Arizona’s Democratic candidate for attorney general says the state’s murder rate rose by 20% over the last decade under Republican leadership. The murder rate actually increased by 4.14% from 2010 to 2020.
Arizona attorney general candidate Kris Mayes said on Republicans’ watch, Arizona’s murder rate increased by 20% over the last decade.
The number of homicides in the state rose by 20.62%, but because the population also grew, the homicide rate didn’t rise as much.In the Sept. 28 attorney general debate hosted by Arizona PBS, Democrat Kris Mayes said,"We have seen over the last 10 years, under Republican agencies and Republican governors, a rise in the murder rate in Arizona of 20%."of the state Legislature for the last decade. The number of homicides rose during that time, but so did the state’s population.
Edward Maguire, criminology and criminal justice professor at Arizona State University, said a simple count of homicides is misleading. "Because during that same period, the population of the state grew," said Maguire."The appropriate way to do this analysis of change is to use homicide rates."The FBI also tracks homicides and although its yearly numbers differ from the state’s, the trends and patterns in homicides are the same.The 4.14% increase in murder rates between 2010 and 2020 does not tell the whole story.
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