How to Reverse Puerto Rico's Crime Rate

It is irrational to think that the death penalty – a remote threat at best – will avert murders committed in drug turf wars or by street-level dealers” (Bedau). This shows that the death penalty is not stopping murders from occurring. The introduction to the death penalty conducted a survey were top criminologists stated that the death penalty does not deter homicide rates (Introduction). “For 2009, the average Murder Rate of Death Penalty States was 4.9 [Murder rates by the 100,000], while the average Murder Rate of States without the Death Penalty was 2.8” (Introduction).

The history of this problem primarily focuses on the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the rate of youth homicides increased dramatically for many cities. Specifically in

Another major, and widely covered issue with the territory of Puerto Rico is the drug and crime violence sweeping the region. According to the Puerto Rico Police Department, 63% of the 744 murders on the island during 2001 were related to drug distribution activities. Also 70-80% of homicides involving firearms are attributed to disagreements over drugs and turf. Common and easy to obtain drugs include; cocaine, heroin, and marijuana. Also keep in mind that drugs such as heroin and cocaine are not cheap at all, so how do you expect addicts to afford to use them, that is right crime. Puerto Rico is situated in the middle of three trans- Caribbean smuggling routes. While Dominican traffickers control the shipment of cocaine and marijuana from Puerto Rico to the United States Caribbean nations also serve as offshore banking centers used for money laundering and income tax evasion. Also its constant flights to and from The

First things first, the damaged community relations between authority and the public must be fixed. If the two cannot trust one another, the odds of eliminating police brutality are almost impossible. The little things we do as humans for other humans will always go a long way. Officers taking time out of their day to play basketball with teenagers, cops mowing lawns for people who are physically incapable of doing it themselves, or the police discovering a homeless family in a car and then proceeding to buy the family a room at a motel are acts of compassion that will slowly but surely repair the distrust that exists between police officers and minorities. If the COPS budget were to actually receive funding rather than lose significant amounts of money, new officers would undergo the proper training that is required for a job that is so physically and mentally demanding. Once the new cops have 5-10 years and a record of good behavior under their belt, then consider trimming the COPS budget once again and have the veteran officers train developing officers. The process will take quite some time, but will save large amounts of money in the long-term as a result. Many cops believe that wearing body cameras is an invasion of personal space and privacy. While this is partially true, if authority has nothing to hide, body

New Orleans is one of the most murderous cities in America but in 2013 the crime rate decreased by twenty percent compared to the year before. In 2012, one hundred and ninety-three people were murdered and in 2013, one hundred and fifty-five people were killed. Doctors use a different technique for those who were shot and wounded, which they say those victims survive from. This technique brought the murder rate down by fifteen percent. Non-profit Organizations, job opportunities, and rebuilding neighborhoods also helped the crime rate. These initiatives are a way to get younger people off the streets by mentoring and educating at risk youth.

New York’s population at 17,999,657 with 99.8% of its law enforcement agencies reporting, the police department reported that in the city the total amount of murders in 2009 was 761. The only difference between the murder rates in the city ofWashington D.C. and New York is all because of the amount of people in New York compared to Washington D.C. Even though New York City has more murders, the amount of murders has been reduced due to New York’s City“zero tolerance” policy. The amount of murders in New York has dropped from 2,262 murders to 767 between the years of 1990 and 1997 which in turn is big drop of 66% in the murder rate. The year of 1997 was the year that has had the fewest amounts of murders since 1967.The theory of the crime rates between New York City and Washington D.C. is that the cities poverty levels are so high in each city and that those living in poverty choose to commit crime’s to supplement their lifestyle. It is also proven that people living in poverty have goals to achieve and the means to achieve these goals is by committing crimes to include murder and that achieving these goals they will feel a source of

The influx of the immigrants should have made the police department recognize the needs of being as diverse as the community. It is necessary that those who are policing the city reflect the demographics of that city. Miami was not prepared for the rapid demographic change and the lack of trust in the Cuban government made matters worse because the incoming immigrants didn’t trust those who worked for the government already. The Cubans were represented in the Miami Police Department but the mishap was that there were cops both Hispanic and non-Hispanic participating in drug trafficking. The issue that may have let this happen was the relaxed screening process that the police department started to use during the 1980’s. In order to get more men and women in law enforcement they made a quick decision to change the standards on getting into the department and it came back to haunt them. The famous police officers known to be corrupt happened to be a group of nineteen Hispanic officers known as the River Cops. This group exposed the corruption that had penetrated the department since the influx of Cubans during the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. The police officers took control of the drug trafficking in each of their assigned areas and by the time they were caught there were several State and Federal crimes including murder, threats that involved murder, robbery and various conspiracies. At the end of the 1980’s an astounding ten percent of the entire Miami Police Department was

