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Alaska, New Mexico and Tennessee top the list of states with the highest rates of murder, rape and other violent crime
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Alaska has the highest violent crime rates: 837.8 per 100,000 people
- The Last Frontier has more men and more heavy drinkers than elsewhere in the U.S.
- Lawmen are spread thin across the vast 665,000 square mile territory
- Indigenous people also make up 19.6 percent of the state’s population
- Low-crime states like Maine and Vermont benefit from 'social safety nets', experts say
- Still, most crime is 'hyper-concentrated' in rough parts of a city, says expert Rafael Mangual
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-10-05 |
