Ill-Structured Problem ( Gun Control )

We Need Additional Gun Control Laws to Ensure Public Safety On April19, 1999, 7-year-old Nafis Jefferson was shot and killed with a .44-caliber revolver, a Rossi Model 720, while playing with friends along a street in his South Philadelphia neighborhood. Children found the gun stashed under an abandoned car parked along the street. One of the children, also a 7-year old boy, picked up the gun and fired it, hitting Nafis in the head. Nafis died six hours later at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

enforcement efforts. Most of the decline in crime results from forces beyond the control of the criminal justice systems. Reiman also feels that we could reduce crime if we wanted to do so, and that our excuses are not really answers to the problem, but merely excuses to explain why the system fails. We know the causes of crime—poverty, prison, and drugs—yet we do nothing to change how these things operate, such as banning guns and decriminalizing drugs. In the chapter, "A Crime by Any Other Name

emerges is what we have today. In the chapter, "Crime Control in America," Reiman suggests that the system has been designed to fail. Imprisoning drug offenders, for instance, does nothing to reduce the number of drug offenders in society because they are immediately replaced. The decline in violent crime is more attributable to demographic changes than to enforcement efforts. Most of the decline in crime results from forces beyond the control of the criminal justice systems. Reiman also feels that

States is ballooning out of control along with adult crimes, and politicians and law enforcement officials don’t seem to be able to do anything about it. Despite tougher sentencing laws, longer probation terms, and all other efforts of lawmakers, the crime and recidivism rates in our country can’t be reduced. The failure of these recent measures along with new research and studies by county juvenile delinquency programs point to the only real cure to the U.S.’s crime problem: prevention programs. The

In low income areas and large cities, gang violence is a major problem. Gang violence in Chicago is reaching alarming proportions. Day by day they are increasing rapidly. None of the solutions work effectively to eliminate gangs. However police departments and other government officials are trying their best to provide the same security as other areas in chicago. Thousands of innocent people are dying each year from these ill mannered thugs. In today’s societies gang activity is everywhere, whether

Joshua Daubenspeck Stakeholder Research Paper English 101 May 27, 2015 The Ways of Congress Introduction “It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare,” Mr. Akin said of pregnancies from rape. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something: I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child.” -Todd Akin, Republican

Willie Bosket considered himself a monster, created by the system that had failed him from the time he was nine years old, when he began his life sentence of incarceration within the juvenile and prison systems. In agreeance with Willie’s statement, “this trial will not bring any justice to Earl Porter or to Willie Bosket, but it will bring justice to thousands of little children”, I believe this statement means that people need to open their eyes to what is going on within the streets of our nation

more socialist revolution in which power was returned to the people. When assessing the reasons as to why Tsarism collapsed, it is crucial to look at the setting of early 19th century Russia, which inevitably led to the Tsar’s weaknesses in his control of the government. Russia at this time was a backwards and provincial

deductibles and co-pays. This will be a burden of retirees who are under 65 and have another job, also the one's who make more money. “Chairman of the House Armed Service Committee Buck McKeon, warned that steep cuts to the military funding are ill-advised because of the potential for future conflicts that cannot be foreseen (Jaffe, 2012).” Going back to past wars, the military lowered it's numbers after each one and was not ready for the attacks that happened in the future. The Defense budget

anti-racist society we must collectively renew our commitment of a democratic vision of racial justice and inequality (Hooks,1995). Each individual plays a huge role in this because change can only actually come and stay if everyone recognizes the problem presented in our society and change it so everyone will have the same freedoms and