Changes, or shifts, in crime have been charted since official crime statistics were first collected in the 1930s in the United States
Outline the significant shifts in crime by indicating the time frame, the direction of the change, and the possible explanations for the changes. You should have four shifts.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer (should include points such as):
The first shift begins in the early 1940s.
Crime decreased at this time.
Possible explanations included the beginning of WWII and young males serving in the war.
Young males would be responsible for most of the crime but were away for the war.
The second shift begins in the early 1960s.
The males that had fought in WWII were home and birth rates increased.
By the early 1960s, these baby boomers were in the crime prone age bracket.
The third shift started in the early 1990s.
Strict laws and an aging population may be used to explain the decline in crime at this time.
Unemployment also declined with the implied correlation to crime.
The fourth shift is occurring now.
There is an increase in the teenage population occurring.
Economic uncertainty.
Prison overcrowding, resulting in inmates being released early, may be used to explain a recent increase in certain crimes.
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