There is a controversial issue in our current society, “Does the death penalty stop the crimes happen?” There are...
Lack of Education Inside the Juvenile Justice System Creates an Endless Cycle
, , , American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Crime, Education, Fall 2019, Goals, Incarceration, Justice and Inequality, Politics, Prison, Raise Your Voice, Rights, Showcase, Youth Activism, 1
In some schools, counties, or even states, there is a direct school-to-prison pipeline. Students who, more times than not,...
China’s Big Secret
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Crime, Dystopia, Education, Fall 2019, History, Immigration, Incarceration, Justice and Inequality, Mental Health, Police, Politics, Poverty, Prison, Privacy, Protest, Refugees, Religion, Rights, Showcase, Slavery, Terrorism, Violence, War, 1
For a while now, I’ve always noticed that countries with totalitarian Governments like the Soviet Union and North Korea,...
Concealed Handguns
, , , Crime, Decision Making, Fall 2019, Guns, Showcase, Violence, 0
Crime happens all the time, crime is also something that everybody would like to change. Concealed weapons are a...
Underage drinking is a severe issue in our society. Besides the lack of knowledge about alcohol, there are plenty...
Are Drones a National Security Threat?
, , , Crime, Environment & World, Fall 2019, Media and Message, Showcase, Violence, 0
People and their drones in the past few years there have been more threats and more than the less...
Police brutality goes way back to 1872, that’s when it all started. When the Chicago Tribune reported on the...
Corruption in the United States
, , , American Creed, Crime, Fall 2019, Showcase, This is America, 0
Corruption has plagued the United States, as well as other nations, for many years. The novel All the King’s...
Fact: Epstein Killed Himself-Truth: He didn’t.
, , , Crime, Fall 2019, Media and Message, Politics, Prison, Showcase, 8
Many a conspiracy theory was born when news of Jeffrey Epstein’s imprisonment reached the American public. A powerful financier...
The Media and its Effects on the Societal Glorification of Serial Killers
, , , Crime, Showcase, Spring 2019, 3
Media coverage of serial killers can lead to an obsession with, or glorification of, serial killers. It is often...
Many of us would consider ourselves to be quite unlike a serial killer, for good reason. However, there is...
John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown, once said, “ A clown can get away with murder.” Gacy is saying...
Bias, Racism, and Death in U.S. Communities
, , , Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter At School, Crime, Police, Protest, Race Relations, Raise Your Voice, Taking a Knee, Violence, 7
Bias, Racism, and Death in U.S. Communities Why is Police Brutality causing death? “It could have a lot to...
Justice for Emely Peguero
, , , Abortion, Argument, Call to Action, Crime, Fall 2018, Latino Power, Protest, Showcase, Violence, 1
When I first heard about this case on the television (in the news), my hearts broke into millions of...
Recently, Washington State abolished the death penalty under the pretense that it is unconstitutional due to racial bias. With...
Do violent video games increase youth violence?
, , , Arts & Entertainment, Crime, Gaming, Media, Showcase, Violence, 7
According to Craig Anderson, director of the Center for the Study of Violence at Iowa State University, video games...
Policing Immigration
, , , American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Crime, Immigration, Incarceration, Justice and Inequality, Politics, Prison, Rights, Showcase, 1
Immigration may well be the hottest issue in the United States today. Some people want to build physical walls...
Everyone should be EQUAL: The message of “This Is America”
, , , Argument, Black Lives Matter, Community, Crime, Economy, Justice and Inequality, Prison, Pro Gun Control, Showcase, Spring 2018, The Fifth Column, This is America, Violence, 7
I believe the video “This Is America,” by Childish Gambino represents how America is today in 2018. This...
Feedback request on Human Trafficking thesis :)
, , , Crime, Justice and Inequality, Research Help, Showcase, Spring 2018, 6
Dear Youth Voices Community, My name is Bladimir Gallegos and I am a Junior at Fremont high-school. I feel...
