Week 5
Wen Gao
ASA 2 Section A03
10/17/2015
In “Empire of Death and the Plague of Civic Violence”, the
author describes various violent crime. And these crime such as serial murder
and mass murder, were not simply because of anger or revenge, but some social and
psychological problems. The possible reasons are problems associated with the
development of society and historical forces. The part that I pay attention to
is the race murder. After the race wars in Vietnam, the proportion of Asian
Americans in the overall victims of serial murder and mass murder suddenly
increased. It is reasonable to assume that the war in Vietnam caused impact to
the society more or less. I understand that solders or people engaged in the wars
suffered terrible and unforgettable experience which led to emotional trauma. But
the government should take this problem seriously and arrange mandatory
treatment for every one of them to prevent potential psychological problems. Maybe
the hate toward the enemy in the war mistakenly vented to innocent people only
because they are same race as the enemy. And some uncontrollable behavior leads
to crime.
Question: The Vietnam War does influence race murder, but is
it the most important reason? How many proportion that the criminals themselves
intend to commit a crime no matter there was a war or not?
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