Essays on Violent Crime

A husband murdered his wife based on a dream that she had betrayed him. A young woman’s throat was slit in the town square because a love ballad had been dedicated to her over the radio. A teenaged boy is sent by the family to…

Charles Manson was born during a time of chaos, to a young teenager who was not suitable to raise a child. Manson really never had anything good going on around him, his mother being a full blown alcoholic and prostitute. His father was never in…

When asked the first word people associate with crime, regularly the word that comes up is violence. Recently the majority of the population are under the impression that violent crimes are committed more often than they actually are, and that crime rates are increasing. This…

“A state is a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory”. From 1964-1985, Brazil was under the control of a military dictatorship that significantly curbed the civil rights of its the citizens. The regime…

Reporting on sex crimes has always been a touchy subject. The ethics case I’ll be discussing is about “Naming Victims of Sex Crimes.” The case talks about a 14-year-old girl, Elizabeth Smart, getting abducted from her home back in 2002. Elizabeth’s parents worked with the…

Adreanna Badia John Dillenger, Bonnie and Clyde, and the Zodiac killer all have one thing in common: crime. They are all remembered for the chaos and felonies they commited centuries after they passed away. Reasons for crime can range from financial issues that can lead…

In the research article “The Impact of “Shall-Issue” Concealed Handgun Law son Violent Crime Rates” by Tomislav V. Kovandzic, Thomas B. Marvell, and Lynne M. Vieraitis, they conducted a study involving the impact of “shall-issue” laws on four major forms of violent crime using a…

Introduction In today’s news, police brutality andother horrendous crimes trump all other matters that could possibly elevate the nation’s mood. This is simply because bad news follows the psychological human nature of negativity bias and our tendency to stick with preexisting notions, which just so…

Midnight Basketball: Analyzing Clinton’s 1994 Crime Bill Introduction Crime has been a staple in campaigns for politicians worldwide for the last few decades, and the United States is no exception. This is due in part because, “since the late 1960s, crime has consistently been a…

It is well known that South Africa experiences high incidences of crime, sometimes violent in nature that may cause psychological and emotional effects on the victim. This study aimed to investigate attributions made about the commission of violent crime in South Africa. Data was collected…

With the most recent mass shootings, we look at guns and think “violence.” When we were young and had no knowledge of the real world, we were taught that guns were bad. This is all because no one told a child that people use guns…

Clifford Robert Olson got his first chance at publicity the day that he was born. It was on the first day of January in the year 1940 – New Year’s Day. Like other babies born in St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver on that special day,…

Brutal wrongdoings include a casualty being hurt by or debilitated with viciousness. Vicious violations incorporate however are not restricted to, assault, rape, theft, pyromania, strike and murder, as indicated by the, (National Institute of Justice). In numerous different parts of the world posses are the…

Throughout the past 100 years, there have been some of the most infamous and deadly mass shootings in schools of all grades. Most have heard many dark humor jokes about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, but who are these individuals behind the butt of…

This song is meant to portray how Americans are always on their phones, trying to keep up with the current trends and are ignorant of the gun and violence that is happening around them. The opening moments of “This Is America”, 00:37-00:54, shows Glover grooving…