The UCR (Uniform Crime Report) has a list of reasons why crime even occurs here is the top 5.
-Population density and degree of urbanization.
-Effective strength of law enforcement agencies.
- Economic conditions including median income, poverty level and job availability.
- Variations in compositions of population and particularly youth concentration.
- Family conditions .
- Climate.
There can be many reasons as to why one commits a crime and what goes through the heads of these offenders but there will never be a defiant answer as to exactly what goes on. FBI crime index in the united states includes violent crimes and property crime. Violent crimes consist of these four criminal offenses murder and nonnegligent-manslaughter, forcible rape,robbery and aggravated assault. Property crime consist of burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft and arson. The United States has the highest crime rate in the world. In 2009 2.3 million people were incarcerated in the United States this including federal and state prisons and local jails creating an incarceration rate of 793. In 2011 1.6 million people were incarcerated under federal and state authorities by the end of 2011 another 492 people were in prison. Among people sentenced 725,000 people were incarcerated for violent crimes, 250,000 were Incarcerated for property crime. The U.S homicide rate that has decreased since 1992 is still the highest in the industrialized world. There were 14,748 homicides in the United States in 2010 including non negligent- manslaughter, 666,160 murders were recorded from 1960-1996.
Crime rates very in the United States depending on the type of community in the metropolitan areas both violent and property crime were higher then most cities, places located outside of a metropolitan area had a lower violent crime rate but property crime was higher. FBI divides crime into four regions so they can be compared Northeast, Midwest, South and West.
What has the American government done to decrease this problem? ... Domestics our considered by law a crime of control just as the law described rape as a crime of control. ... We can all agree that domestic violence is a horrible crime. ... Domestic violence is a crime derived from the need to control. Which is why laws are being put in place to prevent further decrease the number of crimes committed. ...
Violence In America In the ideal America, our celebrated, ethnically diverse populous would overlook and not even recognize such socially developed stigmas such as race, sex, color, and religion. ... Hate crimes are happening in America at a disturbing frequency. That being a given, it is time we as a society look to the roots of hate crimes in America. ... America has taken a reactive approach to hate crimes. ... Prevention is the key to stopping further hate crimes in America and around the world, and it can be done. ...
Domestic violence is regarded as a widespread problem in American society. ... Honor-based crimes are motivated by a desire to preserve family or community honor. ... Sexual violence can be considered as domestic violence. ... Hitting a spouse or a child is not always regarded as unacceptable in American society. ... To the extent that current laws have failed to prevent such crimes, and statistics show that this is the case. ...
Juvenile crime has always been so serious issue in many countries. ... Second reason is family violence. Violence is not about heredity, violence is learned behavior and it is often learned from parents and family members (American Psychological Association, 1996 ). ... According to Janet Carter, witnessing parental domestic violence and exposing domestic violence is similar to each other in terms of consequences and both of them are contribute children delinquency. ... Not all children who exposed to domestic violence are effected similar or in the same way but it is clear that parental viole...
America needs to crack down and needs to aid the fight against domestic violence. The American government should become more involved in educating students about the problems concerning domestic violence. ... There is no doubt that domestic violence has taken a great toll on the women and children of America. ... People who create these crimes are usually mentally stressed and don't know any other way to treat their family. ... The American Government should become more involved in educating students about the problems concerning domestic violence. ...
Lyman and Potter (2015) state that, "[the media creates] their own social reality of notorious gang leaders; conspiratorial, exotic, and alien organized crime; and a world of illicit business controlled by the wanton and often random use of force and violence" (p. 58). ... Immigrants are highly marginalized by the criminal justice system and the public, which creates social conflicts and leads to the rise of other types of violence (Persak, 2006, p. 110). ... Donald Liddick (2007) argues that the media and other governmental committees try to disguise organized crime as a result of a...
Millions of Americans are victims to crime every year. ... There are two types of crime. There are two types of crime. ... To help the victims of crime the US has Crime Victims Week. ... During Crime Victims Week, we have a chance to pay tribute to innocent victims of crime and violence(Bush). " I urge all Americans to share the burden of reducing crime in their communities and to follow the example of those who have helped establish rights and improve services for victims"(Bush). ...
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the total number of homicides in the America's, North and South, in 2012 were 157,000 (). This translates to Brazil accounting for over 30% of homicides in the America's alone. ... However, they still are at stabilizing high levels, which keeps Brazil as one of the top South American countries with a high homicide rate. ... Actually, it is the middle-income regions and urban areas of Latin America that harbor most of the crime rates, which also happens to have most extreme rates of income inequality. ... The gang lif...
In a 1996 pole done by TV-free America, it is noted that "Fifty-Five percent of children usually watch television alone or with a friend, but not with families". ... The violence that teaches our children to be aggressive are the acts of violence that are being witnessed in their daily lives. According to the American Psychology Association, "A child who sees a parent or other family member abused is more likely to see violence as a way to solve problems and subsequently be more likely to abuse others." ... Another aspect to consider when making a correlation between video violence and youth c...
My main question is, how does the media provoke violence, aggressive behavior, and crime in sane people in our society? ... There are many Americans believe that heavy exposure to televised violence is one of the causes of aggressive behavior, crime, and violence in our society. ... Researchers believe, on the whole, that violence at least causes aggression in some viewers or provokes ideas on various types of crime. ... People are ultimately responsible for their own actions and should not blame the media for the violence in America. ... Studies have shown that only a small percent of v...
