The correlation between substance abuse and crime in the United States

Substance abuse is an established precursor to violent and non-violent crimes. Typical violent crimes are usually related to narcotics and alcohol sale, while non-violent crimes are related to the purchase. This study investigates correlations between substance abuse and crime rate in the United States. Data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) Program was used in the study to compare drug usage, alcohol consumption, and crime rate. The researchers used Tableau (Visualization Application) to analyze the data and visual the comparison between the three entities. The main goal of the study was to seek a correlation that could provide insight to the increase in crime rate when people abuse substances.