...Community Assessment Danielle Clark Western Governors Community and Population Health SZT1 Task 1 January 23, 2014 Community Assessment A1: Community Description and Data Presentation Hemet is a small community located in southern California within Riverside County. Hemet is at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains. It is 87 miles southeast from Los Angeles and 86 miles northeast from San Diego. Perfectly placed with a small drive to beautiful forestry in one direction and the Pacific Ocean in the opposite direction. The weather is hot and dry in the summer and can get cold in the winter but generally sunny weather all year long. The average temperature is 65 degrees ("City of Hemet," 2013, table 6). The land is desert, dry and yet there is such beauty to the open land. According to the 2010 United States Census the population is 78,657. ("U.S. Census," 2010, table 1). Hemet has many mobile home parks and master plan retirement communities filled with an older population. Younger families are moving in and planting roots. Hemet is filling with community parks and schools, shopping centers, and aquatic centers for the young. It still has some of the old charm of an outdoor amphitheater at the Ramona Bowl, historical old town center and an old Railroad Museum connected to railroad tracks built in 1888 and closed in 1987("City of Hemet," 2013, para. 8). There are two lakes which both are reservoirs for Hemet and the surrounding communities called Lake Hemet and Lake...
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...Though, when a society is thought about it’s usually about the government, population, schools, and the people who live there. Religion is not usually the first thing on a mind of a person looking at a society or how that society is affected by the religion the country worships. Studies have shown that a secular nation, or a nation with a higher population of atheists than religious peoples have resulted in being a more peaceful nation. However, it has been said that a religious nation has higher rates of murder, teen pregnancy, abortion, sexual promiscuity and war. The things just listed are things that religious nations try so hard to prove are sin. If a religious nation says these things are a sin, then why do they have higher numbers of the societal ills than a nation with a higher number of Atheists? Religion may play a role in peoples’ lives, but religion should not be a part of our growing modern society. In 2009, the Global Peace Index did a study that compares our worlds countries by using six different sections concluding which countries are the most peaceful to the least peaceful. The sections of this study are: foreign war, internal conflicts, human rights, murders, prison population, and democracy. When the study came out, it was said that New Zealand was considered the most peaceful nation of our world. New Zealand is a mostly secular nation and the study shows that is why New Zealand is rated number one in the Global Peace Index’s study. While still talking about...
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...Dirt, Mud, and Bugs or Inside and Clean 01-14-2012 Dirt, Mud, and Bugs or Inside and Clean Around the world today many children are inside playing video games, watching television, chatting online, or talking on the phone. Even though technology is useful and the use of electronics is crucial in society, children should play outside more than inside because of the many health benefits. Children who tend to play outside more have 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 is tragic. Statistics show the sad and frightening story that children are more at risk from people they know. Busy schedules of parents do not permit supervised outdoor play; however, parental responsibility includes managing time to watch or play with his or her children when needed. Parents have the responsibility to limit their children to the amount of time allowed using electronics, and encouraging them to enjoy activities that connect them with nature. Doing so will help the child use his...
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...Religion and Society Though, when a society is thought about it’s usually about the government, population, schools, and the people who live there. Religion is not usually the first thing on a mind of a person looking at a society or how that society is affected by the religion the country worships. Studies have shown that a secular nation, or a nation with a higher population of atheists than religious peoples have resulted in being a more peaceful nation. However, it has been said that a religious nation has higher rates of murder, teen pregnancy, abortion, sexual promiscuity and war. The things just listed are things that religious nations try so hard to prove are sin. If a religious nation says these things are a sin, then why do they have higher numbers of the societal ills than a nation with a higher number of Atheists? Religion may play a role in peoples’ lives, but religion should not be a part of our growing modern society. In 2009, the Global Peace Index did a study that compares our worlds countries by using six different sections concluding which countries are the most peaceful to the least peaceful. The sections of this study are: foreign war, internal conflicts, human rights, murders, prison population, and democracy. When the study came out, it was said that New Zealand was considered the most peaceful nation of our world. New Zealand is a mostly secular nation and the study shows that is why New Zealand is rated number one in the Global Peace Index’s study...
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...Violent Video Games and Young People. (2010). Harvard Mental Health Letter, 27(4), 1-3. With the number of video games out there, I am finding that the majority of them have some level of violence within the game playing. Some concerns about the violent video games are that the child becomes fully engrossed in the game and its characters. The child is the one making the decisions to inflict violent or aggressive behavior. An opposing view is the popularity of these types of violent video games versus the actual crime rates. The popularity of the games is increasing whereas the violent crime rate is decreasing. If the games caused aggressive behavior, wouldn’t the crime rate be going up as well? Edwards, S. (2010). Game Plan. On The Brain, 16(3). 3-4. Retrieved from http://hms.harvard.edu/public/news/2011/013111_bickham_olson/index .html Controversy over violent video games dates back even further than most people are aware of and it seems that we still have the same questions. First, if I let my child be exposed to or even play violent video games, will they start showing signs of aggression? Second, are video games beneficial because they teach cognitive learning skills? While a child plays any video game they are using and improving their hand-eye coordination in addition to planning skills that will help with childhood development. Finally, does the duration of playing violent video games make an overall difference? Hastings, E. C., Karas, T. L., Winsler, A., Way, E...
