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Irwin/McGraw-Hill © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2000 Irwin/McGraw-Hill © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2000 Chapter 1 Criminal Justice: Introduction and Overview Chapter 1 Criminal Justice: Introduction and Overview

Irwin/McGraw-Hill © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2000 Homicides with Handguns by City Size C1-S1 Figure 1.1 Source: Text and table from Alfred Blumstein and Richard Rosenfeld, “Assessing the Recent Ups and Downs in U.S. Homicide Rates,” National Institute of Justice Journal, October 1998, pp ,800 2,400 2,000 1,600 1, , >1,000, , , ,000-1,000, , ,000 Population

Irwin/McGraw-Hill © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2000 Total Firearm Crime Rate C1-S2 Figure 1.2 Source: Uniform Crime Reports, rates calculated by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, as reported in the National Institute of Justice Journal, October 1998, p Murders, robberies, and aggravated assaults in which firearms were used. Number of offenses per 100,000 population,