RE: crime stats
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cvusst.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 3:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:32685] crime stats Hi, Does anyone have a good source for petty crime stats? I'm specifically looking for breakdowns by type and amount stolen: i.e. total or average value stolen per year from liquor stores, 7-11s, homes, etc. Thanks, Nomi
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Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/08/00 12:07PM Jim Devine wrote: What's the leftist explanation of this trend? A couple of years ago, I interviewed a bunch of crime pundits on the downtrend. The consensus was: 1) the decline of crack (driven, several of them said, by younger people seeing how ravaged their older siblings and neighbors were by the drug), 2) a smaller teen population, and 3) community policing. I can't vouch for these explanations, but they were given by people from the "left" to the center. ___ CB: I have to agree with Jim D. that the drop in unemployment would be a traditional left mentioned factor. Leftists usually argue that crime is economically based, and there is an obvious coincidence of the down trend in the two "stats" in this empirical case. CB
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Charles Brown wrote: I have to agree with Jim D. that the drop in unemployment would be a traditional left mentioned factor. Yes, but the trend predated the recent lows in unemployment, and there's been a sharp drop in crime in NYC, where unemployment is still quite high (and the employment-population ratio quite low, lower than a comparison with the national U rate might suggest). Doug
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Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/11/00 11:04AM Charles Brown wrote: I have to agree with Jim D. that the drop in unemployment would be a traditional left mentioned factor. Yes, but the trend predated the recent lows in unemployment, and there's been a sharp drop in crime in NYC, where unemployment is still quite high (and the employment-population ratio quite low, lower than a comparison with the national U rate might suggest). CB: Would there be comparable imperfections in the correlations with the other factors mentioned as cause of crime drop ? CB
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EPI is preparing a report which shows a strong link between crime rates and conditions in the low-wage labor market (i.e., better conditions, less crime, as one might expect). mbs Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/11/00 11:04AM Charles Brown wrote: I have to agree with Jim D. that the drop in unemployment would be a traditional left mentioned factor. Yes, but the trend predated the recent lows in unemployment, and there's been a sharp drop in crime in NYC, where unemployment is still quite high (and the employment-population ratio quite low, lower than a comparison with the national U rate might suggest). CB: Would there be comparable imperfections in the correlations with the other factors mentioned as cause of crime drop ? CB
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Jim Devine wrote: What's the leftist explanation of this trend? A couple of years ago, I interviewed a bunch of crime pundits on the downtrend. The consensus was: 1) the decline of crack (driven, several of them said, by younger people seeing how ravaged their older siblings and neighbors were by the drug), 2) a smaller teen population, and 3) community policing. I can't vouch for these explanations, but they were given by people from the "left" to the center. Doug