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...Odessa, Texas, is far from what you would call a picture-perfect town. In 1982, it received the distinction of having the highest murder rate in the country, and in 1987, Money Magazine ranked it the fifth worst city to live in in the country. The town was bleak and unkempt. As stated on Page 32, “What pride [the residents] had in Odessa came from their very survival in a place they openly admitted was physically wretched.” So, what kept residents living in Odessa? Some could say that it was the fact that it is in the heart of the Permian Basin (which produced 20% of the nation’s oil), however most would say the real answer was much simpler than that. The answer was Permian football. Football was the only thing that could make the front page...
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...Running head: CRIME DATA COMPARISON PAPER Crime Data Comparison Paper Willie Clark University of Phoenix Crime Data Comparison Paper In this paper, I will take a caparison look at the crime index for two metropolitan areas in the United States using statistical information provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Uniform Crime Report posted yearly will display the two geographical areas I choose to compare for the study is Memphis and Nashville TN. I will compare the violent crime of murder rate for Memphis versus the Property index rate for burglary for Nashville and how the two, which are just two, and half-hours apart vary so differently. A little history on the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting or UCR created in 1992 and the International Association of Police Chiefs is credited for its influences dating back to the 1920s to push for complete crime statistic yearly in order to combat the increasing crime rate. In the Uniform Crime Reporting system, there are seven main categories identified, manslaughter and non-negligent murder, burglary, aggravated assault forcible rape, larceny, arson, and motor vehicle theft. The Uniform Crime Report first was in January 1930, the UCR reported 400 cities throughout 43 states, covering more than 20 million individuals, approximately 20 percent of the total United States population. The city of Memphis is in the southwest portion of the state of TN. The city has a population as of September...
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...Neighborhood Crime Prevention Program Denrick Lewis CJ 521 October 2, 2012 Neighborhood Crime Prevention Program Introduction Neighborhood crime prevention program is part of a comprehensive package that is implemented to deter and prevent crime within neighborhoods by involving the residents. It involves a neighborhood watch where people watch over their neighbors’ safety. It works through neighbors within a residence who are supposed to look out for suspicious issues and incidents and report them to the police before anything happens (cityofboise.org, 2012). This helps in deterring potential crimes and offenders from committing their crimes. It ranges from block watch, community watch, home watch and citizen alert. Neighborhood crime prevention programs arose because of emphasis in the involvement of citizens in enhancing prevention of crime. It is one of the oldest programs of deterring crime in the United States. It was officially launched in 1972 where citizens were required to organize themselves and work with the police and other law enforcement authorities in deterring crime. Since its initiation, statistics have correlated it to safer neighborhoods. Overview of history and objectives In 1972, a model of neighborhood watch program was created by the National Sheriffs Association. It was in a search of a crime prevention program to address an increase in crime especially burglary (cityofboise.org, 2012). However, its development started towards the end of 1960s...
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...Anderson’s Code of the Street Theory states that certain neighborhoods feel isolated from the rest of society. These neighborhoods are usually poor, crime ridden, and have low levels of hope. The code is a set of standards and rules that these neighborhoods follow, the rules of the code are usually at odds with the general rules of society. The main purpose of the code is to increase the respect one receives and in theory lower their likelihood of victimization. Those that follow the code must be project an image of being physically tough and willing to commit acts of violence. If one feels disrespected he or she must be prepared and willing to retaliate for the slight that they received. If on does not do this then others may believe...
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...Thieves, Thugs, and Neighborhood Poverty David Bjerk Robert Day School of Economics and Finance Claremont McKenna College 500 East Ninth Street, Claremont CA 91711 Ph: 909-607-4471 david.bjerk@cmc.edu April 25, 2010 Abstract This paper develops a model of crime analyzing how such behavior is associated with individual and neighborhood poverty. The model shows that even under relatively minimal assumptions, a connection between individual poverty and both property and violent crimes will arise, and moreover, "neighborhood" e¤ects can develop, but will di¤er substantially in nature across crime types. A key implication is that greater economic segregation in a city should have no e¤ect or a negative e¤ect on property crime, but a positive e¤ect on violent crime. Using IV methods, I show this implication to be consistent with the empirical evidence. Keywords: Crime; Segregation; Neighborhood E¤ects; Instrumental Variables; Poverty. 1 “I don’ care if I got money, or work Monday through Friday. I just go shoot a t motherf*@#er on the weekends. If that’ what need to be done to keep my hood s and my young ones around here safe, then that’ what to get done” (quoted by s Landesman, 2007). 1 Introduction High rates of crime and violence in poor neighborhoods have been described by numerous scholars and journalists (Wilson, 1987; Krivo and Peterson, 1996; Kotlowitz, 1991; Patterson, 1991; Messner and Tardi¤, 1986, to name just a few). However, the quote above from a man...
