According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Unified Crime Report, majority of the time guns are used to commit robberies. The Unified Crime Report recorded that guns were used in 42.6 % of all reported armed robberies, knives were used 7.7 % of the time, dangerous weapons were reportedly used 8.7 % of the time, and the remaining 41.1 % of robberies were by brute force or strong arm tactics. According to Arizona reporters website, about $ 9,348,956.44 is the total of burglarize money robbed from 1,189 banks (90 %) of the 1,325 bank robberies that occurred in 2010 throughout the United States. it is also believed that out of 232 incidents, a total of $1,396,106.43 reported is recovered. Top10 states where bank robberies had taken place in the United States are: California 186, Texas 142, Pennsylvania 67, Arizona 65, Florida 63, Ohio 62, Georgia 60, Illinois 55, New Jersey 51, and Michigan 40. Out of these crimes females committed 121 crime and males committed 1256 crimes. Of all these people 38% were users of narcotics and about 17% had been convicted of state or federal robberies, burglaries or larcenies in the past.
About 82% of the nation’s bank robberies happened at the branch offices, 96% of robberies occurred through a counter or teller transaction. During the robberies about 122 alarm systems failed while 58 surveillance cameras failed to function due to technical or human error. According to the FBI’s third quarter 2010, Thursday was the most popular day for robberies to take place in a bank according to the report. About 185 robberies occurred in the northeastern United States of which, 31 occurred in New England states while Mid-Atlantic States, New Jersey New York and Pennsylvania had 154 occurrences. Robberies...
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... away. One of their teens fired a shot that scratched the neck of one of the attempted robbery targets as they escaped, police said. The names of juvenile offenders won’t be reveled unless the teens are being tried as adults. According to the study by Rosemary J. Erickson, Juvenile robbers were asked if in the robberies they had omitted and in which someone was hurt or killed, if they planned to use the weapon in advance. More than half said they did plan to use it before they went to do the robbery, one half did not plan to use the weapon, but ended up using it. According to the research about 44 percent stated that they had bought the weapon, 19 percent got it from home and the rest of the juveniles said they had stolen the weapon. This case make you wonder what is the government doing to stop the gun control and keeping guns out of the wrong people and teenagers.
All this sounds like an abstract from some of today's action movies, but sadly enough, all these events are true and have plagued our nation for the past eighteen months. Not only have juvenile crime rates gone up in the past few years, but a heightened awareness of these crimes exists because of how violent natured these crimes have become. "Homicides committed by juveniles with firearms have tripled in number since 1983" (Jenson and Howard 324).
Gun violence in youth has become much more prevalent. Today’s youth are more likely to turn to guns to solve their problems with bullies or to help them to fight a mental illness. Kids are taking guns from their parents or are just going to the streets and buying the guns from random people. Although there are jurisdictions that have started to use gun violence programs to help combat these issues the programs are not found everywhere and are not going to work forever. One such program that we will learn about later on is Operation Ceasefire.
One way the youth are getting their hands on guns so easily are guns in the residence. Not saying guns shouldn’t be in homes, they’re still a way of protecting one’s self and others. Parents just need to do a way better job of concealing their firearms. A significant number of adults with...
In the novel, Hamid also explores Changez’s relationship with Erica as a metaphor of the challenges faced by South Asian Americans in their efforts to assimilate and “become” American through one, the morning after Changez came down for breakfast, he and Erica were the only two there and so they had a conversation. In their conversation, Erica asked him about his home life in Pakistan, to which Changez replied,
After careful analysis of the robbery involving our client, Rob burr, it is likely that a court will hold that Burr’s actions did not constitute an armed robbery. The relevant facts of the incident provide that the object Burr held during the robbery would not likely be considered an offensive weapon under Section 26-1902 of the Armed Robbery statute, therefore not constituting an armed robbery. The type of object used by Burr in the robbery and the manner in which he used it, both support the view that it was not an offensive weapon. Additionally, Mr. Shopkeeper, while afraid and shaken by the experience, was not injured at all by Burr or the object he held during the robbery. The various facts of the case, along with
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In an article by Richard Carrington, an elder in the community that helps troubled youths stated, “Last night I was talking to a young man who had just bought a gun off the street. He was dealing with drugs and needed a gun,” Carrington said. “I asked him where he got it. His response was ‘I’m a kid, I can get anything I want” (Carrington).... ...
Considerable evidence supports the notion that permitted handguns deter criminals. Polls show that there are at least 760,000 and possibly as many as 3.6 million defensive uses of guns per year. In 98% of the cases, people simply brandish weapons to stop attacks. This is further reflected in the different rates of "hot burglaries," where a resident is at home when a criminal strikes. In Canada and Britain, both with tough gun control laws, almost half of all burglaries are "hot.
