The murder rate has done more increasing than decreasing over the last few years. In 2009 Philadelphia ended the year with 406 murders, about 70% of them went unsolved. As time passed the murder rate only decreased by a few people. Murders weren’t the only thing that increased, in 2008 the cities rape rate went high it reached a maximum of 1,038 cases. The lowest the city had in the past few years was in 2009, it ended with 896 cases.
Burglary and robbery crimes have also been steadily decreasing. Juvenile felony arrests in San Mateo County dropped considerably in the late 1990s, and have varied slightly in recent years. In 2010, there were 9.3 felony arrests for every 1,000 San Mateo County juveniles. Felony DUI arrests have been on the rise every year since 2005. In a 2013 survey, when asked how safe they feel in their neighborhood, 62.7% of county residents stated “excellent” or “very good” as
Police layoffs have sparkled new concern about crime in metropolitan areas that have seen progress, raising fears that cops on the beat are getting thrown into dangerous situations with less backup and fewer resources. Newark, which ranks 23rd on the list of dangerous cities, laid off 33 percent of its force in December 2011, and crime has since spiked. In the 11th week period, since the layoffs, auto thefts are up 40 percent compared to the same period a year earlier, according to the city's data on reported crimes. Murders are up 73 percent and carjackings have increased more than fourfold. The number of shooting victims has more than doubled.
In this case, the broken window is a signal that the community in New York was neglected, causing others to commit other types of crimes too. Once the window is repaired, people will feel less neglected and refrain from committing other crimes. However, recent studies and experiments, discussed in Caitlin M. Jones’ article “Genetic and Environmental Influences on Criminal Behavior”, show results that both contradict and support Gladwell, stating that genes also play a vital role in the outcomes of individuals’ behaviors. Other theories have also emerged; one of the more surprising ones coming from economist Rick Nevin, discussed in Shankar Vedantam’s “Research Links Lead Exposure, Criminal Activity”. Here, his theory argues that a high level of lead exposure leads to more violent behavior due to lead being a neurotoxin that causes impulsivity and aggression.
These crimes spots are predicted using COMPSTAT. Over the years, police departments have seen a major decline in crimes since the introduction of COMPSTAT. (Pearsall, B. (2010, May). COMPSTAT uses the four basic functions of Information System: Input, processing, output, and feedback.
Crime data Comparison CJA/314: Criminology Instructor: Chris Hammond By: Christine Kishlock Student: University of Phoenix Crime is a process that takes place when a law is broken; these laws are set in place to keep society at a social normal. When these laws are broken people normally report these activities but in the day and present time it has been more aware to criminal justice officials that most of the criminal behavior is not being reported. In this short comparison paper I will be going over to different metropolitan areas and comparing the rates in crime in a crime category. California holds several different metropolitan areas some are more wide spread than others and can go as far as half the state. The
The author of Source E also provides facts to support guns, “National violent crime rates that soared for 30 years from the early 1960s began to decrease markedly since 1993. Last December the FBI reported that murder and other violent crime rates fell again by 6.4% during the first half of 2011 compared with the same period in 2010”(Source E). But the statistics pro-gun control are overwhelmingly
The NCVS known as the, National Crime Victimization Survey, has recorded that the numbers of victimization has gone down since 1993. They have also come to the conclusion that victimization is not random, and the pattern is stable. We now also know that becoming a victim has a lot to do with personal and ecological factors. This survey allows different programs such as BJS, to get a better estimate of victimization with rape, assault, theft, and etc. “Each year, data are obtained
As stated in an article What Accounts for the Decline by IMROHOROG˘ LU etal (2004), "The most noticeable decline over this time has been observed for property crimes, which account for over 90 percent of all crimes [in United States]. "(pp.707) Most of these crimes were committed by youth. However the fraction of youth declined and so did the number of crimes they committed. Another factor that lead to a decline in the crime rate is the law enforcement. IMROHOROG˘ LU etal (2004) point out that "expenditures on police protection have increased from 0.6 percent of GDP in 1980 to 0.7 percent of GDP in 1996."
There has been a steady decline in homicides since around 1994 with a little peak in 2001-2002. This is the data that will be used to analyze and get results from. The research will be looking specifically at the time of day, the day of the week, and even the months that most homicides are occurring. It will also look into what kinds of homicides are occurring mostly around those times as well to see if the routines activities theory is supported by the data. Results: When researching the frequency of homicides in relation to the month they occurred to see if there was a trend in higher months the data that was gathered is in the figure below Table 1.