I find it very interesting that there was an extreme increase of violent- crime victims age twelve and older from 2015 to 2018. This shows that criminals are going for younger people as victims. Just in 2018 there were 13.5 million property victimizations, this means 13.5 homes were burglarized, or damaged in one year alone. To me that number is very high and scary to think about. Less than forty three percent of violent victimizations are reported to the police. This is a huge problem in society, when crimes go on without the knowledge of police there is no way for them to fix the situation. Only around two thirds of firearm victimizations were reported to the police. This is also a huge problem, not only are there people hurting other people with firearms, but how many of these offenders are violating parole, or are owning a firearm illegally. The rate of rape or sexual assault of people aged twelve and up increased almost two times the number from 2017 to 2018. This poses a serious issue, there are more and more bad people doing horrible things to the innocent people in society, this issue and all the other issues can be helped by communicating with local police departments and reporting all criminal activity. -LW789
I find all of this information very interesting, especially the spike in younger victims recently. I wonder if there is a sort of correlation between ages of those being victimized to the age of the perpetrators. It begs the question of whether crimes are also being committed by younger people, if there is for some reason an increase in reporting by younger individuals, etc. Huge changes in statistics between years require more studies to be done in order for us to understand underlying correlations or causations. This is the only way for us to understand and take steps to prevent, deter, and catch these criminal acts. -Gatsby456
I agree that it is a problem when crimes are not reported to police. If crimes are never reported, how will criminals be taken off the street for the safety of the public? I think it is also important to remember that not all people will report every incident to the police, so surveys like the NCVS are necessary in order to help police figure out how to solve, and possibly prevent, the crimes that go unreported. Family789
I see this increase as well in children, I noticed that a lot of victims are getting younger, but if you also look into it more, it seems the offenders are getting younger as well. It seems that young crime is occurring due to the amount of things that are happening around them, a lot of risk factors have increased for children as time goes on such as social media, and the rates of poverty.
I see this increase as well in children, I noticed that a lot of victims are getting younger, but if you also look into it more, it seems the offenders are getting younger as well. It seems that young crime is occuring due to the amount of things that are happening around them, a lot of risk factors have increased for children as time goes on such as social media, and the rates of poverty. -as123
Yes, I totally agree that there is an issue along the lines of violent crimes and younger kids. I remember when I was a kid, I was allowed to run all over the neighborhood with my friends until the sun went down. There was never a thought in my head or my parents head saying to watch out for the creepy white van. Obviously, I was told not to talk to strangers. But, in today's society, my son's rules are totally different. He is 10 years old and I still will not let him run all over the neighborhood. Child Trafficing is a real thing now. I actually moved my son's bus stop to the front of my house. And I do understamd that the police have special divisions that try to track where the trafficing may occur, but as years go by these numbers keep rising. It's more of a generation to hold the children close and instill the rules that no one is your friend, to always stay close to your parents. Pitbull #789
As I was reading through this criminal victimization report, of 2018 I noticed three main points I could use as ideas to better my term paper on mass shootings. One of these points is that the number of violent incidents increased from 2017 to 2018 from five million incidents to six million incidents. To me this is important because mass shootings are violent crimes, if violent crimes in general can increase by a million in one year, one can logically foresee the possibility of an increase in mass shootings in years to come. This is important because mass shooting is a big fear in this nation and there are tending to happen more often, along with the numbers of violent crimes trending in the wrong direction. Another important point is that the number of violent crime victims aged twelve or older have also increased in the past one to three year. The lower ages in this group are at the age where they attend schools, so I believe some of these increases in numbers are due to the mass shooting instances at schools in the past couple years. Lastly, violent crime involving a weapon has increased in the past year as well. This does not mean that the increase was due to mass shooting, but it does mean as the numbers continue to increase, so do the chances of more mass shooting to occur and devastate the United States as a nation. -LW456
These are some very interesting numbers you explained here. The number of violent incidents increased from 2017 to 2018 from five million to six hundred million. It's very surprising how many violent incidents have happened over the years. In the last decade mass shootings have been happening more frequently. -jas456
The information you found out is very shocking! The fact that violent crimes well over doubled in one year is scary. You have chosen a well informed topic and the pieces of information you proved such as an increase of crimes using weapons are good topics for mass shootings. Also the ages of the people commiting the crimes is a good thing to bring up. -Tumble456
You make good points. Going to the rise of the 5 million crime rate to 6 million should be a huge wake-up call for the U.S. To have that much crime rate is acceptable, we should be doing better to help people and find ways to resolve issues. Honestly, it’s really upsetting!
While reading this interesting article titled, “Criminal Victimization, 2018”, I couldn't help but point out three points that can help with my term paper. My term paper is going to be about police brutality, and there are various points to be talked about. The first one I will be discussing is violent crimes with in races. According to the article it says, “The portion of white persons age twelve or older who were victims of violent crime increased from 0.96% in 2015 to 1.19% in 2018 (up 24%), while the portion of males who were victims increased 0.94% to 1.21% (up to 0.29%). Another fact says, “The offender was of the same race or ethnicity as the victim in 70% of violent incidents involving black victims, 62% of those involving white victim According to the article, Based on the 2018 survey, an estimated 1.21% of males and 1.16% of females (1.6 million each) experienced at least one violent crime (table 17)s, 45% of those involving Hispanic victims, and 24% of those involving Asian victims. As you can see there is a strong correlation between minorities, and violent crimes. They police may come off as very aggressive to minorities because according to statistics they commit more violent crimes than anyone else. -Jas456
I think that last statistic you mentioned is really interesting. As sad as it is, the data does support that sometimes law enforcement can be aggressive to minorities. I genuinely believe that there is no real reason for treating those people differently and we need to work to fix that. It’s such a shame that this has left a mark on the history of our policing, but we can take always learn from it, to make positive changes now and work to fix broken bonds and trust. -OUTATIME456
It is a very sad thing to see the correlation between minorities and violent crime and that could potentially be part of the cause for the implicit bias that young officers pick up while on the job. That can obviously cause many problems on its own without even considering the violent crime factor. -Blues456
On the very first chart that I reviewed I came across the rates of crimes. As my paper is going to be about stop and frisk, I noticed that on chart 1, one of the crimes was “simple assault” I believe this would be a good point to use in my paper. Over the past five years simple assault rates have increased from 12.4 rates per thousand in 2014 to 14.6 per thousand in 2018. Another point that could be helpful for when I write my report could be the fact that “43% of violent victimizations were reported to the police.” I believe this is helpful because almost half of the victims are not reporting the crime and that makes me think even less people would report the crime if it is being done by law enforcement themselves, crimes such as stop and frisk. Lastly, table 5 would be a good factor to add in because it is providing the amount of reports for simple assaults. The rate for simple assaults to be reported has decreased from 51.4% in 2017 to 49.9% in 2018. Even though stop and frisk is not labeled on these charts or documents “simple assault” seems to be the closest comparison to that crime. -Tumble456
A good point in referencing the unreported incidences, simple assaults probably do play a role when it comes to stop and frisk. Would you say it was the officer doing the assault or the officer stopping them because of an assault? -Moon#456
In my research involving stop-and-frisks, I have focused a lot of my data on attempting to find racial biases in police stops, overall crime data reported by race, and finding the true representation of races in the overall population. Luckily, this source did show some interesting data in the sense that, victims of violent crime seemed fairly representative between white and black persons and their total percentage of the population. Meaning, 66% of violent crime victims were white (62% of the population) and 11% were black (12% of the population). Only 14% of violent crimes involved hispanic perpetrators, although they made up 17% of the population. The statistics also show that, 1.54-1.62% of all white persons have been victims of violent crime, disproportionately to the 1.95-2.61% of black persons, and 1.89-2.5% of hispanics. Finally, 62% of crimes involving white victims were perceived to have had a white offender. 70% of violent crime against a black individual was perceived to be committed by another black individual, 5.8 times their representation in the population. 45% of crimes against hispanics were also intraracial. Overall, I find the most useful statistic in regards to unlawful stop-and-frisks to be the information on how races other than whites are more likely to be victims of violent crimes in regards to their percentage of the population, which begs the question of why the NYPD in the 2011 study showed a grossly exaggerated percentage of stops involving minority races. -Gatsby456
You make a lot of great points here, and I agree with all the points that you have highlighted here. My term paper is over incarcerated women, and although there were not many statistics on women in the article, the points in the article that highlight race and ethnicity also go along with gender. I found these points really helpful for the construction of my term paper. -LW789
I found the article to be very informative. Definitely found a couple of good points, but could not find enough information about gang violence or any sort of relationship between crime and gang violence. But, helpful as a guiding point to help support my topic in a general sense. Before I begin, in gang violence, there are many types of gang organizations such as crime, drugs, and more of course.
The first one is the offender is the same ethnicity as the victim in 70% of violent incidents involving black, while 62% in whites, 45% in Hispanics, and 24% in Asian. Basically, most of the violent crimes happen in between their own people. Occasionally, we do get the black versus whites, or Asian versus whites, and so on. This a general sense, to understand most people fight with people of the same ethnicity, usually because they hold close ties about something.
Next, the crime rate from 2017 took an increase from 5.2 million to 6.0 million in 2018. Now, which to me is ironic because instead of decreasing the crime rate, it's actually increasing. But, that is not so easy. A lot is happening in today’s society, changes are taking place, technology, and more! Again, tying this in gang violence, people fight against other gang organizations for various reasons such as territory, drugs, power, killing someone of their own, and more.
Finally, according to the article, there is more crime rate in households with the lowest income from 2017 to 2018, only increasing as the years go on. This is true, in the rural areas it is hard to survive. Sometimes people feel the need to join a gang for closure and survival. Joining a gang sometimes makes them feel like family too.
