As the years go by, people are seeing an increase of gang violence all over the world due to multiple reasons. ... As the years go by, people are seeing an increase of gang violence all over the world due to multiple reasons. ... When one is in a vulnerable state in a time of their life, they look for an easy way out which is joining a gang for several reasons such as money, protection, and drugs. ... In today's society, there has been a dramatic increase of the number of youths who join a gang. ... The number of youths joining a gang is increasing rapidly. ...

• Word Count: 1495
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

Bingo became very popular to attempt to raise money for the states. ... Casino gambling needs to be limited to its current locations because it has negative effects on economics, increases crime, and increases social problems. ... With the addition of increased tourism, so do traffic issues. ... In most cases where casinos have been built the crime rate has increased. ... By the time you realize that your money is gone, so is he....

• Word Count: 1628
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this." ... These gangs would run speakeasy's (secret bars), brothels, casinos and other ventures that made them more than enough money to do anything they wanted. ... Also the increase of crime due to prohibition cost the government lots of money. ... The prohibition made it easier for gangsters and criminals to make more money than people who were actually following the law, the government was losing money, people were losing jobs and their livelihood due to the Prohibition. ... It also...

• Word Count: 1531
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is more of the tax payer's money being spent. ... (Chairman Davis) said "the board was looking at the largest property tax increase in the county's history". ... To build and keep a prison running cost a large deal of money. ... "State prison expenditures increased 83% from $12 billion in1990 to $22 billion in 1996, an average of about 11% per year." ... I see every day where my tax money goes. ...

• Word Count: 1266
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The war on drugs has caused a devastating increase in the population of prisons across the country (Overcrowding, Issues & Controversies). ... Tax money should be used for drug rehabilitation centers and treatment programs, rather than building more prisons (Overcrowding, Issues & Controversies). ... "States do not have the money to finance complex sentencing systems or to build vastly larger prison systems," wrote Kay A. ... Many others agree with him arguing that tax money should be used in a more productive manner. ... Tax money would be spent on the treatment programs, rather tha...

• Word Count: 1970
• Approx Pages: 8

As crime and violence increased in California, citizens began to feel powerless. ... An enormous outcry came about, requesting the government to fix the increasing crime rate. ... Not only has the law wasted tax payer's money, it is overcrowding the California state prisons. ... While, the state of Tennessee, a state that does have "three strikes", Nashville's murder rate has increased 42%. ... Supporters state it deters crime, but the crime rate has been increasing nationwide. ...

• Word Count: 1306
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In addition, the cost of capital punishment has been increasing since the 1970s. ... This amount of money is not much if compared to today's total amount of money spent but in the 1970s, it was considered a large amount. ... Currently, the cost of capital punishment is still increasing. ... A lot of money is spent so that the court can be one-hundred percent sure that the accused truly is proven guilty. ... Gang violence in this country is increasing because of this issue. ...

• Word Count: 2052
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

Deterrence can be achieved from increased police patrols, good relationships with the community, and through tough penalties for convicted criminals. ... States applying truth in sentencing reforms generally increased the expected length of time to be served, but these increases were rarely the main contributor to increases in prison populations. Prison admissions and anticipated populations increased in most states studies. ... Some claim the increase in inmate population is costing too much money to support. ... Approximately 1,000 inmates would be ready for early release, and make more elig...

• Word Count: 1330
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Each year the victims of cybercrimes increases and makes losses of money, information, and data because of hackers. ... This is why computer crimes, known as cybercrimes, are now committed more often by hackers and is increasing every day. ... Cybercrime is increasing year by year, it is gaining more power, and its getting more sophisticated. ... Cybercrimes are increasing each year, more aggressive, and powerful. ... Many cybercrimes are committed each year to vulnerable people and even governments, which makes a significant loss of money each year. ...

• Word Count: 1436
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

This same report attempts to soften the blow by including that from 1983 to 1992 it only increased by 54 percent. ... Experts, on the other hand, are worried that the growth of youth population will make this number increase once again (U.S. ... For this reason, the ability of the juvenile justice system needs to be increased to keep up with demands. ... It is a known fact that the United States is spending billions of dollars on juvenile crime prevention and many wonder if all of the money spent is actually helping that much. ... This alone would help the taxpayers save enormous amounts of mo...

• Word Count: 1792
• Approx Pages: 7

Prison sentences have increased drastically with the new MMS laws, and therefore the cost that has to be paid to incarcerate offenders increases. ... This accounts for the rise in cost for court security, longer hearings, jurors, increasing defense costs, larger jail population that leads to overcrowding in Canadian prisons, etc. ... Mandatory minimum sentences have been found to increase recidivism rates, much to the dismay of its overall purpose: to reduce reoffending. Crutcher (2001) found that when comparing the offending rates specifically to alcohol related accidents, after the MMS'...

• Word Count: 2147
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This requires the criminal to pay a sum of money, up to £5000, if sentenced by the Magistrates and there is no limit as to the maximum that can be imposed by Crown Courts. ... In 2001-2002 the female prison population increased by 28%. ... This significant increase has placed the women's prison educational and drug rehabilitation programmes in jeopardy due to overcrowding. ... Between 1993 and 2001 the average number of people in prison rose from 45,633 to 66,300, an increase of over 45%. ... The offender has to pay a particular amount of money to the state, the Magistrates can imp...