Today in the United States many people argue over the fact of guns being legal or illegal. There are people using guns for personal safety and there are others who use them for crimes, as well as for other situations. Firearm deaths in the United States have slowly been decreasing from year to year with all these bills getting passed to promote a safer country than ever before. Guns are the main weapon for youth suicide, school shootings, and for committing murder. In 2010 there were 2,711 infants, child, and teenage firearm deaths. As in school shootings and in committing murder, studies show shooters often had multiple, non-automatic guns, shootings were planned, most youth tell before shooting, shooters have a history of being bullied or threatened, shooters have mental issues, and shooters have done suicidal gestures before (Gun Control with School Shootings). Although there are people who use guns for murdering, there are also those who oppose guns being used without the proper requirements. 85% of all respondents to the survey supporting requiring states to report people to national background-checks systems who are prohibited from owning gu...
Guns and violence have some long lasting effects on not only the crime rate, but the rights that people have to own guns themselves. Even though the violence is a factor in why many believe that guns should be banned, guns should be allowed and not banned because they should be allowed because of the laws and the rights of citizens allow them there rights. The ethics and laws that occur with the current and enduring debates are another meaningful point. As Supreme Court Cases rage on about how a cities ban on handguns could break amendments, this is how the topic has gained from it (Hoxie 474). As crime statistics begin to rise there are many reasons that they need to work on the juvenile justice system (Collier 478). The other topic of the age could become a factor is another point that many think needs to be changed, as a 13 year old child could commit murder, they would not be sentenced as severely as an adult (Cohen 481). The ethic and laws play a huge effect on guns and violence because of the effects it has on crime, and the citizens themselves play a huge role on the society that they live in.
Rosenfeld, R., & Fornado, R. (2007). The impact of economic conditions on robbery and property crime: The role of consumer sentiment. Criminology, 45, 735-769.
violent crimes do not involve guns as often as many people believe. According to the FBI
The problem of juvenile violence has become one of the most overwhelming problems of our time for Texas and for the United States. The problem is spread throughout the United States. The serious crimes are usually thought to be problems of the urban city, but this is no longer a problem just for the inner city. The problem has spread through the suburban areas of the city in cases just like the first example. Citizens are spending tons of money trying to fight the problem on their own. They purchase everything they can to combat crime. Women have mace, cars have alarms, houses have burglar bars and alarms, and many schools have metal detectors to try to control the overwhelming effects of violence (Defending 93). However, these efforts are not enough to overcome the effects of violence, such as man pictured below with an automatic weapon in the streets of his neighborhood (Gest p.29). All jail and court information leads to the outcome that there is a wide diversity of criminals in jail. There is no longer a predictable profile for a juvenile criminal. However, most of the criminals still come from the inner city. Due to a 21% estimated rise in the number of 15 to 19 year olds by the year 2005, the problem will get worse without a better plan. The American juvenile justice system is supposed to be the system that prevents juveniles form committing crimes, but the system was designed over 100 years ago to prevent minor crimes from occurring (LaCoya 12/2/94). The current system in Texas and throughout most of the United States allows juveniles to receive a less severe penalty than an adult who is convicted of the same crime. The current Texas system does not allow juveniles to be prosecuted as an adult until they are eighteen unless...
Research from the University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography said that species in the ocean consume a projected 12,000 to 24,000 tons of plastic every year in the Pacific Ocean (Nall, 2014). Pollution of recyclable materials in the oceans is one of the leading causes of why some marine species are nearing extinction. Many authors of articles and books analyzing this topic tend to agree that pollution of our oceans is a problem. The future of this problem is where their ideas tend to differ. The following four literature reviews attempt to demonstrate and support my belief that pollution is getting worse in the ocean and more marine life ecosystems are being affected, but there are things that we as humans can do to change this. Imagine a world where we didn’t have to constantly worry about the vicious cycle of humans affecting animals and then animals in turn affecting us through consumption.
The U.S. Department of Labor (2011) reported the national average of unemployment for 2008 was 5.8 percent. The rate dramatically increased in 2009 with an average of 9.3 percent and 9.6 percent for 2010. While unemployment rates have increased, the FBI’s preliminary reports for 2010 show that law enforcement agencies across the U.S. have reported a decrease of 6.2 percent in the number of violent crimes for the first 6 months of 2010 when compared to figures reported for the same time in 2009. The violent crime category includes rape, murder, robbery, and aggravated result. The number of property crimes also decreased 2.8 percent when compared to the same time last year. Property crimes include burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft. Arson decreased 14.6 percent when compared to the same time periods of 2009 (FBI, 2011).