Justice

The law is create to give everyone fair justice, but is the law clear itself? Juan Martin is now 30 living under the a bridge of Miami because of a crime he convicted 12 years ago. A crime that Martin claim he did not commit. He was only 19 at the time, who flash a 16 years old and was sent 2 years in jail. He now has a criminal record that show sex offender. Forcing him to call under bridge home. How is flashing a teenage girl, when he is only 19 the same as child pornography, rape, statutory rape, and child sexual abuse? I feel that laws pertaining to sex offender should be revised to consider age of criminal and the offense commited.
The law stated that criminal who convicted a sex offense crime at the age 17 and up is sentenced the same according to Spokane Sheriff’s Department( SSD). That means that if a criminal who is 19 like Martin at the time is charge the same as he would be if he commited this crime at 30. That I disagree with. In the state of Washington the legal age to be considered as an adult is 18. Dartmouth News study shows that scientists have learned and proven significant changes in brain structure continue after age 18. And does not start developing adulthood before ages 18. So why not change the charges to broader age range. To be more fair and serves justice. Criminals of commited a sex offense crime recieves this on their record for life. Which is not fair to Martin who was 19. I feel that , at that age it should be a lesson well learned. Just like Martin who ‘s life was ruined and could not start over because society would not give him the opportunity base upon what is record is label and not know what type or kind of offense he commited.

Pierce County Sheriff(PCS) websites says that there are 3 types of offense. Theres level 1 which states that they are a low risk to the community and the likelyhood of them committing this crime again is minimal. Most of the criminal have successfully participated in a program and for some of them this is their first offense. Level 2 offense is a criminal who has a moderate risk to the community and more than likely to reoffend if compared to Level 1. Some of these criminal have fail to attend treatment and wont take drugs to change lifestyle so they can prevent this crime from happening again. Level 3 offenders are a threat to the community. Most have privious sex crime history and fails to seek treatment. Now if I did not look at PCS website I would never new there was such classification. PCS create a website by law they need to post pictures and the kind of offense, but not clearly stating what kind of offense besides the levels next to their pictures for citizens to beaware who lives by them. But all of this is just levels of offense and not clearly stating the kind of offense. Its sad to see that sex offender definition on PCS is so broad. It could be kidnapping, rape, child molestation etc. all label under sex offenders. PCS may charge each crime differently, but on criminal record it’s under label one name. If Martin crimal background check was stated differently besides sex offender. Maybe he would beable to get a job and to be allowed to live in certain neighborhoods. People may take his offense lightly if they new more about his offense.

The law is just not fair to sex offenders. They do deserve to be punishing, but there should be a barrier between age and the type of crime is committed. The law need to be revised to give opportunity for people like Martin to start over once he fulfilled his sentenced so that instead of living out in the streets because his crime is not labeled clearly. He could afford to get a job and housing.

http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/abtus/ourorg/sheriff/sexoffendersearch.htm

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2006/02/06.html

http://scso.spokanesheriff.org/

fair?

The law is create to give everyone fair justice, but is the law clear itself? Juan Martin is now 30 living under the a bridge of Miami because of a crime he convicted 12 years ago. Back when he convicted crime he said he didn't, he was only 19, who flash a 16 years old and was sent 2 years in jail. He now has a criminal record that show's he's a sex offender forcing him to call under bridge home. How is flashing a teenage girl, when you are only 19 the same as child pornography, rape, statutory rape, and child sexual abuse? Justice is just not clear.

fair?

Law should be clear on people sentence as sex offenders should have a barrier and age variation.

All-the-way House

Wow, reading this story truely amazes me how one individual went out of her way to make a place call home for hundreds of teens. She had her degree in so many fields that can lead her to where she makes lots of money and stress is not as heavy, but instead she chooses to pretty much volunteer her time and effort to turn these teens life around. Truely amazing.

