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High U.S. Murder Rate The murder rate in the United States has seen a

the total population of the country. Thus, it has been noted that "gun-wielding people are attacking twice as many blacks as whites, even though blacks represent only 12 per cent of the American population."

The most frequent occurrences of murder in America take place in the nation's big cities. As noted, the ethnic ghetto neighborhoods of these cities are the most susceptible to high murder rates. Recently, most of the major cities of the nation have experienced increases in the number of killings which take place each year. For example, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Miami, Oakland and Los Angeles all had sharp increases in their murder rate during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Traditionally, violent crimes like murder were confined mainly to large cities like these. However, a new trend has appeared in recent years in which the murder rates for America's smaller cities are also increasing. Many of the gang activities which were previously found only in large cities have moved on to the new territories which are available i

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