Philadelphia Violent Crimes: Sociological Analysis and Report

This report provides a sociological analysis of violent crimes in Philadelphia, highlighting the city's high crime rates. It explores the correlation between violent crime and socioeconomic factors, including poverty, drug use, and employment. The report examines the impact of these factors, particularly among inner-city populations, and references relevant studies. It also points out the shift in the economy from manufacturing to service and technology-based industries. The study emphasizes the need to consider multiple factors when addressing and understanding violent crime in Philadelphia. The report references studies on the subject matter.

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Violent Crimes in Philadelphia
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Violent Crimes in Philadelphia
In the current era, it has been witnessed that Philadelphia has the highest rates of violent crime, one
among all the big cities in the world. This particular offense is classified as 'violent,' and this involves murder,
aggravated assault, forcible rap, and robbery. According to the research conducted on violence, it has been
found that there exists a strong relationship between criminal activity and key dynamic factors like
socioeconomic status, education level, gender, age, land use and density of the population ("Repeated violent
crimes: sociological study", 2016).
However, in Philadelphia, the ideology of cause and effect of violent crime and various related
reasons with different proximity degrees. Therefore, it is advisable to consider multiple factors claiming to be
connected highly for the perpetration of undertaken violence of the world. Primarily the connection between the
use of the drug in Philadelphia and violent crime is marked strongly, and various studies have shown that
consumption of drugs relates directly to crime in multiple ways. The next factor in Philadelphia is a significant
cause of violent crime is the accelerating rate of poverty and joblessness, especially among men of inner-city as
the consequence of multiple reasons (Valdivia et al., 2014). In the economy of America, significant
transformations have developed a demand to change from high wage, low skill manufacturing of industry to
dual-sector of the economy comprising of services of low wage employment, and high wage technology or
managerial oriented positions require training which is advance.

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References
Repeated violent crimes: sociological study. (2016). https://doi.org/10.17803/1729-5920.2016.114.5.203-216
Valdivia, M., Nguyen, T., Arbach, K., & Andrés-Pueyo, A. (2014). Personality, age, and antisocial peers:
Relationships with violent and non-violent crimes. Personality And Individual Differences, 60, S39.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2013.07.101