Victim's of Your Own Home

A place to enjoy my fortunes, and feel secure walking around naked is what I call home. So who do these people think they are to come and steal my hard, earn, belongings due foreclosed homes? Unfortunately, Slavic Village, Cleveland had their fare share of items being stolen. Jim Rokakis, a Cuyohoga County Treasurer felt that after 800 homes have been foreclosed, crime seem to have increased. It seems to be that squatters and looters started to move into the empty homes. Mark Wiseman, the director of Cuyohogan County Foreclosure Prevention Program, said that “It takes about 72 hours for a house to be looted after it is vacant.” They would then trash the vacant home, leaving the yard covered in garbage.
Homes being foreclosed attract gang members. Joe Krasucki, 78, died the next day after being badly beaten; he was outside noticing gang members stripping aluminum sidings, making the homes nearly worthless. They take doors, moldings and appliances, pulling the piping out with a sledge hammer. Putting the homes back together takes a lot of money and effort which is not worth it for buyers to purchase, leaving homes vacant for more crimes to occur. This is especially hard on low income family like me. My parents moved us away from the ghetto due to crime rates. But having a foreclosed home as your neighbor just defeats the whole purpose when there’s not a community set up to care.
Sheriff Ted Mink ran into the same problem. He had a problem with foreclosed homes being left unattended for months. His community crime rate has also rised. Homes that are left for no one to watch are asking for unwanted people into the community. There have been reported incidents where homeless person or runaways use the empty homes as shelter. There are also times when they attempt to rig wiring to get power to the house. This is dangerous because the house could easily catch on fire. But worst, Sheriff Mink received reports about meth labs, and vandalism in the vacant foreclosed homes. This is definitely not what I want to here if I was a buyer. I don’t want to come home to what used to be a house and now it’s nothing but ashes.
Unlike unwanted communities, having a neighborhood watch, community knows who exactly their neighbors are, that means some community enforces background checks. According to Sheriff Mink background checks are not overly invading privacy; they just ask simple questions of employment and who lives in the household. I agree with this system just because if I was looking at a foreclosed home I would want to know what kind of community I’m getting myself into before I consider buying the home.
Ms. Daniel, a banker in Desoto and residents say that “the neighborhood suffers from increased in burglaries, decline in community spirit and unity.” This is all due to foreclosures. The community notices that if something is not glued down, squatters and looters are taking it. There’s been reported incident of burglaries breaking into house and stealing appliances such as furnaces and air conditioners out of yards to resale and make money for themselves. Whether they’re buying drugs or alcohol, it is very difficult to have a safe neighborhood without the community pitching in to catch these unwanted disturbances.
Market to sale homes is difficult as it is. By having a neighborhood watch program, neighbors can pitch in, watch the empty homes and help out by cutting grass or planting flowers just to make homes more inviting. Helping foreclosed homes sell quickly would not only benefit the real-estate market but also the home security. This is one of the most effective and least costly ways to prevent crime and reduce fear. It can reduce burglaries, robberies, crime, and strangers. With this program in place members not only learn how to secure their homes but watch out for each others property by reporting activities that raise their suspicions to the police and sheriffs.
A lot of times people are discouraged by starting a neighborhood watch because they feel as if their being watched constantly. There’s no privacy; all there is with this program is giving the permission for noisy neighbors to watch their every moves. This is not true. When I walk into a neighborhood and notice their Neighborhood Watch Signs I personally are more self conscious about throwing trash or even walking onto that street just because I don’t live there. And that is a plus for me if I was a home buyer. I do not want strangers to wonder around my neighborhood where they don’t belong. Neighborhood watch programs are for incidents to be reported immediately. There are not enough police and sheriff to patrol all corners of the street. This is when neighborhood watch program comes in handy.

Sources:

Appleton, Roy, and Jake Batsell. "DeSoto Neighborhood Hit Hard by Foreclosures." 29 Feb. 2008. The Dallas Morning News. 9 July 2008 .

Gridley, Clinton P. "Foreclosed Properties." 5 Mar. 2008. 5 July 2008 .

Les, Christie. "Crime Scene: Foreclosure." CNNMoney.Com. 19 Nov. 2007. 7 July 2008 .

Mantell, Ruth. "Safeguarding Your Home's Value as Foreclosures Flood the Market." 8 May 2007. 8 July 2008 .

Mink, Ted. "Foreclosed HOmes and Their Impact on Neighborhood." Apr. 2008. 7 July 2007 .

Neighborhood Watch

Everyone works hard to have a place called home. It should not be taken away by unwanted disturbances due to the next door neighbor foreclosing their home. Unfortunately, Slavic Village, Cleveland had their fare share of disturbance. Jim Rokakis, a Cuyohoga County Treasurer felt that after 800 homes have been foreclosed, crime seem to have increased. It seems to be that squatters and looters started to move into the empty homes. Mark Wiseman, the director of Cuyohogan County Foreclosure Prevention Program, said that “It takes about 72 hours for a house to be looted after it is vacant.” They would then trash the vacant home, leaving the yard covered in garbage.

