Global Crime Rate
Assignment #2: Global Crime Rate
Comparative Criminal Justice-CRJ330
Sharita L. Riddick
Strayer University
Professor Susan Wind
April 28, 2013 When it comes to any type of crime it is just not a good picture to paint. All across the nation crime is a worldwide problem that directly indirectly touches every one of us in multiple ways: as victims, in paying higher prices for products and services, and in living with the consequences of fear and corruption. The primary reason to understand compare crime data is to determine risk. Risk of crime evaluates the probability that certain crimes will occur and their potential harm. According to many across the global context, there are numerous of questions that become even more important to our security. Crime statistics summarize all across the nation, whether it is state to state, country to country, or international to international, it just has become more and more unsafe in our communities, and in this research, it will be discussions on the global crime rates for high-homicide and low-homicide. It will be determine the causes or correlates of these high and low rates, by identifying with about four different questionnaires. The Department of State has issued this Travel Warning to inform U.S. citizens about the security situation in Honduras. Honduras is a democracy with a developing economy bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The national language is Spanish, although English is often spoken in the Bay Islands. Tons of U.S. citizens safely visit Honduras each year for study, tourism, business and volunteer work. However, crime and violence are serious problems throughout this country. Honduras has the highest murder rate in the world, right now. San Pedro Sula is considered to be the world’s most violent city, with 159 murders for every 100, 000 resident in 2011. This is very recent statistics on this country that the threats have increased
Comparative Criminal Justice-CRJ330
Sharita L. Riddick
Strayer University
Professor Susan Wind
April 28, 2013 When it comes to any type of crime it is just not a good picture to paint. All across the nation crime is a worldwide problem that directly indirectly touches every one of us in multiple ways: as victims, in paying higher prices for products and services, and in living with the consequences of fear and corruption. The primary reason to understand compare crime data is to determine risk. Risk of crime evaluates the probability that certain crimes will occur and their potential harm. According to many across the global context, there are numerous of questions that become even more important to our security. Crime statistics summarize all across the nation, whether it is state to state, country to country, or international to international, it just has become more and more unsafe in our communities, and in this research, it will be discussions on the global crime rates for high-homicide and low-homicide. It will be determine the causes or correlates of these high and low rates, by identifying with about four different questionnaires. The Department of State has issued this Travel Warning to inform U.S. citizens about the security situation in Honduras. Honduras is a democracy with a developing economy bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The national language is Spanish, although English is often spoken in the Bay Islands. Tons of U.S. citizens safely visit Honduras each year for study, tourism, business and volunteer work. However, crime and violence are serious problems throughout this country. Honduras has the highest murder rate in the world, right now. San Pedro Sula is considered to be the world’s most violent city, with 159 murders for every 100, 000 resident in 2011. This is very recent statistics on this country that the threats have increased
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