SOCL 4461 Study Guide - Homicide, Transnational Crime, Crime Prevention
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International crime rates are difficult to compare because: Varying definitions are varying legal codes: crime is differentiated in different cultures, crimes are defined different in other countries than in the united states, bicycle theft is considered vehicle theft in different countries than in the united. In the us, the past 10 years homicide rate has been 4. 5-6. 0 homicides per 100,000 victims. The us rape rate is 27. 9 per 100,000 victims. The us property crime rate of 3,000 per 100,000 per year: our country is made up of violence that is why we have a higher violent crime rate than property crime. Aggregate burden of crime in the us . 1 trillion per year: ,118 per person living in the us. In 1999 david anderson said how much does the us pay in terms of crime financially during the year? . He based the estimation on cost of legal system, opportunity cost, private policing.
