Why Is Alcohol More Available In Poor Black Areas

Crime is something that happens every day. Many people fear it, but it is a factor that people cannot escape. In places, like Detroit, people are surrounded by violent crime. Either they are the victims of it, or the committers, but it was not always like this. During the sixties, Detroit was one of the most lucrative cities in the country. Many people moved there to seek jobs in the automotive factories which increased the population to 1.85 million. (Padnani, 2013) However, this is not the case now. Many of the factories have moved, putting people and their families at a disadvantage. A numerous amount of workers relied on these jobs to feed their families. Since then, Detroit has faced a significant amount of hardships that has caused the city to deteriorate effecting education, employment, and the crime rate each factor acts as a chain reaction. The lack of diversity in the city can be a factor of the crime rate as well because Detroit is filled with a large population of minorities. Many politicians have looked for ways to solve the problem, but nothing has been proven to work.

Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, unfortunately has been plagued with a high crime rate resulting in synonymous acts of violence, poverty, and urban decay. A multitude of factors are considered when determining accurate explanations of crime within Detroit. These factors include changes in land use, property values, transportation, and retail, as an individual moves further away from the city center. According to Robert Park and Ernest Burgess, Chicago School, a city was similar to a body and consisted of various organs. The theory attempted to analyze criminality from an ecological and social disorganization standpoint. This theory asserted that a city included distinctive concentric circles that radiated from the central business district (CBD). Supposedly, the further one moves away from the concentric zones, the fewer social problems that exist (Williams & McShane, 2009, p. 86).

The city of Stockton had a crime rate of 695 crimes per 10,000 residents. PBS Newshour states, “One thing builds upon another. The poor financial situation has forced the police force to drop by 27 percent recently. And that, of course, has made the already high crime rate go up even more” (PBS Newshour, 2012). Crime has been one of the biggest factors that has affected the health of the community in many ways by causing fear of assault, gang-related violence, and having it as a barrier to using community parks, exercising outdoors, walking to and from school, accessing local food outlets, and using public transportation, (SJC2HAC, pg. 31,

Active shooter statistics released by the F.B.I. reveal a total of 219 incidents that occurred between the years 2000-2016 in which forty-three could be considered an inner city by definition (“2000”). Research compiled by James Alan Fox shows that the number of mass shootings has averaged twenty per year for the previous thirty years (Domenech). Fox is a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston. This means that less than twenty percent of all mass shootings occur within inner cities based on the faintest of definitions. Additionally, large cities experience an overwhelming majority of gang violence and criminal activity (Doak). It is estimated that more than half of all homicides in major cities are considered gang related (Whittaker). If you factor out gang activity from mass shootings, the numbers fall even further. Inner cities experience heightened criminal activity in general due to concentrated areas of higher population, but statistical evidence shows that mass shootings occur more frequently in rural and suburban areas.

According to the 2013 Uniform Crime Reports" (n.d.) website, the city of Los Angeles has a population of 3,878,725 and had 15,728 burglaries reported to the police. Making the rate total Groups of 100,000 People of 38.78725 and Instances of Crime Per Capita of 405.49407343908115. Also according to the 2013 Uniform Crime Reports” (n.d.) website, the city of Anaheim has a population of 345,320 and had 1,412 burglaries reported to the police. Making the rate total Groups of 100,000 people of 3.4532 and instances of Crime Per Capita of 408.8960963743774. The area of Anaheim in compare with Los Angeles has 3.4020229352963 more Crime Per Capita. Even though Anaheim has approximately 10 times less the population it has a bit more of Crime Per Capita. There are many factors that might explain the differences in the rates for example unemployment, the relationship between the community and the police departments, and possibly the ratio between social classes of high class, middle classes and low classes. Also any political agendas, or even laws could affect the social economical differences between metropolitan cities, disregarding the size of the population.

