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Well, it's that time of year again to see which U.S. city is the most dangerous to live in. Of course, we certainly must never forget that "there is crime everywhere" and "all races commit crimes".
(Yes, but not at the same rate!)
And the winner is....
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TRENTON, N.J. â€" St. Louis overtook Camden, N.J., as
the nation's most dangerous city in 2009, according to a national study
released Sunday.
The study by CQ Press</span></span></font> </font>found St. Louis had 2,070.1 violent crimes per 100,000 residents,
compared with a national average of 429.4. That helped St. Louis beat
out Camden, which topped last year's list and was the most dangerous
city for 2003 and 2004.
Detroit, Flint, Mich., and Oakland, Calif., rounded
out the top five. For the second straight year, the safest city with
more than 75,000 residents was Colonie, N.Y.
The annual rankings are based on population figures
and crime data compiled by the FBI. Some criminologists question the
findings, saying the methodology is unfair.
Greg Scarbro, unit chief of the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program</span></span></font>, said the FBI also
discourages using the data for these types of rankings.
Kara Bowlin, spokeswoman for St. Louis Mayor Francis
Slay, said the city actually has been getting safer over the last few
years. She said crime in St. Louis has gone down each year since 2007,
and so far in 2010, St. Louis crime is down 7 percent.
Erica Van Ross, spokeswoman for the St. Louis Police
Department, called the rankings irresponsible.
"Crime is based on a variety of factors. It's based
on geography, it's based on poverty, it's based on the economy," Van
Ross said.
"That is not to say that urban cities don't have
challenges, because we do," Van Ross said. "But it's that it's
irresponsible to use the data in this way."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The only factors involved are geography, poverty, and the economy, huh?
(Darn those Appalachians)
Hmmm, and the rankings are "irresponsible", but not the thugs creating the crimes?
(Yes, but not at the same rate!)
And the winner is....
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<abbr title="2010-11-22T00:47:55-0800" ="timedate">MonNov22,
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TRENTON, N.J. â€" St. Louis overtook Camden, N.J., as
the nation's most dangerous city in 2009, according to a national study
released Sunday.
The study by CQ Press</span></span></font> </font>found St. Louis had 2,070.1 violent crimes per 100,000 residents,
compared with a national average of 429.4. That helped St. Louis beat
out Camden, which topped last year's list and was the most dangerous
city for 2003 and 2004.
Detroit, Flint, Mich., and Oakland, Calif., rounded
out the top five. For the second straight year, the safest city with
more than 75,000 residents was Colonie, N.Y.
The annual rankings are based on population figures
and crime data compiled by the FBI. Some criminologists question the
findings, saying the methodology is unfair.
Greg Scarbro, unit chief of the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program</span></span></font>, said the FBI also
discourages using the data for these types of rankings.
Kara Bowlin, spokeswoman for St. Louis Mayor Francis
Slay, said the city actually has been getting safer over the last few
years. She said crime in St. Louis has gone down each year since 2007,
and so far in 2010, St. Louis crime is down 7 percent.
Erica Van Ross, spokeswoman for the St. Louis Police
Department, called the rankings irresponsible.
"Crime is based on a variety of factors. It's based
on geography, it's based on poverty, it's based on the economy," Van
Ross said.
"That is not to say that urban cities don't have
challenges, because we do," Van Ross said. "But it's that it's
irresponsible to use the data in this way."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The only factors involved are geography, poverty, and the economy, huh?
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(Darn those Appalachians)
Hmmm, and the rankings are "irresponsible", but not the thugs creating the crimes?
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