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Criminology One of the biggest issues in America today is crime. It is a large problem that continues to erode our country economically as well as morally. Because of the vastness of the problem, many have speculated what the cause for crime may be in hopes that a solution will be found. Many believe that a bad family life, location of residence, and poverty hold a few of the answers to why an individual becomes involved in criminal activity. Crime has been a major problem addressed in every presidential campaign for about three decades. This is because the American people are sick of the ever growing problem and seem to be voting for whoever claims to do the most about it. Major criminal justice functions such as correctional facilities, the FBI, and the Judicial branch have all, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, had increasing budgets for the past 15 years. The problems persist and we still scream for more crime prevention. Why does America experience such !problems? There are many theories. The theory that holds the most validity is that many criminals have had a bad family life in one way or another. They have had few positive role models while growing up. John J. Dilulio, Jr., a scholar on crime policy, su
The individual needs to know where one of the many chop-shops (illegally run business of disassembling stolen cars and selling the parts) in the city is. 1203)" University of Pennsylvania Law Review May 1995 143. All of these answers lead one to ask the question of what is being done about these problems. In an area of poverty there are a scarce amount of resources. For example, even if one does figure out how to hot-wire a car on their own, where are they going to take it after the fact? The car is hot (it has either been reported stolen, or soon will be, to the police, who will put out an APB on the stolen car) so one doesn't have much! time to get rid of it. These programs are teaching kids ways to have fun !and how to get "involved with good things, not bad" (Smolowe 1). ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**Bibliography Ruffins, Paul "How the Big Apple cut to the core of its crime problem" The Crisis July 1997 104. Crime can not be directly linked to poverty. "Rebuilding inner cities" Journal of Housing and Community Development Jan-Feb 1996 53. They also learn how to think quite rationally so they can calculate what they are sure will be the best for themselves at that point in their life. 1 p42 Urban African American adolescents and their parents: perceptions of violence within and against their communities. "Revitalizing the cities" CQ Researcher Oct 13, 1995 5. "Putting a crimp in crime: experts differ over reasons for falling rates of serious offenses" ABA Journal May 1997 83 p24 Horvitz, Leslie Ann "Anarchy, poverty, chaos eclipse the 'City of Light.
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