Most Dangerous Cities In The United States: A Case Study

Memphis is notoriously known for its shocking poverty rates, which are higher than the poverty rates in Shelby County for every category (2015 Memphis Poverty Fact Sheet), and that is not a good thing. Memphis is also known for its high unemployment rates and its low availability of a skilled workforce (Does Memphis Have a Fighting Chance), and that is not great, either. Finally, it is well known that Memphis has one of the highest crime rates in the country (Memphis TN: Crime Data and Crime Rates), and that just takes the cake. While it is common to focus on these negative aspects about Memphis, it is not a complete description of this multifaceted city. It is my position that there are many positive aspects to Memphis that are overlooked

Baltimore, the largest city in Maryland, is located in the northern portion of the state on the Patapsco River estuary, a division of Chesapeake Bay. The city is self-governing and does not fall within any county. (Baltimore, Md., 2015) The vast majority of this city is poverty stricken, which makes it vulnerable to high crime rates. In the first six months of 2013 Baltimore had reported 117 homicides, with a population of 622, 104, (CITY DATA, 2015) this gives the city a rate of 18.8 per 100,000. It was one of few cities that year to actually see an increase in homicides; it was stated by Their City Police Commissioner that more than half of their homicides were related to drugs. Even though, the amount of violent crimes dwindled in 2013,

Crime in New Orleans has dropped significantly since Hurricane Katrina. The crime homicides went down by 1.15 percent. It may not sound like a big number, but it is less than the number before Hurricane Katrina. People started stealing from each other because they were poor and could not afford anything. Then the person would murder the guy who stole from him, or you have the people who just shoot teach other just because. These things still happen today but not as much as before the hurricane. I think the hurricane put everything in perspective to where anything could happen to anyone at any time.

My greatest fear is losing my kids to the crime and violence in my city. The things that our kids are exposed to in New Orleans makes it hard for a single parent like my-self to keep my kids away. In 2012 statistics shows the city’s violent crime rate was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 110.7%, crime rate total incidents were up by almost 6000 compared to property crimes. With all the drugs, killings, prostitution, breaking and entering, and black on black crimes it scares me to know that your kids are not safe in their own homes.

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

St. Louis and Kansas City have been rival cities since they were founded. The City of St. Louis was founded in 1764 due to its location on the Mississippi River. Kansas City followed years later in 1853 on account of its location for trade at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers. The fierce rivalry between these two Missouri cities remains as heated as ever, as each city competes for residents and tourists. St. Louis provides its residents a more comfortable way of life than Kansas City, as can be seen by comparing athletics, crime rates, food, and tourism.

Video Three- Camden is the one the most pooriest and dangerous city in the nation. Camden is a city of 77,000 a place most people try to stay away from. The community lacks a strong police forces. One year there was a shooting every 33 hours. This one of the most highest rate in the

The cities in this countdown are based on the population size of each region and the number of crimes that take place. Each individual crime is tallied per thousand residents. Violent and property crimes including burglary, homicide, rape, armed robbery, assault, and vehicle theft are all accounted for in this study. Thanks to the Neighborhood Scouts and law enforcement for providing the information for the safest cities to live in the United States.

In conclusion, in comparing both these big cities Cincinnati is showing an increase in the number of burglaries and almost every other crime as for Dallas, the crime rate there is down 6.4 percent. With the population in Dallas being 1,197,816 and Cincinnati’s population being 296,943 people would think that Dallas would be a city full of crime but Cincinnati is far worse. According to NeighborhoodScout . com, on a scale of 100 to 1(100 is the safest) Cincinnati rates just a two. This scale shows that Cincinnati is just safer then two percent of the cities in the United States of America. There are many factors that could explain why Cincinnati has one of the fasting growing crime rates in the nation. One could be the economy where there is nine percent unemployment in the city alone. Another factor could be the racial and ethnic makeup of the city. Looking at the Dallas, Texas crime rates, it rates a six in the crime index (NeighborhoodScout.com). This means that Dallas, Texas is safer than six percent of the

In my first source, Fagan emphasize three reasons why violence takes place. Those 3 reasons being marriage, family, and the community. He introduces evidence, talking about children with no father figures and how they are more prone to violence than kids who grow up living with their father in their life. Also, Fagan brings up many mainstream topics like race, school failure, juvenile delinquency, and etc. He wants to show that there are many reasons why violence is high in communities not just one reason.

In the year 1870, 739,164 children between the ages of 10 and 15 were employed in the United falling just short of 20 percent of the workforce. Thirty years later in the 1900 census, two million children were working in mills, mines, fields, factories, stores, and on city streets across the United States. But with increasing numbers of children being put into the workforce, the conditions in which they worked rapidly declined. Such rapidly declining conditions were due to “compulsory education laws, massive inflows of inexpensive immigrant labor, and technological innovations such as the widespread use of telephones instead of messenger boys.” Primarily being employed in the farming, factories, and transportation, industrial safety became a major issue. Around 1900, industrial jobs caused approximately 30,000 deaths and 1 million injuries per year, and factory owners seldom took any responsibility. The most dangerous industry was amongst the railroads where “Fires, machinery accidents, train wrecks and other misfortunes were common.” Because such a large portion of the work force was made up of children, the formation of “the child-saving movement” began, and started to gain some national momentum.

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There is a drastic need for safety in America. Every day people are robbed, raped, and killed. Something needs to be done to keep individuals safe from violent crimes. The trick is to do so without sacrificing the rights of those individuals. Many government officials push for more gun control, easier search warrants, or longer penalties for crimes to attempt to prevent violent crimes from occurring. This is an entirely wrong approach. As Ben Franklin once said, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” These wise words help to prove the idea that something needs to be done, but not at the expense of individual’s rights. There must be a much better way to stop violent

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Memphis is one the nations worst places to live or work when it comes to crime. According to FBI statistics the City of Memphis had 11,399 violent crimes and is ranked amongst the top ten most dangerous cities in the U.S (“Table 6,” n.d.). Couple this with a lengthy and difficult hiring, bad publicity, and fictitious portrayals on TV in the recent years and it is no wonder that large cities are struggling to attract adequate numbers of quality candidates.