Violent Crime Spike: COVID ‘Shined a Bright Light’ on the Divisions in American Society
This scourge has plagued the entire U.S., which has seen a dramatic reversal from two decades of relative declines in murders. In 2020, homicides rose 30 per cent countrywide. Analyses by criminologists showed further increases in most large U.S. cities in 2021. Community leaders, police and scholars are struggling to understand why. In 2020, the … Read more
