why is crime rate increasing?/?
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All three, and everything else.  Kid's have no respect for authority, that includes teachers, parents and police...it's "cool" to be rude to authority, and it's even cooler to get an ASBO.  Equally parents don't seem to want to have control over their children, maybe because all these stupid smacking ban's that are coming into force, parents are now scared to discipline their children, so they leave them to their own devices.\n\nThe society we live in has changed, no one seems to care about anyone else...it's dog eat dog, cold and cruel.  Our attitude's have changed, no one want's to get involved to help someone else, for fear of being shot or stabbed...we're all living in fear of some sort, which I guess makes us the way we've become.\n\nDrugs are part of the culture of today, I will call alcohol a drug too, because so many people have it as a part of their lives, so many young people are dependent on it...it's a vicious cycle that will re-create...and so on and so on.\n\nAnd last but not least, I believe that the constant incoming of immigrants, legal and not legal, is not helping our crime rate.  Watch Crime Watch and count the coloured people...it speaks volumes.
1132830
the violence will increase of course. violence only breeds more violence.  and it doesn't matter that they killed him and 7 aids of his b/c those terrorists are very dispensable. they've already replaced him i'm sure.
20909
immigration has been causing the population to increase.  this has stimulated the economy, causing prosperity to many.
341990
Crime I think is due to lack of respect for others and lack of personal responsibility.\n\nThe crimes are getting more bizarre because society is sadly becoming almost immune to most crime, and so the criminals who most often seek attention from media and communities, have to up the crimes to attain the same public response that they seek.
501277
There have always been the crimes you listed. People have just been informed of resources and that the crimes are reportable. It just appears as if there is more crime. BUT actually-the population of the world does increase.
460601
Sorry to blow your theory--but areas with large influxes of immigrants have less crime.  Take a look at New York City's crime statistics.  It is a city of over 9 million--38% are foreign born & it is one of the safest cities in the US.  Harvard just published statistics backing up my statements.  Do you have data that can back up yours?
890230
One of the leading causes of crime is poverty. Shame our\nleaders will never acknowledge this. \nJust check out the places where there's the most crime.
200632
They give more employment opportunities to those who need them. When people make money legitimately, they tend to not need to resort to crime.
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Because we have become desensitized.  The murders are more frequent but what is more frightening is the brutality and how young the murderers are.  I am amazed at the number of girls and women that committ the really violent crimes and how many of them are done for financial gain or because someone fell out of love with them....sickos!
218484
I don't know. But I think it's rising. more and more, people can't afford to retire. Plus some try to retire, and end up getting depression and stuff, and get a job again.
1105916
It is accurate to say that fewer cops would lower the crime rate, but not because people would be protecting themselves more.  The crime rate would be lowered because there would be fewer cops to bust crimes, and therefore the number of cases that they could handle will be lowered, hence a lower crime rate.\n\nThis exact principle has been proven in cities where the number of cops have been increased... contrary to what people would assume, the crime rate increased.  Crime itself didn't increase, but the number of cases they were able to handle did.
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I grew up in Maryvale and your right it has become the most crime filled areas in Phoenix. Your right too about Glendale, dozens living in homes built for a family of 4. There is no doubt that a rise in violent crimes is on par with the amount of illegals in these once quaint neighborhoods.
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270 during  last year.\nMurders were up slightly nationwide during the first six months of the year, and gang violence contributed to more killings in some of the nation's largest cities, the FBI reported Monday. \nThe number of murders rose 1.1% nationwide, while overall violent crime declined 3.1%. New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia were among the cities with an increase in homicides.\n\nThe reasons for the increase in homicides vary by city. But experts said there has been a resurgence in gang activity in some of the cities.\n\n"The question is, what are they fighting over?" said Kenneth Land, a Duke University sociology professor. "Is it retribution homicides, or turf wars over drugs, or is it protecting turf?"\n\nThe FBI's six-month status report, based on reports from state and local law enforcement agencies, is widely viewed as an important indicator of national crime trends each year. \n\nThe report also is considered a good predictor for the bureau's year-end crime analysis.\n\nThe report does not include raw totals for categories of crimes, only percentages. However, the FBI had figures for some large cities.\n\nThe six-month totals for 2003 marked the third consecutive time the FBI has recorded a decrease in overall violent crimes but an increase in murders.\n\nThe FBI said there were 308 murders from January to June of this year in New York City, compared with 270 during the same span last year. Philadelphia had 158 murders in the first half of this year — 20 more than in the first half of 2002. Baltimore had 141 (14 more) and Newark, N.J., had 40 (13 more).\n\nOfficials in Washington declared a crime emergency this summer during a spate of mostly gang-related violence.\n\nOverall, there were 4.3% more murders in the Northeast part of the country during the first half of 2003 compared with last year. There also were slightly more homicides in the South and West; only the Midwest showed a decrease (-1.9%).\n\nMany major cities outside the Northeast had fewer slayings, the report said. Los Angeles was down by 65; it had 258. Detroit had 156 (28 fewer) and Las Vegas dropped by six, from 70 to 64.\n\nEven with the national increase in murder, overall violent crime fell, as it has for most of the past decade. Other violent crimes besides murder that are measured are forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault.\n\nAggravated assaults were down 4.4%. Forcible rapes dropped 4% and robberies less than 1%. \n\nProperty crimes dropped by 0.8% compared with the year before, although motor vehicle thefts were up slightly at 0.9%. Other property crimes are burglary and larceny.\n\nThe number of arsons — measured separately — dropped 10%. Every part of the country saw fewer criminal fires set in the first half of 2003.\n\nThe nation's largest cities, those with more than 250,000 residents, saw violent crime drop slightly more than 4%. \n\nThe drop was most pronounced in rural areas, however, where violent crime fell 5.7%. Violent crime was down 1.1% in the suburbs.\n\nThe rates for property crime changed very little in cities and suburbs in the first half of 2003, but rural counties experienced a 2.5% decrease.\n\nAll regions of the country showed a decrease in motor vehicle thefts from January to June except the West, where they rose by 7.2%.\n\nThe FBI's Uniform Crime Reports for the first six months of the year are based on information collected from 9,908 state and local law enforcement agencies.
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Pros: Crime rate goes down.\n\nCons: If your a bad guy, you don't know who is carrying and who is not.
1043642
Here's an explanation of why it's happening...
758962
Don't know, but watch out for murders and rapists, one of the highest crime rates in the country.
386578
The amount of women that are being incarcerated has increased at a rate of 20 to 1 in the last ten years. The crimes being committed by women are mainly crimes taht are drug-related or crimes committed trying to get the next fix!