Title: Types of Crime
Headings: 8.2
Types of Crime

8.2 Types of Crime
Learning Objectives
Violent Crime
Property Crime
White-Collar Crime
Organized Crime
Consensual Crime
Key Takeaways

Content: Figure 8.2 Population Size and Homicide Rate, 2010
Source: Data from Federal Bureau of Investigation. ( 2011). Crime in the United States, 2010. Washington, DC: Author. Finally, the homicide rate rose in the late 1980s and peaked during the early 1990s before declining sharply until the early 2000s and then leveling off and declining a bit further since then. Although debate continues over why the homicide rate declined during the 1990s, many criminologists attribute the decline to a strong economy, an ebbing of gang wars over drug trafficking, and a decline of people in the 15–25 age group that commits a disproportionate amount of crime (Blumstein & Wallman, 2006). Blumstein, A., & Wallman, J. (Eds.). ( 2006).