I am glad you highlight some of the reasons why some may be enticed to join a gang. Many people who are privileged enough not to know what living in such environments can cast judgement and blame all the ills of society on gangs without looking at the deeper issue of their being less opportunities for those who join gangs. -Edw123
I like that you said people feel the need to join a gang for closure or survival. Over the years gangs have become more violent and harder to stop. Not only are gangs targeting certain races to join their gangs but also targeting more kids to join their gangs. With the increase in number of violent crime victims age 12 or older, has me thinking that maybe gangs are targeting and scaring the younger generation to leave them with no choice but to join their gangs for protection. Brianna123
My term paper will be about police brutality and I found in this article it states that “Based on victims’ perceptions, the largest percentage of violent incidents committed against white, black, and Hispanic victims were committed by someone of the same race or ethnicity” I think this dispels the myth that Black and Brown people are somehow more prone to violence than other groups of people and do not deserve to have unlawful force used upon them because of the misinformation that has been spread by the media. The article also states “The 2018 rate of violent victimization against U.S. citizens (23.9 victimizations per 1,000 U.S. citizens) was higher than the rate against non-U.S. citizens (12.5 victimizations per 1,000 non-U.S. citizens). There were no statistically significant changes in rates of violent victimization by citizenship status from 2017 to 2018.” This is stating more U.S citizens commit more crimes than non-U.S citizens this proves that the way in which Brown people immigrant that they do not bring violence with them and while ICE and other law enforcement agencies are dragging Brown people from their homes and families that they do not care about the safety of Americans but that they want to uphold an institution of violence against non-white people who reside in the U.S.-Edw123
I feel like you did a great job at finding out the information about the largest percentage of violent incidents were committed by the same ethnicity. I also think African Americans do not deserve to have unlawful force used on them either. I also read that more US citizens commit more crimes than the non citizens. -smiley123
I like the statistics you have pulled from this article and I feel that they will compliment your topic very well. The instances when we see excessive force used against a minority group is sickening when that equal force is not used against a majority group. -Blues123
I feel like you worked superbly at discovering the data about the biggest level of violent occurrences that were submitted by a similar ethnicity. I additionally figure African Americans don't have the right to have unlawful power utilized on them either. I additionally read that more US residents carry out a greater number of wrongdoings than non-residents. - smiley456
I do find it interesting as well how a lot people think that because immigrants are wanting a better life and as the "president" says they are a threat to America than the actual citizens. This goes to show how immigrants are not a threat and the citizens of the US cause more damage to the country than immigrants do. Immigrants want a better life, better opportunities.. Why would they ruin their chance at that? I do also see how people just also want to cause only problems to the US and that is why we have terrorists attacks. Sad to say. -charmed123
There were no factually huge changes in paces of vicious exploitation by citizenship status from 2017 to 2018." This is expressing more U.S residents carry out a bigger number of wrongdoings than non-U.S residents, this demonstrates the manner by which African Americans immigrants state that they don't carry violence with them and keeping in mind that ICE and other law authorization organizations are hauling African American individuals from their homes and families that they couldn't care less about the wellbeing of Americans however that they need to maintain a foundation of viciousness against non-white individuals who dwell in the U.S. The expansion from 2015 to 2018 in the quantity of violent wrongdoing exploited people age 12 or more seasoned, from 2.7 million to 3.3 million, was driven by increments in the quantity of casualties of assault or rape, bothered ambush, and straightforward attack. The crime percentage from 2017 took an expansion from 5.2 million to 6.0 million out of 2018. Presently, which to me is amusing on the grounds that as opposed to diminishing the crime percentage, it's really expanding. The police may appear to be forceful to minorities in light of the fact that as indicated by insights they carry out more rough violations than any other individual. -Smiley123
There have been a steady decline of violent victimization and the rate of victimization reported by the police until 2015. The reports have started from 1993, where the rate of victimizations were 80 per 1,000 aged 12 and older, the rate of victimizations reported to the police being around 35. Both rates went down until 2015, where the rates started to rise again. I don’t really why this is, but it could be because of parental issues or kidnappings that could have been on the rise. Another interesting statistic is the number of completed, attempted and threatened victimizations, the rate being 1,000 people being aged 12 and under. The rate has gone up since 2014, especially threatened victimization rate. From 6.1 in 2015, it went up in 8.5 in 2016. The rate of completed violent victimization increased from 2016 to 2018, going from 5.1 in 2016, to 6.9 in 2018. I’m again confused as to what this could be, but it could be a rise of shooting threats and things of that nature that could have been on the rise. The rates from both from 2015 to 2018 have risen for rates of 1,000 people 12 and over. This could be because of a possible rise of violent crime and shootings over the past few years. -OUTATIME456
There are a lot of statics throughout this article. What I found most interesting is that, to quote the article, “The portion of persons who experienced serious violent crime increased from 0.39% in 2015 to 0.46% in 2018. This was driven by increases in the prevalence of rape or sexual assault with injury or force (from 0.06% to 0.09%) and aggravated assault (from 0.21% to 0.25%) during that period. The portion of persons experiencing serious violent crime also increased from 2016 (0.40%)”. Which seems about right to me.-kahffcj456
Out of all these statistics a few really stood out more than others for my topic. The first one being the rise of victims of violent crime. That number rose from 2.7 million in 2015, to 3.3 million as of 2018 which is a very fast increase for a short amount of time which falls directly into my topic that deals with a form of violent crime. Assaults seemed to be the leading increase for this statistic but many other forms of violence seemed to emerge in those 3 years. Another statistic is the from 2017 to 2018 the number of violent incidents increased by 1 million totaling 6 million incidents in comparison for 5 million in 2017. This also falls into line with mass shootings because they are considered to be one of the most violent incidents our country and other countries face. Another statistic that really stood out was the rate per 1,000 people involved in murder rising from 3.8 up to 4.3 per every 1,000 in 2018. The total amount of crimes reported by police also had a very steady decrease from 2014 at 46 percent down to 42.6 percent in 2018, which backs up the claim that while violent crime may be rising, crime has been steadily decreasing. -Blues123
I agree with you, I find it crazy how much the number of violent crimes increased. I also find these statistics helpful for my term paper, which happens to be the same as yours. I also found it very interesting that the number of people murdered is still on the rise, especially since crime in general is said to be decreasing. -LW456
The Bureau of Justice Statistics represented victims very well in the criminal victimisation report of 2018, which displayed statistics and facts over a 5 year period. The first point I found interesting was the increase in violent crime victims from 2.7 million to 3.3 million from the years 2015 to 2018. The number especially grew for white people between the age of 25 and 34. This is interesting because the crime trend in Illinois showed mainly African Americans being the victims of violent crime. Another interesting point is the increase in the rate of total violent victimizations between the same years. The total number of violent victimizations in this country increased by 28% between 2015 and 2018. This is a very significant increase when taking into account the decrease in crime. A third point to be considered is the increase of rape victims from 1.6 to 2.7 (per 1,000 persons). This is worrysome because rape is a serious crime that needs to be stopped and it, yet, the number of victims continues to rise. Another thing I found surprising was the little amount of people who reported victimizations involving a firearm. Out of the 470,840 victimizations involving a firearm, only 66% were reported to police. People always do, and will continue, to be hesitant in reporting victimizations to the police. Lastly it is important to point out that from 2015 to 2018, there has been an increase of 604,000 victims in relation to violent crime, this intrigues me again because crime rates seem to be lowering, however, victimizations continue to pile up. Family789
I also find it surprising how many people don't report crimes. I think there are many factors that cause people to decide against. Some of these reasons could be that they don't have trust in their Police Department, they are scared of what could happen to them, or simply they want to handle it themselves. -CRJB123
It is so mind blowing that people do not always report the crimes so I agree with you. I also think that people have that right to not tell anyone but with that it also makes it hard for these crime rate to be accurate. Sunshine 789
My term paper will be covering police corruption. In this article there’s not a whole lot that sticks out as police corruption. So I will be looking at this through a corruption in general approach. The first statistic that stood out to me was the actual percent and rate of victimizations reported to police by type of crime. In 2017 the percent of violent crimes reported was only 44.9%. In 2018 the percent of violent crimes reported was even less, at only 42.6%. The list of reasons for this low percent of reports could be very large. The next point I noticed in the article is the rate of violent offenses by offenders. The number of violent incidents committed by sex was men with 4,220,790 incidents, and women with 1,000,560 incidents. The next statistic I looked at was the percent of violent incidents. This showed men at 77%, women at 18.3%, and men and women at 4.7%. It’s a fact that men do commit more crimes, but these statistics led me to think if women get let off the hook easier. The next statistic I took into account was the number of violent incidents committed by race. White people had 222,508 incidents, while black people had 124,454 incidents. This shows that white people are committing more violent incidents. The white population in the United States is at about 61.3%. The black population in the United States makes up about 13% of the total population. This shows that there could very well be corruption with the police towards the black community. Black people make up a smaller portion of the United States, but having that high of incidents committed could represent corruption. -CRJB123
This article had a lot of really good statistics I wish we could use in our term paper. Especially the serious crime stat you talked about. I also found that one the most interesting and I wish we could somehow incorporate it into our term paper. -wb123
After reading this article, from 2018, I learned a lot. I’m not sure if I can use any of it in my research paper though. But I did learn a lot. One thing that I learned while reading this article is, that the, The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Crime Victimization Survey, also known as NCVS, ) is an annual data collection carried out by the U.S. Census Bureau. The NCVS is a self-reported survey that is administered annually from January 1 to December 31. Annual NCVS estimates are based on the number and characteristics of crimes respondents experienced during the prior 6 months, not including the month in which they were interviewed. Therefore, the 2018 survey covers crimes experienced from July 1, 2017 to November 30, 2018, and March 15, 2018 is the middle of the reference period. Another thing I learned is that, to quote the article, “Based on the 2018 survey, 1.68% of persons age 12 or older (4.6 million) experienced at least one serious crime. About 0.46% (1.3 million) experienced a serious violent crime, and 1.25% (3.4 million) experienced a serious property crime (table 19). (Some experienced both.) From 2017 to 2018, there were no statistically significant changes in the prevalence rates of total serious crime, serious violent crime, or serious property crime.The percentage of persons who were victims of a serious crime decreased from 1.89% in 2014 to 1.68% in 2018. This decrease was driven by a decline in serious property. The final thing I learned is that, quote, “The portion of persons who experienced serious violent crime increased from 0.39% in 2015 to 0.46% in 2018. This was driven by increases in the prevalence of rape or sexual assault with injury or force (from 0.06% to 0.09%) and aggravated assault (from 0.21% to 0.25%) during that period. The portion of persons experiencing serious violent crime also increased from 2016 (0.40%)’. –kahffcj456
Looking at the NCVS, i decided to look into the property crimes aspect, I felt with my term paper, gang violence, it would help me figure out some of the different petty crimes that can lead up to the more violent crimes. Looking at the burglary/trespassing chart, I found that between 2014-2018, those types of crimes decreased by about 300,000. Granted, these numbers could have been affected by the amount of crimes that were not reported, but also, maybe these crimes have gone outdated. The same chart I looked at was the motor vehicle theft. Between 2014-2018, the chart showed these crimes honestly at a steady pace. The numbers really didn't significantly drop either. In 2014, the number was at 429,840 and at the end in 2018, it was only a little bit lower, it just dropped to 424,000. This will help me in my term paper when I go to see the trends in crime, which is one of our subject points. It will show me which crimes have decreased and increased within the past 4 years in the data shown. The data that the NCVS uses, I feel will help a lot in our term paper, for the use of the most recent data given and the amount of data given to us.-as123
I totally agree. My term paper also is Gang Violence. I felt happy to know that violent crimes were decreases in certain aspects. However, we all know that Gang Violence is becoming more and more of an issue with many aspects of crimes - gun violence, street outbreaks, homicides, and cold-killings. I wish these aspects of violent crimes (related to Gang Violence) would decrease. I believe you do too. Also, you wrote very well in this comment; I enjoyed reading this. Truffles123
There were no truthfully immense changes in paces of horrendous misuse by citizenship status from 2017 to 2018." This is communicating more U.S inhabitants do a greater number of bad behaviors than non-U.S occupants, this shows the way by which African Americans outsiders express that they don't convey brutality in view of them and keeping that ICE and other law approval associations are pulling African American people from their homes and families that they couldn't think less about the prosperity of Americans anyway that they have to keep up an establishment of violence against non-white people who abide in the U.S. The extension from 2015 to 2018 in the amount of brutal bad behavior abused individuals age at least 12 prepared, from 2.7 million to 3.3 million, was driven by increases in the amount of setbacks of ambush or assault, pestered snare, and clear assault. The wrongdoing rate from 2017 took a development from 5.2 million to 6.0 million out of 2018. By and by, which to me is interesting in light of the fact that rather than lessening the wrongdoing rate, it's truly extending. The police may give off an impression of being compelling to minorities considering the way that as demonstrated by experiences they do more harsh infringement than some other person. - Smiley456
As I was reading the article about the crime rates, I found it very intriguing that the violent crime rates were starting to decrease and then increase. The first thing that came to mind when I was reading the statement was why is this happening? Another interesting statement that I notice is that one about two thirds or firearms is actually reported and that makes me realize that we can not always go off of the crime reports because many of them aren't reported. Why is it that younger people are being the target the increase on younger violent crimes and spiked and honestly it is just unbelievable. But not only are younger people being the targets, they are also starting to be the offenders. Rape and sexual assut has chabged the most compared to other crimes and I find this intresting because I feel like rape or sexual assult would have actully decreased or stayed about the same because of all the sex offender registies and just people being aware of their surroundings. The fact that a lot of crimes and incidents are actually happening between the same race and this is something that I thought would be more of a racial hate type of thing and not the same type of race. Overall, this article was very informative and there were many different points that I found interesting and helpful to understanding more of the criminal justice system. Sunshine 789
I found it interesting as well that the rate of violent crimes have been fluctuating around these past couple of years, there is not much of an explanation for it. And many of the crimes are not reported because many people are scared to report them which is very upsetting to see, but it is the sad truth. -Cubs789
