| Show SectionEnvironmental Risks Violent Crime Compiled by Janet Smith Historically the causes and origins of crime have been the subjects of investigation by varied diss factors which are known to affect the volume and type of crime occurring from place to place are Population density and degree of urbanization Variations in composition of the population particularly youth concentration Stabilty of population with respect to residents mobility commuting patterns and transient factors Modes of transportation and highway system Economic conditions including median income poverty level and job availabilty Cultural factors and educational recreational and religious characteristics Family conditions with respect to divorce and family cohesiveness Cimate Effective strength of law enforcement agencies Administrative and investigative emphases of law enforcement Policies of other components of the criminal justice system e prosecutorial judicial correctional and probational ens atiitudes toward crime Crime reporting practices of the citizenry The Uniform Crime Reports givenationwide view of crime based on statistics contributed by local and state law enforcement agencies Population size is the only correlate of crime utiized in these data While the other factors listed above are of equal concem no attempt is made to relate them to the data presented Violent crime is defined by the Uniform Crime Reports as four offenses murder and non-negligent manslaughter forcible rape robbery and aggravated assault Al violent crimes involve force or threat of force From 1997 to 1998 violent crime decreased in the nationcities collectively by seven percent and in the suburban counties by nine percent According to the FBI violent crime totals declined six percent and property crime totals dropped five percent compared to the previous yeartotals Table 87 Violent Crime Rates Utah andS 1983-1998 Aggravated Assault Murder US Uah US Us Utah Year 2792 BT 83 331983 200357 79 29 1984 3029 3749 30 1985 346379 86 30 1986 351374 83 32 1987 3702 376 84 28 1988 3834 381 87 27 1989 4241 4124 30 1990 4333 423 98 29 1991 4418 428 93 29 1992 440406 95 31 1993 427293 20 29 1994 4183 374 427 82 39 1995 3909 363 4184 32 1996 3820 359 475 68 24 1997 381 358 393 63 28 1998 Raported cfimes per 100 000 population Seurces S Department of Justice Uniform Crime Report 1996 and 1996 WashingtonC Oniine wynw bi cov ucr Cius 98 96crime 98crime pd The Uniform Crime Reports Online htp www fbi goviucr Cius 99 98crime 98crime Ibid 11 119 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
