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Publication Date
Spring 2024
Contributor
Pallansch, Leona (Faculty Mentor)
Keywords
Violence, Crime, Fear, Community Impacts, Social Development, Economic Development
Description
Violent crimes inflict not only direct physical harm but can also foster cycles of fear and mental anguish throughout affected communities.
This atmosphere can hurt and impede economic and social development. Destruction of a community’s trust in law enforcement can infect other areas of life such worsening economic development. In this, we will continue our evaluation of factors contributing to violent crime rates by exploring the following hypothesis through additional study.
This hypothesis is as follows: There is a relationship between political affiliation and violent crime rates such that democratic states have higher rates of violent crime.
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San Antonio, Texas
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