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  2. Race and crime in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the relationship between race and crime has been a topic of public controversy and scholarly debate for more than a century. Crime rates vary significantly between racial groups; however, academic research indicates that the over-representation of some racial minorities in the criminal justice system can in part be explained by socioeconomic factors, such as poverty ...

  3. Race and crime in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The relationship between race and crime in the United Kingdom is the subject of academic studies, government surveys, media coverage, and public concern. Under the Criminal Justice Act 1991, section 95, the government collects annual statistics based on race and crime. [1] [2] [n 1] These statistics have highlighted differences in ...

  4. List of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate

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    Violent crime rate by state (2022) This is a list of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate. It is typically expressed in units of incidents per 100,000 individuals per year; thus, a violent crime rate of 300 (per 100,000 inhabitants) in a population of 100,000 would mean 300 incidents of violent crime per year in that entire population, or 0.3% out of the total.

  5. Crime in the United States - Wikipedia

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    According to the FBI, index crime in the United States includes violent crime and property crime. Violent crime consists of five criminal offenses: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and gang violence; property crime consists of burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

  6. The U.S. crime rate is still dropping, FBI data shows - AOL

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    Ken Dilanian. March 19, 2024 at 1:10 PM. New FBI data confirms previous indications that crime in the U.S. declined significantly in 2023, continuing a post-pandemic trend and belying widespread ...

  7. Police use of deadly force in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A 2018 study in the American Journal of Public Health found the mortality rate by police per 100,000 was 1.9 to 2.4 for black men, 0.8 to 1.2 for Hispanic men and 0.6 to 0.7 for white men. The table below gives recent CDC statistics showing the proportions of fatal police shootings and all firearm deaths by race.

  8. List of United States cities by crime rate - Wikipedia

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    The number of murders includes nonnegligent manslaughter. This list is based on the reporting. In most cases, the city and the reporting agency are identical. However, in some cases such as Charlotte, Honolulu, and Las Vegas, the reporting agency has more than one municipality. Murder is the only statistic that all agencies are required to report.

  9. Mass racial violence in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the broader context of racism in the United States, mass racial violence in the United States consists of ethnic conflicts and race riots, along with such events as: Racially based communal conflicts between White Americans and African Americans which took place before the American Civil War, often in relation to attempted slave revolts, and ...