Crime in Urban Areas
Many factors generate crime. That ‘inner morality’ necessary to resist the temptation to rape, rob, or kill weakens in an environment of broken homes, systemic poverty, ethical relativism, religious decline. Poverty ’causes’ crime in general in the same way that pornography causes sex crimes and television violence causes violence by children: it is a predispositive condition. If the family life could be strengthened, raise the living standard, instill character values this could have an impact on lowering the crime rate.
In my research on crime in urban areas versus crime in the suburban areas; I predict that people who live in urban areas will have a much higher crime rate than those living in suburban areas.
Poverty is crime's chief messenger in the United States. Studies have found that poverty, not race, is responsible for high crime rates in urban communities. This was revealed in a study completed by an Ohio State University research team that reviewed data collected from neighborhoods in Columbus, Ohio (Michigan Chronicle, 1997). One of the key bits of information gathered revealed that the rates of violent crime in extremely poor white neighborhoods were very much like those in comparable minority neighborhoods.
Urban poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon. The urban poor live with many deprivations. Their daily challenges may include;
• limited access to employment opportunities and income
• inadequate and insecure housing and services
• violent and unhealthy environments
• little or no social protection mechanisms
• limited access to adequate health and education opportunities
The causes of crime in urban areas have been studied many times. Such issues as unemployment, lack of education, and poverty are those most mentioned. There is an interaction among these factors, and they cannot be viewed as isolated phenomena. When a person is undereducated, the possibility of being unemployed is greatly increased. Quite naturally, unemployment leads to
In my research on crime in urban areas versus crime in the suburban areas; I predict that people who live in urban areas will have a much higher crime rate than those living in suburban areas.
Poverty is crime's chief messenger in the United States. Studies have found that poverty, not race, is responsible for high crime rates in urban communities. This was revealed in a study completed by an Ohio State University research team that reviewed data collected from neighborhoods in Columbus, Ohio (Michigan Chronicle, 1997). One of the key bits of information gathered revealed that the rates of violent crime in extremely poor white neighborhoods were very much like those in comparable minority neighborhoods.
Urban poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon. The urban poor live with many deprivations. Their daily challenges may include;
• limited access to employment opportunities and income
• inadequate and insecure housing and services
• violent and unhealthy environments
• little or no social protection mechanisms
• limited access to adequate health and education opportunities
The causes of crime in urban areas have been studied many times. Such issues as unemployment, lack of education, and poverty are those most mentioned. There is an interaction among these factors, and they cannot be viewed as isolated phenomena. When a person is undereducated, the possibility of being unemployed is greatly increased. Quite naturally, unemployment leads to
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