Criminology 12

There are drug offences being committed all across Canada but for some reason British Columbia has had significantly high rates of drug offences, why is it that British Columbia has higher rates than the rest of Canada? It could be because of our geographical location,  or maybe its because we have more gangs in our cities like Vancouver. The RCMP estimated that BC has about 133 organized crime groups and about 30 street gangs, these groups make money through mostly distributing drugs in the drug trade. We have gangs like the Red Scorpions, The Untied Nations, and The Hell's Angles, having a higher rate in gangs could very likely result in a higher amount of drug offences. Not only do we have more gangs but we also are right on the coast which makes it a lot easier to receive and distribute drugs in BC. Compared to the east of Canada where its mostly larger cities we have different industries like logging, fishing, mining, and more. Commonly a lot of younger males work in the indus...

People commit crime for many different reasons, it could be because of the people they surround themselves with or it could even be just simply that they chose to commit the crime. There has been many different theories as to why people actually do commit crimes, personally I feel that people have a choice when it comes to committing crimes, we either choose to commit the crime or we don't its just that simple. However I believe that peoples choices are influenced by what they were taught, how they were raised as a child, and their morals. For example say someone grows up in a neighborhood where drugs are a big influence in a lot of peoples lives and there's lots of gang violence. This person may come to a point in their life where they have a choice to either be apart of the gang violence and drugs, and because they grew up around it their entire life they may be more likely to take the wrong path but that doesn't mean they don't have a choice, they can choose to not b...