Crime

In the class book chapter four is the chapter on crime. It introduces crime by talking about who commits crimes, what types of crimes people commit, and what it means for society. The reason I chose crime was because I think it is interesting to look at who commits crimes and why they do it, is it out of necessity or just because they want to do something that is illegal. Crime happens across socioeconomic status, race, and gender (picture, http://www.toonpool.com/cartoons/CRIME%20up%20ECONOMY%20down%3F_43284 ).

http://ida.lib.uidaho.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=82915474&site=ehost-live&scope=site
The link above will take to a journal called, "Race, Space, and Violence: Exploring Spatial Dependence in Structural Covariates of White and Black Violent Crime in US Counties" I chose this article because I think it is important to look a crimes across many different variables including race.

http://youtu.be/TfElVMU2Fg8

The YouTube link above will take you to a video about the recent rise in crime rate.

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/september/latest-crime-stats-released/latest-crime-stats-released

http://www.policymap.com/crime-statistics/index.html

The first link will take you to fbi.gov which has all sorts of stats on the page to show you what kinds of crime are being committed. Next link will show you a map of where crime happens.

"Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime" (Good Reads, Aristotle)