I completely agree that it is insane how younger people are being not only the victims but also the offenders. It makes you wonder what was going through their heads. I also thought sex offender registries would help but it does not seem like it. Slim789
When looking over the facts of reported crime and unreported crimes to police a couple things stuck out to me. One of these facts was that the increase from 2015 to 2018 in the number of the violent crimes victims age 12 or older, started as 2.7 million to 3.3 million. This was driven by the increase in the number of victims that was raped, sexually or aggrevated assaulted, and simple assault. So this means that violent crimes have gone up in the past years and more reporting. Another fact was that between 2014 and 2018, ages 12 or older, who were victims of serious crimes decreased from 1.89% to 1.68%. Mainly because most crimes were attempted Burglary not numbers involving the victims of completed Burglary. This could be a result of police deterrence. Speaking of police deterrence, property victimization rates for all types of property crime in 2014 and 2016 stay about the same with 119 victimizations per 1,000 households. Then we see a steady drop in 2018 to 108 victimizations per 1,000 households. Putting out more task forces of police in the streets and neighborhoods could more than well deter a person from commiting a crime and also catching someone in the act. Involving the violent victimizations including completed, attempted, and threatened between 2014 and 2018, we notice 2014 has the completed of all as 20 victimizations per 1,000 persons. But, in 2018 it rose to 23 victimizations per 1,000 persons. Most of the 2018 victimizations were threatened victimizations. another interesting fact is that the whole percentage of violent crimes reported during the time span of 2015 to 2018 did not really change, but the percentage of completed reported crimes to police declined from 56% to 47% over that time period. Does this mean that victims are not reporting these crimes because they are afraid of the police or are they afraid of their attacker? Maybe, they have lost faith in police investigations, or they believe that being violently victimized is now a way of life and there is no help offered. Pitbull #789
It is astonishing that we have child these days committing crimes at the age twelve. When it comes to reporting crimes of rape and sexual nature. Yes, women are afraid of their attacker, and thus will not report to police. I am writing a term paper on Human Trafficking, and we see the same trends. It is not reported, because those who are trafficked are threatened by their captures, and afraid that those captures with harm their family if they go to the police. I don’t believe that they have lost faith in police departments. Those who have been raped, think that it was their fault, due to the clothes that they were wearing or the words that they had said. When someone is victimized it is very difficult to get out of that frame of mind, and the only way that this is possible is with counseling. I hope this helps you understand reporting rape. Illinigurl456
Within the past couple of years the number of victims of violent crimes, aged 12 and higher, has increased a pretty significant amount. From 2015 to 2018 it increased from 2.7 to 3.3 million victims of violent crimes. But, the number of property victimizations decreased from 118.6 per 1000 households to 108.2 households around the same time. This is interesting to see that there are more violent crimes happening than non-violent property crimes such as burglary. It is also surprising to see that the large majority of crimes that happen are never even reported. There are multiple reasons for this such as the victim scared they could get in trouble, or get the person who did it in trouble, or even that the authorities would not do anything about it even if they did report it. Another thing that is surprising to me is that violent crimes that occured where the person committing the crime used a firearm only two thirds of these crimes have been reported, it’s surprising to see this number is not significantly higher than it is, since the victims' lives were in serious danger. It’s upsetting to see that many people won’t report crimes that have happened to them to authorities because of some little thing they think about. -Cubs789
I was also surprised to see that there were more violent than non violent crimes occurring. It is truly sad that more people do not report these crimes because they are afraid of what could happen. They should not be afraid to think something could happen to them, because hopefully the police can take control of the situation and make sure everyone is safe. -bear123
The first interesting thing that I came across was a chart on the decline of violent victimizations of those 12 and older. The chart showed that since 1993 there has been a drastic decline in victimization reports from those 12 and older. The chart is laid out at a rate per 1000 people age 12 and older. While overall, the reports have declined, sexual assault cases have increased from 1.6 to 2.7 between 2015 and 2018. This could be due to the increase in awareness towards sexual assault cases in recent years. Perhaps people feel that its safer to come out about their abuse. The next interesting thing that I read was on the percentage of crime reported to the UCR. I was already aware that half of crime doesn’t go reported, but according to the new data I just read, less than 43% of violent crimes are reported to police. As stated in the study, there are a variety of reasons as to why crime goes unreported. The two largest reasons people won’t talk according to the study is out of fear from being targeted by the offender (or those close to offender), and the belief that law enforcement either won’t, or simply can’t do anything about their problem. Nacho123, 456
I find the statistics about the increase in sexual assault victims very interesting. Do you think that after the “me too” movement that the number could of increase because of victims simply telling their story? It makes you think that maybe the number hasn't increased, just that the amount of reported crimes has gone up. sun456
Good catch on realizing the problems with the UCR, it seems crazy to think that half of crime, violent or not, fails to even get reported. I would think that with the advances now in forensics technology and easy of access that more people would have faith in the criminal justice system. However, I also understand how many people would not want to "cause a fuss". -Rock123,456
My topic was a little bit harder to gather numbers for considering the sensitivity of the topic of mass shootings but these are the topics that stood out the most. The number of victims of violent crimes rose from 2.7 million in 2015, to 3.3 million as of 2018 which is a very fast increase for a short amount of time which falls directly into my topic that deals with a form of violent crime.Another statistic that really stood out was the rate per 1,000 people involved in murder rising from 3.8 up to 4.3 per every 1,000 in 2018. The total amount of crimes reported by police also had a very steady decrease from 2014 at 46 percent down to 42.6 percent in 2018, which backs up the claim that while violent crime may be rising, crime has been steadily decreasing. The fact that assaults seem to be the leading offense over homicides when looking at the numbers also backs up that claim. There is also a trend among younger males aged 20-29 because they are the most involved with violent crimes which can also show how many individuals will age out of crime. Blues456
I thought it was crazy how violent crime has rose from 2015 to 2018. Crime happens every day and it is pretty sad to say. Assault is the leading offense which is sad because not all assaults are reported. Younger males seem to be the trend because of violent crimes.-softball456
With the rate of violent victimizations increasing from 2015 to 2018 from 2.7 million to 3.3 million is crazy. However it is good to hear that the population of serious crime victims has decreased. It would be better if victims would report the crimes they have been the victims of. The fact that less than half or 43% of violent victimization were reported to police in 2018 is insane.I could not imagine being the victim of a crime and not reporting it. The fact that people think the police would not or could not do anything about the crime they were a victim of is so strange to hear. If you do not report it of course they can not do anything about it. It is good to see the number go down compared to 2017 even if it is only by 2%. It is a good thing that we have stuff like this Criminal victimization report so we can at least collect information and data on the types of crimes that are not reported. Slim789
I agree that we have this type of information in this day in age. It shows us that people are not reporting crimes committed against them. It also is a good tool though because it can show law enforcement a more complete picture of the crime statistics and not just what they arrest.-Legion123
This article is extremely interesting as well as very concerning. Correlating this article to my term paper about gang violence, there are a couple statistics that really stood out. First one is that the number of violent incidents increased from 5.2 million in 2017 to 6.0 million in 2018. The second being that the number of violent crime victims age 12 or older rose from 2.7 million in 2015 to 3.3 million in 2018, making it an increase of 604, 000 victims. Not only are violent crimes increasing, but they are targeting a younger generation, leaving kids scared especially in a high crime, high poverty area because they are more vulnerable to being a victim.Over the years, gangs have been committing more dangerous crimes and recruiting more kids since life expectancy isn't high for gang members. Since gangs are targeting more kids to join their gangs there could be a connection as to why the increase in the number of violent crime victims age 12 or older. Gangs could be scaring the younger generation to join their gangs for their protection of being a victim themselves. Brianna123
My topic for the term paper is school shootings so I went into the statistics looking for gun violence statistics. The first statistic that I found was that about two-thirds of firearm victimizations were reported to the police in 2018. This comes out 470,840 violent victimizations that involved a firearm. Another statistic that I found was that this two-thirds that adds up to 1.7 per 1,000 persons twelve and older. This was not statistically different than the statistics in 2017. In 2017 the number of victims of violent incidents involving people twelve and older was 5.2 million. The number in 2018 went up to 6 million incidents. Less than half of violent victimizations (forty-three percent) were reported to the police in 2018. The percentage of rape or sexual-assault victimizations reported to the police went down from forty percent to twenty-five percent. The percentage of robbery victims reported to the police went up. It went up from forty-nine percent to sixty-three percent. The percentage of completed reported to the police declined from fifty-six percent to forty-seven percent from 2015 to 2018. During the same time frame the number of unreported violent crime went from 9.5 per 1,000 people to 12.9 per 1,000 people.-Legion123
I find it horrible that the crimes recorded are from ages 12 and above when there are serious and violent crimes committed by persons that are under the age of 12 years of age. This to me makes the NCVS is not of accurate record of all the serious and violent crimes committed to make such law and policy changes. What about the victims of the serious or violent crimes that were committed to them by persons of age 12 or younger. Do those victims become irrelevant? Do those crimes become not as serious or violent due to the age of the offender? Truffles123
These victims should not become irrelevant. In fact, they should be given a safe haven that police and case workers go to that's comfortable for the child victim. This perhaps would get a better eye witness account when the child or victim feels comfortable enough to speak after the shock. _HUBRIS456
The topic of my term paper is Human Trafficking. I didn’t see any statics, so I will pick three things that stand out the most from this article. First, we see an astounding increase from 2015 to 2018. There is an increase in violent-crime victims ranging from age 12 and older. It has increased from 2.7 million to 3.3 million. This data has gone up based upon an increase in victims of rape and or sexual assault, aggravated assault, and simple assault. I believe that more women are stepping out and reporting being raped. The website does state that rape victims have increased in reporting being raped. However; it is not a significant jump, but a little is better than none. It increased from 1.4 victims, to 2.7 victims. I do understand why victims do not report being raped or being involved in Human Trafficking. The victims are to scared to report the rape, due to fear of retaliation from their offenders. Finally, I really enjoyed looking through the graphs. I think that it is easier to understand the trends, whether it is an upward trend or a downward trend. This website was very informal, and has very good data. Illinigurl456
It is a disturbing thing to see how many violent crimes are reported to the police and then look at the actual statistic of violent crimes being committed. A woman might not report a crime as a rape victim for the reasons of the ensuing stigma or double standard that is so inhumanely placed on rape and violent sexual assault. The United States should open more hotlines and public organizations that come to these victims as friends, people who have experienced the same trauma, or a shoulder to even cry on. This would help get eye witness accounts better in my opinion and change the statistic of crimes being actually reported. _HUBRIS456
I also wrote something about the crimes not being reported and I saw that only 25% of rape or sexual assault crimes are reported and I thought the same thing you did we as a community need more ways of addressing this problem like you said more programs and hotlines could really help. checo123
This was a very interesting article to read because of the many stats in it. It was nice to see the decrease of violent crime in 2015, but sadly that did not last long and is going back up. From 2015 to 2018 the crimes from ages 12 and up was sad to see. A big part of this upward rate this article stated was from rape or sexual assault, aggravated assault, and basic assault. In those three years these increased by around 604,000 victims, which is just awful to see. The percentage of white persons committing these crimes was up around 24 percent, while white persons being victims of these crimes was up around 29 percent from 2015. The article then states that victims of violent crimes is going up and up, luckily the victims of other serious crimes is going down. It is stated that the victims, 12 and up, of serious crimes has dropped from 1.89 percent to 1.68 percent, which is a start but hopefully can drop even lower in the future. From the survey in 2018, it says there was around 23.2 violent victimization's per 1,000 residents. The good thing from this study is that luckily from 1993 to 2018, the violent victimization has drastically decreased from 79.8 to 23.2 victimization's per 1,000 residents. -bears123
I do agree with you that it was nice to see a decrease but like you said it did not last long and especially with younger kids. That is so sad to me, most of these kids will not have a regular childhood because of the exposure of violence and simple crime that most kids should not witness. I wish there was some way to lessen that number in general but mostly with those young kids. -wags123
I think the graphs that are presented in this content are very useful. I am writing my paper on Domestic Violence and it shows the number of domestic violent crimes from 2014 to 2018 and it also tells the rate per 1000. In 2015 and 2016 the number of domestic violence crimes decreased and then hitting 2017, it started to increase. I think it is good to see that the total serious crimes have been decreasing and so has serious property crimes. Serious violent crimes seem to stay the same throughout the years. The one thing that I wish this website showed was the number of rates. I think that is a big crime that goes unnoticed. There are a lot of people out there that get raped but do not report it. That goes along with domestic violence and assault. A lot of people do not like to report those crimes because they don’t want to get those people that committed the crime in trouble, due to being a family member or their partner. -softball456
I agree the numbers are probably not as accurate as they could be considering how much fear and stigma domestic violence victims are under. Women are normally terrified and men are normally embarrassed. -Gamma456
I was intrigued to read that serious crimes relating to Hispanic victims has gone down. This is interesting since I feel that they are very targeted by hate especially with the current state of the United States. It was nice to see property crimes have decreased nationwide even when the other article stated that it is still very prevalent in Illinois. It was shocking to read that of all serious crimes committed, the same race would attack their own, meaning whites victimized whites, blacks victimized blacks, etc. Reading that 2/3 of firearms crimes are reported does not shock me since it is plastered around social media; however, it is still uplifting to know that more crimes are being reported. -Gamma456
