Violent Crimes In each of recent and consecutive years, 100,000 people in the United States were randomly selected and the number who were victims of violent crime was determined, with the results listed below. Does the rate of violent crime appear to exhibit acceptable behavior? (The values are based on data from the U.S. Department of Justice, and they are the most recent values available at the time of this writing.) How does the result affect us?

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