The Cause And Effect For City Violence

Culture in urban communities, also referred to as inner-cities, are growing increasingly violent. In the article, The Code of the Streets by Elijah Anderson, he begins to take an in-depth look at the root of the evil. He deduces that economic factors, parenting and the troublesome environments largely influence the violent norms within this culture.

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.

The Bond connects to a lot of information from our textbook and class discussions. To begin with, article 28 in our textbook titled Violence and the Inner-City Code relates to this book. For instance, the article talks about how by simply living in such an environment such as the inner city; young people are put at special risk of falling victim to aggressive behavior. This was shown in the section of The Bond written by Sampson. He tells a story that between the summer of his junior and senior years of high school him and his friends got the idea of robbing drug dealers to make some quick money. In order to do this, they preyed on young drug salesmen, pulling a gun on them, taking their money, and driving off. The plan worked for a little while, but then fell through. While they were robbing someone, two policemen walked up. Sampson pretended to by a bystander while his friends tried to outrun the police. They failed, and ended up being detained. Sampson ran home and told his older sister everything, which then made him call the cops the next day. Soon enough, Sampson ended up serving four weeks at the Essex County youth house (106-107). Just because Sampson lived where he did, he got drawn into aggressive behavior and ended up paying for it. The article in the textbook also states that there are often forces that can counteract the negative influences- by far the most powerful is a strong, loving, “decent” family committed to middle-class values. This was

Violence, one of the biggest problem in the world right now, especially in America, where the gun control law are barely enforced, every citizen is at constant risk, considering the amount of people in this country that own guns. Crime and violence are rapidly becoming the prime epidemic in the U.S today, but what can we do to ensure our future generation’s safety?

Throughout the article “The Code of the Streets,” Elijah Anderson explains the differences between “decent” and “street” people that can be applied to the approaches of social control, labeling, and social conflict theories when talking about the violence among inner cities due to cultural adaptations.

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.

Describe the trends of violence throughout the history of the United States. How do the rates of violent crime in the United States compare to rates of these crimes internationally?

In the United States National Vital Statistics report written by AM Minino in 2002, it was indicated that annually there are about 30, 000 people who die because of firearm injuries. And within the United States 28, 663 deaths have been caused by gunshots and these are mostly suicidal acts. Some of the facts in the report say that next to suicides are homicides with the use of guns and the third highest numbers of deaths due to gun violence are unintentional shootings, since this is America; most of these people have been living in the metropolis (Minino, 2002).

Police brutality and gun violence that is associated with the police is continuing to be a topic that is constantly in the headlines. Gun violence is a huge problem in our society, but what is an even bigger problem is that most of the gun violence occurring these days is from our local police officers. George Wayne Smith wrote the article, “Blood Cries Out from the Ground: Reflections on Ferguson” with the hope of informing people of this type of violence. The article focuses on the wrongful death of Michael Brown, who was shot in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014. This article was a good way to reach people and tell them about the emotional effect that this shooting had on the country. He was able to use his first-hand experience, knowledge about Ferguson, and its history, to communicate with his audience about why we need to be aware of what is going on in the world. Smith used the rhetorical strategies; ethos, pathos, and logos to effectively showcase just what a big problem gun violence is becoming in the world, and informed us on how we can play a part in getting justice for all of its victims.

The increase violence in Milwaukee has left many Milwaukee citizens, like myself, devastated, and beyond shocked. Violence has continued ruin our city’s, our community’s, and even our children today. We, as a collective society, has to change the course of history, before it turns into a negative impact on our next generation. I can’t imagination the catastrophic consequences that it will ultimately have on us as a whole. Everyone wants change in Milwaukee, everyone wants peace, liberty, and justice. The question is, what are we going to do about this injustice. We have to teach our people the importance of helping others and ensuring that we all have peace. However, the increasing violence in Milwaukee is hindering us from moving forward.

Lawrence (2013) promotes a theory that expresses the relationship between gentrification and violent crime rates, specifically in Washington, DC. Gentrification is a social marvel that includes center and privileged residents moving into the city area where vehement crime had at one time went about as an issue for keeping undesirable demographics out. An increment in requesting for housing by the higher salary inhabitants drives up the

In deed this world has become to be a chaos. We have many emotional people that are from different nationalities, and when they try to give their opinions about subtlest changes that can affect everybody they will never understand each other because many of them are narrow minded. They stand up and causes riot and violence to defend what they think that is right. Unfortunately, this kind of people many time have the power and sources to provoke racism and haters to certain ethnic groups. We have a good example in the report of Charlottesville; Race and Terror.

In recent years, violence has been increasing and causing alarm due to the rising statistics and mass shootings. While most people see violence as a danger to our society, few try to understand what is really causing the violence. This literature review examines one approach to possibly reducing violence: better mental health care. This paper discusses the links between mental health and violence, and how proper medication and treatment can help to reduce violence in our communities. This review argues that better mental health care will reduce violence, and will also discuss the counterargument, supported by reliable sources and evidence from multiple sources.

Human beings aren’t killing each other as much as we used to. Violent crimes such as murders, rapes, assaults etc. are on a statistical decline, not just in the United States, but on a global average as well. While still far from that ideal utopia mankind dreams of, we have come a long way since the days of World Wars, rampant racism, and wonton infliction of agony. Have we just grown bored of all pillaging and raping? Are we now realizing that violence is not the answer but the problem? Or have men like Mahatma Gandhi and women like Arundhati Roy challenged our intellect and ushered us onto the path of peace? Certain political theorists have been so influential in history that their teachings completely change the course of human destiny

As developing nations become more independent, it is perceived crime rate would be decreasing as well. However, gang-related violence has increased as developing countries improve economically and become an established nation. A plethora of evidence exemplifies that the law enforcement system corruption has increased to gain influence and power. Thus, the paradigm of gang violence and crime has become prevalent over the decade of economic growth. To minimize the threat of organized gang crime among developing nations, governmental agencies must increase law enforcement and reduce internal corruption.