By comparing total crimes per population, we concluded the population per square mile is not a factor in determining the amount of crime: York County has a population of 9.01persons per square mile and it’s a high-crime county and Lane County has a population of 13.7 persons per square mile and is also a high-crime county; on the other hand, Lake County has a population of 4528.1 persons per square mile and Lee County has a population of 5609.25 persons per square mile and they are both considered low-crime counties. Therefore, our metric using total crimes, instead of a breakdown of individual categories of crimes and population provide the best methodology to identify and classify the levels of crime levels in the counties of…
There are several perceptions about the causes of property crime in the United States. Many believe that the degree of property crime is determined by various factors including per capita income for each state, percentage of public aid recipients, high school dropout rates and many more. This project seeks to provide evidence for or against some of these common perceptions about property crime. Specifically it seeks to answer the questions: are crime rates higher in urban than rural areas? Does unemployment or education level contribute to property crime rates? Other independent variables that will be studied include public aid for families with children, population density, and average precipitation in the major city in each state.…
-Robbery declined for the several reasons, including the increase in community policing and police crackdowns. Additionally, the rate of victimization is much higher than the rate of crimes reported to the police. Hence,…
This paper will discuss two metropolitan areas with different data. Which area had more reported incidents will also be discussed with the rates of the crime for each area. This paper will also discuss the rates change over time in both areas and what factors might explain the differences in the rates.…
In 1929, the International Association of Police Chiefs decided there was a need for reliable, uniform crime statistics. In 1930 the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) was given the task of collecting, publishing, and archiving crime statistics. The report would eventually become known as the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) Program. This report is a collaborative effort of more than 17,000 cities and law enforcement agencies who voluntarily submit data on crimes reported in their respective areas.…
There are nearly fifteen-thousand robberies in the Los Angeles metropolitan area each year, but despite that debatably high number, crime rates are actually dropping at a rapid rate. Los Angeles Crime…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (2015) website states there is a violent crime every twenty-seven seconds, a murder occurs every thirty-seven minutes, a rape occurring every six-and-a-half minutes, a robbery occurring every one-and-a-half minutes, an aggravated assault occurring every forty-three seconds, a property crime occurring every three seconds, a burglary occurring every sixteen seconds, larceny-theft occurring every five seconds, and a motor vehicle theft every forty seconds. These are criminal statistics from the year 2013. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (2015), forty-eight percent of violent crimes were cleared…
In Miami, Fl the crime rates on robberies are still on the rise, as stated by Miami crime statistics and crime data, Miami’s crime level is worse than national average. These strings of robberies are affecting many families and lives, due to the fact majority of these robberies turn into homicides. The crime rates and robberies also affect many neighborhoods as it brings down property value, and it also establishes a bad environment to raise children and start families. The crime rates are also negatively impacting the lives of the citizens of Miami, Fl.…
Each of them has kind of the same purposes of concluding the trends in different crimes and suggesting the attention of issues. Even though, those types of crime measurement all have the similar focus, the result varies a great bit between them. While reading this, keep in mind each type of measurements are ran by different groups that hold their own ways of gathering information. It is often known that in the United States, the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) is the most relied upon. Many believe the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) gathers all their information from local law enforcement agencies around the world. Results come from recorded police reports which collect data on about 95% of the population (appendix table 2 in Criminal Victimization, 2012, NCJ 243389, October 2013). The UCR breaks down crimes into Part One and Part Two offenses. Part One offenses include eight crimes being either violent or property offenses (which are the more serious crimes). Meanwhile, Part Two offenses include all other minor crimes except for traffic…
In Chapter 3 of our text we learn how about the different tools to track crime, criminal behaviors, measure crime, and crime rate. Discuss and define the different types of measuring tools used such as the UCR, National Incident-based reporting, victim surveys, and self-reported survey. Discuss both the positives and negative of each of the methods used to measure crime. Then respond to at least two peer posts.…
According to the F.B.I uniform crime data report violent crime has increased in 2012 compared 2011, the increase has amounted to 1.2 percent. The category of violent crime includes murder, rape, assault, robbery, and aggravated assault. ("Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report, January-December, 2012 ", 2012). Murder is by far the most serious violent crime there is. America has the highest murder rate in the world. The city with the highest murder rate in the U.S so far in 2013 is Chicago IL.…
The standard procedure for measuring crime is the Uniform Crime Report (UCR). UCR collects its data through police reports. As seen on page thirty-three of our text books, this data is permitted to compare over time through eight different index crimes (murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, arson). Page thirty-two states that throughout the first year of operation, the UCR system had received reports from four hundred cities in forty-three states. In today’s use of the UCR method, many other law enforcement agencies provide information to better the accuracy of crime statistics. Although the UCR collects all of this data, there are still crimes that go without count because they were never reported. This being said, the UCR creates convenience for statistical-reporting only. Today’s UCR/NIBRS…
Official crime figures (OCF) are essentially figures which have been extracted from a set of data and allow people make informed decisions. Analysis allows for the identification of changes over time and plan and prepare for possible events in the future. They provide insight into crime and stimulates thinking and debate as to the manifestation of such crime.…
This paper will show the comparison of aggravated assaults in the metropolitan cities of Charlotte, North Carolina and Chattanooga, TN. An explanation will also provide details in which metropolitan area reported the most incidents and the rates of the crime for each area. Also in this text, you will find information regarding any rate changes over time in those areas. Finally I will discuss any major key factors that may explain any differences in the changed rates.…
Crime in our nation is a serious problem today. Not only is criminal activity dangerous for the American people but it is expensive as well. The harshest of crimes being homicide, in 2008 it was reported that there were 15,672 murders committed compared to the year 2009 which 14,558 murders took place. According to Fox News studies there is an estimated cost of $17 million of tax payers’ money going into investigating and solving a murder. The study looks at victim cost, the cost of arrest and adjudication, and the cost of incarceration, trials, and investigators (DeLisi, 2010).…