Thesis On Stop Snitching

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Stop Snitching

When you hear the word “Snitching”, people think of a child telling on their brother or sister of their wrongdoings to the parent. The term “Snitching has taken on many different forms and meanings over the course of the years. The problem is, in today society, “Snitching” is considered, basically, a death sentence, or some type of harm will come to the person helping law enforcement solve a crime.

I.STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM


Urban communities are suffering with from the backlash of “Snitching” and not reporting vital information to law enforcement, which leads to increased crime rates in these communities. When a witness reports vital information to law enforcement, they face a difficult dilemma of being labeled as a snitch or some type of informant to the police.

II. LITERATURE REVIEW …show more content…

They go from into the relationships between the informants and the police to how “Hip-Hop” has a play into the anti-snitching message. They also view how police has inside snitches and how the prison inmates are encouraged to snitch to receive a lenient sentence. They also look into the black communities and how how the anti-snitching code exacerbates the crime problem by weakening social

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