which country in the U.States has the less crime rate?why?
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I ll assume you meant to say state.\nRANK ORDER\n    \nNorth Dakota has the lowest crime rate\n\nhttp://www.morganquitno.com/dang00.htm
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No.  The incidence of crime can be studied from many angles.  You can count the number of occurrences in a time period.  You can count the number of occurrences in a time period divided by the current population.  In general, a very small population has less crime than a very large population.  A medium sized population will have more crime than a large population simply because of opportunity.  Gun's are tools.  They have little influence on the amount of crime.  They only influence the means of committing crimes.\nAnother idea.  If everyone were trained and equipped with guns, would you be very quick to pull a gun?  The idea has been suggested that if everyone could be trusted with such responsibility, that no one would risk having a multitude of guns pointed at him because he got mad or wanted to commit a crime.  If you are the only one with a gun, it is easy to pull it out and threaten others from a safety point of view.  Down-side; I don't trust everyone with a gun.
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In Michigan we do not have capitol punishment. We have not had it since 1842. Life in prison with out possibility of parole means just that and we do not have any more crime then Texas. In fact probably less.
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Please note -- the greater majority of crimes are local crimes, not federal crimes.  It's not the duty of the federal government to make sure that state and local laws are enforced.
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I think this is more an opinionated question.  But the least corrupted country i have been to is Iceland.  People there do not carry guns or lock their doors, no one has murdered anyone in the last 20 years.
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I'm sure if you've lived in bigger cities you would notice more crime going on....I lived in Iowa for 20 years....but now that I've lived in Norfolk Virginia for five years and I've had my car broken into twice, I've been held up at gunpoint, and I had a psycho girlfriend that slashed my tires....I'm sure it's not as bad as you think
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Are you trying to connect crime rate to homosexuals? If anything, there will be a negative correlation, since homosexuals tend to be wealthier (and therefore less likely to commit crimes).\n\nFor example, San Diego is the highest percent gay community, but I don't think their crime rate is all that high.
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Panama.\n\nThe poverty there was truely astounding.  I saw an entire city made of card board and the electricity was generater made and lined with extention cords.  It also had no plumbing so human waste was thrown in the street for the rains to wash away.  It was expected by a lot of families for the women to protestute to support them.\n\nThe area with the lowest crime rate was the block the police station was on and it had 18 muggings a day.  There were a lot of areas where if you did not have a gun, you did not need to go there.\n\nOf corse this was back in 1989 so things down there might have improved, but it made me realize how good we have it here.
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Less people locked up.  Fewer lives messed up.
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I would guess Monaco, which also has the lowest crime rate in the world. But that is the playground of people who do not have money worries.\n\nOn a more normal scale, Norway has a very high standard of living and property prices are nuts. I built a house 2 years ago for 3.2 million kroner, and it is now worth 5.5 million. That is a boom market. This is mid Norway. Northern Norway does not have the same cycle - we are in the oil and gas (Offshore) bracket here in Bergen.\n\nWe pay very high taxes though :-( \n\nHope that helps with your question
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I live in St. Louis, and the crime rate is pretty bad. I think we're in the top five of the most dangerous cities in the US.
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Houston has:\n78% more murders than the rest of the Country.\n146% more robberies than the rest of the Country.\n156% more arson than the rest of the Country.\n\nThe list goes on and on...
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As a matter of fact, America is less free than many other countries: Canada, Western Europe, Australia, etc..
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http://www.bestplaces.net/crime/\n\nquick signup (its free) and you can compare crime from virtually any US cities.
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Don't forget Leavenworth.  The US prison system is worse than a third world country's.  They should put the prisoners at Gitmo in the general population of a regular US prison (esp Rikers) and see how long they last.
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Not just small towns, its the big cities as well.\n\nI could see how a small town can make it appear to be more out of control though.  But to be honest, local sherriffs should have it easier to solve because in smaller towns you should know the area, and the people.  And it wouldnt be that hard to find out whos responsible, and deal with them.\n\nCome on -- if you have a meth problem, or any drug problem in a small town, everyone will know about it.  Secrets are hard to keep in small towns.\nAnd it would be up to the local smokeys to put out the fire.\n\nbut then again, with the way laws are set up to protect the criminals, police have to tip toe around criminals and seem to limited in what action they can take.\n\nplain and simple - why do we have such a huge drug/and crime problem in this country -- Because our laws arent strict enough, and criminals arent afraid of breaking the law because we are not tough enough on them.\n\n3 strikes youre out!\nchild molestors and rapist, and even murderers get off with limited sentences.\n1 time -- you kill someone intentionally, Bam!  Death penalty\nConvicted of serial raping -- Bam, death penalty for all violent crimes\n\nThis would instill fear in future criminals, and if not,eliminate them so they cant commit again after they serve their sentence\n\nArmed robbery = life in prison\nChild molestation = castration\n\nuntil we instill hard punishments on these criminals they will just repeat repeat repeat, if not on the outside, then on the inside where they will be part of a circle that continues to manifest itself someway to the outer public.\n\nCase inpoint -- man kills a few people in cold blood.\nGets 30-life sentence.  why\nIf someone knows hes going to spend rest of his life in prison, he will adapt, and become one of those bullies that affects the lesser offense criminals.\nthis is where the indirect repurcussions of a too lenient judicial system are apparent.\n\nthose lifers run the joints.\nthey pick on the weak, and create the rapes, murders and drugs that happen within the prisons, because they adapt to their situation.\nAnd we have to shell out 12,000 a year for these people\n\nIf youre against the death penalty, then youre contributing to the rise in crimes within this country.
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According to the US Census for the year 2001, it was New Mexico, with 19.8 suicides per 100,000 people (US National average is 10.8; lowest rate is in New York at 6.6).\n\nDon't ask me why it's higher in New Mexico than elsewhere...