NY Police: NYC murder rate to hit 50 year low

myp

Jan 2009

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• Dec 26, 2012

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Some are attributing it to stricter gun control. Levitt and Dubner might suggest Roe v. Wade. Any other theories?

Either way, good news.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-26/new-york-police-say-murders-to-hit-50-year-low-in-city.html

 

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tecoyah

Oct 2012

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Louisville, Ky

• Dec 26, 2012

• #2

A combination...as needed.

Good Job.

 

zoldos

May 2012

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• Dec 26, 2012

• #3

I don't remember the last time someone was murdered in my town. I'm glad I don't live in NYC...

 

Jessi

Dec 2012

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• Dec 26, 2012

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Woohoo!

Regardless of the reasons, I'm glad to see that it dropped almost 20 percent in the last year. Hopefully it continues to drop over the upcoming years, too.

 

blurinoctober

Dec 2012

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• Dec 28, 2012

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What are the rates of other crimes though? If the murder rate is down, that's fantastic, but has the rate of other crimes gone up in response? Rape, robbery, vandalism, what have you? Those are all better than murder, but still things that shouldn't happen instead.

 

zoldos

May 2012

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• Dec 30, 2012

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blurinoctober said:

What are the rates of other crimes though? If the murder rate is down, that's fantastic, but has the rate of other crimes gone up in response? Rape, robbery, vandalism, what have you? Those are all better than murder, but still things that shouldn't happen instead.

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Good point...

 

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whocky

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• Dec 31, 2012

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This is very interesting and at an all time low, lets hope they can keep it down.