In “Chapter One: The Case of the Unsolved Crime Decline” by R. Rosenfeld & “Chapter Two: The New Math on Crime” by Will Sullivan, they discuss recent trends in crime rates and homicide rates overall. They attempted to answer what caused the noticeable rise in crime from the mid 80’s to the plummeting rates in the 90’s They include theories and hypothesis from other intrigued criminologist to see why these rates dropped more than 40% and stayed down until recently where they are starting to creep back up. They focused on violent and property crime rates as well as the different age groups involved in crime, which consisted of adolescent/young adults and adults. They provide some suggestions and policies to try to help reduce crime in the future.
