GunViolence in Metropolitan Areas In the United States National Vital Statistics report written by AM Minino in 2002‚ it was indicated that annually there are about 30‚ 000 people who die because of firearm injuries. And within the United States 28‚ 663 deaths have been caused by gunshots and these are mostly suicidal acts. Some of the facts in the report say that next to suicides are homicides with the use of guns and the third highest numbers of deaths due to gun violence are unintentional shootings
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Problems with Poverty Inner city poverty has significant effects on a child’s development; however‚ their are ways to build resilience. As of this rapid developing problem‚ multiple residences in the inner city locations are getting swallowed by the debt taker. Moreover; it is not only the parents that are in deep trouble! The kids are just as exposed as the parents and resistance is getting tougher and tougher. Effects of growing up in poverty most of the time brew later in an individual’s life
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Dan Jackson March 10‚ 2010 Research Paper Mrs. Paventi Rap Music and its effects on inner city life Rap Music was created in the early 1970s in the Bronx‚ New York. “DJ Kool Herc originally created this style of music” (Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia). It was created as a way for people living in poverty in the inner cities to be heard. People outside of the cities didn’t take it very seriously until rappers such as Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. used well-written rhymes and nice
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though a child from a suburb school and one from a inner city school graduate from grade school‚ the child from the suburb might be up to two years ahead of the other in reading‚ writing‚ and mathematics (1). The problems with associated with inner city schools‚ which are usually full of minority children living in poverty‚ can only be solved with outside help. Poorer residential areas in America are more likely to be located in the inner cities across the nation. Since most of the funding for
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come together to lead to a change in prospect and a difference in the futures of many youth born into a cycle with no choice. There are many negative effects of growing up in a high poverty area. Violence is a reality for youth that grow up in inner-city poverty. New studies have shown that children growing up in these areas are actually experiencing psychological changes due to violence and other effects of poverty due to the over stimulation of their frontal lobe. The frontal lobe controls instincts
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studied‚ describe and explain the causes and consequences of inner city decline. (10) One cause of inner city decline in Park Hill in Sheffield was the back to back slum houses that were present there in the 1800s. Diseases such as cholera were easily spread due to such dense housing. The housing was closely packed and was unsanitary which consequently lead to disease and poor quality of life for people; thus demonstrating inner city decline.. A consequence of the unsanitary‚ poor conditions was
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Raphael Ohazurike Dr. Jamil English 1302 March 23rd 2015. The True Antidote for Greed is Contentment In Howard C. Cutler’s “Inner Contentment‚” which was published in the “Art of Happiness” in 1998‚ -an American writer and psychiatrist- write about his argument with the 14th Dalai Lama‚ Tenzin Gyatso‚ on human’s desire for material acquisition. In the conversation‚ Cutler asks Dalai Lama to speak on desire and the Dalai starts by segregating desire into two terms‚ the positive and negative desire
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November 2014 Drug Abuse in Inner Cities Inner-city areas have become the primary location for minorities‚ and the easiest place to find illegal drugs. Evidence shows that there is a link between the increase of illegal drug use‚ and the increase of minorities living in inner-city communities that are unemployed or collect welfare. Bruce D. Johnson states “Drug Abuse in the Inner City: Impact on Hard-Drug Users and the Community” and “Illicit drug use in the inner city expanded rapidly in the 1960s
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Inner City Decline of One Urban Area After the industrial revolution people became increasingly affluent. This led to social segregation – rich move out of inner city suburbs. People left in the inner city: * Older residents * Single parent families * Students * Poorer families * Ethnic minorities left behind – formation of ghettos. Decentralisation increases the problem: Movement of businesses out of inner city – unemployment – Dead Heart. Removal of businesses causes
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Substance Abuse Increasing in Inner-City Minorities Substance abuse is an ever increasing epidemic facing America’s inner- city minorities. There are several different drugs that are gaining popularity amongst inner-city youths 1. Juice‚ that is marijuana soaked in embalming fluid is starting to show up in more and more inner east coast cities 2. Crack or rock cocaine is by far one of the most addicting drugs out there‚ it’s been engulfing America’s inner-cities since the early 80’s 3. Heroin
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