Violent crimes in the county have been steadily decreasing from 2,447 in 2005 to 2,072 in 2009. Homicides decreased by almost 50% in the same time. The 2012 homicide rate was 15 down from 18 in 2011. Most of the murders in the county happen in East Palo Alto, a city with a long history of crime and poverty. Burglary and robbery crimes have also been steadily decreasing.
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.
The median household income in Detroit dropped from $29,526 in 2000 to $26,098 in 2009. It was only a year later that it dropped again to $25,787. In 2010, the mean income fell below the US average by thousands. Every 1 in 3 residents in the city of Detroit is in poverty. Detroit reported more burglaries in 2010 than 2012.
Quincy Terrell Mrs. Stevens English III 10 December 2010 American’s Greed Leads to Poverty Republican nominee Herbert Hoover shared some hopeful words with Americans in 1928. He said that the day was in sight “when poverty will be banished from this nation.” This turned out to be was wishful thinking. One percent of the richest families in America during this time received one fourth of all U.S. income (Brinkley2). Buying stocks on margin became very popular during the 1920s. People began to abuse this system to invest huge amounts of imaginary money that only existed on paper, which back fired when the prices of stocks began to fall and they did not have money to pay for the stocks purchased (Lonkevich4).
The number of people behind bars has grown substantially in many countries over the past 20 years.” (para. 9). Better policing can also be attributed to the decline in crime rates as evidence of the growing prison population. According to Mitchell (2010), "In Denver, 30 of the 2009 murders — almost 80 percent — have been solved, according to Mary Dulacki, records coordinator for Denver police.” Per a Denver Police spokesperson, another factor in the reduction of murders is the improvements with emergency medical treatment and services. First responders are able to save more lives than in the past (Mitchell, 2010).
What were the Rates of Crime for each Area? Inglewood California has a lower aggravated assault crime rate than Knoxville Tennessee. In Inglewood California, the aggravated assault crime rate per 100,000 people in 2006 is 426.8. Knoxville Tennessee had an aggravated assault crime rate of 684.7 for every 100,000 people (Area Connect, 2014). The aggravated assault crime rate for 2006 is reported because it falls between the years 2000 and 2012 that are used in this report of crime data.
The median age for the population of Dyer County is 36.5 years of age. Looking back at the US Census report from the year 2000 the population was 38, 335 and has only increased by 765 residents over the last twelve years. This is not indicative of a growing community but of one that is maintaining the status quo. In researching the economic status of Dyer County, it is clear according to an article in the local newspaper, Dyersburg State Gazette dated November 1, 2011 that the unemployment rate for the county is 13.7 percent. This dire statistic earns Dyers County the title of the eight highest unemployment rate for counties in the state of Tennessee.
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."
The GDP growth rates were a magnitude not since 1930 of -8.6 percent, 1931 of -6.4 percent, 1932 of -19 percent and in 1933 of -1.3 percent. While the Depression going on the unemployment was 25 percent and wages for people who still had jobs fell almost to 42 percent. The total of the U.S. economic output fell from $103 to $ 55 billion and the world plummeted 65 percent as measured
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