Crime Rate In The 1990s

Crime rate is basically defined as the number of Criminal Code offenses in an area reported to the police per 100,000 population in that area (StatsCan, 2016). Crime rates provide an insight about the society and the deviance going in and around it. Crime rates steadily dropped in most countries in the 1990s but the most drastic change seen was in the North American region. According to Understanding why crime fell in the 1990s written by Steven D. Levitt, the homicide rates in The United States of America reduced about forty-three percent from its peak in 1991 to early 2001 and. This was the lowest rate in 35 years (Levitt, 2004). This decline in crime rate is a depiction of changing social, ethical and moral values. The significance of