How can gun violence be avoided?
, , , Black Lives Matter, Crime, Decision Making, March for Our Lives, Poverty, Prison, Pro Gun Control, Showcase, Spring 2018, 6
The question i have is why is gun violence still playing a big role in the number of deaths...
My issue that I decided to make a video on was human trafficking. Human trafficking is a form of...
Black lives matter
, , , Black Lives Matter, Community, Crime, Decision Making, Race Relations, Showcase, Spring 2018, Violence, 1
The issue I am focusing on is police violence toward blacks especially when the victim was unarmed. What’s worse...
Today: SEXtrade
, , , Call to Action, Crime, Emotional Health, Love, Mental Health, Rape Culture, Refugees, Showcase, Slavery, Spring 2018, Violence, What do I stand for?, Women, 3
I decided to make an informative video about sex trafficking because I felt that the issue needed to...
I am passionate about this issue because it is a life or death situation and in most cases involving...
Mental health and gun violence
, , , Call to Action, Con Gun Control, Crime, Decision Making, Emotional Health, Getting Started, Goals, Guns, Health Care, Media, Mental Health, Showcase, Spring 2018, 1
Following the Parkland shooting, the President of the United States claimed that the mental health contirbuted to the mass...
The Price of Being a Woman in Prison
, , , Call to Action, Crime, Fall 2017, Gender, Health Care, Incarceration, Justice and Inequality, Showcase, Spring 2018, The Fifth Column, Women, 4
In the United States of America, even the toughest criminals have basic rights protected by our country’s Constitution. The...
How Would You Feel?
, , , Black Lives Matter, Crime, Fall 2017, Poetry, Police, Race Relations, Showcase, The Hate U Give, 10
This is my poem based on the novel “The Hate U Give” for McGeehan’s class. Khalil’s spirit is talking...
what should the goverment do about drugs?
, , , Crime, Decision Making, Drugs, Economy, Education, Fall 2017, Health Care, Showcase, Violence, 7
“Drugs, an estimated 24.6 million Americans aged 12 or older—(9.4 percent of the population)— used an illicit drug in...
The community of Oakland How has the community and Oakland changed in general? Where is Oakland? Oakland is...
Oakland’s Police Department Untold Story
, , , Community, Crime, Education, Fall 2017, History, Justice and Inequality, Point of View, Police, Showcase, The Fifth Column, 1
Oakland’s Police Department Untold Side “Did you know that African-Americans are 2.5 times more likely to be...
Oakland’s Culture
, , , Community, Crime, Fall 2017, History, Showcase, The Fifth Column, Violence, 2
Oakland’s Culture Do you often confuse Oakland with San Francisco? We shouldn’t confuse San Francisco and...
There’s nothing wrong with private prisons
, , , Argument, Biases, Crime, Decision Making, Fall 2017, Incarceration, Prison, Research Help, Showcase, 2
Seems like a good idea at first glance. Too many prisoners, no money to build prisons. Let private companies...
The death penalty and when it is appropriate.
, , , Argument, Crime, Death Penalty, Fall 2017, Incarceration, Politics, Showcase, 2
A few hundred years ago, all around the world, the penal system was absolutely. People would be sentenced to...
Can the Way You Were Raised Make You a Criminal?
, , , Community, Crime, Education, Emotional Health, Fall 2017, Happiness, Health Care, Showcase, 3
Two of the largest factors of the human personality are nature and nurture. Some argue that the two are...
Injustices of United States’ War on Drugs.
, , , Crime, Drugs, Fall 2017, Incarceration, Justice and Inequality, Race Relations, Showcase, 0
The war on drugs, the supposed “public enemy number one”, established under the Nixon administration and intensified under Reagan...
What it Means to be American?
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Black Lives Matter, Books, Bullying, Call to Action, Community, Crime, Decision Making, Drugs, Economy, History, Immigration, Point of View, Protest, Rights, Slavery, This I Believe, Violence, What do I stand for?, 0
I believe what it means to be American is not to be so ignorant. We’ve been ignorant our...
