The Fix For Crime

One of the biggest arguments against gun control is that it does not prevent criminals from committing violent crimes, such as murder. Based on information gathered by Argesti and Smith, this A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) study showed that when a handgun ban was put in effect in Washington D.C. “the murder rate averaged 73% higher than it was at the outset of the law” (Argesti and Smith). Another report from the FBI showed that when Florida and Texas implemented a right-to-carry law, their murder rates dropped by 30 and 36 percent (qtd. in Argesti and Smith). It is blatantly obvious that areas with high crime will continue to have the same level of crime, even after the implementation of stricter gun control laws.

The majority of anti-gun advocates voice their opinion that more guns would produce more crimes unfortunately for them there is little to no truth in that claim. In reality, when gun ownership increased the amount of murders diminished as well. When states passed concealed weapons laws there was significant drops in the number of multiple victim shootings occurring, the number of deaths, and the number of injuries at these shootings. In 1997 both Wales and England banned handguns and the instantaneous effect was a 50% increase according to crime research. They never saw a day lower than after the year they decided to ban handguns. It has been proven by many surveys that the banning of guns increases crime rate which in turn proves that gun control is not the answer.

Anyone who believes strengthening the gun control laws would reduce gun violence is correct. However, if someone wants to kill someone, not having a gun is unfortunately not going to stop him or her. If a gun is not accessible, a person who wishes to kill someone will use another weapon that is accessible, such as a knife or bludgeon of sorts. Banning guns will lessen gun violence, but will bring up a rise in violence with other weapons.

Crime can typically be removed from the social order most effectively through preventing it. People virtually need to understand that problems need to be stopped before they actually come to be problems. The Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program is an internationally recognized strategy meant to present young individuals with information regarding the wrongness of living a life dominated by drugs and violence. Individuals responsible for this program have obviously realized that illegal behavior is more likely to emerge when people live in antisocial environments. As a consequence, they devised this program with the purpose of turning children's attention away from crime. As long as the forces that prevent them from adopting

There is no realistic way to keep guns out of criminals hands (1). Some people think guns should be banned but I disagree (3). And if the government can't take away the guns they will take the ammunition that goes in them (5). Guns are

To say impaired moral behavior is the reason for crime is to understate the root of the problem. Steve Macek makes a reference to the Welfare Reform of 1996 Act in his video about the demonization of the urban poor. This act put a limit on the lifetime assistance an individual could receive and was meant to reduce the dependence of the impoverished on the federal government (Macek, “Demonizing the Inner City - Ideology and the Urban Poor - Capitalism Needs Poverty”). Moral behavior is not the problem, it’s the power of capitalism that is against the needs of the poor. Prager shifts the conversation to moral behavior without having any real evidence of this being the

Furthermore, when you think about it, crime brings on an effective amount of change in society. When a crime is committed, people start to consider whether the social norm that was violated is valid (Moynihan, 1993). For

Criminals are commonly associated with gun debate. Criminals and mentally unstable people are the usual culprits to negative gun stories, by using guns to commit crimes like murder, thievery, and assault. While this is all true and a strong arguing point for people fighting to take away guns, they don’t realize who will actually be affected. It has been proved over the years that criminals and mentally unstable people have a different way of thinking, when they decide what they want to do; following the law is not usually in their plans. Guns are used by criminals and mentally unstable people to carry out their plans, making guns illegal will not change their plans, for some it might make it a little harder but for many it won’t matter because there are thousands of other weapons that are easy for them to get their hands on. People against gun rights don’t understand that people are to blame for what happen, not inanimate objects that cannot control themselves. As the famous saying from the NRA (National Rifle Association), “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.” Even if you manage to take the guns out of the hands of criminals and mentally unstable people, which is near impossible; will it really end the violence, and will

Another reason crime prevention is necessary is the rise in the belief of ‘victims of crime’ that crimes are committed due to a lack of help to

Police data published by the Daily Mail on the Internet, provides evidence suggesting that one crime is committed every five seconds in the United States of America. Resulting in seventeen thousand two hundred eight crimes per day. This shocking number evidently demonstrates that on average too many crimes are committed everyday, and while this data is a reliable source that can be relied on to give people an idea of how many crimes are committed everyday on average; it fails in informing us on the reasons or in what situation the criminals were in to have to be in a position to break the law. Many criminals are thought to be bad people who do things just because they are bad, but many times not being a criminal for many people is inevitable.

