Transcript Machon Gregory

Machon Gregory
Violent Crimes: A Breakdown of the Offenses
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Number of Crimes
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1500000
Aggravated Assault
1250000
Robbery
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Forcible Rape
Murder and Non-Negligent
Manslaughter
750000
500000
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0
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
Year ( 1960 - 2005 )
Violent crime where on the increase until the mid-90 when the number of
crimes started to decrease. Some attributed the decrease to legislation with
stiffer penalties, while others attribute the decrease to the legalization of
abortion which caused many of the would be felony not to be born.*
Dataset from Bureau of Justice Statistics
*conjecture by S. D. Levitt in Freakonomics
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Laws Get Stricter: Violent Crimes vs. Prison Population
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Total Violent Crimes
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Total Prison Pop.
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78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04
Years (1976 - 2004)
Even through violent crimes began to decrease stiffer penalties,
such as the 3 strikes drug possession law, and larger police
forces led to a steady increase in the prison population.
Dataset from Bureau of Justice Statistics
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To Kill or Not to Kill
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Number of Executions
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60
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Executions
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77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05
Year ( 1977 - 2005 )
It seems that as violent crimes decrease as is the use of
capital punishment. The decline in the graph around the
early 21st century is a direct result of the decrease of
violent crimes in the mid-90 because inmates remain on
death row for about 8 years.
Dataset from Bureau of Justice Statistics