While California is known for its beautiful weather and Silicon Valley culture, it is also known for the high levels of gang violence endemic in the state’s inner cities. Read on to learn which cities in California are the safest and suffer from the least violent crime.
Chicago is the third most populated city in America, and in 2014 there were 57,863 crimes reported by the Chicago Police Department. However, this does
By U.S. standards, that’s merely a small city, such as South Bend or Evansville (though both of those cities boast a larger population). But imagine a small city like South Bend having an arrest rate of that magnitude. That would require some serious effort by law enforcement and the criminal justice system. Busy, busy, busy!
This year’s shootings has climbed by twenty percent from 2013, there have been nearly one hundred homicides involving guns so far this year. This is an upsurge from sixty nine during the same period in both 2013 and 2014.In. In New York city officials have blamed the upsurge of homicides on deadly conflicts between career criminals and blamed gang activity in Brooklyn and the Bronx. On the other hand what’s been happening in Baltimore is different. The number of homicides has doubled while shootings has climbed more than eighty percent, and the vast majority of experts say that it is at partially connected to a averseness by police officers to aggressively do their jobs. (Sanburn, 2015)During the year of 2013 the population in New York, NY was 8,396,126 and they had 335 reported homicides, while Baltimore, MD had a population of 622,671 people and 233 reported. (Crime in te Unied States 2013,
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.
When many people think of hunting, they often think of searching through forests, jungles, and fields to find certain animals that they will stalk and then kill. However, Rainsford, a character in “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, is forced to try a very different form of this sport invented by a mysterious man he meets on Ship Trap Island. General Zaroff, another character in this short story, traps people on his island and hunts with them by seeing if they can survive three nights and evade his attempts at killing them. Before arriving on this obscure island, Rainsford was already an experienced hunter, already heard of by quite a few people. After falling off his yacht and relying on his instincts to safely make it to
Gun violence is a major problem in Chicago. There has been an estimate of nearly six hundred shooting victims in a matter of three months into the New Year. It is very sad how so many innocent people lose their lives due to such violence. Even the safest neighborhoods have become dangerous because of ignorant gang members who settle their problems with rival gangs by shooting each other. It is hard to feel safe in a community where you fear being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Sixty-four people out of one thousand are likely to become a victim of crime in [city/county
2015, and questions whether or not due to the 50 percent increase in homicides, is the increase
It had been a week since Rainsford managed to kill the nefarious General Zaroff. The challenging part was almost over or so it seemed. There was not a clear way for Rainsford to escape. As days passed, Rainsford tried to escape. He tried making a boat from driftwood that he found, he tried swimming, he even tried sending a signal by using a flashlight. Rainsford had become so desperate that he even tried some ridiculous plans like trying to pole vault across the ocean. As a result, Rainsford ended up having huge gashes in his left leg ,which got infected, and he had to amputate it. As days turned into weeks, and weeks into months, Rainsford had lost hope and became bitter.
Firearms are primarily the tools of choice as they amounted to an overall average of 67.9 percent of homicides during 2014 followed by other non-blade weapons being used averaging 13.5 percent. Knives and other cutting devices account for a 13.1 percent average and weaponless murder averages 5.5 percent. These statistics deviate based on region significantly such as cutting weapons being utilized for only 9.7 percent of homicides in the Midwest, but 16.8 percent in the Northeast. Firearm and non-blade weapons have their highest usage percentages in the Midwest as 70.8 percent, and 14.5 percent. The highest rate for weaponless murder is 6 percent in the South region, this includes pushing, strangulation, and other forms of assault through use of body
Hello Tamesha, That is correct that Memphisis one of the most dangerous cities in the United States. The number of homicides in Memphis went up from 161 in 2015 to 218 in 2016 with several weeks to go. Because of the violent crimes and the unsafe enviroment Memphis is growing to be the top most dangerous place to live in America. Memphis also was the biggest cities in Tennessee, but with the violence going on in Memphis there is a big decline in the cities population.
However, states that do have strict gun laws, suffer less from violent gun related crimes. For example, Alaska has very limited to almost no gun laws at all, and more people die by guns in Alaska than any other state. However, 80% of the gun related deaths in Alaska are suicide says John Roman, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute. Some 52% of americans want stricter gun laws while others say that the gun laws should be more stringent. On the other hand, Chicago, Illinois had over 4,000 gun related crimes in 2016 and many say they have the strictest gun laws in America and that “Certainly hasn’t helped there,” says White house press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.(Lee,2017) Now take a look at Las vegas, Nevada, they have stricter than most gun laws and still they have soaring homicide numbers, which is unlike Alaska with most the gun related deaths there being suicide. Las Vegas and Chicago are two cities with some of the strictest gun laws but still have gun related homicide deaths soaring through the
decade”(Saul). By November Chicago had more than 700 murders for the first time since 1996;
Wild animals are often tied to danger as they can represent murderous beings. Some wild animals are considered harmless while others are looked up to as the rulers of their ecosystems. As many of these carnivorous beasts represent physical danger, they can also symbolize spiritual nemeses. For instance, the Bible states, “Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (New American Standard Bible, 1 Pet. 5.8). While Satan is always sneaking around to try and devour each one of us, our savior Jesus Christ arrives to rescue us from the demonic one. In the story “Little Red Cap” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, there is a little innocent girl that goes to visit her grandmother. While taking the path through the woods, she encounters a talking wolf that tempted her to go off her path; ultimately, resulting in her and her grandmother being devoured. However, a huntsman hears the wolf snoring and cuts him open to save the girl and her grandmother. This story relates to the constant spiritual warfare that we all face as the mother’s path for the girl to follow symbolizes the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the wolf symbolizes Satan who tempts us, and the huntsman symbolizes Jesus Christ who saves us from the wicked one.