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On March 13th, 1964, in New York, a young woman by the name of Catherine “Kitty” Genovese was just coming home from her late shift at work. It’s three a.m., and as she’s walking to her apartment building, she notices a suspicious, hooded man some distance away. Rightfully concerned, she goes to the phone booth, aiming to call the police, but never makes it in time. She’s stabbed in the back, and then in her gut. When her screams cause the neighbors to turn the lights on, all they do

Shelby defines the ghetto as a primarily black, urban neighborhood with high concentrations of poverty. He identifies two inherent problems, extreme chronic poverty and the behavior demonstrated by residents deemed as deviations from mainstream norms, such as engaging in crime. Furthermore, Shelby refers to two common criticisms concerning ghetto poverty. One asserts that poverty is a symptom of moral depravity in the urban poor as beneficiaries in a perpetual welfare state. Another concentrates on the failure of government to fight poverty and insists on more public assistance. Shelby distinguishes his argument by focusing on the actions of ghetto resident through the principles of justice. He introduces the concept of society in terms of a cooperative scheme in which participants benefit from a mutual advantage. It then follows that individuals who benefit from the scheme must adhere to the civic obligations which enables such a scheme to develop. Consequently, refusal to adhere to these norms of society while benefiting from it violates the principle of reciprocity.

In "Fortress LA", Mike Davis discusses society's fixation with 'security', whether it's the rich neighbourhood with guarded walls, surveillance and private police or poor neighbourhood with patrols of "'Berlin Wall' quality" (Davis, 248) This "obsession" (Davis, 223)with security and social boundary is embodied, reflected and proliferated through architecture in post-liberal LA characterized by fortress-like exterior. The ability to 'afford' security eventually became a sign of wealth, privatized security service . In the text, Davis introduces LA as a Fortress city that segregates the rich and the poor, "we live in 'fortress cities' brutally divided between 'fortified cells' of affluent society and 'places of terror' where the police battles

In the 1980s, the City of New York was a City polluted with waste and graffiti, where people would always get away with committing a crime. In Malcolm Gladwell’s essay “The Power of Context: Bernie Goetz and the Rise and Fall of New York City Crime” gives us a probable explanation of how a change like this can happen. The essay is an environmental argument, with varying kinds of a seemingly endless amount of verification, which suggests that crimes can be prohibited depending on what the environment is like. Malcolm Gladwell, provides evidence throughout his entire essay that explains The Power of Context. The Power of Context indicates that the situation people are in has an effect on how they act wherever they are at.

Hardly a day goes by where a murder doesn’t occur. Usually, it is in a big city, such as Chicago, but sometimes it happens in a small town, maybe even not far from you. As we see a small town called New Baltimore located just outside of Detroit, not much seemed to happen in this small town...until someone murdered Justin Mello. This event leads to a shattered town with a reminder to us all, life is just a vapor, we can never be promised another day.

South Street Philadelphia’s sidewalk’s safety is not determined by the strangers shuffling in and out of the area, but instead by the local residents and community members who live there. Based on my personal observations, the biggest asset to South Street in regard to safety and overall quality of the area are the locals who reside there. This idea of community investment relating to the safety of a street is presented in Jane Jacob’s novel The Death and Life of Great American Cities and is one of her ideas that is accurately displayed throughout South Street. By examining the various ways people interact in different areas and shops on South Street, I was able to evaluate what aspects of her writing proved to be beneficial to the overall safety of the area.

During the early 1980’s, crime rate in New York was at its peak. To prove this point, Gladwell gives an example of the Bernard Goetz shooting. Gladwell also highlights that Goetz was viewed as a hero and people celebrated when he was easily acquitted on charges of assault and attempted murder. Gladwell mentions this to give us an example of the incidents that used to take place on the subways

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.

scene to you, the sun has now disappeared and darkness has taken the sky, but the city is light with bright orange light. The heat from blaze of a fire from the riots are spreading wildly. Sirens and lights are flashing, as Baltimore firefighters battle a three-alarm fire at Gay and Chester Streets in East Baltimore. The water from the fire trucks leak onto the ground branching off like rivers on the road. The fire I see it as an inner burning or the silent cry of the oppressed, the water in the streets the tears from the faces of the oppressed, as they watch their city burn and their loved ones cry for a savior that may never come.

I agree with Nash Gray because Europe did not mandate all cultural influences that entered America’s culture. Long before the Europeans had arrived native americans had been making their own unique culture which is stated in “America’s Lost City” when comparing Cahokia to prevalent societies such as Mesoamerica. Another important observation about the natives predicament is that they were not only subjected to Christianity by Europe’s Spanish conquistadors but they were also exposed to African slaves who brought their respective cultures with them which was a major point in not only Nash Gray’s argumentation but also whenever we read about the Columbian Exchange from the book and in class. The influx of these new peoples lead to an increase

Manhattan residents who skimmed the New York Times on December 19, 1909, could be forgiven if they thought the apocalypse had descended upon a small borough on the opposite bank of the Hudson River. “The native population has become accustomed to bands of Indians yelling and dashing about the roads and by-paths, to troops landing on the river bank, to dancing villagers, and every variety of battle, murder, and sudden

To these children a reoccurring thought is no one usually cares about the South Bronx neighbourhood because of all the negativity that surrounds them. Even if protection is called usually police officer don’t appear at all or just come late; “Mrs. Washington, the truth is, when your call came in three

Although I live in Lodi now, my earliest, most important development occurred on the broken streets of Paterson, New Jersey. When my mother became pregnant with me, she vowed to move out of Paterson before I was born. The streets bled constant crime and violently sucked out the last drops of innocence that it encountered. Every other day, a mother or brother or friend wailed with hurt and hopelessness after losing a loved one to Paterson’s gun violence.

She explores the three primary uses of sidewalks: safety, contact, and assimilating children. Street safety is promoted by pavements clearly marking a public/private separation, and by spontaneous protection with the eyes of both pedestrians and those watching the continual flow of pedestrians from buildings. To make this eye protection effective at enhancing safety, there should be “an unconscious assumption of general street support” when necessary, or an element of “trust”. As the main contact venue, pavements contribute to building trust among neighbors over time. The use of sidewalks and it discipline is very similar to the way the military is ran its purpose for war and peace keeping in Utopia. Utopians were very much against war and tried to avoid it as much as they possibly could. Their purpose for engaging in war is only to protect themselves, friends, or oppressed people. Utopians view war as stupid, shameful and they grieved after war. Utopians would rather use cunning to win wars than brute strength. They consider strength to be a trait belonging to all animals, while only humans are intelligent. Therefore, manly victories come through intelligent maneuverings rather than direct attacks. When a declaration of war is made, the

So from then Marcus thought from now on he will never go back to his average life and promise himself he will be a street hero of Brooklyn. Now Marcus scanned the street from this window with the mindset that this city will be never safe but at least he make a small dent in the huge crime rate. So Marcus thought with the mental craving of stopping crime so he ran down his stairs to his door-step to make a step up to have criminals try to fight to stop his deep craving of crime fighting.