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hate speech. A legislature can pass a statute that outlaws language orsymbols that are designed to rouse fear or outrage regardless of thecontent of that speech. However, a statute making it illegal to usespeech designed to incite outrage or fear based only on race, religion,color, gender, or any similar category would not be correct.Crimes Against PropertyThe most common crimes against property include burglary, robbery,arson, larceny, and embezzlement. Crimes against property canbe classified as felonies or misdemeanors, depending on the severityof the crimes. See Figure 3.3 and Figure 3.4 for statistical data onviolent crime in the United States.VIOLENT CRIME RATESBY AGE OF VICTIMThe crimes represented bythe statistics in this tableinclude murder, sexualoffenses, robbery, andassault. Which age groupsof victims have the highestcrime rates for the twomost recent years in thetable?Figure 3.3Violent Crime Rates by Age of VictimAge of Victim (Adjusted victimization rate in percent per 1,000 persons age 12 and over)Year 12–15 16–19 20–24 25–34 35–49 50–64 65 +1979 78.5 93.4 98.4 66.3 38.2 13.6 6.21980 72.5 91.3 94.1 60.0 37.4 15.6 7.21981 86.0 90.7 93.7 65.8 41.6 17.3 8.31982 75.6 94.4 93.8 69.6 38.6 13.8 6.11983 75.4 86.3 82.0 62.2 36.5 11.9 5.91984 78.2 90.0 87.5 56.6 37.9 13.2 5.21985 79.6 89.4 82.0 56.5 35.6 13.0 4.81986 77.1 80.8 80.1 52.0 36.0 10.8 4.81987 87.2 92.4 85.5 51.9 34.7 11.4 5.21988 83.7 95.9 80.2 53.2 39.1 13.4 4.41989 92.5 98.2 78.8 52.8 37.3 10.5 4.21990 101.1 99.1 86.1 55.2 34.4 9.9 3.71991 94.5 122.6 103.6 54.3 37.2 12.5 4.01992 111.0 103.7 95.2 56.8 38.1 13.2 5.21993 115.5 114.2 91.6 56.9 42.5 15.2 5.91994 118.6 123.9 100.4 59.1 41.3 17.6 4.61995 113.1 106.6 85.8 58.5 35.7 12.9 6.41996 95.0 102.8 74.5 51.2 32.9 15.7 4.91997 87.9 96.3 68.0 47.0 32.3 14.6 4.41998 82.5 91.3 67.5 41.6 29.9 15.4 2.81999 74.4 77.5 68.7 36.4 25.3 14.4 3.82000 60.1 64.4 49.5 34.9 21.9 13.7 3.72001 55.1 55.9 44.9 29.4 23.0 9.5 3.22002 44.4 58.3 47.6 26.4 18.2 10.7 3.4SOURCE: Rape, robbery, and assault data are from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).The homicide data are collected by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) from reports from lawenforcement agencies.Chapter 3: Criminal Law 65