According to the California Disaster Center Statistics Online Web Site (2015), in 1990, California had a population of an estimated 29.7 million people, and about 3.9 million crimes. The categories of the crimes included in this statistical report were the following: violent crimes, property crimes, murders, forcible rapes, robberies, cases of burglary, larceny-thefts, vehicle thefts, and aggravated assaults. The Disaster Center has also provided us with statistics for the year 2014, which revealed a population of approximately 38.8 million and about 2.2 million crimes. In a 24-year span, we had an increased population of 9.1 million, yet a decline of crimes of 1.7 million. I believe that both local and state governments had an influence in
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Consequently, according to Mona Field (2013), “Public fears of violent crime have led to a series of ballot initiatives, including Proposition 21 (2000), which requires juveniles aged 14 or older to be tried as adults for murder, and which increases penalties for gang-related offenses” (p. 107). This is also an example of a law that could have had an effect on the rate of crime in California. There are certain crimes that underage people are committing and the state government along with the people who voted and supported the proposition believed that this was a necessary change to reduce crime in California amongst the young …show more content…
It is possible that people may refuse to go out of their homes or even refuse to go through some particular activity outdoors because they might be victims of a crime. I believe that the news media may be doing that to some people, while others just accept the news with a grain of salt. Nevertheless, many people who watch the news have that false perception of crime which should and could be changed by informing them.
It is our responsibility as both good citizens of the state and good members of society to spread the truth about the real rate of crime. My family believed that crime was increasing in California before I started this essay, and now they all know that the opposite is the case. I provided them with the statistical data. These numbers show a pattern, a pattern of increased population while at the same time decreased crime. I have shared above two main laws that occurred in the state of California that had potentially huge impacts on this successful decline of
Consequently, according to Mona Field (2013), “Public fears of violent crime have led to a series of ballot initiatives, including Proposition 21 (2000), which requires juveniles aged 14 or older to be tried as adults for murder, and which increases penalties for gang-related offenses” (p. 107). This is also an example of a law that could have had an effect on the rate of crime in California. There are certain crimes that underage people are committing and the state government along with the people who voted and supported the proposition believed that this was a necessary change to reduce crime in California amongst the young …show more content…
It is possible that people may refuse to go out of their homes or even refuse to go through some particular activity outdoors because they might be victims of a crime. I believe that the news media may be doing that to some people, while others just accept the news with a grain of salt. Nevertheless, many people who watch the news have that false perception of crime which should and could be changed by informing them.
It is our responsibility as both good citizens of the state and good members of society to spread the truth about the real rate of crime. My family believed that crime was increasing in California before I started this essay, and now they all know that the opposite is the case. I provided them with the statistical data. These numbers show a pattern, a pattern of increased population while at the same time decreased crime. I have shared above two main laws that occurred in the state of California that had potentially huge impacts on this successful decline of