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-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message: From: "Robert Lederman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: July 30, 2005 4:58:41 AM PDT To: "Robert Lederman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Giuliani and the Crime Rate-NY Times The Times dares to print a letter critical of Sir Rudy.... http://newyorkbusiness.com/news.cms?newsId=11280 NY Times Business section July 31, 2005 Giuliani and the Crime Rate To the Editor: In his review of Fred Siegel's book "The Prince of the City: Giuliani, New York and the Genius of American Life" (July 10), James Traub makes an understandable, though unfortunate, error in crediting Rudy Giuliani for the decline in crime that New York enjoyed during his tenure as mayor: "Even Giuliani's harshest critics - all but the die-hards, anyway - acknowledge that the aggressive policing tactics he and Commissioner William Bratton introduced in the face of doomsaying from civil libertarians and some minority spokesmen drove down crime and transformed the daily experience of city life." It turns out that this is merely wishful thinking. Giuliani was fortunate to serve during a period of widespread, long-term decline in the nation's crime rate. During his time in office, the overall rate of violent crime in America declined by 33 percent, according to the F.B.I. This long-term, steady and prolonged drop in crime has been under way for 15 years now, and substantial reductions in crime rates have occurred in all major metropolitan areas - Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, etc. - not just in New York. The murder rate in the United States is down to levels last seen in the 1930's. The stereotypical view regarding New Yorkers' lack of knowledge of (or interest in) the rest of the United States is legendary. Not surprisingly, a New Yorker, reviewing a book about a period of New York history, seems to assume the drop in crime was a uniquely New York phenomenon. "All but the die-hards" indeed! Giuliani's harsh police tactics were largely irrelevant to the drop in crime, as the national data so clearly show. ED HARRIS Bellevue, Wash. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.734 / Virus Database: 488 - Release Date: 8/11/2004 www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ <A HREF="">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om