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US Murder Rates Up in 2020-21

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/12/us/homicides-major-cities-increase-end-of-year-2021/index.html

Above: Another Murder in Bridgeport Neighborhood of Chicago, My Home 2010-18

https://crime-data-explorer.app.cloud.gov/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend

1985-95 8/100K. 1999-2008 5.5/100K. 2009-19 5/100K.

1966-2020 Context. 1970-95 Very High Rates.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/10/27/what-we-know-about-the-increase-in-u-s-murders-in-2020/

Twentieth Century Context: US Has High Homicide Rates

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Homicide_rates1900-2001.jpg
https://www.jrsa.org/projects/Historical.pdf

Relative Violent Crime Rates

https://usafacts.org/data/topics/security-safety/crime-and-justice/crime-and-police/violent-crimes/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=ND-StatsData&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8_qRBhCXARIsAE2AtRYrdjEGFcHhSe1xpRQXCK59y0pe3Dkh9pOCg2WBHhO3fRPrXWDCz0QaAuqYEALw_wcB

Firearms Involved in Homicides and Suicides

https://usafacts.org/state-of-the-union/crime/

Homicide Rate Up 30% in 2020, 5% in 2021

Homicides Continued to Increase in Major U.S. Cities in 2021, but at Slower Pace
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/10/27/what-we-know-about-the-increase-in-u-s-murders-in-2020/

Focus on Rates Per 100K for US or All Cities, Not Counts in Individual Cities

https://abcnews.go.com/US/12-major-us-cities-top-annual-homicide-records/story?id=81466453

Many Factors Proposed to Explain the Increase

https://www.vox.com/2020/8/3/21334149/murders-crime-shootings-protests-riots-trump-biden

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/america-having-violence-wave-not-crime-wave/620234/

What we know about the increase in U.S. murders in 2020

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