User:Msowerby/Crime in the United States

Arrested offenders by gender[edit]
According to the Office Of Justice Programs, crimes like burglary and vandalism have gone down during the past few years for men, and crimes like murder and robbery have gone down for women. For both genders, most of the crimes committed are done by people ages 25 and above.

Arrested offenders by age[edit]
In 2020, out of the 7,632,470 crimes documented that year, 5,721,190 of them were committed by someone who was at least 25 years of age. 4,225,140 of them being committed by men and 1,496,050 being committed by women. It isn't some random spike seen with adults either. The number of crimes being committed by each age group increases with every year.

Influences on crime[edit]
In 2020, 75% of all the crimes listed were committed by people ages 25+ while only 16% were committed by people 17 and younger. In 2019 94% of crimes were committed by adults. The data shows a gradual increase in crimes as people getting older. With only a fraction of crimes being committed by someone who is under 18. This demonstrates how kids over time will begin to commit more crimes due to them being conditioned by the way they were raised and who/what influenced them the most. Children being exposed to violence at a young age is a learned behavior that ends increasing their chances of committing violent acts when they're older by as much as 40%.

Offender patterns and behavior[edit]
Research suggests that being socially isolated along with parents not setting boundaries while not teaching their kids about the risk and consequences of certain actions can cause them to commit violent acts as they get older. A lot of the times, these types of situations are most common in highly populated cities like Stockton and Oakland, causing the cycle to repeat.