SOCL 3510 Lecture : SOCL 3510 Stevenson 06132016 W/ Lecture Notes
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Some tend to think that when the economy goes down, crime goes up. There is a way that the economy can be related to crime. When legitimate economies go down, we see an increase in illegal economies (i. e. drugs). Our most recent homicide peak was in 1991 (9. 8 per 100,000 people) Clearance rate for homicide remains at around 63%, meaning that the victim/offender relationship is known. This means that in 37% of homicide incidents, the victim/offender relationship and circumstances are unknown. Everything is based on the 63% of homicides that we do know about. The undetermined numbers of homicides do vary as the nature of homicides vary, and the type of homicides vary: the most common victim/offender relationship is acquaintances. According to data of incidents in which the victim/offender relationship was known (the 63%), we are more likely to be killed by someone we know. Argument based homicides are the most common.