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...is a theory in which points to crime as a set of values that exist in neighborhoods that lack advantages. It is said to believe that social disorganization and delinquency are linked, which determines bad behavior in slum areas. This bad behavior can cause conflicts with society’s laws. There are three major cultural deviance theories, which are social disorganization, differential association, and culture conflict. Social Disorganization theory focuses more on the development of high-crime areas where there is a loss of conservative values, which is caused by increased immigration, urbanization, and industrialization. This theory is more based on family and neighborhood associations, social controls in neighborhoods and communities, and breakdown of effective social bonds. It all...
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...1. Describe the situational crime prevention strategy that Evans discusses in chapter one. Evans suggested that residents of the majority of the neighborhoods could work together to bring out positive changes when it comes to crimes. Evans was able to see that changes had to be made within the community in order for change to take place. With the help of neighborhood citizen’s communities could come together and idolize programs such as neighborhood watch programs to help decrease the crime rate. If more citizens were involved within the community everyone would be able to work together for a better outcome in communities. 2. Describe the Social Crime Prevention strategy. Include the types of individuals and the characteristics of communities that should be targeted. The social crime prevention strategy is in place to help eliminate the high crime rate. Communities are able to work together to find a way to help protect their neighborhoods and well-being. Social crime prevention targets children, young families and young adults that receive services from schools, housing and employment. Many of the individuals that are included share weak social ties and an absence of shared values in life. Crime rates are normally higher in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Since crime rates are higher in these areas it...
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...Resources Nichole Catron Strayer University SOC100: Introduction to Sociology January 26, 2015 I. Hypothesis Those who live in poverty stricken neighborhoods tend to turn to crime due to very little access to job opportunities among other things. Research shows that areas with the most crime tend to be in neighborhoods with the highest rates of poverty. This is not a race issue, whether the community is predominately white or black studies show that disadvantaged areas have the highest crime rates. A disadvantaged area would be an area with crowded neighborhoods, underperforming public schools, single parent homes, and poor housing conditions. II. While some believe people put themselves in the situation and can move out of the neighborhood if they feel unsafe, others feel that they are stuck in the environment and cannot financially afford to move to a better neighborhood with lower crime rates. Due to little or no job opportunities and very little if any savings moving seems like just a fantasy to most. In the poverty stricken neighborhoods the rent tends to be very cheap so it is easy for a single parent or person with little or no income to maintain their household. III. Practical Implications Unfortunately this seems to be a viscous circle for those who grow up in this environment. It seems they turn to crime because of a lack of finances then end up in jail or in the system, which in turn then puts them back in the same environment because of the choices they...
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...was founded for the shooting and death of April Wilkens. He was sentenced with 60 to life and there was slim to no chance of getting a bond. After reports came out it was said that Hanning was high at the time of the shooting. What they couldn’t find out was why it had to be April Wilkens. April Wilkens was a junior in high school and she was a model student. She was an all a student with good attendance throughout every year of school. It’s scary to think that we’re not safe anymore because of the drug use that is popularizing more and more each year. Neighborhoods are meant to be a friendly place that kids can play. No parent should have to be scared to let their child play in the front yard. In drug-free neighborhoods, it’s cleaner, wealthier, and the crime rate is lower than that of drug...
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...Policies and their contributing theories Neighborhood Watch Neighborhood Watch is one of the oldest and most well-known crime prevention programs in the world. The modern day concept of program became popular in the late 1960s in response to an increasing burglary rate, the beginnings of Neighborhood Watch can be traced back to the days of first Colonial settlements, when night watchmen patrolled the streets. The modern version of the Neighborhood Watch Program was developed as a result of the several requests from sheriffs and police chiefs around the country who were looking for a crime prevention program that would include citizen involvement and address the increasing number of burglaries taking place, especially in rural and suburban areas. In 1972, the National Sheriffs' Association took the concept a step further by seeking funding to make the program a national initiative. The funding came from a grant from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. Now in criminology, the broken windows theory is based on the 1982 work of political scientist Dr. James Q. Wilson and American criminologist Dr. George L. Kelling. The theory implies that a closely monitored neighborhood that has a “zero tolerance” for petty crimes, creates a climate or order, safety, and lawfulness that prevents more serious crime from occurring. When the broken windows theory was introduced, it changed policing strategies and tactics. Unlike most other criminology theories that develop over long...
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