1990 was a year with high murder crime rates in New York city. While crime such as assault drop. Car theft and burgarly was at an all time high , and burglary and larcency drop. The public was in a state of fear and the state of New York devise a plan to make one thousands officers available to patrol and keep the citizians out of harms way. Even tho the state had p[olice offercers on hand people did not seek help. It is documented that reportings drop to 30% where as the year before it was 80%. Researches could not understand how myders rose but crimes that usually happen at the same time as muders declined. 1990 was a year that murder and robbery was up across the the united states. 1990 New York record of murder is 2,245 while back in

The third and last is staff in New York city there are about 35,000 officers that are out to keep the city safe and protect it from danger and keep the people safe. Although there are these many officers in New York City it is still number-one where crime happens in the US. So this raises the question where there is a country with this much manpower cannot cut its crime rate, how do the people of Guerrero be safe having a police that is only out serving its purpose and not caring about what the people are going through.

Defining the crime problem is a vital step in controlling crime. Crime is undoubtedly a significant and pricey societal problem but we cannot target the problem without first defining it. There is no one identical solution to crime, instead it is based on a piece by piece basis. Strategies to target crimes need to target larger geographical areas, sometimes entire states. In addition, for a strategy to be successful in controlling a crime it cannot be too vague or extremely specific to an index crime. An example of a crime a law should target is: drug sales in a problem neighborhood or rapes at a city park. –Chapter 1 Page

Throughout the years there has been a decrease in crime in the state of California. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the definition of the word crime is “an act or omission constituting an offence against an individual or the state and punishable by law.” Law Enforcement plays a big role keeping communities safe such as one city, San Diego. San Diego City has been one of the cities were there has been a five percent decrease in crimes within the last four years (Repard 2017). The article, “In 2016, crime in San Diego drops to rates comparable to the late 1950s to early 1960s,” shows that these crimes are compared to the crimes that were happening around the late 1950s to the early 1960s. As soon as one criminal is taken off the

Retraining officers should be the first step. After recent reports, this would help prevent any police misconduct. As well as reassure citizens around them, knowing that the police force is doing their job correctly. Teach the police to be more a part of the community, not just armed forces. Police are instructed to use the least amount of force needed to “control an incident, effect an arrest, or protect themselves or others from harm or death.” They should continue to be trained under this guideline but be more enforced as to what to do or how to respond in tricky situations.

Over the course of the past fifty years there have been countless homicides across the entirety of the United States, all with their own purpose and methods of commission. While it is impossible to completely prevent homicides from happening in our current society by looking at the data as a whole and analyzing the various patterns and trends it follows we might be better able to explain and understand it. With understanding comes new ways of prevention and deterrence that should allow us to significantly decrease the rate of homicides in our nation for future generations to come. To demonstrate this, we will be looking at two datasets one of the National homicide rates of 1950-2010 and another dataset of homicide and Non-Negligent Manslaughter

After doing extensive research on this topic I found that between 1985 and 1994 the rate of violent criminal acts increased. During this period juvenile homicides committed with a handgun also increased. A national evaluation of the Youth Firearms Violence Initiative (YFVI), a program initiated by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), the organization who funds intervention programs. This particular program employed community policy approaches to decrease the number of violent fireman crimes committed by youth, including gang-and drug-related offenses. There are five intensive sites (Baltimore, Cleveland, Inglewood, Salinas, San Antonio) that were chosen for the YFVI initiatives. The reason for these particular areas is because of the high crime rate. There is evidence from Inglewood and the Salinas area that supports their view about how weapons and crime affect their neighborhoods, although at the other sites the interventions did not yield the same results. How results in a specific area turn out depends on how a department conceives the initiative and the consistency of their focus. It is mandatory that the federal government play a strong role in ensuring that participating departments adhere to the strategic goals and objectives. There are questions regarding how funding agencies should adopt a timetable that more closely matches the agencies of the world in which most departments operate. In regards to making sure the programs run smoothly

This same city suffers drastically from poverty, which if compared to the rational choice theory and the life-course theory would indicate that low economical pitfalls are triggering criminal activity which as a result as also increased the overall violent crimes committed. In 2016 the metro police department logged a total of 20 murders and 324 robberies which nearly double the amount committed in 2011. This level of criminal activity also reflected the e city’s economical standing in relation to the rest of the United States of America which presents a staggering