From 2015 to 2018 the violent crimes increased between the ages of 12 or older, it increased from 2.7 million to 3.3. This was due to the rise of rapes, sexual assault, violent crimes, and simple assault. Another thing that caught my eye was that violent crimes rose 800,000 in one year from 2017 to 2018. In 2017 the number was at 5.2 million and by the start of 2018, it was 6.0 million. Even though most crimes have dropped significantly from 1993 there is a steady rise since 2018. After looking at all of these statistics, my understanding is that the rise in violent crimes correlates with victims of rape, sexual assault, or violent crimes. I was most interested in the younger children’s statics about violent crimes. I wonder what made the spike in violent crimes with the younger generation and why it has started in the past few years. My term paper is about police corruption so unfortunately, I don’t think I can use much of the information from this website. Although there are some very good statistics about serious and violent crimes and it is still very interesting about why people are committing such violent crimes at a young age. There is some things I could put into my paper and maybe some of these stats relate back to police corruption but I’m not sure I can use this website as a main source for my term paper. But after reading this article I did gain some knowledge and that’s all I can ask for from these blogs. I would like to see the statistics from 2019 and see where it stand compared to 2018. -wb123
After looking at the Criminal Victimization, 2018 article I found a lot of interesting things like how the rate of completed violent victimization has increased from 2016 to 2018. It went from 5.1 to 6.9 over those years and that is not good that it keeps increasing. It would be a good thing to research as to why those numbers might be increasing and this might be a good thing to mention for my research topic of corruption as well talking about how those might be victimized by the police. One thing I found interesting was that 21% of females compared to 16% of males were the ones offending other females. So that means the women were offending violent crimes against other women rather than more men doing it to women. One thing I noticed was that most violent incidents are done by those of the same race or ethnicity as the victim which I completely agree with and have had an idea about that before reading about that. One thing that surprised me but not really at the same time was the number of violent victimization of those 12-17 years old. All these kids are getting exposed to experiencing all these crimes at such a young age. The last thing I noticed was that less than half (43%) of violent victimization were reported to the police so that means 57% of those violent victimizations are not even reported and so many people get away with it. -wags123
Going through the Criminal Victimization report from 2018 I found some good points I could use while writing my term paper about domestic violence. In the report I noticed the chart with the number and rate of violent victimizations from 2014 to 2018. In the table, domestic violence was a category and in those four years the number and rate increased. Under domestic violence it says intimate partner violence which has also increased within those four years. In the report, it also talks about how many crimes do not get reported especially domestic violence crimes because the spouse is usually too afraid to come forward. When that is the case then people know that it is a very serious and dangerous situation they are in. In 2018, only 47% of domestic violence crimes were reported which is only about half and the other half did not get the help they needed being in that situation. This victimization report is going to be very helpful for me and my term paper because I want to focus on what happens after a crime like that is reported. I want to focus on how the victim gets treated and the process they go through to get out of that situation. -HL456
With all of the domestic violence information in this report I found that there was a lot of great information that we can use to describe against other types of crimes. I also thought that it was really interesting that only 47% of domestic violence crimes were reported which is only half and the other half could not or did not get help.-Cookie456
I have a term paper over women incarceration and I also found it interesting that domestic violence is on the rise since women are usually involved with domestic violence. It is also interesting that the number of domestic violence crimes reported but the crime is still increasing. It makes me wonder how much more domestic violence is happening that we don't know about. Jwilliejack789
The last article to read had a ton of information about my term paper which is domestic violence. I thought that it was really interesting to see that domestic violence has swayed back and forth within the last 4 years but there has not been much of a difference in the numbers between the beginning and end of this report. But between 2015 and 2018 there was a increase in the stats as it went down from 2014 and then slowly climbed back up and surpassed the numbers from the past. Between domestic violence and intimate partner violence it makes up for almost 8% of crimes reported in 2017 and 2018. The percent of crimes in 2014 that were violent was 46% and of those only halves were completed and the number for completed crimes dwindled down as the years go on and the numbers for attempted or threatened rose. Which kept up with the other statistics that showed that domestic violence was decreasing from the past years and into the present now. There are a few holes in this report though because if they are looking at these statistics for domestic violence the people who are injured are not exclusively in that category. It needs to be more delved into the statistics themselves of domestic violence since it takes up a lot of violent crimes.-Cookie456
In this article I found very interesting points, three of which seem to be able to play a role in my term paper. I read all these statistics on the rates of violent crimes as well as the victim groups that are usually seen, and it shows interesting information. It talks about the rate of violent crimes going up in recent years as well as the victimization rate. One part talks about how “The number of violent incidents increased from 5.2 million in 2017 to 6.0 million in 2018.” The next interesting point was that most attacks seem to happen on the offender’s own race, statistics showing, “The offender was of the same race or ethnicity as the victim in 70% of violent incidents involving black victims, 62% of those involving white victims, 45% of those involving Hispanic victims, and 24% of those involving Asian victims.” And the final point that I found to be beneficial to my paper was that the violent crimes may be going up, but it seems to be led by an increase in rape, sexual-assualt, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assualt. I want to explore more in depth on these topics in order to look at the data and see just how it fairs with today. - Moon#456
My term paper topic is on police brutality and the first thing I found that related to my topic is that “The rate of total violent victimization increased from 18.6 to 23.2 victimizations per 1,000 persons.” From this, I would want to find out what percentage of those victims are from police brutality. The second piece of information I found was about how a household with a low and high income had an increase in violent victimization. I feel that this relates to my topic because I hypothesize that police brutality happens more in areas of low income. Finally, my last piece of information that I found that relates to my topic is that “The rate of violent victimizations not reported to police rose from 9.5 per 1,000 persons age 12 or older in 2015 to 12.9 per 1,000 in 2018,“ My question that arises from this information would be “Is there police brutality that happens but doesn’t get reported? -sun456
The number of total incarceration of women has started to increase at twice the rate of men. There are several reasons why this is happening but a few reasons why this is happening is because women are falling victim to crimes a lot more often. For example, NCVS came out with a statistic that the number of people from 2015 to 2018 that have fallen to violent crime has increased among the total population. This statistic includes: Whites, males, and even females. The range of these people who fall victim to violent crime include people from 25 to 34, 50 to 64, and people 65 or older. The rate of victims of people who fall victim to rape or sexual assault has also increased from 1.4 victims per 1,000 people ages 12 or older in 2017 to 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2018. Studies have shown that a lot of people don’t even report a crime when they fall victim to one. The total number of victims of violent crimes have dropped from 79.8 to 23.2 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older, from 1993 to 2018. But, the number of crimes reported during this period has also declined from 33.8 to 9.9 victimizations reported to police per 1,000 persons age 12 or older, according to NCVS. The number of domestic crimes reported from 2014 to 2018 has also increased. In 2014 there were 4.2 domestic violent crimes reported per 1,000 people and in 2018 that number increased to 4.8 people. This is a big increase when factor in the fact that less than 50% of all crime goes unreported. In 2017, 47.2 % of all domestic violence was reported to the police. In 2018, 47% of all domestic violence was reported. Now, I get that those percentages are very close to equal. But people being charged for domestic violence is always increasing from year to year and the number of reports is going down. Now I am not saying this is the reason why women are doing to jail at such a rapid pace, but this might be a significant factor to why this increase is happening. Jwilliejack789
I found the article to be very educational. I was surprised to learn how much crime isn’t being reported to law enforcement agencies. In 2017 the UCR reported 3.8 violent crimes were committed for every 1,000 people and 23.6 property crimes were committed that were only known to law enforcement. But according to the NCVS in 2017 there were actually 38.7 property crimes that weren’t reported. That’s a pretty big gap in what is being reported compared to what’s not. I believe it is a problem when crimes are not reported to police. If crimes are never reported how are officers supposed to get these criminals off the street? And if these people got away with it once whose to say they won't keep doing it because they know they're not going to get in trouble. I was surprised to learn that the number of violent incidents increased from 2017 to 2018 from five million incidents to six million incidents. Steelers789
The NCVS (National Crime Victimization Survey) article was a good read for me, I honestly never heard of a NCVS and comparing it to the UCR it does seem like a way to collect data better. However I do realize the setbacks of this program, one being the time it would take to collect said data would take a long time. The second con would be the honesty of people, just about anyone can make up a story and there is no way of fact checking. But as I said in a previous blog with the combination or the NCVS and UCR creates a better way of collecting data as a whole over picking one over the other. The assignment I was given was to do research on police brutality in the country and with the NCVS; it could easily be used to see how many cases of police brutality people do not report but still are carried out. Also I plan on discovering if there are any victims of police brutality receiving service from victim support agencies. In the article it states that 11% of violent crime victims were receiving some sort of help from certain agencies and the number is rising. With the NCVS and UCR it should be easy for me to find the information i need for my paper. Bikemaker123
I found it interesting to learn that after years of a steady decrease in criminal activity, the last few years show a significant change in the other direction. It raised from 2015 to 2018 from 2.7 million to 3.3 million. I think that is especially important when looking for an explanation as to why political figures take credit for a steady decline in crime. Another important statistic that I found is that the percentage of unreported crimes have increased significantly. This proves that the numbers above may be more off than originally thought. It begs to question as to why crimes are not being reported. Another fact is that cases of rape nearly doubled from 1.4 to 2.7 per 1,000 12 or older. What has changed to where we are not combating this effectively? Less than half (43%) of violent victimization's where reported to the police. Based on all the statistic present, many people are not going to the police to file reports and this could possibly show a bad relationship of trust between the community and the police force. CP3123
what really caught my attention was the violent crimes that where not reported. there is a lot of crimes that people don't report. theres many reasons why people don't report crimes it may be because of fear of reprisal or getting the offender in trouble it could be the husband or a family member, some victims also think the police wont be able to resolve some situations thats why they don't report it. Based on the 2018 survey, less than half (43%) of violent victimizations were reported to police, that is less than half. The percentage of rape or sexual assault victimizations reported to police was 25%, in 2018, that means that only a quarter of all sexual assault or rape cases where reported that piggybacks of what I said earlier the reason that these types of crimes don't get reported is because of fear and other factors that come into play. checo123
My topics for my term papers revolved around mass shootings along with terrorism, especially at domestic level, with that said I focused on these topics that stood out. The number of victims of violent crimes rose from 2.7 million in 2015, to 3.3 million as of 2018 which is steady increase for a relatively short time which connects back to my topic that deals with two different types of crime, both being violent. Another statistic that stood out was the rate per 1,000 people involved in murder rising from 3.8 up to 4.3 per every 1,000 in 2018. The total amount of crimes reported by police also had a steady decrease from 2014 at 46 percent down to 42.6 percent in 2018, which backs up studies showing how violent crime may be rising, but crime overall has been steadily decreasing. The fact that assaults, simple and aggravated, seem to be the leading charge over homicides when looking at the numbers also supports the current crime trends. There is also a trend among younger males aged 20-29 because they are the most involved with violent crimes which can also show how many people around that age find themselves too busy to be involved in crime, or simply too mature by this point, thus (aging out). -Rock123,456
Throughout the article, “Criminal Victimization, 2018” I realized I could use these statistics towards my term paper, which is police brutality. Based on the 2018 survey, assistance from a victim-service agency was received in response to eleven percent. On Table 12, the percent of white race violent incidents is higher than all the races, but yet the arrest rate decreases for the white races and the African American and Hispanics increases. Although it didn’t give any statistics on my topic I did find some interesting information as in, most of all the statistics ages are 20 year old and above. The offenders often go more towards the younger age group. I feel like social media has to play a big part of it. Often these age groups of people start their drama online and normally whoever commits the offense with an actual weapon. Because of all of these violent crimes, it also has a chart describing how badly homes often decrease. -charmed123
I find it very interesting that there was an extreme increase of violent- crime victims age twelve and older from 2015 to 2018. This shows that criminals are going for younger people as victims. Just in 2018 there were 13.5 million property victimizations, this means 13.5 homes were burglarized, or damaged in one year alone. To me that number is very high and scary to think about. Less than forty three percent of violent victimizations are reported to the police. This is a huge problem in society, when crimes go on without the knowledge of police there is no way for them to fix the situation. Only around two thirds of firearm victimizations were reported to the police. This is also a huge problem, not only are there people hurting other people with firearms, but how many of these offenders are violating parole, or are owning a firearm illegally. The rate of rape or sexual assault of people aged twelve and up increased almost two times the number from 2017 to 2018. This poses a serious issue, there are more and more bad people doing horrible things to the innocent people in society, this issue and all the other issues can be helped by communicating with local police departments and reporting all criminal activity. -LW789
ReplyDeleteI find all of this information very interesting, especially the spike in younger victims recently. I wonder if there is a sort of correlation between ages of those being victimized to the age of the perpetrators. It begs the question of whether crimes are also being committed by younger people, if there is for some reason an increase in reporting by younger individuals, etc. Huge changes in statistics between years require more studies to be done in order for us to understand underlying correlations or causations. This is the only way for us to understand and take steps to prevent, deter, and catch these criminal acts. -Gatsby456
DeleteI agree that it is a problem when crimes are not reported to police. If crimes are never reported, how will criminals be taken off the street for the safety of the public? I think it is also important to remember that not all people will report every incident to the police, so surveys like the NCVS are necessary in order to help police figure out how to solve, and possibly prevent, the crimes that go unreported. Family789
DeleteI see this increase as well in children, I noticed that a lot of victims are getting younger, but if you also look into it more, it seems the offenders are getting younger as well. It seems that young crime is occurring due to the amount of things that are happening around them, a lot of risk factors have increased for children as time goes on such as social media, and the rates of poverty.
