It may be quite amazing to anyone these days, but, indeed, there as a time when US was atop the chart of property crime in the world. This trend did commence with the surfacing of the dreaded Italian-American gangster Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone. He was commonly nicknamed Scarface and used to operate a crime syndicate that had a controlling influence on the global market even. He is termed as the architect of the modern versions of property crime both in and outside of US, especially during the Prohibition Era of the 1920s and 1930s.
What does the definition of property crime include? Well, if you are bent on analyzing the definition, you will find no such difference on the basis of ages. It is a category of crime that includes, among other crimes, burglary, larceny, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, shoplifting along with vandalism. There is always the predominance of money or property instead of the application of force or threat of force in this form of crime. However, the application of violence and secret murder cannot be ruled out. Whatever it is the credit goes to "Al" Capone, although it has become polished in the later days owing to the application of developed technology.
What is the present situation therefore? Well, the situation is strikingly different in contrast to the past and the rate of property crime in 2008 has moved downwards, according to the preliminary reports released by the FBI. But it is not alone since the rate of violent rime has had a steady decline as well. On the word of the Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report of FBI, violent crime has dropped by 3.5 percent while property crime has declined 2.5 percent and this is indeed a great achievement.
It is true that there have been uneven developments but the cities with populations of between 500,000-999,999 have shown steady declines in the rate of crimes. Are these signs of better days? They are certainly but the governmental authorities are cautious instead of getting jubilant.
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