Crime in the U.S.

1 During the past quarter century, the proportion of violent crime in the US sharply declined. The two most frequently quoted crime statistics in the United States show that since the peak in the early 1990's the rate of violent crime has dramatically decreased. One is the FBI's annual report, which reports serious crimes to the police in approximately 18,000 jurisdictions nationwide. Another is an annual survey of more than 90,000 families by the Ministry of Justice statistical office asking whether the police are to be notified whether Americans over the age of 12 are victims of crime.

In developed countries in the West, the United States has been regarded as a society of special violence and crime for a long time. However, according to the International Crime Victim Survey, the proportion of many individuals' sacrifice and property crime in the United States may not differ much from that of other countries (Mayhew and van Dijk 1997). Nonetheless, the proportion of homicides and other serious violent crimes continues to occur in the United States far beyond other high-income countries.

"Violent crime" means a crime in which the victim of the crime suffers violence or is being threatened by violence. According to US law, violent crime includes murder, rape, sexual assault, robbery, strike. Because these crimes are considered to be particularly serious, they are strictly tracked by law enforcement agencies and are being punished more severely than other crimes. To my surprise, animals are still considered legitimate property and are very similar to tables and chairs. Abusing animals is obviously violent, but abusing animals is not a violent crime, as violent crimes take into account the harm to people rather than assets.