Word: crimeeds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...public's fear and frustration have been felt by politicians and legislators at all levels, from Pennsylvania Avenue to Main Street. No one wants to be seen as soft on crime or on criminals. Ronald Reagan has led a conservative Administration that has championed efforts to limit the rights of criminal suspects and expand those of victims. Democrats Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro made the reduction of crime an element of their plea to return to "family values." Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, one of the most liberal members of the Senate, was a leading sponsor of the most sweeping federal...
...national impulse to strike back at criminals is growing at a time, oddly enough, when reported crime rates are declining (see chart). An important reason: the post-World War II baby boomers have moved out of their late teens, the most crime-prone age, and are now in their 20s or older. Experts predict that crime rates will continue to fall as this group ages. Harvard's Wilson thinks he has a campaign promise that every candidate can keep: "Elect me, and you will see the crime rate go down...
...violent crime is on the decline, is the citizen outcry misplaced? Most analysts say no. They contend that the three-point drop has little practical impact on individuals living in crime-ridden areas. Perceptions of the danger come more from reading about crime in local newspapers or hearing about it from neighbors. "People experience crime in terms of their vicarious personal lives, not in terms of statistics," notes Douglas Thomson, a criminal-justice-system researcher at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Even with the decline, murder in the U.S. is more prevalent than in other industrial democracies. The violent crime...
...calls "incivilities." These range from blasting radios and graffiti-marred walls to harassment by panhandlers. "A lot of us feel uncomfortable and threatened in those situations, and it's not just imagination," DuBow says. The sheer population mass of the largest cities, coupled with sensational news coverage of brutal crimes, contributes to the climate of fear. People in Portland feel safer than do inhabitants of Chicago, even though crime rates are higher in the . smaller city. Most Americans do not become crime victims, but most know someone who has. Many become quite rational prisoners of their fears, living behind triple...
...woman trying to break into his car, he picked up a .22-cal. rifle and fired seven shots, killing Darrel York, 18, and wounding Jerome Marshall, 19. A grand jury decided that Roberson had committed no crime...