Homes being foreclosed attract gang members. Joe Krasucki, 78, died the next day after being badly beaten; he was outside noticing gang members stripping aluminum sidings, making the homes nearly worthless. They take doors, moldings and appliances, pulling the piping out with a sledge hammer. Putting the homes back together takes a lot of money and effort which is not worth it for buyers to purchase, leaving homes vacant for more crimes to occur. This is especially hard on low income family’s that work hard to earn a safe secure place for their family by moving out of the ghetto and into the suburbs. Not only do they now have to stress on mortgage, but also worry about their children in what they thought was a safe environment.

Sheriff Ted Mink ran into the same problem. He had a problem with foreclosed homes being left unattended for months. His community crime rate has also rised. Homes that are left for no one to watch are asking for unwanted people into the community. There has been reported incidents where homeless person or runaways use the empty homes as shelter. There are also times when they attempt to rig wiring to get power to the house. This is dangerous because the house could easily catch on fire. But worst, Sheriff Mink received a reports about meth labs, and vandalism in the vacant foreclosed homes.

Unlike unwanted communities, having a neighborhood watch, communtiy know who exactly their neighbor. That means some communtiy enforces background checks, according to Sheriff Mink. Background checks are not overly invading privacy; they just ask simple questions of employment and who lives in the household.

Ms. Daniel, a banker in Desoto and residents say that “the neighborhood suffers from increased in burglaries, decline in community spirit and unity.” This is all due to foreclosures. The community notices that if something is not glued down, squatters and looters are taking it.There’s been reported incident of burglaries breaking into house and stealing appliances such as furnaces and air conditioners out of yards to resale and make money for themselves. Whether they’re buying drugs or alcohol, it is very difficult to have a safe neighborhood without the community pitching in to catch these unwanted disturbances.

Market to sale homes are difficult as it is. By having a neighborhood watch, neighbors can pitch in, watch the empty homes and helpout by cutting grass or planting flowers just to make homes more inviting. Helping foreclosed homes sell quickly would not only benefit the real-estate agent but also the home value.

One of the most effective and least costly ways to prevent crime and reduce fear is by starting a neighborhood watch program. It can reduce burglaries,robberies, crime, and strangers. With this program in place members not only learn how to secure their homes but watch out for each others property by reporting activities that raise their suspicions to the police and sheriffs.

A lot of times people are discouraged by starting a neighborhood watch because they feel as if their being watched constantly. There’s no privacy; all there is with this program is giving the permission for noisy neighbors to watch their every moves. Which is not true. I personally was help by my neighbors who gave me a description of a man wondering around in his car looking very suspicious. It turned out that this man was keeping a little notebook spotted by my neighbors on which house has what car, where the car is usually park and time of day car is at home. That helped me to keep a close eye on man description and my car. Police arrest the man thanks to my neighbors.Neighborhood watch programs are for incidents to be reported immediately. There are not enough police and sheriff to patrol all corners of the street. This is when neighborhood watch program comes in handy.

Les, Christie. "Crime Scene: Foreclosure." CNNMoney.Com. 19 Nov. 2007. 7 July 2008 http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/16/real_estate/suprime_and_crime/.

Mink, Ted. "Foreclosed HOmes and Their Impact on Neighborhood." Apr. 2008. 7 July 2007 .

Appleton, Roy, and Jake Batsell. "DeSoto Neighborhood Hit Hard by Foreclosures." 29 Feb. 2008. The Dallas Morning News. 9 July 2008 .

Gridley, Clinton P. "Foreclosed Properties." 5 Mar. 2008. 5 July 2008 .

Mantell, Ruth. "Safeguarding Your Home's Value as Foreclosures Flood the Market." 8 May 2007. 8 July 2008 .

Revison 1

Everyone works hard to have a place call home. It should not be taken away by unwanted disturbance due to next door neighbor to foreclosing their home. Unfortunately in Slavic Village, Cleveland Jim Rokakis, a Cuyohoga County Treasurer had their fare share of disturbance. He felt that after 800 homes been foreclosed, crime seem to have rise. It seems to be that squatters and looters start to move into the empty homes. Mark Wiseman who’s the director of Cuyohogan County Foreclosure Prevention Program said that “It takes about 72 hours for a house to be looted after it is vacant.” They would then trash the vacant home leaving the yard covered in garbage.

Home’s being foreclosure attracts gang members. Joe Krasucki whose 78 died the next day after being badly beaten, he was outside noticing gang members stripping aluminum sidings making the homes nearly worthless. They take doors, moldings, appliances, and pulling the piping out with a sledge hammer. Putting the homes back together takes a lot of money and effort, not worth it for buyers to purchase, leaving homes vacant for more crimes to occur. This is especially hard on low income family’s that works hard to earn a safe secure place for their family by moving out of the ghetto and into the suburb. Not only do they now have to stress on mortgage, but also worry about their children in what they thought is a safe environment.

