Poverty
Issue on 1970’s, 80’s, and present day.
Global Poverty
Poverty in the 1970’s and 1980’s
Since the 1970’s our poverty rate has been slowly increasing,
from about 11% at the start of the 70’s to almost 22% in 2005.
Poverty in the U.S. affects a whole range of people, from race,
gender, age, and region. Since the 1970’s, for racial minorities
the rate has went down from 29 to 20%. For whites it has went
down from 9 to 8%. In the gender category studies show that
households headed by women in the 1970’s has dropped from
a high 30% to a still high, but lower 17%. The highest poverty
rates based on age is in the category of people under the age of
18. This started at 18% and is now at 17%. Lastly, by region, the
south had a high of 16% living in poverty to 14% living in poverty
right now.
Poverty is not only in the
U.S. but all over the world.
World bank studies show
that poverty levels are
affected by cost of living,
food prices, and need for
energy.
In the 1800’s the nation
with the greatest poverty
rate was China, with 85%
of their citizens living in
poverty. That number has
dropped dramatically to
15% in 2005. Because of
the dramatic change in
China’s poverty rate this
affects the world rate by
almost 10%.
Crimes in the 70’s and 80’s
Crime is an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed
injurious to the public welfare or morals or, to the interests of
the state and that is legally prohibited. Many people were scared
to go outside during the 70’s because they were afraid of getting
robbed, raped or seriously injured. As a result they created the
Crime present day
Organized Crime Control Act of 1970. It strengthened the ability
of the federal government to combat and prosecute criminal
organizations. It provided for Special Grand Juries to investigate
multi-jurisdictional organized crime; these grand juries are able
to produce reports outlining public corruption and organized
crime conditions in their respective districts. Organized Crime
Control Act of 1970 created the Racketeer Influenced and
Corrupt Organizations Act. Many viewed RICO as the single most
important piece of organized crime legislation enacted During
the 1980s’s there was an increase in the rate of criminal violence
greater than that of the previous year. It is seen to appear
immediately after each of the four military episodes of the 1980s,
but not at any other time that crime rates would increase.
Organized crime in today’s
world has a major effect on
our economy and our
national security.
Organized crime over the
years has taken an
increasing trail. With more
open borders and the
expansion of the Internet,
criminals endanger the
United States not only
from within the borders,
but beyond. People are
scared of the crimes going
on in the world and there
are some pole that are
afraid to leave their homes.
Many people are worried
now about the results of
crime and the effects of it
on our economy. Kristin
M. Finklea an analyst in
Domestic Security said
criminals “fraudulent
activities in the domains
of strategic commodities,
credit, insurance, stocks,
securities, and
investments could
weaken the alreadytroubled financial and
housing markets.”
Gentrification is the process in which the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of into deteriorating areas
that often displaces poorer residents. Here’s how it works; A rundown and depopulated area with an attractive neighborhood,
solid housing stock, well laid-out streets — is discovered by artists, graduate students and other bohemians.
Gentrification is
Gentrification in the United States
the process in
which the process
Block
block, the
neighborhood
Block
by block,by
the neighborhood
changes.
The newcomers fix upchanges.
old buildings. New big market names build restaurants and
shops while the neighborhood stores leave. City services improve. Property values rise, followedof
by property
taxes and
and rents.
renewal
The
newcomers
fix
up
old
buildings.
New
big
Usually then people who used to live in this neighborhood have to leave because it is too expensive. As a result the process
rebuilding
continues. Gentrification has been a major issue in the U.S since the 1970’s and 80’s. Gentrification
was motivated in the 1970’s
market
names
build
restaurants
and
shops
by high gasoline prices and suburban sprawl and a new taste for old architecture. During the mid-1970’s a few houses, and
accompanying the
neighborhoods that went through this process, but that all changed in the 1980’s. Gentrification became “a systematic attempt
while the neighborhood stores leave. City
to remake central cities” and “to take it back from the working class, minorities, homeless people,
and immigrants”
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of intosaid Neil
Smith,
a professor improve.
at City University Property
of New York. values rise,
services
deteriorating areas
followed by property taxes and rents.
that often displaces
Usually then people who used to live in this
poorer residents.
Here’s how it
neighborhood have to leave because it is too
works; A rundown
expensive. As a result the process continues.
and depopulated
Gentrification has been a major issue in the
area with an
U.S since the 1970’s and 80’s. Gentrification
attractive
was motivated in the 1970’s by high gasoline
neighborhood,
prices and suburban sprawl and a new taste
solid housing stock,
for old architecture. During the mid-1970’s a
well laid-out streets
few houses, and neighborhoods that went
— is discovered by
through this process, but that all changed in
artists, graduate
students and other
the 1980’s. Gentrification became “a
bohemians.
systematic attempt to remake central cities”
and “to take it back from the working class,
minorities, homeless people, and
immigrants” said Neil Smith, a professor at
City University of New York.
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