Prevalence of Obesity in USA

Abstract

This article shall deal with list the reasons and causes which count United States among the world leaders in homicide rates. These shall include all the arguments, social and cultural pragmatic and historical in its entirety.

Table of Content

Thesis Statement4

Introduction4

Discussion5

Material Causes:5

Demographic Causes6

Cultural Causes7

Conclusions7

References9

Appendices10

Thesis Statement

“To highlight all the underlying causes and reasons which contribute towards high rate of homicide rates in the United States.”

Introduction

Homicide is an act of violence and aggression committed against a fellow human being with the intent of harming them and it results in the death of the victim. In simpler terms, it is the murder of one individual at the hands of another. In the trends and statistics available as far back as from the 1960's it has become evident that the United States of America is top five among those countries which have the highest homicide rate in the world. According to the CDC in the year 2009 there have been a total number of 16,799 deaths due to homicides. Researchers have tried to find the reason for this unusually high homicide rates in US. Up till now, they have identified three major causes for homicide.

Country

Ireland

Germany

Netherlands

Norway

United Kingdom

Scotland

France

Canada

United States

Russia

Venezuela

El Salvador

Honduras

Homicide rate (per hundred thousand)

1.3

0.9

1.0

0.5

1.4

1.59

1.6

1.9

4.8

13

48

65

78

Year

2010

2007

2007

2006

2000

2001

2004

2004

2010

2010

2010

2010

2010

Discussion

Homicide is the act of killing another individual for any reason, ranging from personal vendetta, gain or even spite. As abhorred and despised as act is, however it is very prevalent in the world nowadays. In the US, even with ample amount of securities and police monitoring there is still a huge homicide rate evident in its wake. As mentioned before more than 16799 people die each due to homicides. This is no small number, even though any number in murder is too high, however the deaths measuring in 1000's show that there is a need for identifying the reasons which provoke such high aggression and violence in the people. Through these researches, it was concluded that they are major reasons for high homicide rates in any country. These three cultural and structural contexts are material, integrative, demographic and cultural.

Material Causes:

From the start of human colonization, when people started accumulating and living together to form societies and tribes, there begin a class power classification. Initially people who were most beneficial to the tribe or grouping were regarded in high esteem. As society progressed the basic skills as foraging etc. which was done using bartering was replaced by money. From there the class barrier became concrete and started widening over time. Now in the modern word, money is the only class defining factor. People are judged, categorized and prioritized according to the class they belong to, or in words how much money they have.

Those people who are not financially well off, face extreme issues and are lacking the basic necessities of life. Food, clothing, medical care and shelter are also denied to them. The modern capitalism state forces such a regime that the rich get richer while the poor get poorer. In such a system a person is driven to ...