In the beginning of every week, our local news stations like to report about the past weekend’s homicide because quite frankly because every weekend has one. What they do not report as much is all the robberies that happen which is at a much higher rate than homicide and can easily lead to homicide. If we address violent crimes like robberies in the largest Chicago community, we can avoid many potentially fatal outcomes across the Chicagoland area. The robbery rate in the Austin community is among the highest in the Chicagoland area("Crime in Chicagoland," 2017). Robberies in the Austin community seems to spike at 9 pm around street locations("Crime in Chicagoland," 2017). Furthermore, in the last month or so there have been 79 robberies("Crime
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Within the last year, there were a total of 779 robberies committed in the Austin community("Crime in Chicagoland," 2017). When looking at data starting from 2001 to now, the robbery rate in the Austin community has not really increased or decreased, which means to me nothing has really been done to address this concern("Crime in Chicagoland," 2017). Robbery in this community seemingly happens anywhere at any time; in the morning, afternoon, late at night, in alleys, at CTA stops or just walking down the street("CLEARmap," 2017). The majority of robberies in the Austin community includes the use of a handgun by one of more African American offenders from ages 18-30 years old when victims are alone walking to their vehicles in the dark("CLEARmap," 2017). Sadly, zooming out to see the whole community with our GIS mapping software for the past six months or so caused an error stating you needed to zoom in because there was too much information presented at one time("CrimeReports," 2017). Our software is capable of handling a lot of data so it is shocking to see it overloaded with data so much so that you need to change the area parameters in order to clearly see the …show more content…
It was also noticed that there were many robberies also committed in nearby communities and towns near the Austin neighborhood during the six month period("CrimeReports," 2017). The most recent robberies committed in the Austin community was on October 3, 2017, at 10:24 am and then again at 4 pm by an African American male using a handgun in an alley or on a sidewalk("AustinTalks," 2017). This leads me to believe the same culprits are carrying out the robberies in areas they are familiar with and probably reside in. It is important to note that in the U.S., violent crimes similar to robberies have gone up 3.9%("Increase in Violent," 2016). In the Austin community, violent crimes have gone up 10%("Crime in Chicagoland," 2017). Also, 327,374 robberies across the nation in 2015 were committed with a grand total of losses equaling $390 million at an average of $1,190 per offense("Increase in Violent," 2016). In the community of Austin, most of the robberies total loss each offense is under $300("CLEARmap," 2017). That means these offenders are just looking for the opportunity to rob anyone no matter what they have on them. There is no premeditation to robbing a specific person or thing. We need to discourage the thought of wanting to commit
Within the last year, there were a total of 779 robberies committed in the Austin community("Crime in Chicagoland," 2017). When looking at data starting from 2001 to now, the robbery rate in the Austin community has not really increased or decreased, which means to me nothing has really been done to address this concern("Crime in Chicagoland," 2017). Robbery in this community seemingly happens anywhere at any time; in the morning, afternoon, late at night, in alleys, at CTA stops or just walking down the street("CLEARmap," 2017). The majority of robberies in the Austin community includes the use of a handgun by one of more African American offenders from ages 18-30 years old when victims are alone walking to their vehicles in the dark("CLEARmap," 2017). Sadly, zooming out to see the whole community with our GIS mapping software for the past six months or so caused an error stating you needed to zoom in because there was too much information presented at one time("CrimeReports," 2017). Our software is capable of handling a lot of data so it is shocking to see it overloaded with data so much so that you need to change the area parameters in order to clearly see the …show more content…
It was also noticed that there were many robberies also committed in nearby communities and towns near the Austin neighborhood during the six month period("CrimeReports," 2017). The most recent robberies committed in the Austin community was on October 3, 2017, at 10:24 am and then again at 4 pm by an African American male using a handgun in an alley or on a sidewalk("AustinTalks," 2017). This leads me to believe the same culprits are carrying out the robberies in areas they are familiar with and probably reside in. It is important to note that in the U.S., violent crimes similar to robberies have gone up 3.9%("Increase in Violent," 2016). In the Austin community, violent crimes have gone up 10%("Crime in Chicagoland," 2017). Also, 327,374 robberies across the nation in 2015 were committed with a grand total of losses equaling $390 million at an average of $1,190 per offense("Increase in Violent," 2016). In the community of Austin, most of the robberies total loss each offense is under $300("CLEARmap," 2017). That means these offenders are just looking for the opportunity to rob anyone no matter what they have on them. There is no premeditation to robbing a specific person or thing. We need to discourage the thought of wanting to commit