Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Fig. 7
continued
Figure
7
maps each of the 22 identified reasons for crime incidents by state. In
general, only 7 of the specific reasons for crime occur in any state in a proportion of
greater than 12.5 %: easy access/escape, criminal impunity, lack of policing, prox-
imity to danger, drugs, unemployment (North East Region only) and gunman
(Amazonas and Roraima states only). However, this is not forgetting that a large
percentage of crimes are recorded as having happened for unknown reasons
