In my opinion this is just murder.

[SlowwHand]

Especially not murder.

[GePap]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
The reason for that is people in NYC don't bother reporting crime. What's the point?
Statistics are bull****.

Oh, how utterly wrong you are!



Given that NYC is the most densely policed place in the US, given that the NYC police department lives on statistics, and carries out policing based on a CrimeStat system that is all about tracking crime by the numbers and policing accordingly, and that because of it NYC is about to record a murder rate this year lower than almost any on record, making NYC on of the very few places in this country that has seen a continued lowering of violent crime, unlike almost the entire rest of the country, you could, as I said, not be more wrong.

[Wezil]

Well I wouldn't expect the murderer to report the crime (in most cases) I do think people finding bodies might tell someone.

[GePap]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/23/newyork.homicide.ap/index.html

NEW YORK (AP) -- The city is on track to have fewer than 500 murders in 2007, the lowest amount in a 12-month period in more than 40 years, according to a published report Thursday.

New York City's murder rate is on track to be the lowest in more than 40 years.

There were 427 murders logged as of Monday -- 411 killings plus 16 crime victims who died this year from injuries they got years ago, The New York Times reported on its Web site. That makes the city's average slightly more than one per day.

Last year, the city reported 579 homicides through December 24 -- a nearly 10 percent increase from the year before.

The city's homicide rate reached an all-time high of 2,245 in 1990, making it the murder capital of the nation. Since then, the rate has plummeted to levels not seen since the 1960s. There were 570 homicides in 2004, dropping to 539 in 2005.

This year, police have determined a relationship between the victim and assailant in nearly half of the slayings committed as of November 18, The Times reported. The motives in the remainder of the killings were still being analyzed.

The majority died in disputes with acquaintances, rival drug crew members or spouses and family.

Police department analysts found only 35 cases where the victim did not know the killer, as compared with 121 instances last year, officials said, according to The Times.

In the first half of 2007, New York City had a 5 percent decline in violent crimes, 23,887, down from 25,132. The city also had a 4 percent drop in property crimes for the first half of the year, according to a recent state report.

Just a correction, but the system in New York is Compstat, not CrimeStat, which is New York State.
IN New York City you can get a weekly breakdown on crime on the web, and a breakdown by precinct:

http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/nypd/html/crime_prevention/crime_statistics.shtml

That said, this lower crime is brought by having about 37,000 police officers on the street, and about half a million different stops a year.

[SlowwHand]

Why are they so densely policed? I'll tell you 2 reasons.
A) Crime
B) They have to see it, since no one speaks of it.

[GePap]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Why are they so densely policed? I'll tell you 2 reasons.
A) Crime

Wow big cities have crime. Surprise!

B) They have to see it, since no one speaks of it.

Now this is just pathetic whinning.

[Vesayen]

I am adding this thread to my collection.

Throw Texas out of the union!
Not tommorow, today!
In our lifetime!
For the children!

YOU can make a difference, don't write your congresman, write message board posts complaining why Texas sucks! Throw Texas the hell out of the United States

Texas: The state time forgot.

[SlowwHand]

SlowwHand: Who give's a rat's ass?

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Patroklos
Crime Rates (per 100K)

Murder:

NYC = 7.3
Texas = 5.9

http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/txcrime.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_New_York_City

Interesting that Texas gets so much disproportionate attention

I wonder what the stats would be if you compared NYC to Houston or NY state to Texas.

[GePap]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


I wonder what the stats would be if you compared NYC to Houston or NY state to Texas.

Already done.

[chequita guevara]

GePap

[Dinner]

Texas lost... again.

[SlowwHand]

How do you figure, Einstein? Because GePap disagrees and Che indicates an intense man-love for GePap?
Well, I stand corrected. Yeah, right.

[GePap]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Well, I stand corrected. Yeah, right.

No, you lost because you have no evidence for your claims, and the best you can do is complain about the best evidence available, which is sad.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
How do you figure, Einstein? Because GePap disagrees and Che indicates an intense man-love for GePap?
Well, I stand corrected. Yeah, right.

What the hell is wrong with you?