problems, homelessness is often in the news (http://www.ebooks.com/ ). Many seek shelters for the first time. The Homeless Coalition of Greater Kansas City reports that on any given night as many as 3,000 adults are homeless and more than 7,500 children are homeless on these Kansas City streets. Since 2011 more than 7% people who live in the state of Kansas City has become homeless. We are not actually sure why this rate has risen over the last 2 years. Maybe because of a bad economy and loses of jobs
Kansas City is a large city, a major city in one of the largest metropolitan areas of more than two million people on both sides of the Missouri–Kansas border. Kansas City was founded in 1838 at the meeting of the Missouri and Kansas rivers and was incorporated in its present form in 1853. Kansas City, Kansas, is the location of several important battles during the Civil War. The city is well known for its diverse offerings to the musical styles of jazz and blues as well as to its two most noted
The first was the Strain Theory, which deals with societal structures exerting pressure to commit property crimes to acquire symbols of wealth. The second is the Social Disorganization Theory, which links crime with neighborhoods or geographical areas. This theory does not account for individual differences or similarities. Finally, the Economic Theory of Crime, which focuses on criminal activity as a rational choice where criminals receive benefits from the activity. Reduce the benefit and prevention
resources. This kind of broad issue can be considered in any city, but one city one should regard is Kansas City and its current standings in terms of being eco-friendly. Thus, several specific issues can arise if the residents of Kansas City do not take the initiative to preserve is natural resources and environments, which include increased air pollution, tainted water sources, and landfills. By considering these problems that potentially harm Kansas City’s local environments, it allows one to decide
Another attractive aspect Pennsylvania offers is its opportunity for community service. Being located in a metropolitan area the opportunities to give back are nearly endless. At home, community service is important to me, but the opportunities are not nearly as numerous. I would use the platform granted by Penn to help those around me and transform Philadelphia into an even greater city to call home for four
Part One The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment: An Introduction According to Kelling, Pate, Dieckman, & Brown (1974), patrol is the “backbone” of police work. This belief is based around the premise that the mere presence of police officers on patrol prohibits criminal activity. Despite increasing budgets and the availability of more officers on the streets, crime rates still rose with the expanding metropolitan populations (Kelling et al., 1974). A one year experiment to determine the effectiveness
Immediately following, Cowden received the MFA oil contract that previously had been held with Standard Oil Company, and Cowden was now in the wholesale oil business. On January 27, 1928, Cowden Oil Company was founded. This business was moved to Kansas City, Missouri in late 1928. In January of 1929, Cowden Oil Company was dissolved and Union Oil Company (Cooperative) was formed. It was clear that Cowden had planned to do more than just buy and sell oil to local cooperatives. A board of directors was
its capital city Oklahoma City, which is where I was born and raised. Much of the western land of Oklahoma was part of the "unassigned land" including present day Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City is Oklahoma’s largest city in the state. Oklahoma has a big population and is currently 29th among United States cities in population. A 2012 census shows the population count of Oklahoma City is 599,199 residents. Oklahoma City is ranked as the 8th largest city in the United States by its land area. Oklahoma
and spiritual well being. El Paso County is located in the south eastern part of Colorado and is about 61 miles away from Denver the capital of Colorado. El Paso County sits at 6,035 feet which sits over one mile above sea level, though some areas of the city are significantly higher. El Paso is also near one of the famous fourteeners of America, Pikes Peak. (Source: http://www.medicinenet.com) Mental health is when the mind is in positive role. Good mental health allows people to participate in
As with most major metropolitan areas urban sprawl has become an issue with Irvine, California being no exception. Byproducts of sprawl include an increase in jobs, increases in population density, increased traffic, and increased housing costs. I selected the affordable housing policies of the City of Irvine in my paper. Due to the high cost of housing in Irvine, the city has faced lawsuits and other challenges in providing housing for low income earners. The master planned city of Irvine can attribute
Wichita, Tulsa, Kansas City, and the corporate headquarters located in Dallas, Texas. The Dallas office has 10 employees, Tulsa has 2, and Wichita has 3. The Wichita office also covers the satellite office in Kansas City. In each of the 4 markets there are competing resellers. Within Dallas, there are 5 other resellers, in Tulsa there are 3, in Kansas City there are 2, and in Wichita, Avatech is the only authorized reseller. The Dallas and Wichita offices have a MTA (Metropolitan Trading Area) of a 250
Hyper-segregation is “Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton’s term for central-city ghetto neighborhoods that are highly segregated, isolated, and concentrated.” (Chen, Orum, and Paulsen 2013, 200). It usually occurs in larger cities and is seen mainly between two ethnic groups: blacks and whites. Black ghetto neighborhoods tend to be in the inner city, whereas white suburbs are in the outer ring of the city. Massey and Denton believe that hyper-segregation is five dimensional, that it consists of evenness
1. Bobbies - The term bobbies is defined by the Criminal Justice Today textbook as the popular British name given to members of Sir Robert (Bob) Peel 's Metropolitan Police Service" (Schmalleger 139). A bobby is also known as a constable, which is an official of a Municipal Corporation whose primary duties are to protect and preserve the peace of the community. Additionally, London 's bobbies were organized around two principles, which are; the belief that it was possible to discourage crime, and
Switched at Birth On June 6, 2011, ABC Family premiered the television series Switched at Birth. It is a family drama that is created by Lizzy Weiss. The show airs at 9:00 p.m. on Monday nights and set in the Kansas City Metropolitan area and it 's about two teenagers who were switched at birth and grew up in very different lives. The television show is full of drama, suspense and yet humor and warmth. The characters portrayed in the show are very easy to connect to and create a bond between
specializes in articles about Kansas History. In her article she talked about the demolition of Joyland. The park was built in 1949 by the Ottaway’s and in the 1970’s the Nelson family purchased the park from the Ottaway family. The park then closed in 2006. The purpose of this article was to inform Wichita citizens about the demolition of Joyland, a place that once held many precious memories. The targeted audience was specifically the people who live in or near the Wichita area. The article was very easy
Healthcare is a fundamental topic do to the wide range of topics to discuss and concerns that need to be address. Healthcare is forever changing and there are always new studies that show promising results. People who live in larger cities and town tend to have quicker access to better healthcare, also have better control of their health. However, even though our country is one of the leading healthcare providers, there are still people being left behind and have poor health management in our country
also in other cities nationwide. Black and white children in the St. Louis region remain educationally divided, and the state Board of Education knows what needs to change in order for black children to gain a better
Urban Living vs Suburban Living The perception of the areas we live in, are of major importance to the well being of humans because the areas we choose to live in may very well affect our lifestyle. There are pros and cons to living anywhere in the United States and the most prominent factors are suburban and urban areas. Suburban areas contain more open land, and forests which are crucial factors in our environment, whereas urban areas contain more job opportunities and opportunities for investments
can consider how to take an urban student seriously we must examine where they are from. Urban students are those living in higher density communities within the inner-cities; areas of diversity, poverty, crime and low-income. Today we can best assign the term “urban school” to public schools that are in these metropolitan areas. Many of these schools exist within educational systems that lack sufficient resources and quality educators to ensure their educational needs are met. We also tell ourselves
Historian Fredrick Jackson Turner has become synonymous with the American West because of his famous, “Frontier Thesis”. In his essay Turner lays out his evidence that when the 1890 census stated that the frontier was closed, Turner believed that meant that was the end of the first part of American history. He stated, “What the Mediterranean Sea was to the Greeks, breaking the bond of custom, offering new experiences, calling out new institutions and activities, that, and more, the ever retreating