DeleteI see this increase as well in children, I noticed that a lot of victims are getting younger, but if you also look into it more, it seems the offenders are getting younger as well. It seems that young crime is occuring due to the amount of things that are happening around them, a lot of risk factors have increased for children as time goes on such as social media, and the rates of poverty. -as123
DeleteYes, I totally agree that there is an issue along the lines of violent crimes and younger kids. I remember when I was a kid, I was allowed to run all over the neighborhood with my friends until the sun went down. There was never a thought in my head or my parents head saying to watch out for the creepy white van. Obviously, I was told not to talk to strangers. But, in today's society, my son's rules are totally different. He is 10 years old and I still will not let him run all over the neighborhood. Child Trafficing is a real thing now. I actually moved my son's bus stop to the front of my house. And I do understamd that the police have special divisions that try to track where the trafficing may occur, but as years go by these numbers keep rising. It's more of a generation to hold the children close and instill the rules that no one is your friend, to always stay close to your parents. Pitbull #789
DeleteAs I was reading through this criminal victimization report, of 2018 I noticed three main points I could use as ideas to better my term paper on mass shootings. One of these points is that the number of violent incidents increased from 2017 to 2018 from five million incidents to six million incidents. To me this is important because mass shootings are violent crimes, if violent crimes in general can increase by a million in one year, one can logically foresee the possibility of an increase in mass shootings in years to come. This is important because mass shooting is a big fear in this nation and there are tending to happen more often, along with the numbers of violent crimes trending in the wrong direction. Another important point is that the number of violent crime victims aged twelve or older have also increased in the past one to three year. The lower ages in this group are at the age where they attend schools, so I believe some of these increases in numbers are due to the mass shooting instances at schools in the past couple years. Lastly, violent crime involving a weapon has increased in the past year as well. This does not mean that the increase was due to mass shooting, but it does mean as the numbers continue to increase, so do the chances of more mass shooting to occur and devastate the United States as a nation. -LW456
ReplyDeleteThese are some very interesting numbers you explained here. The number of violent incidents increased from 2017 to 2018 from five million to six hundred million. It's very surprising how many violent incidents have happened over the years. In the last decade mass shootings have been happening more frequently.
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The information you found out is very shocking! The fact that violent crimes well over doubled in one year is scary. You have chosen a well informed topic and the pieces of information you proved such as an increase of crimes using weapons are good topics for mass shootings. Also the ages of the people commiting the crimes is a good thing to bring up. -Tumble456
DeleteYou make good points. Going to the rise of the 5 million crime rate to 6 million should be a huge wake-up call for the U.S. To have that much crime rate is acceptable, we should be doing better to help people and find ways to resolve issues. Honestly, it’s really upsetting!
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Apologies, I meant NOT acceptable - Canelo123
DeleteWhile reading this interesting article titled, “Criminal Victimization, 2018”, I couldn't help but point out three points that can help with my term paper. My term paper is going to be about police brutality, and there are various points to be talked about. The first one I will be discussing is violent crimes with in races. According to the article it says, “The portion of white persons age twelve or older who were victims of violent crime increased from 0.96% in 2015 to 1.19% in 2018 (up 24%), while the portion of males who were victims increased 0.94% to 1.21% (up to 0.29%). Another fact says, “The offender was of the same race or ethnicity as the victim in 70% of violent incidents involving black victims, 62% of those involving white victim According to the article, Based on the 2018 survey, an estimated 1.21% of males and 1.16% of females (1.6 million each) experienced at least one violent crime (table 17)s, 45% of those involving Hispanic victims, and 24% of those involving Asian victims. As you can see there is a strong correlation between minorities, and violent crimes. They police may come off as very aggressive to minorities because according to statistics they commit more violent crimes than anyone else. -Jas456
ReplyDeleteI think that last statistic you mentioned is really interesting. As sad as it is, the data does support that sometimes law enforcement can be aggressive to minorities. I genuinely believe that there is no real reason for treating those people differently and we need to work to fix that. It’s such a shame that this has left a mark on the history of our policing, but we can take always learn from it, to make positive changes now and work to fix broken bonds and trust. -OUTATIME456
DeleteIt is a very sad thing to see the correlation between minorities and violent crime and that could potentially be part of the cause for the implicit bias that young officers pick up while on the job. That can obviously cause many problems on its own without even considering the violent crime factor. -Blues456
DeleteOn the very first chart that I reviewed I came across the rates of crimes. As my paper is going to be about stop and frisk, I noticed that on chart 1, one of the crimes was “simple assault” I believe this would be a good point to use in my paper. Over the past five years simple assault rates have increased from 12.4 rates per thousand in 2014 to 14.6 per thousand in 2018. Another point that could be helpful for when I write my report could be the fact that “43% of violent victimizations were reported to the police.” I believe this is helpful because almost half of the victims are not reporting the crime and that makes me think even less people would report the crime if it is being done by law enforcement themselves, crimes such as stop and frisk. Lastly, table 5 would be a good factor to add in because it is providing the amount of reports for simple assaults. The rate for simple assaults to be reported has decreased from 51.4% in 2017 to 49.9% in 2018. Even though stop and frisk is not labeled on these charts or documents “simple assault” seems to be the closest comparison to that crime. -Tumble456
ReplyDeleteA good point in referencing the unreported incidences, simple assaults probably do play a role when it comes to stop and frisk. Would you say it was the officer doing the assault or the officer stopping them because of an assault? -Moon#456
DeleteIn my research involving stop-and-frisks, I have focused a lot of my data on attempting to find racial biases in police stops, overall crime data reported by race, and finding the true representation of races in the overall population. Luckily, this source did show some interesting data in the sense that, victims of violent crime seemed fairly representative between white and black persons and their total percentage of the population. Meaning, 66% of violent crime victims were white (62% of the population) and 11% were black (12% of the population). Only 14% of violent crimes involved hispanic perpetrators, although they made up 17% of the population. The statistics also show that, 1.54-1.62% of all white persons have been victims of violent crime, disproportionately to the 1.95-2.61% of black persons, and 1.89-2.5% of hispanics. Finally, 62% of crimes involving white victims were perceived to have had a white offender. 70% of violent crime against a black individual was perceived to be committed by another black individual, 5.8 times their representation in the population. 45% of crimes against hispanics were also intraracial. Overall, I find the most useful statistic in regards to unlawful stop-and-frisks to be the information on how races other than whites are more likely to be victims of violent crimes in regards to their percentage of the population, which begs the question of why the NYPD in the 2011 study showed a grossly exaggerated percentage of stops involving minority races. -Gatsby456
ReplyDeleteYou make a lot of great points here, and I agree with all the points that you have highlighted here. My term paper is over incarcerated women, and although there were not many statistics on women in the article, the points in the article that highlight race and ethnicity also go along with gender. I found these points really helpful for the construction of my term paper. -LW789
DeleteI found the article to be very informative. Definitely found a couple of good points, but could not find enough information about gang violence or any sort of relationship between crime and gang violence. But, helpful as a guiding point to help support my topic in a general sense. Before I begin, in gang violence, there are many types of gang organizations such as crime, drugs, and more of course.
ReplyDeleteThe first one is the offender is the same ethnicity as the victim in 70% of violent incidents involving black, while 62% in whites, 45% in Hispanics, and 24% in Asian. Basically, most of the violent crimes happen in between their own people. Occasionally, we do get the black versus whites, or Asian versus whites, and so on. This a general sense, to understand most people fight with people of the same ethnicity, usually because they hold close ties about something.
Next, the crime rate from 2017 took an increase from 5.2 million to 6.0 million in 2018. Now, which to me is ironic because instead of decreasing the crime rate, it's actually increasing. But, that is not so easy. A lot is happening in today’s society, changes are taking place, technology, and more! Again, tying this in gang violence, people fight against other gang organizations for various reasons such as territory, drugs, power, killing someone of their own, and more.
Finally, according to the article, there is more crime rate in households with the lowest income from 2017 to 2018, only increasing as the years go on. This is true, in the rural areas it is hard to survive. Sometimes people feel the need to join a gang for closure and survival. Joining a gang sometimes makes them feel like family too.
