The theory's introduction to Times Square in New York City has shown positive production of a better and safer place for those who live and visit the area today. ... The mayor's decisions to take action on these petty crimes had a great impact in New York City over the years. ... The crack-cocaine epidemic was beginning to rise by this time creating large amounts of crime over all in New York City. ... New York City Transit System was revitalized also when Mayor Giuliani stepped into office in 1993. ... In the NY subway websites an online article called "How Safe Is the New York...

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Crimes of theft, murder, drug selling and drug use are most likely to be associated with a black or Hispanic male ("Crime in new york city" 2014). ... An example is the Stop and Frisk laws in New York that allows officers to stop anyone who seems suspicious. The law is usually disproportionally enforced on people of color ("Crime in new york city" 2014). ... By making false generalizations and unsupported claims, the media invokes a sense of fear into the public to be aware at all times because crime is everywhere and can be committed by anyone ("Crime in new york city...

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Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City (Clark, 1995). ... Many believed, due to the media speculation, that the bombing had something to do with Islamic extremist like the Twin Tower bombing in New York, but they were wrong. ... The Oklahoma City bombing could be seen as a crime of accommodation. ... The Oklahoma City bombing certainly had a large level of victimization. ... All these factors made the Oklahoma City bombing the worst violent crime of the past decade. ...

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Drug dealing and high tech weaponry have escalated the warfare in cities between long established loosely knit gangs. ... For example in 1988 on February 26 rookie New York City police officer Edward Byre was sitting alone in his police car guarding the house of a drug trial witness in South Jamaica, Queens where he was shot four times in the head and killed. ... On balance, they show that there is nothing to be gained from reducing the general level of gun ownership. (3) A thorough review of 18 studies of the effects of gun availability among potential victims and criminals found that the ove...

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Gangs have been a problem for years in the big cities of the U.S. In Los Angeles, they account for about half of the city's murders. ... Now the presence of gangs has been seen in smaller cities. ... An early study by the Illinois State Police noted that a gang called the Forty Thieves was founded in New York about 1820 and this gang was believed to be the first youth gang in the United States (Sheldon, 1997). ... In the 50's, gang warfare between African-American and Hispanic gangs peaked in big cities like Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. ...

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As mentioned in lectures, Canadian cities have been traditionally safer, and less vulnerable to 'Crime Waves' than our American neighbours due to our extensive police force and gun control laws . ... In agreement with this statement, Sherrill suggests that the hardest hit of all American urban centres is the inter-cities of Los Angeles, New York, Detroit, and Washington. These cities largely consist of visible minorities who are frustrated with the hand dealt to them, and simply resort to "drugs, guns, and violence" as a way of life . ...

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The link between drug use and crime is not a new one and numerous studies show that drugs use directly relates to crime in multiple ways. First of all, and most directly, it is a crime to use, possess, manufacture, or distribute drugs classified as having a potential for abuse (such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and amphetamines). Illegal and illicit drugs also are directly related to crime through the effects they have on the user's behavior and by generating violence and other illegal activity in connection with drug trafficking. The Office of national Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) su...

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Due to the overwhelming caseloads processed through the court system, the needs of the offender for additional treatment (i.e., drug addiction, mental illness, alcohol abuse) find themselves incarcerated in an already overcrowded jail or prison with little or no treatment programs to address their issues. One point of view to take is offenders do not have constitutional right to treatment. They committed the crime; they can do the time. On the other hand the view point of balancing prison and jail overcrowding, public policy, the right to fair and equal treatment, and assessing those who can...

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Gangs and criminal organizations" come in many forms - street gangs, youth gangs, organized crime gangs, drug gangs, terrorist gangs, prison gangs, etc.. A gang is a static or fluid organization, network or collective, possesses identifiable leadership or a leadership structure, associates on a cont...

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"In most cities, police are breaking down doors without search warrants, stopping and searching anyone they choose on the sidewalk or street, harassing and arresting young people for wearing "gang colors" or for "drug loitering," threatening and abusing anyone who questions them, and refusing to supply their badge numbers upon request" (Dority, 178). ... The officers responsible for Diallo's death were part of New York Police Department's "elite" Street Crime Unit. ...

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America has always prided itself on being the land of the free. Our national Constitution and Bill of Rights have ensured that the people of America maintain their basic rights, and more. Nevertheless, many of the rights guaranteed in these historic documents are often the subject of heated debat...

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It had taken over five years of careful planning and strategy for public support on the part of the Society for the Prevention of Pauperism, which went on to become the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents in New York City. ...

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