homicide rateshuman capital spendingpolitical ideologyLatin AmericaViolent crime has been commonplace in Latin America over the past decades. While existing research has made progress in explaining the rationale and outcomes of government coercive strategies against crime, it has overlooked the non-coercive...
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Another study, conducted by Simon Demers (2018), found that in Canada, violent crime rates were strongly correlated with NHL penalties between 1962 and 2016. There has, thus, been some conflicting research through recent decades about the nature and intensity of the relationship between sport and...
Violent crime rates are still well below the rates of previous decades, but the jump has prompted concern in locales in different parts of the country and has become a part of the debate over electing a new mayor in New York City. It is also a potential problem for the White House an...
Violent crimes in Oakland increased by more than 20% last year, according to the city’s police department. Photo by Shutterstock.Violent crime in Oakland increased by more than 20% last year, while it decreased in other California cities, including LA. Robberies and burglary rates...
Some experts point to the fact that while violent video game sales are on the rise, violent crime rates in the United States are going down [source: LiveScience] However, the Missouri State Correctional System isn't taking any chances. As of 2004, convicted violent offenders in Missouri no...
Moneyinc ranked the top most violent cities in the U.S. and it's not great news for Missouri. Crimes rates rise each year and from city to city, data found that cities with high crime rates have higher unemployment and poor living condition. There's a lot of crime in Missouri, but...
The simple answer is no. Instead the opposite has occurred, as games became more violent, the players became calmer. The games create a “safe” outlet for any anger or angst that young people possess. Crime rates in the teen population have lowered and violent teens admit to having little...
Although juvenile arrests for violent crimes and juvenile victimization rates have declined, juveniles adjudicated as delinquent continue to be at substantial risk of perpetrating—and/or being the victims—of violent acts. A complex nexus of risk and...
After decades of sex abuse complaints, a NY pediatrician is ordered to pay $1.6B to over 100 women Violent crime almost certainly did fall earlier this year but the FBI almost certainly overstated by how much, Jeff Asher with the data consulting firm AH Datalytics wrote in an online post...