The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety describe hazards as unique sources that can cause potential damage, harm or adverse effects to a human or environment (cite 1). Despite being commonly associated together; hazards prove to be different from risks simply because they have a direct relation to an area or object, whereas risks resemble the probability of harm associated with that particular area or object. Hazards can arise from a vast variety of conditions, some of which include violence, climate and disease. These types of threats tend to vary across the world due to the specific conditions posed in certain areas. Although all three categories present unique forms of danger to society, violence demonstrates a form of consistency throughout North America.
Out of all the major cities within the continent; Detroit, Michigan tends to stand out among the rest when evaluating violence. Owning the title of the most dangerous city in America for the fourth consecutive year since 2012 (cite 2), Motor City proves to be a significant area for the examination of hazards. When conducting an analysis based on violence in certain areas, it is important to consider multiple factors such as crime rate, gang activity and cause of deaths; in order to see how they directly affect the city. Matters such as living standards and job opportunity are exposed to risk in areas such as Detroit mainly due to the extremity of the city’s existing hazards.
The danger within the city proves to be evident when comparing certain statistics to the country as a whole. In contrast to the United States, Detroit contains substantially higher rates of murder, rape, robberies, assaults, thefts and arson (cite 3). All of which verify the required characteristics of a dangerous region. Despite its discrepancies, America is still considered to be a first world country, so the reasoning