Bureau of Justice Statistics

In the Bureau of Justice I decided to check out the crime statistics in Illinois from the years 1960-2007. What I have learned in the violent crime bracket is that murder, rape, robbery, and assault was on what seemed to be a roller-coaster up and down from year to year. The murder rate did go down from 1999-2007. When it came down to the property crime in Illinois the burglary, vehicle theft,Larceny-
theft was up and down as well. What I learned from this is that the world is a dangerous place, and with that being said people in Illinois should go about self defense, and different safety precautions to prevent most of the violence. I feel this is important because people should be able to know the statistic rate of crime where they live.