- Canelo123
I am glad you highlight some of the reasons why some may be enticed to join a gang. Many people who are privileged enough not to know what living in such environments can cast judgement and blame all the ills of society on gangs without looking at the deeper issue of their being less opportunities for those who join gangs. -Edw123
DeleteI like that you said people feel the need to join a gang for closure or survival. Over the years gangs have become more violent and harder to stop. Not only are gangs targeting certain races to join their gangs but also targeting more kids to join their gangs. With the increase in number of violent crime victims age 12 or older, has me thinking that maybe gangs are targeting and scaring the younger generation to leave them with no choice but to join their gangs for protection. Brianna123
DeleteMy term paper will be about police brutality and I found in this article it states that “Based on victims’ perceptions, the largest percentage of violent incidents committed against white, black, and Hispanic victims were committed by someone of the same race or ethnicity” I think this dispels the myth that Black and Brown people are somehow more prone to violence than other groups of people and do not deserve to have unlawful force used upon them because of the misinformation that has been spread by the media. The article also states “The 2018 rate of violent victimization against U.S. citizens (23.9 victimizations per 1,000 U.S. citizens) was higher than the rate against non-U.S. citizens (12.5 victimizations per 1,000 non-U.S. citizens). There were no statistically significant changes in rates of violent victimization by citizenship status from 2017 to 2018.” This is stating more U.S citizens commit more crimes than non-U.S citizens this proves that the way in which Brown people immigrant that they do not bring violence with them and while ICE and other law enforcement agencies are dragging Brown people from their homes and families that they do not care about the safety of Americans but that they want to uphold an institution of violence against non-white people who reside in the U.S.-Edw123
ReplyDeleteI feel like you did a great job at finding out the information about the largest percentage of violent incidents were committed by the same ethnicity. I also think African Americans do not deserve to have unlawful force used on them either. I also read that more US citizens commit more crimes than the non citizens. -smiley123
DeleteI like the statistics you have pulled from this article and I feel that they will compliment your topic very well. The instances when we see excessive force used against a minority group is sickening when that equal force is not used against a majority group. -Blues123
DeleteI feel like you worked superbly at discovering the data about the biggest level of violent occurrences that were submitted by a similar ethnicity. I additionally figure African Americans don't have the right to have unlawful power utilized on them either. I additionally read that more US residents carry out a greater number of wrongdoings than non-residents. - smiley456
DeleteI do find it interesting as well how a lot people think that because immigrants are wanting a better life and as the "president" says they are a threat to America than the actual citizens. This goes to show how immigrants are not a threat and the citizens of the US cause more damage to the country than immigrants do. Immigrants want a better life, better opportunities.. Why would they ruin their chance at that? I do also see how people just also want to cause only problems to the US and that is why we have terrorists attacks. Sad to say. -charmed123
DeleteThere were no factually huge changes in paces of vicious exploitation by citizenship status from 2017 to 2018." This is expressing more U.S residents carry out a bigger number of wrongdoings than non-U.S residents, this demonstrates the manner by which African Americans immigrants state that they don't carry violence with them and keeping in mind that ICE and other law authorization organizations are hauling African American individuals from their homes and families that they couldn't care less about the wellbeing of Americans however that they need to maintain a foundation of viciousness against non-white individuals who dwell in the U.S. The expansion from 2015 to 2018 in the quantity of violent wrongdoing exploited people age 12 or more seasoned, from 2.7 million to 3.3 million, was driven by increments in the quantity of casualties of assault or rape, bothered ambush, and straightforward attack. The crime percentage from 2017 took an expansion from 5.2 million to 6.0 million out of 2018. Presently, which to me is amusing on the grounds that as opposed to diminishing the crime percentage, it's really expanding. The police may appear to be forceful to minorities in light of the fact that as indicated by insights they carry out more rough violations than any other individual. -Smiley123
ReplyDeleteThere have been a steady decline of violent victimization and the rate of victimization reported by the police until 2015. The reports have started from 1993, where the rate of victimizations were 80 per 1,000 aged 12 and older, the rate of victimizations reported to the police being around 35. Both rates went down until 2015, where the rates started to rise again. I don’t really why this is, but it could be because of parental issues or kidnappings that could have been on the rise. Another interesting statistic is the number of completed, attempted and threatened victimizations, the rate being 1,000 people being aged 12 and under. The rate has gone up since 2014, especially threatened victimization rate. From 6.1 in 2015, it went up in 8.5 in 2016. The rate of completed violent victimization increased from 2016 to 2018, going from 5.1 in 2016, to 6.9 in 2018. I’m again confused as to what this could be, but it could be a rise of shooting threats and things of that nature that could have been on the rise. The rates from both from 2015 to 2018 have risen for rates of 1,000 people 12 and over. This could be because of a possible rise of violent crime and shootings over the past few years. -OUTATIME456
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of statics throughout this article. What I found most interesting is that, to quote the article, “The portion of persons who experienced serious violent crime increased from 0.39% in 2015 to 0.46% in 2018. This was driven by increases in the prevalence of rape or sexual assault with injury or force (from 0.06% to 0.09%) and aggravated assault (from 0.21% to 0.25%) during that period. The portion of persons experiencing serious violent crime also increased from 2016 (0.40%)”. Which seems about right to me.-kahffcj456
DeleteOut of all these statistics a few really stood out more than others for my topic. The first one being the rise of victims of violent crime. That number rose from 2.7 million in 2015, to 3.3 million as of 2018 which is a very fast increase for a short amount of time which falls directly into my topic that deals with a form of violent crime. Assaults seemed to be the leading increase for this statistic but many other forms of violence seemed to emerge in those 3 years. Another statistic is the from 2017 to 2018 the number of violent incidents increased by 1 million totaling 6 million incidents in comparison for 5 million in 2017. This also falls into line with mass shootings because they are considered to be one of the most violent incidents our country and other countries face. Another statistic that really stood out was the rate per 1,000 people involved in murder rising from 3.8 up to 4.3 per every 1,000 in 2018. The total amount of crimes reported by police also had a very steady decrease from 2014 at 46 percent down to 42.6 percent in 2018, which backs up the claim that while violent crime may be rising, crime has been steadily decreasing. -Blues123
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, I find it crazy how much the number of violent crimes increased. I also find these statistics helpful for my term paper, which happens to be the same as yours. I also found it very interesting that the number of people murdered is still on the rise, especially since crime in general is said to be decreasing. -LW456
DeleteThe Bureau of Justice Statistics represented victims very well in the criminal victimisation report of 2018, which displayed statistics and facts over a 5 year period. The first point I found interesting was the increase in violent crime victims from 2.7 million to 3.3 million from the years 2015 to 2018. The number especially grew for white people between the age of 25 and 34. This is interesting because the crime trend in Illinois showed mainly African Americans being the victims of violent crime. Another interesting point is the increase in the rate of total violent victimizations between the same years. The total number of violent victimizations in this country increased by 28% between 2015 and 2018. This is a very significant increase when taking into account the decrease in crime. A third point to be considered is the increase of rape victims from 1.6 to 2.7 (per 1,000 persons). This is worrysome because rape is a serious crime that needs to be stopped and it, yet, the number of victims continues to rise. Another thing I found surprising was the little amount of people who reported victimizations involving a firearm. Out of the 470,840 victimizations involving a firearm, only 66% were reported to police. People always do, and will continue, to be hesitant in reporting victimizations to the police. Lastly it is important to point out that from 2015 to 2018, there has been an increase of 604,000 victims in relation to violent crime, this intrigues me again because crime rates seem to be lowering, however, victimizations continue to pile up. Family789
ReplyDeleteI also find it surprising how many people don't report crimes. I think there are many factors that cause people to decide against. Some of these reasons could be that they don't have trust in their Police Department, they are scared of what could happen to them, or simply they want to handle it themselves. -CRJB123
DeleteIt is so mind blowing that people do not always report the crimes so I agree with you. I also think that people have that right to not tell anyone but with that it also makes it hard for these crime rate to be accurate. Sunshine 789
DeleteMy term paper will be covering police corruption. In this article there’s not a whole lot that sticks out as police corruption. So I will be looking at this through a corruption in general approach. The first statistic that stood out to me was the actual percent and rate of victimizations reported to police by type of crime. In 2017 the percent of violent crimes reported was only 44.9%. In 2018 the percent of violent crimes reported was even less, at only 42.6%. The list of reasons for this low percent of reports could be very large. The next point I noticed in the article is the rate of violent offenses by offenders. The number of violent incidents committed by sex was men with 4,220,790 incidents, and women with 1,000,560 incidents. The next statistic I looked at was the percent of violent incidents. This showed men at 77%, women at 18.3%, and men and women at 4.7%. It’s a fact that men do commit more crimes, but these statistics led me to think if women get let off the hook easier. The next statistic I took into account was the number of violent incidents committed by race. White people had 222,508 incidents, while black people had 124,454 incidents. This shows that white people are committing more violent incidents. The white population in the United States is at about 61.3%. The black population in the United States makes up about 13% of the total population. This shows that there could very well be corruption with the police towards the black community. Black people make up a smaller portion of the United States, but having that high of incidents committed could represent corruption. -CRJB123
ReplyDeleteThis article had a lot of really good statistics I wish we could use in our term paper. Especially the serious crime stat you talked about. I also found that one the most interesting and I wish we could somehow incorporate it into our term paper. -wb123
DeleteAfter reading this article, from 2018, I learned a lot. I’m not sure if I can use any of it in my research paper though. But I did learn a lot. One thing that I learned while reading this article is, that the, The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Crime Victimization Survey, also known as NCVS, ) is an annual data collection carried out by the U.S. Census Bureau. The NCVS is a self-reported survey that is administered annually from January 1 to December 31. Annual NCVS estimates are based on the number and characteristics of crimes respondents experienced during the prior 6 months, not including the month in which they were interviewed. Therefore, the 2018 survey covers crimes experienced from July 1, 2017 to November 30, 2018, and March 15, 2018 is the middle of the reference period. Another thing I learned is that, to quote the article, “Based on the 2018 survey, 1.68% of persons age 12 or older (4.6 million) experienced at least one serious crime. About 0.46% (1.3 million) experienced a serious violent crime, and 1.25% (3.4 million) experienced a serious property crime (table 19). (Some experienced both.) From 2017 to 2018, there were no statistically significant changes in the prevalence rates of total serious crime, serious violent crime, or serious property crime.The percentage of persons who were victims of a serious crime decreased from 1.89% in 2014 to 1.68% in 2018. This decrease was driven by a decline in serious property. The final thing I learned is that, quote, “The portion of persons who experienced serious violent crime increased from 0.39% in 2015 to 0.46% in 2018. This was driven by increases in the prevalence of rape or sexual assault with injury or force (from 0.06% to 0.09%) and aggravated assault (from 0.21% to 0.25%) during that period. The portion of persons experiencing serious violent crime also increased from 2016 (0.40%)’. –kahffcj456
ReplyDeleteLooking at the NCVS, i decided to look into the property crimes aspect, I felt with my term paper, gang violence, it would help me figure out some of the different petty crimes that can lead up to the more violent crimes. Looking at the burglary/trespassing chart, I found that between 2014-2018, those types of crimes decreased by about 300,000. Granted, these numbers could have been affected by the amount of crimes that were not reported, but also, maybe these crimes have gone outdated. The same chart I looked at was the motor vehicle theft. Between 2014-2018, the chart showed these crimes honestly at a steady pace. The numbers really didn't significantly drop either. In 2014, the number was at 429,840 and at the end in 2018, it was only a little bit lower, it just dropped to 424,000. This will help me in my term paper when I go to see the trends in crime, which is one of our subject points. It will show me which crimes have decreased and increased within the past 4 years in the data shown. The data that the NCVS uses, I feel will help a lot in our term paper, for the use of the most recent data given and the amount of data given to us.-as123
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. My term paper also is Gang Violence. I felt happy to know that violent crimes were decreases in certain aspects. However, we all know that Gang Violence is becoming more and more of an issue with many aspects of crimes - gun violence, street outbreaks, homicides, and cold-killings. I wish these aspects of violent crimes (related to Gang Violence) would decrease. I believe you do too.
DeleteAlso, you wrote very well in this comment; I enjoyed reading this.
