STATISTICS

Statistics

Statistics

Terrorism

Terrorism is a fact of life in the 21st century with no corner of the world safe from the violence. Yesterday, the U.S. State Department released a report on Terrorism Trends including some data compiled by the National Counterterrorism Center. Here are the deadly numbers:

Crime

Violent crime in the United States, including murder and robbery, dropped 4.4 percent in the first half of 2009 and property crime like car thefts also dropped, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Monday. The latest statistics suggest U.S. violent crime could drop for a third full year in a row, a steady decline despite the harsh economic recession that some policymakers and police groups had feared would lead to an upward spike. The FBI report did not offer an explanation for the declining crime rates.

The number of murders fell 10 percent compared to the same six-month period in 2008, while robbery declined 6.5 percent and forcible rape dropped 3.3 percent, according to preliminary statistics released by the FBI.

Violent crime in all of 2008 fell 1.9 percent from 2007. But in some cities hit hard by the economy, like Baltimore and Detroit, the murder rate climbed. In Detroit, hurt by the auto industry's woes, there were 163 murders reported in the first six months of 2009 versus 146 during the same period in 2008.

But other cities where murder rates had been high, like New York and Los Angeles, saw a drop off. In New York, there was a drop from 252 murders in 2008 to 204 reported during the first half of 2009.

Drunken Offenders

Numbers of drunkenness infringements producing in a verified ascribe have dropped from 10,778 (20.7/10,000 pop.) in 1964 to 434 in 2000. By compare to the reduced number of verified allegations in 2000, the number of drunkenness infringements noted was 7,810. In other phrases, roughly 1 in 20 drunken infringements outcome in a conviction. This is expected to contemplate policing principle for example diversion from prosecution designs for these kinds of offences. (Stepney 1999)

 

Violent Crime

Of those victims of brutal misdeed who could notify any thing about their assailant, 72% described that the assailant was under the influence of alcohol.

 

Positive Breath Tests

The motorists engaged in misfortunes in 2000 and who were inquired to take a wind check, 3.3% (526/15,933) either checked affirmative or refused. Although this percentage has shown secondary fluctuations in latest years (see Table 2), over the longer period ...