Crime prevention is an adequate and economical way to curtail crime. Enforcing and maintaining effective and productive crime prevention programs can be a major factor in creating safe and secure communities by decreasing the level of crime. In this essay, I will identify a crime prevention program and describe its components, philosophy, and goals. I will describe the strengths, weaknesses, ethical issues and the effectiveness of the program.

The social structure conditions within society help to produce and construct social problems such as high crime rates. This particular issue is a concern because it is highly associated with other social issues such as poverty. Poverty is connected with crime because high rates of incarceration causes many broken homes and families, which overall decreases income and leaves single parents and the government to care for many children. Also, as stated previously, once an inmate is released from jail or prison, particularly on a felony charge, it becomes increasingly difficult for offenders to find employment; unemployment then leads to many families living in poverty. Overall, crime and poverty are associated together as both being a major social problem throughout the country that affects many individuals and society in general. In particular, crime is a social issue that concerns many individuals, because everyone is connected to someone who is currently, or has been incarcerated at some point during their lifetime, rather it be parent, spouse, sibling, or close friend. Although high rates of violent offenses do not affect every aspect of society, non-violent offenses such as identity theft, fraud and other cyber crimes have become increasingly high with new technology in recent years. Today, crime has become a problem that affects both the young and elderly, and the rich and poor, rather it is being victims of crime or being involved in crime itself. However, specific

The truth about crime prevention is more complicated –less utopian than some liberals would like, but far more promising than conservatives will admit. Prevention can work and that it can be far less costly, in every sense, than continuing to rely on incarceration as out first defense against violent crimes. Instead of simply insisting that prevention is better than incarceration, then, we need to pinpoint more clearly what kinds of prevention work—and why some programs work and others do not, the most encouraging efforts share important characteristics; there are reasons why they work, whether the ‘target’ population is abusive families, vulnerable teens, or serious juvenile offenders who’ve already

Crime is one of the most major problems not only in the United States but around the world. There are many root causes for crimes that are committed . For example, root causes such as; parental inadequacy, conflict, criminality, lack of communication, lack of respect and responsibility, the abuse and neglect of children, and family violence are reasons for why some crimes are committed. Moreover, most people believe that poverty, family background, low self-esteem, alcohol are as well factors of crime. Explaining why some people commit the crimes they commit. Crime can also effect just about anyone to some degree. Whether this may effect you, family or friends. Victimless crimes including; prostitution, drug abuse, and gambling have a major effect with social consequences. With that said, communities and governments spend public funds for; police departments, prisons, jails, courts, and treatment programs. Also publically funding for the salaries of prosecutors, judges, public defenders, social workers, security guards, and probation officers. There are also the traumatic impacts on friends and the disruption of family.Behavior can forever be changed and shaped by crime, whether it be weighing the risks of going to certain places or even the fear of making new friends.

In the world there are many social problems and most of them affect each and every one of us, such as cancer or Ebola. One that stands out is the rise in crime in America. Crime is huge in America although law enforcement say they are doing something about and have it handled, the truth is it is out of control. Stated in America.Net in an article online “Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at the Project Safe Neighborhoods annual conference in New Orleans on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 and endorsed three crime control strategies. Law enforcement through cooperative efforts between police, community and prosecutors to reduce violent crime, and the incarceration of high-risk offenders. Project Safe Neighborhoods. Crime prevention by addressing underlying social issues. Reentry programs to assist offenders returning from prison.” If these programs are being put in place then there should be a decreased incidence of crime in America. People can 't even leave their homes without having to worry if something is going to happen to them. This is a growing concern in America, but what is America doing to prevent this from happening? There are many organizations working on the issue of crime to reduce the number of incidences. There is one main contributing factor lead increases the likelihood of crime and that is poverty. However, it is ironic that although poverty is a not so pleasant thing, it is needed to prevent communism and the risk of taking our freedom away as stated as a