Truffles123
There were no truthfully immense changes in paces of horrendous misuse by citizenship status from 2017 to 2018." This is communicating more U.S inhabitants do a greater number of bad behaviors than non-U.S occupants, this shows the way by which African Americans outsiders express that they don't convey brutality in view of them and keeping that ICE and other law approval associations are pulling African American people from their homes and families that they couldn't think less about the prosperity of Americans anyway that they have to keep up an establishment of violence against non-white people who abide in the U.S. The extension from 2015 to 2018 in the amount of brutal bad behavior abused individuals age at least 12 prepared, from 2.7 million to 3.3 million, was driven by increases in the amount of setbacks of ambush or assault, pestered snare, and clear assault. The wrongdoing rate from 2017 took a development from 5.2 million to 6.0 million out of 2018. By and by, which to me is interesting in light of the fact that rather than lessening the wrongdoing rate, it's truly extending. The police may give off an impression of being compelling to minorities considering the way that as demonstrated by experiences they do more harsh infringement than some other person. - Smiley456
ReplyDeleteAs I was reading the article about the crime rates, I found it very intriguing that the violent crime rates were starting to decrease and then increase. The first thing that came to mind when I was reading the statement was why is this happening? Another interesting statement that I notice is that one about two thirds or firearms is actually reported and that makes me realize that we can not always go off of the crime reports because many of them aren't reported. Why is it that younger people are being the target the increase on younger violent crimes and spiked and honestly it is just unbelievable. But not only are younger people being the targets, they are also starting to be the offenders. Rape and sexual assut has chabged the most compared to other crimes and I find this intresting because I feel like rape or sexual assult would have actully decreased or stayed about the same because of all the sex offender registies and just people being aware of their surroundings. The fact that a lot of crimes and incidents are actually happening between the same race and this is something that I thought would be more of a racial hate type of thing and not the same type of race. Overall, this article was very informative and there were many different points that I found interesting and helpful to understanding more of the criminal justice system. Sunshine 789
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting as well that the rate of violent crimes have been fluctuating around these past couple of years, there is not much of an explanation for it. And many of the crimes are not reported because many people are scared to report them which is very upsetting to see, but it is the sad truth. -Cubs789
DeleteI completely agree that it is insane how younger people are being not only the victims but also the offenders. It makes you wonder what was going through their heads. I also thought sex offender registries would help but it does not seem like it. Slim789
DeleteWhen looking over the facts of reported crime and unreported crimes to police a couple things stuck out to me. One of these facts was that the increase from 2015 to 2018 in the number of the violent crimes victims age 12 or older, started as 2.7 million to 3.3 million. This was driven by the increase in the number of victims that was raped, sexually or aggrevated assaulted, and simple assault. So this means that violent crimes have gone up in the past years and more reporting. Another fact was that between 2014 and 2018, ages 12 or older, who were victims of serious crimes decreased from 1.89% to 1.68%. Mainly because most crimes were attempted Burglary not numbers involving the victims of completed Burglary. This could be a result of police deterrence. Speaking of police deterrence, property victimization rates for all types of property crime in 2014 and 2016 stay about the same with 119 victimizations per 1,000 households. Then we see a steady drop in 2018 to 108 victimizations per 1,000 households. Putting out more task forces of police in the streets and neighborhoods could more than well deter a person from commiting a crime and also catching someone in the act. Involving the violent victimizations including completed, attempted, and threatened between 2014 and 2018, we notice 2014 has the completed of all as 20 victimizations per 1,000 persons. But, in 2018 it rose to 23 victimizations per 1,000 persons. Most of the 2018 victimizations were threatened victimizations. another interesting fact is that the whole percentage of violent crimes reported during the time span of 2015 to 2018 did not really change, but the percentage of completed reported crimes to police declined from 56% to 47% over that time period. Does this mean that victims are not reporting these crimes because they are afraid of the police or are they afraid of their attacker? Maybe, they have lost faith in police investigations, or they believe that being violently victimized is now a way of life and there is no help offered. Pitbull #789
ReplyDeleteIt is astonishing that we have child these days committing crimes at the age twelve. When it comes to reporting crimes of rape and sexual nature. Yes, women are afraid of their attacker, and thus will not report to police. I am writing a term paper on Human Trafficking, and we see the same trends. It is not reported, because those who are trafficked are threatened by their captures, and afraid that those captures with harm their family if they go to the police. I don’t believe that they have lost faith in police departments. Those who have been raped, think that it was their fault, due to the clothes that they were wearing or the words that they had said. When someone is victimized it is very difficult to get out of that frame of mind, and the only way that this is possible is with counseling. I hope this helps you understand reporting rape. Illinigurl456
DeleteWithin the past couple of years the number of victims of violent crimes, aged 12 and higher, has increased a pretty significant amount. From 2015 to 2018 it increased from 2.7 to 3.3 million victims of violent crimes. But, the number of property victimizations decreased from 118.6 per 1000 households to 108.2 households around the same time. This is interesting to see that there are more violent crimes happening than non-violent property crimes such as burglary. It is also surprising to see that the large majority of crimes that happen are never even reported. There are multiple reasons for this such as the victim scared they could get in trouble, or get the person who did it in trouble, or even that the authorities would not do anything about it even if they did report it. Another thing that is surprising to me is that violent crimes that occured where the person committing the crime used a firearm only two thirds of these crimes have been reported, it’s surprising to see this number is not significantly higher than it is, since the victims' lives were in serious danger. It’s upsetting to see that many people won’t report crimes that have happened to them to authorities because of some little thing they think about. -Cubs789
ReplyDeleteI was also surprised to see that there were more violent than non violent crimes occurring. It is truly sad that more people do not report these crimes because they are afraid of what could happen. They should not be afraid to think something could happen to them, because hopefully the police can take control of the situation and make sure everyone is safe. -bear123
DeleteThe first interesting thing that I came across was a chart on the decline of violent victimizations of those 12 and older. The chart showed that since 1993 there has been a drastic decline in victimization reports from those 12 and older. The chart is laid out at a rate per 1000 people age 12 and older. While overall, the reports have declined, sexual assault cases have increased from 1.6 to 2.7 between 2015 and 2018. This could be due to the increase in awareness towards sexual assault cases in recent years. Perhaps people feel that its safer to come out about their abuse. The next interesting thing that I read was on the percentage of crime reported to the UCR. I was already aware that half of crime doesn’t go reported, but according to the new data I just read, less than 43% of violent crimes are reported to police. As stated in the study, there are a variety of reasons as to why crime goes unreported. The two largest reasons people won’t talk according to the study is out of fear from being targeted by the offender (or those close to offender), and the belief that law enforcement either won’t, or simply can’t do anything about their problem. Nacho123, 456
ReplyDeleteI find the statistics about the increase in sexual assault victims very interesting. Do you think that after the “me too” movement that the number could of increase because of victims simply telling their story? It makes you think that maybe the number hasn't increased, just that the amount of reported crimes has gone up. sun456
DeleteGood catch on realizing the problems with the UCR, it seems crazy to think that half of crime, violent or not, fails to even get reported. I would think that with the advances now in forensics technology and easy of access that more people would have faith in the criminal justice system. However, I also understand how many people would not want to "cause a fuss". -Rock123,456
DeleteMy topic was a little bit harder to gather numbers for considering the sensitivity of the topic of mass shootings but these are the topics that stood out the most. The number of victims of violent crimes rose from 2.7 million in 2015, to 3.3 million as of 2018 which is a very fast increase for a short amount of time which falls directly into my topic that deals with a form of violent crime.Another statistic that really stood out was the rate per 1,000 people involved in murder rising from 3.8 up to 4.3 per every 1,000 in 2018. The total amount of crimes reported by police also had a very steady decrease from 2014 at 46 percent down to 42.6 percent in 2018, which backs up the claim that while violent crime may be rising, crime has been steadily decreasing. The fact that assaults seem to be the leading offense over homicides when looking at the numbers also backs up that claim. There is also a trend among younger males aged 20-29 because they are the most involved with violent crimes which can also show how many individuals will age out of crime. Blues456
ReplyDeleteI thought it was crazy how violent crime has rose from 2015 to 2018. Crime happens every day and it is pretty sad to say. Assault is the leading offense which is sad because not all assaults are reported. Younger males seem to be the trend because of violent crimes.-softball456
DeleteWith the rate of violent victimizations increasing from 2015 to 2018 from 2.7 million to 3.3 million is crazy. However it is good to hear that the population of serious crime victims has decreased. It would be better if victims would report the crimes they have been the victims of. The fact that less than half or 43% of violent victimization were reported to police in 2018 is insane.I could not imagine being the victim of a crime and not reporting it. The fact that people think the police would not or could not do anything about the crime they were a victim of is so strange to hear. If you do not report it of course they can not do anything about it. It is good to see the number go down compared to 2017 even if it is only by 2%. It is a good thing that we have stuff like this Criminal victimization report so we can at least collect information and data on the types of crimes that are not reported. Slim789
ReplyDeleteI agree that we have this type of information in this day in age. It shows us that people are not reporting crimes committed against them. It also is a good tool though because it can show law enforcement a more complete picture of the crime statistics and not just what they arrest.-Legion123
DeleteThis article is extremely interesting as well as very concerning. Correlating this article to my term paper about gang violence, there are a couple statistics that really stood out. First one is that the number of violent incidents increased from 5.2 million in 2017 to 6.0 million in 2018. The second being that the number of violent crime victims age 12 or older rose from 2.7 million in 2015 to 3.3 million in 2018, making it an increase of 604, 000 victims. Not only are violent crimes increasing, but they are targeting a younger generation, leaving kids scared especially in a high crime, high poverty area because they are more vulnerable to being a victim.Over the years, gangs have been committing more dangerous crimes and recruiting more kids since life expectancy isn't high for gang members. Since gangs are targeting more kids to join their gangs there could be a connection as to why the increase in the number of violent crime victims age 12 or older. Gangs could be scaring the younger generation to join their gangs for their protection of being a victim themselves. Brianna123
ReplyDeleteMy topic for the term paper is school shootings so I went into the statistics looking for gun violence statistics. The first statistic that I found was that about two-thirds of firearm victimizations were reported to the police in 2018. This comes out 470,840 violent victimizations that involved a firearm. Another statistic that I found was that this two-thirds that adds up to 1.7 per 1,000 persons twelve and older. This was not statistically different than the statistics in 2017. In 2017 the number of victims of violent incidents involving people twelve and older was 5.2 million. The number in 2018 went up to 6 million incidents. Less than half of violent victimizations (forty-three percent) were reported to the police in 2018. The percentage of rape or sexual-assault victimizations reported to the police went down from forty percent to twenty-five percent. The percentage of robbery victims reported to the police went up. It went up from forty-nine percent to sixty-three percent. The percentage of completed reported to the police declined from fifty-six percent to forty-seven percent from 2015 to 2018. During the same time frame the number of unreported violent crime went from 9.5 per 1,000 people to 12.9 per 1,000 people.-Legion123
ReplyDeleteI find it horrible that the crimes recorded are from ages 12 and above when there are serious and violent crimes committed by persons that are under the age of 12 years of age. This to me makes the NCVS is not of accurate record of all the serious and violent crimes committed to make such law and policy changes. What about the victims of the serious or violent crimes that were committed to them by persons of age 12 or younger. Do those victims become irrelevant? Do those crimes become not as serious or violent due to the age of the offender?
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These victims should not become irrelevant. In fact, they should be given a safe haven that police and case workers go to that's comfortable for the child victim. This perhaps would get a better eye witness account when the child or victim feels comfortable enough to speak after the shock.
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The topic of my term paper is Human Trafficking. I didn’t see any statics, so I will pick three things that stand out the most from this article. First, we see an astounding increase from 2015 to 2018. There is an increase in violent-crime victims ranging from age 12 and older. It has increased from 2.7 million to 3.3 million. This data has gone up based upon an increase in victims of rape and or sexual assault, aggravated assault, and simple assault. I believe that more women are stepping out and reporting being raped. The website does state that rape victims have increased in reporting being raped. However; it is not a significant jump, but a little is better than none. It increased from 1.4 victims, to 2.7 victims. I do understand why victims do not report being raped or being involved in Human Trafficking. The victims are to scared to report the rape, due to fear of retaliation from their offenders. Finally, I really enjoyed looking through the graphs. I think that it is easier to understand the trends, whether it is an upward trend or a downward trend. This website was very informal, and has very good data. Illinigurl456
ReplyDeleteIt is a disturbing thing to see how many violent crimes are reported to the police and then look at the actual statistic of violent crimes being committed. A woman might not report a crime as a rape victim for the reasons of the ensuing stigma or double standard that is so inhumanely placed on rape and violent sexual assault. The United States should open more hotlines and public organizations that come to these victims as friends, people who have experienced the same trauma, or a shoulder to even cry on. This would help get eye witness accounts better in my opinion and change the statistic of crimes being actually reported.