Studies have shown an overconcentration of liquor stores, bars and nightclubs in neighborhoods can have adverse impacts, characterized as “public nuisances”, on nearby residential, commercial, industrial and civic areas. The term “public nuisances” acts as an umbrella for a plethora of diverse negative conditions that have may tangible impacts on a community and residents, such as graffiti, loitering, escalated noise levels, litter, and public drinking, among many others. Indeed, what constitutes as public nuisances in the context of alcohol consumption is broad. However, it is tailored to the specific surrounding neighborhood since residents have the best insight into the problems of their neighborhoods and larger community

When people move to a new city, they want a city that their children can grow up, have friends, and be safe with other children in the community. That is not always the case here in Detroit, since “In the group’s survey of 1,300 Detroit high school students, 87 percent said a family member or friend had been shot, murdered or disabled as a result of violence in the previous 12 months” (Abbey-Lambertz). That number is too high for anyone regardless of location. It got so bad in Detroit that at one point “It used to be that nobody wanted to go downtown” (Foroohar). Now it is sad when people are scared to go downtown in their city. It makes the city look bad when its own resident do not want to go downtown. Along with murder and violence, Detroit also has a drug problem. There is a location in Detroit “on the old Cass Corridor, and area better known for prostitutes and drug dealers” (Perman). Drugs and prostitutes generally are appealing to live around. Now everything is not all bad about

We've all heard of chicago horrible crimes rates , but can dallas be right behind chicago with their crimes rates?Reporters have showed in violent crimes dallas has reach 58.7 and in property crime they've reach 57.7.While in chicago their violent crimes have reach 58.9, and their property crime is 52.1.Imagine you and your family on one weekend having fun, but in a second that can change .These two articles show ,how the crime rates have affected these two cities.

Neighborhood's ecological conditions shape crime rates over and above the characteristics of individual residents. Communities that have been invaded by businesses and industry cease to function effectively as a means of social control. Their traditional norms and standards eventually weaken and disappear. The community's resistance to

This project is a focus on how variables such as population, ethnicity, and income affect crime rates throughout different neighborhoods throughout a city. I feel that this information finding this information could be useful to many people. For example if you are looking to buy a new home or even start a new business, you’ll probably want it located in a safe neighborhood. This study will help identify the signs of a safe neighborhood. Knowing why crime rates are higher in some areas may also help prevent the crime rate to rise in other neighborhoods. For example, if crime rates are higher in neighborhoods with

The macro environment surrounding alcohol sales and consumption has generally been stable and has experienced incremental growth throughout history. In the United States, the number of per capita consumption of alcohol has declined slightly, but has consistently remained around 2.5 gallons, per person, per year. The lower class, specifically females in the lower class are responsible for a majority of alcohol consumption in the United States. The highest per capita consumption worldwide is as follows: Luxembourg, Ireland, France, Hungary, and Denmark, (the US ranks 22nd.)  According to one article, “the beverage alcohol industry contributed over $21 billion directly to state and local revenues during 2010. Of that amount, distilled spirits accounted for over $8.8 billion or 41% of this direct revenue” (“Distillery Spirits”).

Crime was also always a large problem in Detroit. A huge crime problem was the riots of the 1960’s. Riots in the 1960’s began because of a raid in a blind pig.(The Detroit Riots-1967) Many police officers of this time would purposely raid pubs. “The big four or the Tac squad roamed the streets, searching for bars to raid and prostitutes to arrest” (The Detroit Riots-1967). The riots main cause was the unrest in Detroit which in end caused police abuse, houses many could not afford and much more including quick demographic change. (The

In an article by Hjelmeland in the state like Colorado, New Jersey and South Dakota there is a direct connection between these areas and the crime rates, with the crime rate being the highest in the state per 10,000 residents. (Hjelmeland 1)

The impact of crime on lifestyle can be where a community that is being affected by high crime rates means that those professionals who are in the higher income brackets will leave. This is because the high crime rate is bringing more criminals to the area, causing these professionals to find communities where they will feel safer. As crime levels increase many retail businesses within the community will simply close and relocated