Murders in the U.S. jumped 10.8% in 2015, according to figures released Monday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation—a sharp increase that could fuel concerns that the nation’s two-decade trend of falling crime may be ending.
Professor John Pfaff was quoted in The Wall Street Journal where he discusses that in spite of the concerning numbers, the murder rate in 2015 was still lower than in 2009.
“It’s not a giant rollback of things—2015 is the third-safest year for violent crime since 1970,’’ Mr. Pfaff said. “The last time we saw a jump like this was 1989 to 1990, and that was a much more broad increase in crime.’’