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I also wrote something about the crimes not being reported and I saw that only 25% of rape or sexual assault crimes are reported and I thought the same thing you did we as a community need more ways of addressing this problem like you said more programs and hotlines could really help. checo123
DeleteThis was a very interesting article to read because of the many stats in it. It was nice to see the decrease of violent crime in 2015, but sadly that did not last long and is going back up. From 2015 to 2018 the crimes from ages 12 and up was sad to see. A big part of this upward rate this article stated was from rape or sexual assault, aggravated assault, and basic assault. In those three years these increased by around 604,000 victims, which is just awful to see. The percentage of white persons committing these crimes was up around 24 percent, while white persons being victims of these crimes was up around 29 percent from 2015. The article then states that victims of violent crimes is going up and up, luckily the victims of other serious crimes is going down. It is stated that the victims, 12 and up, of serious crimes has dropped from 1.89 percent to 1.68 percent, which is a start but hopefully can drop even lower in the future. From the survey in 2018, it says there was around 23.2 violent victimization's per 1,000 residents. The good thing from this study is that luckily from 1993 to 2018, the violent victimization has drastically decreased from 79.8 to 23.2 victimization's per 1,000 residents. -bears123
ReplyDeleteI do agree with you that it was nice to see a decrease but like you said it did not last long and especially with younger kids. That is so sad to me, most of these kids will not have a regular childhood because of the exposure of violence and simple crime that most kids should not witness. I wish there was some way to lessen that number in general but mostly with those young kids. -wags123
DeleteI think the graphs that are presented in this content are very useful. I am writing my paper on Domestic Violence and it shows the number of domestic violent crimes from 2014 to 2018 and it also tells the rate per 1000. In 2015 and 2016 the number of domestic violence crimes decreased and then hitting 2017, it started to increase. I think it is good to see that the total serious crimes have been decreasing and so has serious property crimes. Serious violent crimes seem to stay the same throughout the years. The one thing that I wish this website showed was the number of rates. I think that is a big crime that goes unnoticed. There are a lot of people out there that get raped but do not report it. That goes along with domestic violence and assault. A lot of people do not like to report those crimes because they don’t want to get those people that committed the crime in trouble, due to being a family member or their partner. -softball456
ReplyDeleteI agree the numbers are probably not as accurate as they could be considering how much fear and stigma domestic violence victims are under. Women are normally terrified and men are normally embarrassed. -Gamma456
DeleteI was intrigued to read that serious crimes relating to Hispanic victims has gone down. This is interesting since I feel that they are very targeted by hate especially with the current state of the United States. It was nice to see property crimes have decreased nationwide even when the other article stated that it is still very prevalent in Illinois. It was shocking to read that of all serious crimes committed, the same race would attack their own, meaning whites victimized whites, blacks victimized blacks, etc. Reading that 2/3 of firearms crimes are reported does not shock me since it is plastered around social media; however, it is still uplifting to know that more crimes are being reported. -Gamma456
ReplyDeleteFrom 2015 to 2018 the violent crimes increased between the ages of 12 or older, it increased from 2.7 million to 3.3. This was due to the rise of rapes, sexual assault, violent crimes, and simple assault. Another thing that caught my eye was that violent crimes rose 800,000 in one year from 2017 to 2018. In 2017 the number was at 5.2 million and by the start of 2018, it was 6.0 million. Even though most crimes have dropped significantly from 1993 there is a steady rise since 2018. After looking at all of these statistics, my understanding is that the rise in violent crimes correlates with victims of rape, sexual assault, or violent crimes. I was most interested in the younger children’s statics about violent crimes. I wonder what made the spike in violent crimes with the younger generation and why it has started in the past few years. My term paper is about police corruption so unfortunately, I don’t think I can use much of the information from this website. Although there are some very good statistics about serious and violent crimes and it is still very interesting about why people are committing such violent crimes at a young age. There is some things I could put into my paper and maybe some of these stats relate back to police corruption but I’m not sure I can use this website as a main source for my term paper. But after reading this article I did gain some knowledge and that’s all I can ask for from these blogs. I would like to see the statistics from 2019 and see where it stand compared to 2018. -wb123
ReplyDeleteAfter looking at the Criminal Victimization, 2018 article I found a lot of interesting things like how the rate of completed violent victimization has increased from 2016 to 2018. It went from 5.1 to 6.9 over those years and that is not good that it keeps increasing. It would be a good thing to research as to why those numbers might be increasing and this might be a good thing to mention for my research topic of corruption as well talking about how those might be victimized by the police. One thing I found interesting was that 21% of females compared to 16% of males were the ones offending other females. So that means the women were offending violent crimes against other women rather than more men doing it to women. One thing I noticed was that most violent incidents are done by those of the same race or ethnicity as the victim which I completely agree with and have had an idea about that before reading about that. One thing that surprised me but not really at the same time was the number of violent victimization of those 12-17 years old. All these kids are getting exposed to experiencing all these crimes at such a young age. The last thing I noticed was that less than half (43%) of violent victimization were reported to the police so that means 57% of those violent victimizations are not even reported and so many people get away with it. -wags123
ReplyDeleteGoing through the Criminal Victimization report from 2018 I found some good points I could use while writing my term paper about domestic violence. In the report I noticed the chart with the number and rate of violent victimizations from 2014 to 2018. In the table, domestic violence was a category and in those four years the number and rate increased. Under domestic violence it says intimate partner violence which has also increased within those four years. In the report, it also talks about how many crimes do not get reported especially domestic violence crimes because the spouse is usually too afraid to come forward. When that is the case then people know that it is a very serious and dangerous situation they are in. In 2018, only 47% of domestic violence crimes were reported which is only about half and the other half did not get the help they needed being in that situation. This victimization report is going to be very helpful for me and my term paper because I want to focus on what happens after a crime like that is reported. I want to focus on how the victim gets treated and the process they go through to get out of that situation. -HL456
ReplyDeleteWith all of the domestic violence information in this report I found that there was a lot of great information that we can use to describe against other types of crimes. I also thought that it was really interesting that only 47% of domestic violence crimes were reported which is only half and the other half could not or did not get help.-Cookie456
DeleteI have a term paper over women incarceration and I also found it interesting that domestic violence is on the rise since women are usually involved with domestic violence. It is also interesting that the number of domestic violence crimes reported but the crime is still increasing. It makes me wonder how much more domestic violence is happening that we don't know about. Jwilliejack789
DeleteThe last article to read had a ton of information about my term paper which is domestic violence. I thought that it was really interesting to see that domestic violence has swayed back and forth within the last 4 years but there has not been much of a difference in the numbers between the beginning and end of this report. But between 2015 and 2018 there was a increase in the stats as it went down from 2014 and then slowly climbed back up and surpassed the numbers from the past. Between domestic violence and intimate partner violence it makes up for almost 8% of crimes reported in 2017 and 2018. The percent of crimes in 2014 that were violent was 46% and of those only halves were completed and the number for completed crimes dwindled down as the years go on and the numbers for attempted or threatened rose. Which kept up with the other statistics that showed that domestic violence was decreasing from the past years and into the present now. There are a few holes in this report though because if they are looking at these statistics for domestic violence the people who are injured are not exclusively in that category. It needs to be more delved into the statistics themselves of domestic violence since it takes up a lot of violent crimes.-Cookie456
ReplyDeleteIn this article I found very interesting points, three of which seem to be able to play a role in my term paper. I read all these statistics on the rates of violent crimes as well as the victim groups that are usually seen, and it shows interesting information. It talks about the rate of violent crimes going up in recent years as well as the victimization rate. One part talks about how “The number of violent incidents increased from 5.2 million in 2017 to 6.0 million in 2018.” The next interesting point was that most attacks seem to happen on the offender’s own race, statistics showing, “The offender was of the same race or ethnicity as the victim in 70% of violent incidents involving black victims, 62% of those involving white victims, 45% of those involving Hispanic victims, and 24% of those involving Asian victims.” And the final point that I found to be beneficial to my paper was that the violent crimes may be going up, but it seems to be led by an increase in rape, sexual-assualt, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assualt. I want to explore more in depth on these topics in order to look at the data and see just how it fairs with today. - Moon#456
ReplyDeleteMy term paper topic is on police brutality and the first thing I found that related to my topic is that “The rate of total violent victimization increased from 18.6 to 23.2 victimizations per 1,000 persons.” From this, I would want to find out what percentage of those victims are from police brutality. The second piece of information I found was about how a household with a low and high income had an increase in violent victimization. I feel that this relates to my topic because I hypothesize that police brutality happens more in areas of low income. Finally, my last piece of information that I found that relates to my topic is that “The rate of violent victimizations not reported to police rose from 9.5 per 1,000 persons age 12 or older in 2015 to 12.9 per 1,000 in 2018,“ My question that arises from this information would be “Is there police brutality that happens but doesn’t get reported?
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The number of total incarceration of women has started to increase at twice the rate of men. There are several reasons why this is happening but a few reasons why this is happening is because women are falling victim to crimes a lot more often. For example, NCVS came out with a statistic that the number of people from 2015 to 2018 that have fallen to violent crime has increased among the total population. This statistic includes: Whites, males, and even females. The range of these people who fall victim to violent crime include people from 25 to 34, 50 to 64, and people 65 or older. The rate of victims of people who fall victim to rape or sexual assault has also increased from 1.4 victims per 1,000 people ages 12 or older in 2017 to 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2018. Studies have shown that a lot of people don’t even report a crime when they fall victim to one. The total number of victims of violent crimes have dropped from 79.8 to 23.2 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older, from 1993 to 2018. But, the number of crimes reported during this period has also declined from 33.8 to 9.9 victimizations reported to police per 1,000 persons age 12 or older, according to NCVS. The number of domestic crimes reported from 2014 to 2018 has also increased. In 2014 there were 4.2 domestic violent crimes reported per 1,000 people and in 2018 that number increased to 4.8 people. This is a big increase when factor in the fact that less than 50% of all crime goes unreported. In 2017, 47.2 % of all domestic violence was reported to the police. In 2018, 47% of all domestic violence was reported. Now, I get that those percentages are very close to equal. But people being charged for domestic violence is always increasing from year to year and the number of reports is going down. Now I am not saying this is the reason why women are doing to jail at such a rapid pace, but this might be a significant factor to why this increase is happening. Jwilliejack789
ReplyDeleteI found the article to be very educational. I was surprised to learn how much crime isn’t being reported to law enforcement agencies. In 2017 the UCR reported 3.8 violent crimes were committed for every 1,000 people and 23.6 property crimes were committed that were only known to law enforcement. But according to the NCVS in 2017 there were actually 38.7 property crimes that weren’t reported. That’s a pretty big gap in what is being reported compared to what’s not. I believe it is a problem when crimes are not reported to police. If crimes are never reported how are officers supposed to get these criminals off the street? And if these people got away with it once whose to say they won't keep doing it because they know they're not going to get in trouble. I was surprised to learn that the number of violent incidents increased from 2017 to 2018 from five million incidents to six million incidents. Steelers789
ReplyDeleteThe NCVS (National Crime Victimization Survey) article was a good read for me, I honestly never heard of a NCVS and comparing it to the UCR it does seem like a way to collect data better. However I do realize the setbacks of this program, one being the time it would take to collect said data would take a long time. The second con would be the honesty of people, just about anyone can make up a story and there is no way of fact checking. But as I said in a previous blog with the combination or the NCVS and UCR creates a better way of collecting data as a whole over picking one over the other. The assignment I was given was to do research on police brutality in the country and with the NCVS; it could easily be used to see how many cases of police brutality people do not report but still are carried out. Also I plan on discovering if there are any victims of police brutality receiving service from victim support agencies. In the article it states that 11% of violent crime victims were receiving some sort of help from certain agencies and the number is rising. With the NCVS and UCR it should be easy for me to find the information i need for my paper.
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I found it interesting to learn that after years of a steady decrease in criminal activity, the last few years show a significant change in the other direction. It raised from 2015 to 2018 from 2.7 million to 3.3 million. I think that is especially important when looking for an explanation as to why political figures take credit for a steady decline in crime. Another important statistic that I found is that the percentage of unreported crimes have increased significantly. This proves that the numbers above may be more off than originally thought. It begs to question as to why crimes are not being reported. Another fact is that cases of rape nearly doubled from 1.4 to 2.7 per 1,000 12 or older. What has changed to where we are not combating this effectively? Less than half (43%) of violent victimization's where reported to the police. Based on all the statistic present, many people are not going to the police to file reports and this could possibly show a bad relationship of trust between the community and the police force. CP3123
ReplyDeletewhat really caught my attention was the violent crimes that where not reported. there is a lot of crimes that people don't report. theres many reasons why people don't report crimes it may be because of fear of reprisal or getting the offender in trouble it could be the husband or a family member, some victims also think the police wont be able to resolve some situations thats why they don't report it. Based on the 2018 survey, less than half (43%) of violent
ReplyDeletevictimizations were reported to police, that is less than half. The percentage of rape or sexual assault victimizations reported to police was 25%, in 2018, that means that only a quarter of all sexual assault or rape cases where reported that piggybacks of what I said earlier the reason that these types of crimes don't get reported is because of fear and other factors that come into play. checo123
My topics for my term papers revolved around mass shootings along with terrorism, especially at domestic level, with that said I focused on these topics that stood out. The number of victims of violent crimes rose from 2.7 million in 2015, to 3.3 million as of 2018 which is steady increase for a relatively short time which connects back to my topic that deals with two different types of crime, both being violent. Another statistic that stood out was the rate per 1,000 people involved in murder rising from 3.8 up to 4.3 per every 1,000 in 2018. The total amount of crimes reported by police also had a steady decrease from 2014 at 46 percent down to 42.6 percent in 2018, which backs up studies showing how violent crime may be rising, but crime overall has been steadily decreasing. The fact that assaults, simple and aggravated, seem to be the leading charge over homicides when looking at the numbers also supports the current crime trends. There is also a trend among younger males aged 20-29 because they are the most involved with violent crimes which can also show how many people around that age find themselves too busy to be involved in crime, or simply too mature by this point, thus (aging out). -Rock123,456
ReplyDeleteThroughout the article, “Criminal Victimization, 2018” I realized I could use these statistics towards my term paper, which is police brutality. Based on the 2018 survey, assistance from a victim-service agency was received in response to eleven percent. On Table 12, the percent of white race violent incidents is higher than all the races, but yet the arrest rate decreases for the white races and the African American and Hispanics increases. Although it didn’t give any statistics on my topic I did find some interesting information as in, most of all the statistics ages are 20 year old and above. The offenders often go more towards the younger age group. I feel like social media has to play a big part of it. Often these age groups of people start their drama online and normally whoever commits the offense with an actual weapon. Because of all of these violent crimes, it also has a chart describing how badly homes often decrease. -charmed123
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