Sheriff Ted Mink ran into the same problem. He has a problem with foreclosure home being left unattended for months. His community crime rate has also rise. Homes that are left for no one to watch are asking for unwanted people into the community. There has been reported incident where homeless person or runaways use the empty home as shelter. There are also times when they attempt to rig wiring to get power to the house. This is dangerous because the house could easily catch on fire. But worst, Sheriff Mink was reported meth labs, and vandalism in the vacant foreclosed homes.

In regards to unwanted community, having a neighborhood watch, people know who is exactly their neighbors. That means some communtiy enforces background checks according to Sheriff Mink. Background checks are not overly invading privacy; they just ask simple questions of employment and who lives in this household.

Ms. Daniel, a banker in Desoto and resident says that “the neighborhood suffers from increased in burglaries, decline in community spirit and unity.” This is all due to foreclosures. The community notices that if something is not glued down, squatters and looters are taking it.There’s been reported incident of burglaries breaking into houses, steal appliance, furnaces and air conditioner out of yards to resale and make money for themselves. Whether their buying drugs or alcohol it is very difficult to have a safe neighborhood without the community pitching in to catch these unwanted disturbances.

Market to sale homes are difficult as it is by having a neighborhood watch, neighbors can pitch in, watch the empty homes and helpout by cut grass or plant flowers just to make homes more inviting, helping foreclose home sell quickly would not only benefit the real-estate agent, but also benefit both sides home value.

This is one of the most effective and least costly ways to prevent crime and reduce fear is by starting a neighborhood watch program. It can reduce burglaries,robberies, crime, and strangers. With this program in place members not only learn how to secure their homes but watch out for each others homes by reporting activities that raise their suspicions to the police and sheriffs.

A lot of times people are discourage in starting a neighborhood watch because they feel as if their being watch constantly. There’s no privacy, all there will be with this program is giving the rights for noisy neighbors permission to watch their every moves. Which is not true. I personally was help by my neighbors who gave me a description of a man wondering around in his car looking very suspicious. It turns out that this man was keeping a little notebook spotted by my neighbors on which house has what car, where the car is usually park and time of day car is at home. That help me to keep a close eye on man description and my car. Police arrest the man thanks to my neighbors.

Neighborhood watch programs are for incident to be reported immediately. There are not enough police and sheriff to patrol all corners of the street. This is when neighborhood watch program comes in handy.


Les, Christie. "Crime Scene: Foreclosure." CNNMoney.Com. 19 Nov. 2007. CNNMoney.Com Staff Writer. 2 July 2008 .

Mink, Ted. "Foreclosed HOmes and Their Impact on Neighborhood." Apr. 2008. 7 July 2008 .

Appleton, Roy, and Jake Batsell. "DeSoto Neighborhood Hit Hard by Foreclosures." 29 Feb. 2008. The Dallas Morning Neews. 7 July 2008
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Gridley, Clinton P. "Foreclosed Properties." 2007. 8 July 2008 .

Mantell, Ruth. "Safeguarding Your Home's Value as Foreclosures Flood the Market." 8 May 2007. Real Estate Journal Archives. 7 July 2008 .

July 2008 .

Rough Draft

In Slavic Village, Cleveland Jim Rokakis, a Cuyohoga County Treasurer felt that after 800 homes been foreclosure crime seem to have rise. It seems to be that squatters and looters start to move into the empty homes. Mark Wiseman who’s the director of Cuyohogan County Foreclosure Prevention Program said that “It takes about 72 hours for a house to be looted after it is vacant.” Then they would leave trash covering the yard. Home’s being foreclosure attracts gang members. Joe Krasucki who’s 78 died the next day after being badly beaten, he was outside noticing gang members stripping aluminum sidings making the homes nearly worthless, take doors, moldings, appliance, pulling the piping out with a sledge hammer. Putting the homes back together takes lots of money, not worth it for buyers to purchase and leaving homes vacant for more crimes to occur.

