Violence and Its Effect on the Community
Violence and its Effect on the Community
Charlotte Anderson-Brown
Axia College of University of Phoenix
Violence and its Effect on the Community
Violence in the community has become a major issue. While due to law enforcement agencies, community education and crime watch violence can be circumvented; violence directly and indirectly affects how we live our lives. Let’s us first examine what violence is. Violence is a physical action, which takes place once a person becomes upset to a point of being furious, which then leads to another person becoming injured. The possible causes of violence could be sociological, biological or psychological. Violence in the form of bullying, gangs, the use of weapons, domestic and any other forms of violent crimes all contributes to the fear experienced by many people. Violence in America's neighborhoods and communities cannot be overlooked. Violence amongst adults and children is a valid concern for everyone. First, the location of where a person lives could play a factor in violence (sociological). If a person lives in a low-income neighborhood, where the employment rate is very low, there is a possibility that the crime rate will be higher, because those living there long for the “good life” just like others who live in the fine neighborhoods, with good educations, luxurious homes and cars. Not having this causes violence to take place, because they feel oppressed for not having the opportunity to obtain these things and go after what they want in a negative way. Secondly, there could be a biological cause. This could be hereditary, but sometimes this is not necessarily so. The violence could come to a person because of a head injury, there could be a hormone imbalance, or a person could have been exposed to lead paint. All these play a factor in being violent. Last, we have a possible cause of violence as being psychological. If a person is dealing
with mental illnesses, such as being bi-polar,
Charlotte Anderson-Brown
Axia College of University of Phoenix
Violence and its Effect on the Community
Violence in the community has become a major issue. While due to law enforcement agencies, community education and crime watch violence can be circumvented; violence directly and indirectly affects how we live our lives. Let’s us first examine what violence is. Violence is a physical action, which takes place once a person becomes upset to a point of being furious, which then leads to another person becoming injured. The possible causes of violence could be sociological, biological or psychological. Violence in the form of bullying, gangs, the use of weapons, domestic and any other forms of violent crimes all contributes to the fear experienced by many people. Violence in America's neighborhoods and communities cannot be overlooked. Violence amongst adults and children is a valid concern for everyone. First, the location of where a person lives could play a factor in violence (sociological). If a person lives in a low-income neighborhood, where the employment rate is very low, there is a possibility that the crime rate will be higher, because those living there long for the “good life” just like others who live in the fine neighborhoods, with good educations, luxurious homes and cars. Not having this causes violence to take place, because they feel oppressed for not having the opportunity to obtain these things and go after what they want in a negative way. Secondly, there could be a biological cause. This could be hereditary, but sometimes this is not necessarily so. The violence could come to a person because of a head injury, there could be a hormone imbalance, or a person could have been exposed to lead paint. All these play a factor in being violent. Last, we have a possible cause of violence as being psychological. If a person is dealing
with mental illnesses, such as being bi-polar,
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