Adultification of Black Babes
, , , Black Lives Matter, Community, Crime, Decision Making, Education, Fall 2017, Gender, Incarceration, Justice and Inequality, Police, Politics, Race Relations, Showcase, Women, 11
Are Black Children Forced to Grow Up Faster Than White Children YES Black kids are forced to grow up...
Hip-Hops Purple Reign
, , , Argument, Crime, Drugs, Fall 2017, Happiness, Health Care, History, Media, Music, Point of View, Showcase, Stories, 10
Warning: This article contains explicit content on the use of codeine in Hip-hop. Coarse Language involved. Nowadays drugs and rap practically...
Did you know that a study in a jail in California showed that most young offenders resorted to crime...
Asian American Activism
, , , American Dream, Call to Action, Community, Crime, Education, Fall 2017, History, Justice and Inequality, Media, Politics, Protest, Race Relations, Raise Your Voice, Research Help, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Student-Centered, Violence, What do I stand for?, 6
High School textbooks don’t have anything on Asian Americans during the civil rights era. There were a lot of...
Neocolonialism in Africa
, , , Black Lives Matter, Crime, Debt, Economy, Education, Family, History, Housing, Justice and Inequality, Nature, Politics, Poverty, Race Relations, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2017, 1
To Whomever Cares to Listen, “Without Africa, France will slide down into the rank of a third power,”...
Reopen the Kurt Cobain Case
, , , Argument, Crime, Guns, Mental Health, Music, Showcase, Spring 2017, Violence, 5
Dear Seattle Police Department, As a police department that prides itself on enhancing trust with the public, it would...
Conversion Therapy
, , , 2nextprez, American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Crime, Education, Gender, Justice and Inequality, LGBTQ+ Rights, Mental Health, Point of View, Raise Your Voice, Religion, Rights, Showcase, This I Believe, What do I stand for?, 0
In a country based on freedom and liberty, citizens should be able to craft, and accept their own identities...
Making a scratch animation, is harder than most may imagine. You need to have patience, to sit through all...
Blue Beard Remixed
, , , Art, Beauty, Crime, Justice and Inequality, Media, Spring 2017, 0
My story includes a jealous wife who learns the hard way that curiosity definitely killed the cat… I created...
There are lots of people around the world, who has started to wear safety pins. These safety pins represent...
Matthew Shepards’ case
, , , Bullying, Crime, Education, Gender, Health Care, Justice and Inequality, LGBTQ+ Rights, Love, Point of View, Politics, Privacy, Race Relations, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2017, Stories, Violence, 0
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Fatal Attack on Immigrant, Patchogue, New York, 2008.
, , , Crime, Immigration, Showcase, Spring 2017, 0
Stunned by the violence, diverse community stakeholders openly confront the crime and divisive atmosphere, committing to ongoing actions to...
Ramblings on Prostitution
, , , Crime, Showcase, Spring 2017, 4
The research topic that I am delving into is prostitution, specifically I am looking into the reasons that prostitution...
Time to talk about gangs
, , , Crime, Showcase, Spring 2017, Violence, 1
Gangs are important because they are damaging Oakland culture in a negative way to where people think Oakland...
Being a person of color is harder than you may think. Especially when it comes to the crimes that...
Prostitution
, , , Crime, Showcase, Spring 2017, Women, 0
The research topic that I am delving into is prostitution, specifically I am looking into the reasons that prostitution...
Prison Life
, , , Crime, Prison, Psychology, Showcase, Spring 2017, 8
In research to answer the question, does the prison experience cause psychological issues, I have found the following information...
Child Labor
, , , Call to Action, Crime, Economy, Family, Happiness, Health Care, Mental Health, Politics, Poverty, Psychology, Rights, Showcase, Slavery, 3
Child labor in our world today incorporates 250 million children worldwide. Child labor occurs when “people under fifteen years...
