Bobby Renaud SOC December 4, 2014

 When looking at violent crime and motor vehicle theft, do we see a relationship? If so how significantly ?  What I Expected to See:  I expected to see that the motor vehicle theft does have a correlation between the violent crimes committed in the year  My data was from the FBI Uniform Crime Report on metropolitan statistical areas in 2010.

1. A huge part of studying crime rates is collecting some different views on violent crime. Although I am researching crime rates and how they relate to motor vehicle theft, it is important to see how suburban violent crime rates are constructed and evaluated, and which populations of people are involved. According to the study, it was found that suburban crime rates are persistent, and percent low income affects change in violent crime rates. Despite theoretical expectations, population growth and age composition exerted no significant direct or indirect effects on violent crime or changes in violent crime rates. Since population growth and age doesn’t have an effect on violent crime rates, it could help prove how much of an impact what sorts of population are involved in motor vehicle theft(USDOJ, 2001). 2. Recently, scholars were examining the connection between immigration and crime. They have planned an “immigrant revitalization perspective,” where bigger immigrant populations are associated with reduced violent crime in aggregate areas. However, research supporting this claim typically draws on findings from research on heavily Latino neighborhoods in established cities and rarely takes into account the massive dispersal of immigrants throughout the country. It would be interesting to use numbers from violent crime rates to see if certain cities affect motor vehicle crime rates. Findings suggested that the immigrant revitalization process may be heavily contingent on neighborhood and city-level context, so crime rates may be higher in those areas(Ramney,2013).

3. It was necessary to find studies on motor vehicle theft, in general and in comparison to other violent crime rate. Using 310 U.S. cities with 50,000 or more residents, the current study developed and examined crime-specific multivariate models for temporary and permanent rates. According to this study, male population and the percentage of households without a vehicle were positively associated with temporary motor vehicle theft. Findings suggest that specific prevention approaches are needed for each type of motor vehicle theft. This could prove general studies on which type of populations are involved in motor vehicle theft (Stahura,1981). 4.The crime of motor vehicle theft is on the rise in the United States after nearly a decade of decline throughout the 1990s. Vehicle theft is a exclusive crime, and not only is it the most expensive property crime in the U.S. but it is also one of the most accurately reported of all crimes due to claims requirements by insurance companies. These two qualities make it a particularly suitable and important crime to study. The rate of occurrence is important when studying criminal events and their frequency. The rate is calculated using the aggregate population in a geographic location as the denominator. This research will help find the motor vehicle theft rate in different locations (Roberts, 2013).

5. In this article, the crimes that is violent of murder, manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, motor vehicle theft. The crime index here shows that a measure of serious crime is decreased by.2 percent to 11.6 million offenses in 2000, which is the lowest since The five year and ten year trends that were indicated show the 2000 national total was 14 percent lower than in 1996 and 22 percent lower in Violent crimes were able to have 12.3 percent, property crime is 87.7 percent. Larceny theft was most reported to law enforcement and murder was least reported. Motor vehicle theft was used from the survival model and law enforcement personal statistics. This was from the uniform crime reporting programs and other information(Walsh, 2006).

 Ramey, David M. "Immigrant Revitalization And Neighborhood Violent Crime In Established And New Destination Cities." Social Forces 92.2 (2013):  Roberts, Aki, and Steven Block. "Explaining Temporary And Permanent Motor Vehicle Theft Rates In The United States A Crime-Specific Approach." Journal Of Research In Crime & Delinquency 50.3 (2013):  Stahura, John M. and Ronald Huff. “Persistence of Suburban Violent Crime Rates: An Ecological Analysis" Sociological Focus, Vol. 14, No. 2 (April, 1981), pp  US Department of Justice Federal Bureau of, Investigation. "Crime In The United States 2000." Crime In The United States 2000 (2001).  Walsh, Jeffrey. "Calculating Rates Of Motor Vehicle Theft: What Difference Does A Denominator Make?." Conference Papers -- American Society Of Criminology (2005).

 The FBI Uniform Crime Report on Crime in the U.S. by metropolitan statistical area in  The uniform crime report is data on crime in the United States that is published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  the-u.s.-2010/tables/table-6 the-u.s.-2010/tables/table-6

1. Copy and Paste from UCR 2. After finding data I lined the cities up with the 100,000 Inhabitants 3. made 2 pivot table tables regarding violent crime and motor vehicle theft 4. Combined all New York cities and made a chart regarding the violent crime average and the motor vehicle theft(took middle of cities and found average) 5. After this I combined them into one pivot table to see that there is no relevance in motor vehicle theft and violent crime

7. I then made a pivot table regarding the motor vehicle theft and violent crime. 8. After determining high and low of those I made a chart regarding both in terms of the relationship with each other.

 I found that violent crime and motor vehicle theft have a relationship most of the time. The data I was able to find and the literature shows that violent crime and motor vehicle thefts relationships depend on location, population, and the level of the criminal.  The last chart shows that for low motor vehicle theft there is high violent crime and there is also high violent crime for high motor vehicle theft. There is a relationship, but it differs.