Crimes, criminals, and the criminal justice system are evolving every day, and more research and practice has to be done.
There were not any robbery rates that aligned with the murder rates in any city. The trends of robberies depend on the size of the city and the number of areas or locations. Some of the cities that were considered more "urban" tend to have higher rates of murder than those that were considered “rural.” (UCR, 2014) On the contrary, the cities with more rural areas had higher rates of robbery than those in "urban" areas. In my opinion, this trend occurred due to the income variability in the rural areas and the gang, drug, or mental illness accounts in the urban areas. Urban areas tend to have higher rates of gang members, drug users and abusers, and those who suffer from untreated mental issues. (Karmen, 2017) The reason so many citizens fail to receive