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    SOS-292‚ TESC Abstract This paper will explore how Puerto Rico can reverse and reduce their current murder rate. I have developed several recommendations to help the Puerto Rican authority’s achieve this goal. I base my recommendations on research conducted from books like the CIA world Fact Book‚ Preventing crime: what works for children‚ offenders‚ victims‚ and places‚ along with other websites‚ and my own personal experience as a military police officer.

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    INCREASING CRIME RATES IN INDIA AND WAYS TO CURB IT Human society is gradually but surely criminalised.Everyday the newspapers report ghastly murders‚ sensational robberies ‚ rapes ‚ thefts and kidnappings. Naturally ‚ the graph of crime in today’s society is sharply on the rise . Living has become quite risky ‚ unplesant and unsafe . Women and old people are the worst suffers. Our cities have become the dens of smugglers and criminals . The capitals of India ‚ new delhi ‚ has earned a rare notoriety

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    Orleans‚ A Great American City‚ “These findings so far do not suggest a significant differentiation in the nature of homicide in New Orleans. However‚ this changes somewhat when one examines method. Nearly 90 percent of all homicides we reviewed were committed by firearms” (Voigt‚ Harper‚ and Thornton 133-140). Based on this dismal fact lead to the conclusion that something needs to be done about the gun violence in New Orleans. New Orleans have one of the highest gun violence rates based on its’ history

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    Many factors have influenced the rising crime rate‚ some being‚ increasing use of drugs‚ increasing population‚ and decreasing morals. America must find ways to decrease the crime rate legally. One question often going hand in hand with decreasing crime rate is would legalized gambling decrease the crime rate? During the late 1980’s and early 1990’s slow economic growth‚ cuts in federal funding‚ and growing public needs forced state and local governments to seek additional sources of revenue

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    in this debate. Does gun ownership deter crime or increase crime? Do states with a higher gun-ownership rate have a lower crime-rate or is it the opposite? Do gun control law have an affect on crime rates? If so‚ how long does it take a gun control law to affect the rate of crime? This article aims to answer those questions. The ultimate purpose of this article is to prove that states with looser gun control laws have a lower crime rate and violent crime rate than those with more restrictive gun control

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    Differences between Blacks‚ Whites‚ and Hispanics And between Males and Females The relationship between crime and race within the United States is still a heavily controversial topic. This research will help one to fully understand the differences between Blacks‚ Whites‚ and Hispanics and women and men murder victims‚ and also to decipher if geographic locations are causes of high murder rates within the U.S. In order for this to take place‚ one should fully familiarize oneself with the following;

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    Why is the American Crime Rate So High? When compared with other Western-industrialized nations‚ the United States has the highest crime rate. It is a daunting question as to why‚ especially in the age we live in now. One might just boil it down to being a consequence of an ongoing population boom‚ the idea being that when there are more people‚ there is going to be more criminal activity. While this is obviously true‚ it is not even coming close to touching on the big picture. There are many

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    the appendix and bibliography. Our report found the prospects for setting up a hotel in Jamaica to be quite challenging. The main areas of concern to us were: • The high inflation rate • High interest rate • Government’s high spending reflected in the high debt-to GDP ratio • The alarming crime rate • Corruption • The global recession Despite these negatives‚ we are optimistic that our hotel stands a good chance of survival given the fact that Jamaica is a prime tourist destination

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    less health and development issues. Over the last two decades childhood obesity rates have more than double (National Wildlife Federation‚ 2011). Children tune out and stress out because they are missing a connection to the natural world. Parents are afraid their children will be abducted by strangers‚ which is one of the main reasons that children do not play outdoors unattended. Strangers exist in every town and city in the world‚ anytime someone acts out by abducting or harming a child‚ the result

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    Crime rates have changed through out history. This information is available to us because of programs designed to track the rate crimes increase in comparison to a component of the population. The crime rates are guidelines that help us manage the potential increase in future crimes and help us devise a system that is prepared to deal with the complications they pose to our society. There are three programs commonly used to establish crime rates. Uniform Crime Reporting

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