Title: US: Homicide rates up 30% in 2020 amid pandemic | TurkishPress
Headings: US: Homicide rates up 30% in 2020 amid pandemic
US: Homicide rates up 30% in 2020 amid pandemic
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Content: The response to rising rates of homicide must not wait. A large body of rigorous evidence demonstrates that violent crime can be addressed using strategies that are available now and do not require big budgets or new legislation to be implemented. Even with the pandemic, the time to act is now.” Although the magnitude of this increase is “deeply troubling”, the report said the absolute rates of homicide remain “well below” historical highs. “In 2020, the homicide rate was 11.4 deaths per 100,000 residents in sample cities; 25 years earlier, in 1995, the rate was 19.4 per 100,000 residents,” it found. While aggravated assault and gun assault rates in 2020 were 6% and 8% higher, respectively than in 2019, robbery rates declined by 9% due to lockdowns and restrictions. However, those restrictions significantly increased the domestic violence during the first months of the pandemic. The US is the worst-hit country by the pandemic with more than 26.6 million cases and nearly 456,000 fatalities, according to a running tally of the Johns Hopkins University. Share this: