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    Crime in the United States is a fascinating phenomenon. It has changed throughout time and history. It evolved and progressed. There are visible waves in crime rates in the American history; this is often caused by changes in the economy‚ political situation as well as unemployment rate. Crime rates can also depend on the demographics of the area being studied. These are the several variables which can alter the outcome of crime rate measurement. The crime statistics in the United States‚ as well

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    Unemployment Rates in the United States According to the most recent report put out by the United States Department of Labor‚ in the month of February‚ 49 states saw a decrease in nonfarm employment while Louisiana was the only one where they had seen an increase in nonfarm employment. California had a decrease in jobs since January by 116‚000 with Florida in second with 49‚500 jobs lost. While Alaska seen the smallest decease in unemployment by just 100. And again Louisiana is the only state to see

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    Jeff Puccini 3/29/2011 Why Crime Rates Will Drop? This important cause which is some experts think strong economic could let crime rates to drop. However‚ the fact is actually not‚ before 1992‚ American has strong economic. However‚ in fact‚ in these times‚ crime rates were very high. Furthermore‚ according to “Levitt D. Steven and Stephen J. Dubner” (Freakonomics 3). We know homicide fell at a greater rate during the 1990s than any other sort of Crime and number of reliable studies

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    Why is crime and violence high in America? Crime and violence is high in America because there are people in America as it is all over the world that cannot follow rules. There are thieves‚ rapist‚ and murders in every place in America. My expectations were not met. The crime rate is not high in every place in America. I found out that crime is high in communities with high poverty rate more so than any other community. This information causes my perspective to change greatly. I look at crime in

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    What causes High Crime Rate? Westwood College (Criminology) Week 2 Assignment What causes High Crime Rate? Crime rate is where the Federal Burro of Investigations use the number of crimes reported to the burro to measure the crime rate of certain locations as well as the type of crimes. When researching two cities there are two different ways to research the crime there is qualitative and quantitative; these two sound similar but there are some differences. Qualitative has details with descriptions

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    objects the search. Drug deals and other crimes sometimes take place in public restrooms. May the police look into a restroom stall to observe a crime being committed? The police needing to look into a restroom stall to observe a crime being committed depends upon the degree of the circumstance. It has been held by courts before that police can sometimes look inside a stall within a public restroom without violating the occupant’s privacy. In United States v. Hill‚ the courts of appeals have held

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    particularly rap videos‚ have been glorifying sex‚ drugs‚ and stupidity‚ dumbing down hundreds of thousands of people who may have had the potential to cure cancer. Girls are dressing in skimpier outfits and getting pregnant left and right. People are getting high while driving a car. Both music videos and television popularized Ebonics and ditching school‚ causing thousands of kids who are enrolled to a school‚ illiterate. These sorts of entertainment set off an entire chain of effects that led to the deterioration

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    Chapter II: Presentation‚ Analysis and Interpretation of Data I. Definition of Crime……………………………………7-9 II. Causes A. Adults……………………………………………9-11 B. Minors…………………………………………...11-14 iv C. Men……………………………………………......14-18 D. Women…………………………………………….18-22 III. Kinds (Philippine Setting) A. Organized Crime…………………………………22 B. Petty Crime……………………………………….22 C. Violent Crime…………………………………….23 D. Prostituion………………………………………..23 E. Human Trafficking………………………………

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    In the United States‚ the crime rate is increasing each day. Although many may believe that only adults are executing this criminal activity‚ and that is entirely not true. Juvenile crime has been a problem in the United States for many years and is still a main factor to the growing crime rates in cities across the United States. Many factors of these adolescences lives contribute to their actions. Such as‚ drug use‚ their communities‚ their peers and also their families. Juvenile crime does not

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    made aware of the murders and/or heinous crimes that happened in your area. According to a report published by the FBI‚ murders in 2015 has increased by 10.8% as compared to previous years and out of the nation’s 15‚696 murders‚ the weapon of choice were hand guns (DAVEY). These murders were conducted for a plethora of reasons‚ but the law would classify the murders as a form of domestic violence‚ hate crimes‚ drug related‚ etc. Majority of these crimes were committed with the help of a handgun

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