Brenden Beck on Colorado and the Nation’s Violent Crime Rates

Published: March 3, 2022

It’s not surprising that Colorado’s general crime rate trends mirror the U.S. as a whole over a few decades, said Brenden Beck, Assistant Professor of Sociology. He said factors that influence crime on a macro level such as unemployment and economic recessions tend to affect different areas at the same time.

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