Decline In Crime Homicide

The unanticipated declines in rates of violent crimes in the United States caught many policymakers and researchers off guard. From 1991 to 1997, murder rates declined in five of the six years and robbery rates declined in all six years. Murder rates dropped by 30.6% and robbery by 31.8%. Rape rates fell by 15.1% and aggravated assault rates by 11.8%. This decline was one of the most substantial police and researchers had seen.”

The pattern of homicide in Chicago has changed over time. The overall temporal pattern of homicide in Chicago from 1965 to present shows an increase in homicide rates from 1965 – 1992, and a decrease in homicide rates from 1965 – 1992, as seen on the graph. In 1965 the homicide rates in Chicago were 10 in 100,000 people, and this showed an overall increase in the temporal pattern until 1992 where this number peaked at 32 in 100,00 people, showing a 300% increase in homicide rates since 1965. From 1992 onwards (until 2013 on the graph) the temporal pattern showed an overall decrease to the point where the homicide rates are now around 15 in 100,000, more then halving the number in 1992.

Homicide is one of the most destructive crimes worldwide. Around the globe, more than 40% of homicides are committed with firearms. There are assorted groups of risk factors for example relationship, family, and personal problems. According to statistics, Honduras has one of the highest homicide rates in the world. Race and jurisdiction are one of the leading causes of why homicides are highly prevalent. According to FBI Expanded Homicide Data, there were 742 justifiable murders in the year of 2013. Furthermore, the FBI data also states that 461 felons, were justifiably killed. Homicide is a threat that has become a large conflict to our society, affecting children, teenagers and families.

Another factor that has been brought up several times is the gun laws and how they contribute to the rates of homicide. I know you’ve heard the old saying, “guns don’t kill people, people with guns kill people.” This statement has been argued both ways and there is no real information to support the claim

A trend analysis of juvenile homicide offenses shows that since the mid 1970's, the number of homicides in which no firearm was involved has remained fairly constant. However, homicides by juveniles involving a firearm have increased nearly threefold. In addition, during this same period, the number of juvenile arrests for weapons violations increased 117 percent. When guns are the weapon of choice, juvenile violence becomes deadly.

When we get into how society and people look at crime, it happens in every city, every neighborhood, people are victims every day, businesses, and even property. Crime dates back since colonization and the rates have varied over time, believe it or not, crime has decreased over the years. As a matter of fact, the United States has been on a decline. The crime rate for the year 2000 was a total of 11,608,072 a declining year in 2015 with a total of 9,225,197. (U.S. Department of Justice)

Since the 1970's there has been a steady increase in the prison population where statistics now show from the BJS that more than one in every 100 adults are now imprisoned. Statistics from the "PEW" state that one in 30 men between the ages of 20-34 are behind bars; however just because there is an increase in the numbers it does not mean it's due to an increase in crime. To further emphasize just how significant the growth is, the population in 1970 was around 300,000 but now the population in 2008 is over 2.3 million (BJS 2006). However there is not necessarily a parallel increase with crime; instead experts are putting the growth down to popular

During ancient times and the Middle Ages, crime was basically a rural problem rather than a urban problem and it wasn’t until after the 1960s in the United States that urban rates for homicide exceeded those of rural areas. In Canada, the rural homicide rate still exceeded the urban rate in the 1970 and a number of studies have shown that countries with greater inequalities in income distribution have higher murder rates. In the Unites States, racial disparity is highest in arrest rates for crimes of violence and the arrest rate for blacks is about eight times the rate of whites.

1990 was a year with high murder crime rates in New York city. While crime such as assault drop. Car theft and burgarly was at an all time high , and burglary and larcency drop. The public was in a state of fear and the state of New York devise a plan to make one thousands officers available to patrol and keep the citizians out of harms way. Even tho the state had p[olice offercers on hand people did not seek help. It is documented that reportings drop to 30% where as the year before it was 80%. Researches could not understand how myders rose but crimes that usually happen at the same time as muders declined. 1990 was a year that murder and robbery was up across the the united states. 1990 New York record of murder is 2,245 while back in

“In 1994, there were 23,326 murders in the United States; by 2013, that number had fallen to 14,196, an incredible 39-percent decline. More specifically, according to the Department of Justice, the number of firearm-related homicides declined from 18,253 in 1993 to 11,101 in 2011. The Department of Justice further concludes that even non-fatal gun-related crimes are declining, dropping 69 percent between 1993 and

2015, and questions whether or not due to the 50 percent increase in homicides, is the increase

In the 1950s the chances of an American being murdered was significantly lower than it is today. The amount of drugs and rape cases in the United States has also increased.The growth of cities could be a factor in the raise in the crime rate because cities typically have the most crime. This affects the whole country's crime level even though the smaller towns have a significantly smaller rate of crime. People were also more likely to live in the suburbs and small communities rather than a large city so they did not contribute to the crime rate. Violent video games have also become a popular trend for our youth so this may be a factor of that. Violent crimes have also been more televised than in previous years because news stations know that violence receives a lot of interest when televised. There have also been problems with racial discrimination so that has created some tension between different ethnicities which sometimes explodes into violent crimes. The crime rate has also increased because of theft. There has been more theft in the United States because of the rising level of poverty. More and more people are growing up in poverty so when they grow up they tend to steal because they do not have anything of their own. They then have children and then as their children grow up they also steal because they know no different. This is a more recent trend which was

In “Where have all of the criminals gone?,” Levitt and Dubner discuss the theorized causes of the unexpected crime drop in the 1990s. Before introducing all of the possibilities, the authors provide a brief history of abortion in Romania. When Nicolae Ceausescu became dictator of Romania he made abortion illegal, banned contraception, and discontinued sex education in hopes of growing the population (p. 116). The children born following this were “worse in every measurable way: they would test lower in school, they would have less success in the labor market, and they would also prove much more likely to become criminals” (p. 116). In 1989, thousands of people took to the streets to protest Ceausescu’s regime and ultimately capturing him and killing him. “It should not

Handguns were used most often in homicides, most cases being in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s before falling to a low in 2008 (Cooper, et al.). Most gun involvement occurs with gang related activity, which increased from 73% in 1980 to 92% in 2008 (Cooper, et al.). The percentage of homicide victims killed with a gun increased with age of the victim until age 17, where it peaked at 79% and declined thereafter (Cooper, et al.). The sharp increase in homicides from the mid-1980’s through the early 1990’s, and much of the subsequent decline, is attributable to gun violence by teens and young adults (Cooper, et al.). From 1980 to 2008, more

The national crime rate has been dropping for the past several years. Over a 38% drop has been reported since 1993. The drop in the crime rate of America is mainly because of three top reasons. These reasons include the involvement of the community, the offenders of small crimes are being interrogated to come up with leads of larger crimes, and the new computer technology available today.