Crime During The 1980s

According to the FBI Unified Crime Report for 2009, there were 385 murders in that year. The total population for Detroit in 2009 was just over 951,000. (The Neighborhood Scout, 2009) In Minneapolis, a city with about one-half the population of Detroit, the number of murders was 47. Not only is the population less than Detroit, the murder rate 6 times lower than Detroit. Here you can see that population seems to play a role in the amount of murders for these metropolitan areas. The area that had the most reported incidents of murder was Detroit. Minneapolis has shown that they have seen a 17% decrease in violent crimes over the past 3 years.

rise in crime for both eras show a strong relationship. There is also a tendency for an

With all the changes happening in economy during the late 1970’s through the 1980’s how did this make the

A suggested theory of why crime dropped was that there was a change in the cocaine market. Leading up the 1990s, the crack market exhibited positive economic profits for firms in the market which attracted new sellers to join the market. The increase of firms led to an increase in supply which means a decrease in price. The decrease in the price of crack would erode the amount of profit the sellers would make, and soon the crack market just wasn’t as appealing, and the profits being made weren’t enough to balance the risks that came along with selling the drugs. The idea was that because of the economic aspect of the drug market in America, less people were getting involved in violence like turf wars which decreased crime

The events and episodes of the 1970’s played a significant role in the construction of major 20th century polices that had a great impact on the American society. Some of these challenging acts included the marking of political leadership breakdown, severe economic crisis and military decline.

The first thing that they looked at that may have contributed to the drop in crime during the 1990’s was that the economy was very strong and the economy was booming (Hoover,2013). Law Enforcement strategy was changing to more of a proactive approach and community oriented policing programs. The incarceration rates had also increased during this period. Law Enforcement started to target the problem area’s and were more visible to the general public. The access and requirement for better education grew to better educate law enforcement personnel. Although there was no significate change in demographics during this period that could contribute to the lower crime rates the strategies law enforcement used had changed during this period. The

Education rates showed to be lower in states with the most gun violence as well. There are plenty of studies that have helped show how states with the highest gun violence and less gun control are states that have the most poverty as well as less educated Americans. To determine the states with the most gun violence researchers reviewed firearm related data from the CDC (Center Disease Control, Uniformed Crime Reports and the U.S Census Bureau (Kent, 2015).

In chapter 4 the chapter considers a variety of possible explanations for the significant drop in crime and crime rates that occurred in the 1990s. Based on articles that appeared in the country’s largest newspapers, the authors compile a list of the leading, commonly offered explanations. The next step is to systematically examine each explanation and consider whether available data support the explanation. What the authors, in fact, demonstrate is that in all but three cases–increased reliance on prisons, increased number of police, and changes in illegal drug markets–correlation was erroneously interpreted as causation and in some cases, the correlation wasn’t even that strong.

Components of the Rapid Decline in Crime of the 1990s The 1960s were more than just Civil Rights and Woodstock. Contrary to what the people believed, the 1960s was an important decade in regards to ending the peaceful period of crime decline that the United States had been enjoying since 1930 (Levitt, Dubner 115-146). The United States was about to see the highest crime rates in its history by the end of the 1980s, heading for the 1990s. Upon entering the 1990s though, what was being recorded were record levels of crime, but in the opposite direction as predicted (Levitt, Dubner 115-146).

During t6he 70’s a worldwide shortage of oil caused an energy famine; because of the lack of oil gas prices sky rocked, going form 35 cents to 90 cents. There remained a combination of a high request and a low supply of items like jobs, houses, and cars. Because of this inflation problem there was a rise in prices of all most all things. There was also a job shortage in the 70’s, because of the amount of woman and returning solders getting jobs. In 1869 the employment was about 80 million workers, and by the late 70s it was more than 96 million workers.

In the 1990’s the economy flourished and the crime rate dropped (Hoover, 2014). These two factors could and do typically go hand in hand. With the economy on a rise, there was less violent crime as well as thief or non-violent crimes. Some reasons for this would be jobs were easier to come by, the stress of poverty was felt less, and overall people were just in a happier place. Also, the fact that incarceration increased in the late 1980’s could add to the demising crime rate of the 90’s,due to the criminals that committed those were all in jail. One good thing leads to another and so on throughout this decade.

In closing, The study of the declining rate of crime is important to criminology because it represents the progress made by people in their effort to reduce crime and make a safer society for everyone. It also symbolizes the changing values and morals that society holds. Furthermore, crime rates depict a picture of our society and it is this picture that criminologists study. The study of why people commit crimes, the effect of crime and how best to deter crime all are contingent on crime rates. The recent decline may indicate a change in motivation for committing crimes or perhaps that the efforts made by our society to deter crime are working. Nonetheless, these assumptions are only made possible because of crime rates and what they show of

Facts, statistics, and studies are used to help explain why crime rates dropped in the 1990’s.

The measure results of the data sets are not surprising. The means of each of the independent variables reflect the arbitrary evaluations of each of these parameters. All the variables have relatively small standard errors compare to their mean. Also, the medians and the means mostly lie fairly close to each other, in another word, the means well indicate the actual distribution of the data sets. One of the possible concerns is that per capita disposable income has both high standard deviation and high variance. This result can be reasonable because of the extreme scatterings of incomes due to demographics, social classes, and other kinds of factors.

There are always limitations to deter actions at school because the environment is meant to be a safe-haven for children and teens to go in and get a proper education. So, stepping up security in schools is not always possible because parents would not always support the advancement of security, due to risks with safety and the atmosphere where they would not want their children in. The focus of my qualitative research is to find if there is a correlation between the level of education that a person has and the amount of crime they commit/ will commit based on their educational level. The objectives during the study will be to find certain patterns that may underline why or why not crime rates differ based on the level of education that a person has. One question and objective of the study is to find out whether extracurricular activities advocate students to avoid committing crimes because they were a part of a different society outside of the classroom and that would hypothetically reduce crime because they value their person more.