Summary Of A Red Light For Scofflaws By Frank Trippett

The domino effect: when a short, mild action leads up to a full-scale, potentially dangerous outcome. It is all the same for violating laws and minor acts of misconducts, the possibility of a greater result is always plausible. Frank Trippett in his excerpt, “A Red Light for Scofflaws”, argues that American society has dulled out their importance of consequences to breaking laws. He believes that small acts of criminality are to be taken just as seriously as full scale acts of crime. Trippett first gives look on the apparency of people residing to this way of life, and continues by stating his personal belief that with more people breaking laws to adhere to a new trend, scofflaws will become an item of public norm. The author establishes a

When facing this issue, some people are to believe that cops have more important things to do, whether it be a larger, full-scale crime, or them just not caring. It is apparently believed that those working to fix issues regarding crime, have no taste for the smaller, “irrelevant” ones that face society frequently. Whereas the distrust in our safety system stems from is without reach of comprehension, but the fact of the matter still stands behind the fallacies. Cops, although given a bad reputation through movies and society, have a job to prevent and fix any crimes that come their way, large-scale or small-scale. The small misbehaviors that

Many of people and entire teams of government officials have gone behind each law to create the most efficient tactic for citizen’s protection. How could that entire process go by just so that one would not care to perform a simple task like pick up their trash or slow down their car a few miles. By getting away with small acts of misconduct, it promotes bad behavior in a society. When the whole of a community is used to doing something that turns out to be wrong, it leaves them all in a greater risk for bigger issues. For example, if a person believes that speeding a few miles over the speed limit will not expect anyone, another car might think differently. The outcome of this could be possible collision and worse, death. The behaviors that may seem small and insignificant may actually affect more people than intended. Where as a small noise complaint would seem unnecessary to complain about, a possible violent neighbor could think otherwise and take a more violent route to find a solution. Unexpected outcomes behind behaviors that are promoted by a bad society can cause serious