"Controlling violent crime is largely a state and local responsibility," declare Robert Moffit, Edwin Meese, and Patrick Fagan of the Heritage Foundation. "State and local officials," they say, "should take the initiative to identify and target the hard-core criminals who are committing the majority of crimes and implement tough policies to put them behind bars and keep them there. Mounting evidence shows that this approach works."
Attacking the root causes of crime also makes sense, provided those causes are correctly identified. Poverty, for instance, does not cause crime. "The real root cause of crime is family breakdown," the three analysts contend. They point out that "fatherless children - regardless of socioeconomic and racial background - are most likely to commit violent crimes as teenagers and adults. And, because of the rising rate of illegitimacy in the United States, teenage crime will continue to rise. Long-range economic and so...
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...e virtues and self-discipline necessary for success in society, rather than passively subsidizing ever-escalating levels of social pathology."
Rector points out that "welfare reform has really affected only one program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). The other 75-plus federal welfare programs," he observes, "remain substantially unchanged." Rector recommends extending the AFDC reforms "to other programs as well, such as Food Stamps and public housing."
clean on the other side." Not only did he escape he was free from the
In recent years, more and more people have become aware of crime and murder. It is something that has affected them, their families and neighborhoods. Just about everyone in the world knows someone who has become a victim of murder, rape, and or robbery. In most cases the suspects are heartless and have no remorse in regards to the crime they committed. Some individuals are repeat offenders who have received a slap on the wrist from the justice system or only faced small jail time. A recent report by the Senate judiciary Committee, called America the "most violent and self-destructive nation on earth", and it was noted that violent crime in America had increased by 516% since 1960 (Economist, 1992). Many individuals have tried to come up with solutions and scare tactics attempting to deter those who commit crime. It appears that solutions are failing.
poem the word Pillar is a big thing in this play as it can be used in
Comparing The Poor Relations Story by Charles Dickens, Twenty Six Men and a Girl by Maxim Gorky and The Unexpected by Kate Chopin
After Pip first meets Estella, he begins to dislike everything he has ever known. He is uncomfortable feeling common in front of Estella and takes out his frustration on Joe, the one who brought him up to be common. “I determined to ask Joe why he had ever taught me to call those picture-cards, Jacks, which ought to be called knaves. I wished Joe had been rather more genteelly brought up, and then I should have been so too” (65). Here, Pip begins to look down on Joe even though Joe has only done the best that he could. Still, Joe continues to be kind to Pip even when Pip makes mistakes. He is not the only one that Pip hurts though. Biddy is another person Pip disrespects. At first Pip is too blinded by his love for Estella to notice that Biddy truly cares for him, and by the time he realizes it, it is too late. Pip confides all his secrets in Biddy and even tells her how unhappy he is with his common lifestyle. “’Biddy,’ said I, after binding her to secrecy, ‘I want to be a gentleman’” (127). Biddy tries to rationalize Pip’s thoughts so that he will see what is truly important, but he just cannot see past his desire for Estella. In this way, Pip is already ignoring Biddy and her great advice. When Pip receives his fortune from his secret benefactor, his disregard for the two people that love him the most becomes much worse. Before hi...
Pip's Sister and his Mum and Dad died she had to bring Pip up by
In the opening chapter, we feel sorry for Pip as we find out that his
When Pip was a child, he was a contented young boy. He wanted to grow
to London, he meets her, but she tries to warn Pip to stay away from her because she might hurt his
of the story. This is where Pip admits to Biddy he is in love with
The most important theme throughout the book can be said to be ambition and self-improvement. Pip at heart is an idealist; whenever he is convinced that something is superior to what he has, he immediately desires to obtain that improvement. This is best illustrated when he sees Satis house, which puts him into a state of mind of desiring to be a wealthy gentleman. In this novel, Pip’s ambition and self-improvement takes three forms: moral, social, and educational. Firstly, he desires moral self-improvement and is very hard on himself when he feels that he acts immorally, by trying to act better in the future. This can be noticed when Pip leaves for London and is disappointed with his behavior towards Biddy and Joe. Secondly he desires social self-improvement, after having fallen in love with Estella, who demands Pip to act according to high society. His fantasies of becoming a gentleman are further fueled by Mrs. Joe and Pumblechook. These fantasies prove to be very significant throughout the plot, since the author uses these ideas of social class to explore the class system of his period. Thirdly, Pip desires educational improvement, which is deeply connected to his social ambition and dream of marrying Estella. Ultimately, through the examples of Joe, Biddy and Magwitch, Pip learns that social and educational improvement are irrelevant to one’s real worth and that conscience and affection are to be valued above social ranking.
A first prominent repercussion of poverty is delinquencies. One of the delinquencies caused by poverty is crime, whose root cause is poverty. Poor people, with desperate needs to eat and survive, tend to rob, kill, and violate others, for the sake of their families (Taylor, par. 5). Committing crimes can be their only choice, especially when they are unemployed and undereducated. Due to their lack of education, and to their marginalization, they become more violent and less sensitive. Therefore, they are ready to get involved in dangerous and filthy matters, such as selling drugs and prostitution, in order to make money. Thus, poverty can make people lose their morality and values, by forcing...
of this fact, except when telling Pip how much he thinks of him. Mrs. Gargery,
In March 2007 a study done by the McClatchy Newspapers had found that the ranks of the severely impoverished are rapidly escalating (Williams, 2007). The study showed that the poverty level in America had reached its highest point in 32 years (Williams, 2007). Nearly Sixteen million Americans had been found to be in a deep to severe level of poverty (Williams, 2007). The level of poverty on went up after the economic crash in 2009. But has the increased level of poverty led to an increase in violence?
by getting him some food that he needed and a file to take the iron