After the Big Apple’s 12-day run without killings, experts struggle to find the reason for a trend repeated across the nation
"Although there was an attempted murder in Queens on Friday that left a man on life-support, New York has enjoyed an almost unprecedented 12-day streak without a homicide. While crime statistics are difficult to interpret – violent crimes such as rape and assault have not reduced so markedly – the trend overall is repeated across the US. From its peak in 1991, violent crime is down 51%; property crime 4% lower; and murder down 54%. During that same time, incarceration nearly doubled. The US prison population now stands at 2.4 million – up 800% since 1980 – or roughly a quarter of the world’s total. The cost? About $80bn a year. The overall cost of the US criminal justice system is placed at $240bn, or about half of the federal deficit. But according to What Caused the Crime Decline?, a study published last week by the Brennan centre for justice at New York University school of law, there is no definitive link between falling crime and mass incarceration." I'd like to see the daily press releases the TMO are sending out about this, doesn't look like they are reaching a sympathetic audience though.... New York’s streets are suddenly safer. Why? http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/14/new-york-plunging-murder-rate-why http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/14/new-york-plunging-murder-rate-why New York’s streets are suddenly safer. Why? http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/14/new-york-plunging-murder-rate-why After the Big Apple’s 12-day run without killings, experts struggle to find the reason for a trend repeated across the nation View on www.theguardian.com http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/14/new-york-plunging-murder-rate-why Preview by Yahoo