• Word Count: 2463
• Approx Pages: 10

And "Clean Graft" where money is paid to police for services, or where courtesy discounts is given to the police. ... (Beals 18) For cops as for anyone else, money invites corruption. ... In the 1980s Philadelphia saw more than 30 officers convicted of taking part in a scheme to extort money from dealers. ... "The deputies were pursuing the money more aggressively than they were pursuing drugs," says Assistant U.S. ... Police agencies, in an attempt to eliminate corruption have tried everything from increasing salaries, requiring more training and education, and developing polices which are in...

• Word Count: 1299
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many people would be quick to think that it's money that mainly contributes to the operation of these institutions. ... What this means is that with the increase of conflict between citizens came the increase of needs for a formal court system to resolve this conflict. ... As Sophn stated before with the increase of conflict, came the need of a court system to formally resolve these conflicts. ... With the increased corruption within the Mexican government, dealing with drug traffickers and upholding zero tolerance policies and tough on crime policies has been a tricky hurdle to overcom...

• Word Count: 1661
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Of course, hiring more police officers will cost a lot of money, but that will only be temporary. Criminals held in prison for long sentences means money now and money later, too. ... It is a lot easier to kill someone by putting one bullet in his head than beating him, stabbing or strangling (there are chances they can live) if we decrease the availability of handguns by increasing the price or banning the sale, then there will be less murders. ... Other methods such as increased police officers and a decrease on the availability of handguns are 2 of many alternatives in prevention crimes. ...

• Word Count: 1266
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Rates of Motor Vehicle Theft There were over 14,000 cases of motor vehicle theft in Victoria in 2014-15, representing a 5.6 per cent increase since 2013-14, at a rate of 3.03 vehicles for every 1000 registered vehicles, an increase of 0.11 from 2013-14 (Bath, 2016). ... The majority of offenders are young males looking for adventure and/or personal belongings to take, including money, laptops, radios, wheels, and cell phones (Australian Institute of Criminology, n.d.). ... By improving informal surveillance it increases the effort the offender must put in to successfully perform the theft and ...

• Word Count: 2187
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Does the increase in mass school shootings indicate the time to change our ways? ... If there is a doubt that new laws will reduce crime, it seems unnecessary to waste the time and money. ... " Several examples showed that gun ownership increases the likelihood of homicides. One example is that if guns increase the likelihood that any dispute will result in an individual's death, then increases in gun ownership will serve to increase the number of homicides (Duggan). ... As the number of gun owners increases, the repercussions for attempting to ...

• Word Count: 2037
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Due to the increased level of poverty, crime and drugs in urban community's young males and violence seem to be the cause of almost every victim there is to report. ... Generation after generation of this same type of lifestyle has only made things worse as the neighborhoods decline, jobs are more scarce, families have no money to relocate or to survive and the only way to make money is to take money and violence to many becomes a way of life rather then a way to die. ... In order to remove these things there needs to be money to make these neighborhoods better. If a drug deal...

• Word Count: 1324
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

As a result of globalization, there has been an increased amount of organized crime moving across international borders, and no longer is it simply a national concern, but a global one, as it affects people all over the world, and not those of a single state. ... Nations now face increased security at all points of entry, which is how the majority of the world's products are shipped, maintaining a large security arm is a huge burden economically for nations across the world. ... They both seek increasing shares of the fortunes generated from drug trafficking and other crimes. ... Investm...

• Word Count: 1757
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

To solve this problem that women face in the community I would increase supervision on low risk offenders. ... To build more prisons, is to use "our" money, the tax payers money. ... With our prisons overfilling, and our money going to waste, rehabilitation is needed more than ever. 3. ... Assuming that they are approved financial support, the family can get money out of the Crime Victims Fund. ... This saves time and money, because before the officer would bring the offender to the station and book them. ...

• Word Count: 1258
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Poverty is when someone has little or no money or possessions. ... If you do not have a job that usually means you have no money. You cannot live without money. You need money to buy food and shelter. ... Author William Julius Wilson believes that neighborhoods are a major reason for the increase in violence among young males. ...

• Word Count: 1355
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The proposed safeguards will cost a huge pile of money, money that the government doesn't have. ... We're talking about, say, a 25% increase across the board for starters. ... Try and point out the incredible increase in resources that their demands require and suddenly it's not so vital. ... The proposed safeguards will cost a huge pile of money, money that the government doesn't have. ... Passing a law requiring this-or-that in the criminal justice system won't make the money magically appear. ...

• Word Count: 2332
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

There are a vast number of people who believe that increasing the use of the death penalty will abate the crime rate. ... More than likely his thoughts are upon getting what he wants, whether it be something tangible, such as money, or something as valuable as one's life. ... There are a vast number of people who believe that increasing the use of the death penalty will abate the crime rate. ... More than likely his thoughts are upon getting what he wants, whether it be something tangible, such as money, or something as valuable as one's life. ...

• Word Count: 1340
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

(Australian Institute of Criminology - www.aic.gov.au) Just image how you would feel if someone used your name to withdraw your hard earned money. ... Access to files in financial institutions can allow thieves to skim money from transactions and accounts and transfer thousands/millions of small accounts into dummy accounts. ... To list a few, hackers hacking into another computer and stealing important documents, people stealing record companies money by creating the mp3s and allowing anyone to download almost every song. ... From the facts it is clear that with the increasing advances in tec...

• Word Count: 1361
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Focus on learning skills is clearly influential in increasing population safety, personal health, and participation in political life. ... She says the likelihood of the person's failure in high school is highly increased as they spend further times in jail or commits criminal activities more times (p. 613-630). ... In most cases to get money, they commit criminal activities. ... Political participation of individuals increases due to educational achievements. ... In her article "Service Nation: A Call to Higher Education," Jacoby (2009), a professor at University of Marylan...

• Word Count: 1602
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate