What do you consider to be 2 major factors of crime and violence?

Question

What do you consider to be 2 major factors of crime and violence? How profound are these problems and what could be done to elimaniate the risk of violence and crime in society?

Answer 1

Poverty & Lack of Morals

Answer 2

two major factors well
1) weakening morals within our society is a factor IMO.
2) education levels

Violence and other crimes are a major problem within our society as a whole obviously in certain areas they are more profound than in other areas (i.e. crime is worse in Chicago than in Normal, Il. though both are large areas Chicago has more people but quite a bit). To cure the problems I feel that parents need to spend more time wiht their children while the kids are young and instil proper moral values in the kids in fact I feel that spanking a child is an outstanding way to disapline a child as long as it doesn't cross the line to abuse. Secondly if we can increase funding to our schools and educate the kids about how wrong crime and violence can be (there are times when violence is the answer such as wars if there wasn't violence then America would still be run by the Brits). If we could start with those things we could drastically change the amout of violence in our society. I wish we could go back in time to the 50's and make a few minor changes like get rid of slavery and let women vote but keep the rest of the stuff pretty much the same.

Answer 3

Poverty, which creates resentment and social unrest, and upbringing, which doesn't just include parenting, but the attitudes that other kids display toward a child as well.

I think that in order to lower the rates of crime and violence, we need to encourage our children to be kinder to one another. The best way to do that is to lead by example. I also think that there's an economic slant at least in the United States, because our culture is very materialistic and we judge others by how much they have or don't have. Socially, that's going to make you upset to be treated like a second class citizen, and economically, you're going to resent not being able to afford the basics of life that others can afford.

I honestly don't know what could be done to get rid of the economic problem, as I am not an economist. Raise the minimum wage, lower inflation, stop spending all of our money on the war and focus on making health care more affordable for everyone, I guess.

Answer 4

The illicit drug trade and poor public school systems are two major factors that effect the crime rate.

There's no way to eliminate crime and violence, let alone eliminate the risk of it ever happening. However, the steps toward eliminating these factors require a total turn around in legislation. For example, since it has proven to be impossible to eliminate drug use, one way you could eliminate the illicit market would be to legalize and regulate drugs. Just like how people don't (usually) shoot each other over bottles of liquor or packs of cigarettes, legalized illicit drugs could eliminate the need for drug related violence.

An easier solution is to attack the second problem, poor public schools. There is a shortage of funding for schools in cities that also have a higher percentage of ESL students and much bigger class sizes. Poorly educated people have difficult times getting jobs, so a poor public school education contributes to eventual unemployment and a higher chance of resorting to crime to support oneself.

Unfortunately, people usually treat the symptoms of a problem instead of the problem itself. It's good that you're looking beyond just stopping crime and violence and considering what may have caused it.

Answer 5

Illegal drugs and the destruction of cities through urban planning.

By making drug use into a criminal behavior we artificially increase the number of criminals in our society. By marginalizing drug users rather than focusing on treatment, we increase the likelihood they will support their habits through non-legitimate means. For a different model on handling drug abuse we can look at Europe.

The second factor is urban zoning. Originally cities were mixed use places. People worked, ate and lived all on top of each other. At any given time there were neighborhood eyes keeping track on every street. During the day it was workers and shopkeepers, at night the same street was listened to and watched by people who lived there.

In the 19th century someone had the idea to split city space up based on use. The houses would be in one area, industry in another and commerce somewhere else. Parks were created and the idea of recreation was born. Soon, ordinances were used to force people to use the areas as intended. At different parts of the day, different zones become more or less deserted. Without the social prohibition of watchful eyes, crime proliferated.

The decision of Americans to focus on subsidizing petroleum prices rather than build public transportation made the zones even more far apart and the problem more acute.

For a lucid and educated description of this process, check out Jane Jacob's book "The Death and Life of Great American Cities." Ask any politician running for local office if they have read it. Keep thinking and talking about what needs to be done.

Answer 6

Violence is usually the result of somatosensory deprivation - especially sexual repression. See James W. Prescott's groundbreaking article Body Pleasure and the Origins of Violence:
http://www.violence.de/prescott/bulletin/article.html

Crime is usually in direct proportion to poverty and illiteracy.

We need to realize that none of us is an island. When so many of us live in poverty it brings the whole culture down. When 1 in 6 adults can't read an average news paper, that affects us all. Our schools should be our number one priority. Then we need to make sure that everyone, especially every child, has access to safe shelter, healthy food, medical care and free education. To do any less is less than civilized, and we are the only industrialized country not doing these things. It's time for us to grow up and join the civilized world.

Answer 7

I would have to say the two major factors would be social conflict and economic rivalry. This is the radical criminologist's theory. I would say that these are so profound that every crime could be related back to them in some sort of way. The only way to really eliminate this problem would be to create an entirely new government (unfortunately that is something that probably wouldn't happen).

Answer 8

1. Religion
2. Politics

Factors like inequality, economics, rivalry, drugs etc. etc. are all created by these two only. And in fact most of them are due to the malicious intervention into one by the other.

Elimination of violence and crime is impossible. It can be reduced by
1. Give proper education to people, through schools, media, workplace, etc.
2. Educate police force
3. A conglomorate of leaders of different religions take a decision that they would not intervene in politics, and would be tolerant to other religions.

Answer 9

Most of it is the desire to have illegal products and services
Poverty has nothing to do with it although it would appear so
Rich commit just as much crime as poor do
there are just more poor than rich.
Domestic violence is a real problem and hard to solve

Answer 10

I think it's from them being broke and being pissed that they are broke. I also think it's from being looked down on. It goes from sadness to pain to being angry about their circumstances. These problems are very profound. What can be done? Well, I think society would have to be reconditioned mentally to give a damn about one another and not see our racial and cultural differences. That would be a start. If society can't see pass those things, I don't see any change coming anytime soon.

Answer 11

#1 Self-Indulgence
#2 Sin People always think they are something when they really are not! Look at the prison systems around the world and ask an inmate why he did what he did! They'll all say that it was their wrong choices that brought them to a life of crime!