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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Crime.html
Well this is worrisome. I suppose it's a reflection of the economy.
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/prelim06/index.html
Well this is worrisome. I suppose it's a reflection of the economy.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Murders and robberies continued to rise across the country during the first six months of 2006, on pace for an increase in violent crime for a second straight year, preliminary FBI data released Monday show.
The numbers reflect what police across the country have been saying for months: that the lull in crime between 2001 and 2004 appears to be over. Last year, violent crime rose 2.2 percent nationally -- the first increase since 2001.
''This is a concern we've been focused on,'' said Gene Voegtlin, legislative counsel for the International Association of Chiefs of Police, which represents an estimated 20,000 law enforcement officials and has been pushing for more crime-fighting funding. ''A lot of (police) agencies are really stretched thin when it comes to the budget and their ability to aggressively combat crime.''
From megapolises to small cities, violent crime rose 3.7 percent between January and June compared to the first six months of 2005. Twenty-eight more people were murdered during that period 2006 in New York City, for example, while the college town Norman, Okla., saw its total number of homicides jump from zero to three.
The early data show:
--Murders rose by 1.4 percent, felony assaults by 1.2 percent and robberies by a whopping 9.7 percent in 2006, compared to the first six months of 2005. The number of rapes decreased by less than one-tenth of 1 percent.
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/prelim06/index.html
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