Monthly Archives: February 2015

It has long been known amongst sociologists that crime is both a cause and consequence of poverty. This is especially true in the United States where poorer neighborhoods often have substantially worse schools; the absence of structure and lackluster career prospects resulting … Continue reading →

Nearly 100,000 New York City public school students pass through metal detectors on a daily basis before entering their school buildings (“A Look at School Safety”). As Max pointed out in his comment to my original piece, the need to … Continue reading →

A long debate over police reform has recently been put into the spotlight because of officer misconduct. However, ideas for improvement are not a new occurrence. These suggestions vary both in quality and ideology; opinions on government and policing often … Continue reading →

In my “Policing Problems” post, I began by discussing the wedge that distrust between citizens and law enforcement has created in our nation. As I went on to discuss my other two issues (stop-and-frisk and police quotas) I realized that … Continue reading →

The criminal justice system in the U.S. is riddled with flaws. Flaws which need to be addressed so to have better law-abiding communities. The three issues which I will address in this post are the difficulty formerly incarcerated people  have … Continue reading →

Using the knowledge I have gained these past few days through class discussions, the precinct visit, and Brenden Beck’s presentation I was able to formulate some possible solutions for the policing problems that I identified previously. The problems that I … Continue reading →

Finding a solution that will fix all the problems we can identify as readily wrong with our policing system is problematic. As mentioned in my previous post, I believe that the problems with our police do not lie directly in … Continue reading →

In my post regarding problems with policing, I discussed the lack of speedy trial, police abuse of power, and police funding. It is difficult to find a solution for all these matters because there never seems to be a solution … Continue reading →

In my last post, I addressed the problems of solitary confinement, violence and corruption in prisons. Initally, when researching these issues, solitary confinement stood out as the most pressing, possibly because of the moving personal account of Kalief Browder. This … Continue reading →