Homicides and Violence in America by Kirsten Shelby https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock en-us 2020-01-09 16:41:59 UTC 2020-01-10 17:01:39 UTC hello@padlet.com 44557 https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/429565146 2020-01-09 16:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/429565146 44557 https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/429565758 2020-01-09 16:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/429565758 44557 https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/429566528 2020-01-09 16:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/429566528 Public perceptions about crime in the U.S. often don’t align with the data. 44557 https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/429567680 2020-01-09 16:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/429567680 44557 https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/429568415 2020-01-09 16:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/429568415 44557 https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/429570346 In its annual survey, BJS asks victims of crime whether they reported that crime to police. In 2018, only 43% of violent crimes tracked by BJS were reported to police. And in the much more common category of property crime, only about a third (34%) were reported. There are a variety of reasons crime might not be reported, including a feeling that police “would not or could not do anything to help” ]]> 2020-01-09 16:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/429570346 Most of the crimes that are reported to police, meanwhile, are not solved, at least based on an FBI measure known as the “clearance rate.” That’s the share of cases each year that are closed, or “cleared,” through the arrest, charging and referral of a suspect for prosecution (or through “exceptional means,” such as the death of a suspect or a victim’s refusal to cooperate with a prosecution). In 2018, police nationwide cleared 46% of violent crimes that were reported to them. For property crimes, the national clearance rate was 18% 44557 https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/429570713 2020-01-09 16:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/429570713 44557 https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/429572297 2020-01-09 16:54:12 UTC https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/429572297 44557 https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/430074346 2020-01-10 16:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/430074346 The US suffered more mass killings in 2019 than any year on record, according to researchers. A database compiled by the Associated Press (AP), USA Today and Northeastern University recorded 41 incidents and a total of 211 deaths. 44557 https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/430074789 2020-01-10 16:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/430074789 44557 https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/430075660 2020-01-10 16:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/44557/k3vbt2ibcock/wish/430075660