Week 9 Journal

Definitions: 

Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter- the willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another. Deaths caused by negligence, attempts to kill, assaults to kill, suicides, and accidental deaths are excluded

Aggravated assault- An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Simple assaults are excluded. 

Estimated  murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 

Year	California	Oregon	Washington
2000	2,079	70	196
2001	2,206	84	179
2002	2,395	72	184
2003	2,407	68	182
2004	2,392	90	190
2005	2,503	80	205

Totals: 

Oregon- 464

California- 13,982

Washington- 1,136

With Estimated murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, California had the highest number of crimes within a five-year span. This is simply because California has the highest population of the three states I chose. This crime increased the most in California. In Oregon and Washington overall the crime rate only increased by around 10 people over five years in both states.  In California, the crime increased by 424 people. This crime, unfortunately, did not decrease in any state I chose. The data shows that a higher population state will have a higher number of this crime. Over time each state's crime fluctuated between years. Even though they overall went up in crime, certain years this crime went down. 

Estimated  aggravated assault 

Year	California	Oregon	Washington
2000	138,418	7,756	13,043
2001	136,087	6,643	12,545
2002	130,827	6,246	12,249
2003	129,380	6,373	12,509
2004	115,400	6,600	12,417
2005	114,661	6,620	12,941

Totals: 
Oregon- 40,238
California- 764,773
Washington- 75,704

I made the mistake of choosing one of the most populated states in the U.S. so in this crime, California also had the most amount of aggravated assault. Interestingly, the number of aggravated assaults went down over time in every state. Washington state has the smallest amount of change from 2000 to 2005. This data shows that over time the amount of aggravated assault in these states has gone down, and this probably shows in other states as well. 

Population Tool: 

I used this governmental census website because of its a reliable source for US population information. 

https://www.census.gov/census2000/states/or.html