Gangs in Oakland
, , , Crime, Spring 2017, Violence, 6
Why do youth join gangs? Gangs are one of the main problems in California, but it is especially a...
When someone hears the term gang, what would come to their mind? Horrible? Dangerous? There are many ways to...
Drug vs Teens
, , , Crime, Drugs, Spring 2017, 9
Is it true that drugs can influence teens to take, use, or sell drugs? These statistics show that marijuana...
Domestic Violence
, , , Crime, Economy, Health Care, Rape Culture, Violence, 4
When women or men suffer from domestic violence they usually don’t report it right away. One of the reasons...
The Fox and the Wolf (Remixed)
, , , Crime, Death Penalty, Education, Fall 2016, Friendship, Happiness, History, Inquiry, Love, Nature, Stories, Violence, 0
This project is based on a moral “The Fox and the Wolf” by the Brothers Grimm which was adapted...
Border Security… ISIS 8 Miles Away
, , , American Dream, Crime, Drugs, Economy, Fall 2016, Immigration, Latino Power, Politics, Rights, Showcase, Terrorism, Transportation, Violence, 4
In America, protecting the borders is essential to our homeland security. Freedom has been taken advantage of over the...
Death Penalty in the U.S.
, , , Crime, Death Penalty, Showcase, 8
The issue of using the death penalty for criminals in the U.S. is a highly debated topic. On one...
The tale of the ice cream man
, , , Abortion, Animal Rights, Art, Beauty, Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Climate Change, Crime, Gender, Scratch, 0
The Tale of the Ice Cream Man is a deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep and rich...
An Argument For Swear Words
, , , Art, Crime, Education, Fall 2016, Justice and Inequality, Psychology, Rights, Showcase, 2
Almost all words are equal. I believe that nearly every word should have equal usage, no matter their spelling...
Black Lives Matter
, , , 2nextprez, Black Lives Matter, Crime, Fall 2016, Guns, Police, Race Relations, Showcase, Violence, 2
Dear Next President of the United States, An issue that I care about is Black Lives Matter is a...
Fight Against Racism
, , , Black Lives Matter, Crime, Justice and Inequality, Police, Race Relations, Violence, 3
Dear Future President of the United States of America, First off, I would like to say congratulations with your...
My Mother lived in the West Indies when she was younger. I remember her telling me that, when someone...
Proving Them Wrong
, , , Crime, Economy, Education, Fall 2016, Family, Justice and Inequality, Poetry, Race Relations, Repentino., Showcase, Violence, Where I'm From, 0
I am from ghetto city Oakland Where it’s a very diverse place Where us Mexicans are a threat to...
Where I’m From Poem
, , , Crime, Fall 2016, Guns, Police, Violence, Where I'm From, 0
I am from Oakland Where people do drugs and get robbed at night Where you here gunshots and sirens...
It’s okay. They’re married.
, , , Crime, Family, Gender, Health Care, Justice and Inequality, Love, Rape Culture, Rights, Violence, Women, 1
Gone With The Wind is one of the best books in American literature–that’s something that’s pretty much undisputed among...
Blessings
, , , Black Lives Matter, Crime, Drugs, Fall 2016, Poetry, Race Relations, Repentino., Showcase, Stress, Violence, Where I'm From, 2
I’m from Oakland where people do drugs and do not give a rat when they pop yo. I am...
I worry for my friends and family
, , , 2nextprez, Black Lives Matter, Crime, Guns, Immigration, Justice and Inequality, Race Relations, Rights, Showcase, Violence, 1
Dear Next President, There are a lot of issues surrounding my community and all over the country about unfairness...
What will a woman do?
, , , 2nextprez, Black Lives Matter, Crime, Economy, Education, Fall 2016, Gender, Health Care, Immigration, Justice and Inequality, Politics, Rights, Showcase, 2
Dear Mrs. President Hillary Clinton, Thank you for giving me the opportunity to write you a letter. I’m happy...
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