Causes of Urban Crime

Crime Facts

Males were more likely to be hurt by a stranger, and females were more likely to be hurt by a friend or someone they know. Family members were most likely to murder a young child -- About one in five child murders was committed by a family member -- while a friend or someone they know was most likely to murder an older child age 15 to 17.   For murder victims, 44% were related to or knew their murders; 13% of victims were murdered by strangers, while 43% of victims had an unknown relationship to their murderer in 2000. In 2002,   violent crimes were more likely to occur during the day than at the night. In 2002, 53% of  violent crime occurred between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Almost two-thirds of rapes/sexual assaults occurred at night -- 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. In 2002 about a quarter of incidents of violent crime occurred at or near the victim's home.

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In 2001, Students age 12 to 18 were victims of about 161,000 serious violent crimes at school, and about 290,000 away from school. Between 1992 and 2001 school violence went down. Crime rates are different in different parts of America. In 2002 people in the west were involved in more crimes of violence and robbery. In 2002 -- · 29 Westerners, 26 Midwesterners, 20 Southerners and 19 Northeasterners per 1,000 were violent crime victims. Cities have more crime than suburbs or rural areas.