Crime In The 1990's

Crime in the 1990’s Crime in the 20th century was always a big problem. Although it still very much existed at the time, rates of crime in the 1990’s astonished many Americans: it took a sudden turn. Rates of crimes dropped all over the nation, even in larger cities where violence was an everyday factor. There are numerous statistics and theories out there that try to explain why such a random decrease in crime happened. The 1990’s was at first high with crime, There were numerous gangs committing crimes back early on in the 1990’s. Infamous school shootings such as Colombine were a problem. Bombings such as in Oklahoma City and attempted bombings such as in the World Trade Center in 1993 occurred. Although such atrocities happened at
Although they do not exactly, they have came up with theories to explain why it may have happened. To start off, Immigration is one such. Hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of migrants flooded into America In the very last decade before the new mellinium. More than one analysis has shown the period when people migrated to America in the 90’s, crime rates plummeted, even though people blame newcomers for high crime levels. The percentages of violence and injustice were expected by a lot of people to skyrockets, but instead they lowered far below expectations. “ … a multi-level analysis of racial and ethnic differences in violent offending… found that both first- and second-generation Mexican Americans demonstrated lower rates of participation in violence than whites.” Diversity of people from elsewhere that moved to America may have more than a pro than a con
This was allowed to happen twenty years prior to the crime drop. “The legalization of abortion in the 1970’s may have decreased the number of ‘unwanted’ children who might have grown up to become criminals” (Barker 491). This would have helped to lower rates of future crime (Ouimet 4). Work locations began to rise and take more employees. Easier access to available workplaces created a better way to generate an income in the U.S. Along with more ways to generate income, the pay generated by these careers also began to rise. As a possible large contribution, this could lessen the want to commit injustices, such as theft and robbery (Barker 491). Better pay can be associated with less