Crime Data Comparison Paper

This could be considered an interesting fact considering the two state border one another. It is also important to note that Missouri does not follow the same steady pattern that Arkansas did. There were several points of inconsistency, where the crime rates increased and then decreased in Missouri. This kind of pattern seems to be followed throughout the time span given. While the crime rates were still higher in 2012 than they were in 1960, they did not rise as a steady rate like that of Arkansas. From 1960 to 1990, the rate of property crimes seems to follow the same principles as that of violent crime in the two states in the sense that Missouri had higher rates of property crime and a jagged pattern. However, around 1990 and on, the rates of the two states seem to hover around the same intensity and rate. It is also interesting to note that, in both states, after 1990 the rates begin to steadily decrease overall. It appears that the states have more similar rates when it comes to property crimes rather than violent

Crime measurement and statistics for police departments are very important when it comes to money allotment, staffing needs or termination and it is also used to determine the effectiveness of new laws and programs. There are three tools used to measure major crime in the United States: Uniform Crime Reports, National Crime Victimization Survey and the National Incident Based Reporting System- which is currently being tested to replace the Uniform Crime Reports. Although there different tools used to measure crime, crime rates can be deceiving. Each different tool reports a different type of rate, crime rates, arrest

2 Geiger, Kim (August 2012). Statistics on Rape and Pregnancy Are Complicated, Los Angeles Times. Retrieved from

Law enforcement agencies use three different sources to collect crime statistics. They use official statistics, victimizations surveys, and self-report surveys as their main sources of collecting data. The University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Texas at Austin both have pretty similar crime statistics.

2013 reported rapes were estimated 79, 770 (in all cities) under the revised definition, 6.3 % lower than 2012, 10.6% lower than 2009, and 16.1% lower than 2004

Alarmed and Dangerous: A Look at Crime in 1970s-80s America by Yeoman Lowbrow analyzes crime in the 1970s and how it was on the rise. Lowbrow states there were 17,190 cases of forcible rape reported in the 1960s. Compare this to the rates from the 1970s and 1980s; 37,990 and 82,990 respectively. He does the same with serial murderers in the United States. In the 60s there were 19, in the 70s there were 119, and in the 1980s there were 200. (Lowbrow 2014)

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.

This paper will compare burglary crime statistics between two cities for the years 2005 and 2012 using the Federal Bureau of Investigation database the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. This paper will also, discuss which area had more reported incidents, what were the rates of the crime for each area, did the rates changed over time in either area, and what factors might explain the differences in the rates.

According to the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network, “there is an average of 237,868 victims (age 12 or older) of rape and sexual assault each year.” It is estimated that “out of every 100 rapes, 40 get reported to the police, 10 lead to an arrest, 8 get prosecuted, 4 lead to a felony conviction” and “3 rapists will spend even a single day in prison.” Furthermore, “about 95% of” the four percent of felony “convictions are obtained by way of a plea agreement” rather than through trial. In some states, like “California, there is a higher acquittal rate for rape than for any other felony" (926).

The two metropolitan areas I have decided to do my research paper on are Cincinnati, Ohio and Dallas, Texas. I choose Cincinnati because it is one of the bigger cities where I live. I choose Dallas because there seems to be a big difference in crime rates compared to Cincinnati. In this paper I will be comparing the burglary rate between these two cities. I will identify the number of burglaries reported to the police in each area and also explain which area had more reported

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Different states in America have varying demographics when it comes to race, income, joblessness, and more, and states also vary when it comes to crime rates. The relationships between economic factors and crime rates are not direct, for example, Alaska has had the 3rd highest median house income but also has had some of the highest violent crime rates in the country. Being able to predict crime rates in a geographical area such as a state is important for public policy and law enforcement regarding making informed decisions. These decisions can help create efficient anti-crime policies. The United States of America was used as the geographical unit of study excluding Alaska, New Jersey, and Hawaii due to missing data. This paper examines which factors related to economics and demographics are linked to the crime rate. Inequality has been theorized to increase crime rates due to ecological factor of crime (Merton, 1938; Shaw & McKay, 1942; Becker, 1968). Certain factors including race are more prevalently associated with inequalities which is why they are included in the analysis.

This paper explores the relationship between low income and violent crime rate in Unite State over some period of time. This question is research is interested in how income inequality increases crime rate. Between 1975 to 2004 research shows that income earned by the top 5% of America families increased from 15.3% to 20.1%. Families that are at the bottom sees their earning dropped from 5.1% to 4.2%. Data used for this research is been collected from bureau of justice statistics (BJS) from national Crime and victimization survey (NCVS), which provide summary statistics based on a nationality representative sample for a wide range of crimes. Data is been collected from household that are below and above poverty level in the country and non-fall violent victimization, but

The FBI’s UCR data shows that a forcible rape occurs every 6.2 minutes and that there were 84,767

Bureau of Justice Statistics: Rape Trends: The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports the stability rape trends in recent years.