POLS 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Motor Vehicle Theft, Texas Highway Patrol, Social Capital
8 Nov 2016
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There are two distinct differences in types of crimes that happen/take place: There is also hate crime which can fall into both categories and happens when there is something that someone doesn"t like or agree with. Spray painting someone"s house because they"re african american. In recent decades, the crime rates have been on the downlow and are slowly declining. Note the victimization rate--the amount of crimes that go without being said and are not reported to authorities. The decline of crime has some potential explanations: success of get tough movement, success of rehabilitation efforts for felons, mental health, in-prison education, demographic changes over time, aging population is coming out of high crime years. State and local law enforcement officers (leos) The typical makeup of law enforcement is a small percent state police with the most law enforcement take place at the county and city level.
