Sociology 2140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Illegal Drug Trade In Colombia, Transnational Crime, Social Control
6 Apr 2020
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When asked to rank the most important problem in the us, less than 1% of a random sample of americans responded that the courts were a significant concern. The courts are just one part of a massive bureaucracy called the criminal justice system, a system that often comes under public scrutiny. The global context: international crime and social control. Even so, dramatic differences do exist in international crime rates, although comparisons are made difficult by the insignificant amount of research and variations in measurement and crime definitions. Us crime rates: the overall us serious crime rate, particularly property crime, was the highest in the world by 1980, by 2000, the overall crime rate had decreased below that of finland, england and. Western nations, and even industrialized non-western nations, are witnessing higher numbers. The us government spends millions of dollars annually to compile and analyze crime statistics.
