On Tue, 15 Feb 1994, Doug Henwood wrote:
Jipson Art asked for more info on my assertion that NYC has a lower crime
rate than suburbs gone wild like Dallas and Atlanta, and that there is no
relation between pop density and crime. Here are the details.
Doug,
The problem with your table is
One reason why the crime rate is so low in Los Angeles is that what
the L.A.P.D. does is generally considered to be legal.
(not to mention the Sheriff's Department.)
in pen-l solidarity,
Jim Devine BITNET: jndf@lmuacadINTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Econ. Dept., Loyola Marymount Univ., Los
The US is one of the least densely populated countries in the world, yet
it's one of the most violent. NYC is our most densely populated city but
its violent crime rate is lower than the overgrown suburbs called Dallas
and Atlanta. Can't be density, can it?
Doug
Doug Henwood [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Jipson Art asked for more info on my assertion that NYC has a lower crime
rate than suburbs gone wild like Dallas and Atlanta, and that there is no
relation between pop density and crime. Here are the details.
For more, see the forthcoming LBO #62 as well as my social atlas, The
State of the
There might be a better spin on the "hyperactive monkeys" analogy
about urban youth (though I hate any animal analogies about people
especially about minorities). Awhile back they did experiments on
normally calm rats (and also monkeys, I believe). Crowding them
together led to a dramatic