Sheriff Ted Mink runs into the same problem. He has a problem with foreclosure home being left unattended for months. His community crime rate has also rise. Homes that are left for no one to watch is asking for unwanted people into the community. There has been reported incident where homeless person or runaways use the empty home as shelter. There are also times when they attempt to rig wiring to get power to the house. This is dangerous because the house could easily caught on fire or worst is Sheriff was reported meth labs, and vandalism.
Ms. Daniel a banker in DeSoto and others says that “the neighborhood suffers from increased in burglaries and a decline in community spirit and unity.” This is all due to foreclosures. The community notices that if something is not glued down, squatters and looters are taking it.
There’s been reported incident of burglaries breaking into houses, steal appliance, furnaces and air conditioner out of yards to resale and make money for themselves.
The most effective and least costly ways to prevent crime and reduce fear is starting a neighborhood watch program. It can reduce burglaries and robberies. Members not only learn how to secure their homes but watch out for each others homes by reporting activities that raise their suspicions to the police and sheriffs.

Neighborhood watch programs are for incident to be reported immediately. There are not enough police and sheriff to patrol all corners of the street. This is when neighborhood watch program comes in handy.

My InTerpretation

This Shanghart picture I notice the family seem very close to eachother based on the drawing that are on the wall. Papers on top of the mirror says “love” which to me shows closeness. Parents seem like they are very hard working lower class people that are trying their best to give their kids the education and love that is needed. Doesn’t seem like there’s much room in their home that is why they are mutli-using their space. Turning desk table to dinning table when its dinner time and putting the kitchen stove right by their table. Having the three older boy’s share the top bed while the parents and the youngest share the bottom bunk. They don’t have the luxury for privacy, but they still seem happy. Its also very clear that this family is not materialistic and uses their imagination to create what they already have to use.

Neighborhood Watch (revised 2)

Bonnie Moreno is a long time homeowner in the Shaw Heights area. Moreno knew that her neighborhood was not safe to live in, but she stayed anyways because problem did not affect her. Until one morning Moreno woke up with her entire fence spray painted with gang graffiti. That's when Moreno had enough and decided to contact the Police Department in organizing a neighborhood watch. Ever since their neighborhood watch meetings and training, Moreno and her neighbor’s are now better at recognizing suspicious act and how to protect themselves. Crime is now less of an issue in Shaw Heights. I’ve always believe that you should get to know your neighbors because you never know when you need them. If Moreno had started this neighborhood watch a little sooner then she might have been able to stop the crime before it even happen.

Same thing happen in El Cerritio area of San Diego. Joanne McLogan one of the neighborhood watch community notice a suspicious car dropped off a man, the car then left driving up and down the street several times. That’s when McLogan contacted the police. In the mean time she gathered neighborhood watch group to spy on the suspicious suspect that was dropped off. They notice he was grabbing stuff in a hurry and shoving her neighbor’s belongings into their bags. As soon as the suspicious suspect left the front door neighbors notice police has not arrived yet, that’s when they yelled and chased him down the street. So without the neighborhood watch the police would not catch the suspect on time.

Similar incidents happen to me. I contacted the police and they specifically told me that, “if no one was hurt or injured the emergency can wait and they will get there as soon as they can.” Authorities can assist you, but sometime there are bigger issues that they need to resolve before they can get to you.In West Seattle numerous burglaries happen in a day. According to Karen, one of the West Seattle home owners said the burglary that she’s seen so far does definitely did their homework. What she meant by that is burglary would spend couple days watching people homes so that they can plan out a schedule to best rob houses. They would pay attention to home owner’s daily schedule when they will be heading in and out of their homes. So far Karen and her community had only come up with ways to keep each other updated information in their neighborhoods other than that they are trying to get volunteers to coordinate a neighborhood watch.

American today tend to believe that minding their own business is a way to live because it’s something less for them to think about in their busy lives. This is also a way for no one to bother them. But at the same time I believe getting to know your neighborhood for safety reason is a must, I also believe especially if you have children. You would want to have a safe neighborhood. I understand that finding volunteers and group meetings are very time consuming, but if they have had more courage, they could have decrease the crime in their areas by doing something about it other than informing which house was just robbed. They should be more proactive. Maybe getting the police involved a head of time or calling 911 as soon as they see something out of the ordinary would really make a difference.

In 1986, using questionnaires, observation of program and interview by the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that Neighborhood who participates in a crime prevention program showed a tremendous decrease in crime in their neighborhood. All it took was help of volunteer residence to go out of their way to get to know one another, be more alert and not be afraid to call the police if something goes wrong. They went from simply putting neighborhood watch signs up, to internet communication with police department. They all also raise fund for their community for everyone to take neighborhood watch programs in case of an emergency.
Over all I feel that without the neighborhood watch, certain crimes could not be held accountable for and according to neighborhood watch members, police department, and other authorities says that crimes has been decrease because of good Samaritan cooperation and communication. All working together will make a difference in our society.