Essays on Crime

Governmental authorities and global organizations such as UNICEF have set a specified legal marriageable age. Usually, this age bracket lies within what is referred to as the age of sexual consent (in many countries, eighteen-year-old citizens are considered to be ready for marriage). Although various societies have their own perceptions...

An Introduction to Active Shooters An active shooter is an individual who is actively involved in killing or intending to kill people situated in a populated confined place. Law enforcement and the civilians have the potential to determine the outcome of the scenario depending on how they respond. Most active shootings...

Mass shootings have become an alarming trend in the United States. There have been mass shootings in schools, movie theatres, shopping centers, and public places leading to several deaths and injuries. Today, mass shootings have been on the rise with innocent people being shot and killed making it a challenge...

The issue of bullying has gained much attention nationally following the association of teen suicide with cyberbullying and school bullying prevalence. A study by Jankauskiene et al. which involving 1162 pupils from 6th to 11th grade found out that 56.5% of learners were associated with bullying, 16.3% were bullies and...

Sexual assault is one of the major problems facing modern-day institutions for higher learning among them universities and colleges, following this, these violent incidents in recent years have drawn a great deal of attention from students, parents, as well as administrators, policy makers, as well as the general public. Concerning...

Child Abuse: A Devastating Social Problem Child abuse has become a common social problem in our societies. Millions of children suffer maltreatment and neglect at a tender age before they reach the age of 18 years. Child abuse is the physical harm, emotional, or sexual maltreatment. It can be in form...

Recent studies carried out on the aspect of racial profiling reveal that on average, unarmed African Americans are 3.49 times more likely to be shot by police compared to unarmed white citizens. Such statistics strike fear into the hearts of African Americans living in the U.S since it dawns on...

Marijuana contains over 100 active components which have both medicinal and recreational uses. For medicinal use, cannabinoids are extracted from the hemp plant known as Cannabidiol (CBD) because it does not contain intoxicating properties. The chemical is highly concentrated in the flowers and leaves which are used to produce medicine....

Over the decades, the world has been greatly divided; thus over the issue of disenfranchising offenders particularly with regard to removing their right to participate in the voting process. In the US, giving prisoners the right to partake in the voting process to a great extent is not an especially popular...

Moral panic has been identified in the sociology of deviance as a prominent issue. In Australia, child abuse is one of the problems believed to be resulting to moral panic. Child abuse refers to the physical and psychological damage that a child faces as a result of the abusive tendencies...

In the modern world, students have a dizzying collection of career paths that were not available in the past generations. Every graduating student faces an overwhelming range of possibilities that lie before them after completion of their campus studies. The circumstances that come with the achievement can be stressful and...

The Benefits of Technology The development and growth of technology are considered to be the best thing to ever happen in the global world, due to the many benefits it brought to its users. Through technology, people can communicate with one another regardless of where they are around the globe. Technology...