009) there was a study about the effects of the Victim Impact Statement on the criminal justice system in South Australia. In Adelaide, there were members of the legal profession were interviews concerning their experience with the Victim Impact

Detroit has been classified as one of America’s most violent cities with a high crime rate. Most of the residential neighborhoods are full of dilapidated buildings, mediocre shopping centers, burned down or vacant houses. Compared to the adjacent city, Dearborn where the crime rate is lower, there is no dilapidated building, there are no burnt down houses in any of the residential neighborhoods. Many Detroit residents often move to suburban cities like Dearborn to escape the decay of their neighborhoods. Moving to these well-kept neighborhoods insinuate the better the neighborhood the lessor of crime. This week articles closely examine the social and economic disparities in urban residential neighborhoods and correlate these disparities to crime and criminal activity. The articles for this week takes a look at Wilson and Keller’s Broken Windows research which argues that neighborhood with physical and

Crime will be always present in our society and it will never truly seize. As the years go by, more people take precautions to ensure the safety of their families and themselves, whether it is from getting security at home or to even storing away their valuables in a safety locker. Even though this may be the case, the crime rates for different criminally activities have been gradually declining over the past few years. Furthermore some investigations have illustrated that the south had a higher crime ratio within the United States because it tends to be the poorest states. While northern states tend to have better standing due to better economy, and even more around San Jacinto College South Campus, crime ratio has not increased, but it

It is very plausible that social constructs and environmental influences greatly impact the decisions and conditions of communities and the people that reside within them. All around us we can see evidence that may formulate our opinions and sway our opinions for good or bad. It is important not to forget that depictions of criminals, their habitats or way of life, can be misconstrued by media outlets and other press coverage. It is rare that the whole story told, so we must research deeper into matters and combine facts to fully comprehend the situation. In turn, this will produce the most accurate answers, or reasons behind acts committed.According to author Frank Schmalleger, "Places can be criminogenic because they have certain routine characteristics associated with them or because they provide the characteristics that facilitate crime commission." This has to be a true statement, if not partial, since history shows us that crime tends to occur in rowdy or overwhelmingly poor areas. At the same time, crime also occurs in less dangerous zones, albeit less frequently. It is my

The unfortunate reality of society relying on the media for information regarding criminal events, subjects the public to the misrepresentation and manipulation on the validity of crime in the community. Steven Chermak was one of few to examine into detail the various factors of a crime that affect the amount of attention and space a media source (in this case newspapers) awards to the crime story. In his article, Predicting Crime Story Salience: The Effects of Crime, Victim, and Defendant Characteristics, as the title implies, the components investigated incorporate the differing variables from the circumstances of a crime and the characteristics of both the offender(s) and the victim(s) (Chermak, 1998, p.61). Chermak remarks on the medias manipulation, and presentation methods of crime stories and it’s effects on the public perception of crime. More recent publications in the world of criminology, including “The Criminal Event: An Introduction to Criminology in Canada by L.W Kennedy and V.F Sacco, and Study Guide: Introduction to Criminology by B. Cartwright have similar and differing views to Chermak. This essay will address and summarize Chermak’s article, state his findings, and relate them to the information stated in the works of Cartwright, and Kennedy and Sacco.

According to Siegel and Worrall (2014), there are various factors that criminologists believe affect the crime trend in the United States. Most of these factors are socioeconomic and demographic. One’s age, mental health and the ability to seek and receive treatment for mental health issues, the ability and ease of getting a gun, or even drug use are all possible factors that influence the crime rate in the United States. One must also though consider that when the economy is on the brink of collapse, crime can go up; however, when the economy is succeeding, crime rate will go down. What is crime like in the United States?

A run-down neighborhood, for the purpose of this research, is composed of several factors, those factors being: low socioeconomic status, social disorganization, poor housing quality overall, and low social involvement, which will be measured to address the research question. The research question for this proposed study is: are run-down neighborhoods more likely to have a higher violent crime rate than nearby neighborhoods? Within this study, the independent variables are neighborhoods, socioeconomic status, housing quality, and social involvement, whereas the dependent variable is the neighborhood’s violent crime rate. The control variable will be the neighborhoods nearby, using them to compare to the run-down neighborhood. The unit of analysis will be at the macro level defined by the neighborhood violent crime rate overall and the factors that constitute a neighborhood as

Fear of Crime in members of our society today has been widely researched. For the purpose of this essay, fear of crime is used in the context of an individual’s perceived risk of becoming a victim of crime. In this essay it is argued that the elderly and the youngest members of our society are the most fearful of crime and that, of these age groups the elderly have the lowest risk of becoming victims of crime. Firstly, research shows that fear of crime is wide spread and that certain age groups are more fearful of becoming victims than others. Secondly, that the Media’s portrayal of crimes contributes to society’s perceptions of safety and crime itself, increasing fear of crime in these age groups. Thirdly, that the Elderly