Another group included 40 sex offenders, who induced crimes such as rape, paedophilia and sexual assaults. Their mean age varied from 41 for the paedophiles down to 28 for the other assaults. The last group of 20 had committed property offences involving theft and burglary, their mean age was 29. The procedure involved the use of the ‘Blame Attribution Inventory’, this measured the offender’s type of offence and attribution of blame in three aspects: internal/external, mental element and guilt. The results exposed the sex offenders as feeling the most guilt with a mean score of 12.7, and the violent criminals followed with a score of 8.1.
Crime Data Comparison Crime Data Comparison For the purpose of researching crime data statistics, two different metropolitan areas in the United States, Knoxville Tennessee and Inglewood California are used to compare the aggravated assault statistics for each area. Knoxville Tennessee and Inglewood California are both in the population range of 100,000 to 249,000 (The Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2010). The results include the number of aggravated assault charges reported for each year from 2000 to 2012. Each metropolitan area reports different aggravated assault rates. The difference in aggravated assault rates is the result of many factors that affect each metropolitan area in Tennessee and California differently.
This represents around 473,000 adults being victims of sexual offences (around 404,000 females and 72,000 males) on average per year. These experiences span the full spectrum of sexual offences, ranging from the most serious offences of rape and sexual assault to other sexual offences like indecent exposure and unwanted touching. "(Crime Survey for England and Wales, 2009/2010/2011/2012) Sexual assault is a personal and destructive crime. The effects on individual can be psychological, emotional, or physical. They can be brief in duration or last a long time.
Juvenile Crime Statistics Juvenile Crime Statistics Identifying an adolescent as a juvenile delinquent refers to him or her being involved in activity considered a violation of any Federal, state, or municipal law. Any persons under 18 who commit an illegal act would be classified as a juvenile offender. Over the past 50 years statistics show that cases involving juvenile offenders have increased. In an attempt to provide a closer look on juvenile delinquency, statistical information has been complied to display the specific areas in which such offenses have either increased or decreased. This paper will focus on the juvenile statistics gathered in 2008; the decrease in arrests, increase in narcotic offenses, simple assaults as well as the implications for juvenile females and minorities will be discussed and examined.
Decrease in Juvenile Crime In 2001, according to the FBI, juveniles accounted for 17% of all arrests and 15% of all violent crime arrests (Snyder, 2003). In the late 1980s, juvenile violent crime arrest had a substantial growth then peaked in 1994. However, between 1994 and 2001, the juvenile arrest rate for Violent Crime Index fell 44% and as a result, the juvenile Violent Crime Index arrest rate was the lowest since 1983 (Snyder, 2003). Furthermore, in 2001, the rate of juvenile arrests for Violent Crime Index offenses that included forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault and murder declined for the seventh consecutive year. The juvenile arrest rate for each of these offenses has been declining steadily since the mid-1990s; for murder, the rate fell 70% and manslaughter arrest rate fell 40% from its 1993 peak through 2001.
“Last year, 15,890 Americans became victims of violent crime each day” (Brinkerhoff). Property crimes are the most committed crimes in the U.S. (Crime). I am shocked how many crimes are committed daily in the U.S. What causes people to commit criminal behavior? Are they born to be aggressive? Are criminals made from their environment?
Further, the Property Crime Index decreased by 20%, larceny-theft by 17%, murder by 5%, motor vehicle theft by 50%, and burglary by 14% (Puzzanchera, 2008). Juvenile Arrests and Monitoring Unit Due to an increase in firearm offenses in Fort Myers, Florida, probation officers as well as police officers were forced to monitor juveniles convicted of firearm offenses for prosecutors, judiciary, and probation. “At least fourteen juvenile offenders convicted of firearm offenses are JUVENILE CRIME STATISTICS
These offenders usually choose their targets at random but may be have personal preferences like gender or size. The last classifications of sexual offenders are sex offenders who commit crimes of sexual violence against children within their own families. Currently these types of sexual offenders seem to be most popular. According to “RAINN” Rape, Abuse, Incest Nation Network, someone the victim knows commits most sexual assaults and rapes. They reported that up to 73% of sexual offenses were perpetrated by non-strangers.
The data of this Bulletin is too congested. There are categories with sub-categories, and those sub-categories have sub-categories i.e., percentages of murder victims under the age of 15 and 13 and 5, percentages of victims killed with firearms, percentages of loiterers, runaways, those ignoring curfews. How can a clear understanding of the status of juvenile delinquency of 2008 be easily achieved by “john q public” or, for that matter, law enforcement? In other words, the Bulletin is not reader-friendly. Also, without the inclusion of rehabilitation programs offered in 2008 with their successes and failures, the reader sees only part of the “big picture”.
Date rape is a notorious and uncertain crime. Sexual assault includes any sexual activity carried out against the will of the victim through the use of violence, cruelty, threats even if it did not end in penetration. ( National Crime Victimization Survey 2012) There are many different types of rape. But the kind that is most common among teens is Date Rape. There are many situations and causes that lead to date rape.