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Just another success story of Obama's leadership no matter how the right tries to spin it.
Good job Mr President!!!
WASHINGTON — Violent crime dropped 6 percent in 2010, marking the fourth straight year of year-to-year declines, while property crime was down for the eighth straight year, falling 2.7 percent, the FBI reported Monday.
Nationwide, there were an estimated 1.2 million violent crimes in 2010 and an estimated 9 million property crimes.
An aging population and continued high rates of imprisonment for criminals are helping to drive down crime rates, said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University.
Robbery fell 10 percent, rape dropped 5 percent, and murder, non-negligent manslaughter and aggravated assault fell more than 4 percent.
Each category of property crime offenses decreased in 2010. The largest decline, 7.4 percent, was for motor vehicle thefts.
Burglaries decreased 2 percent and larceny-thefts declined 2.4 percent.
"The last thing we should do is get complacent and say 'mission accomplished,' and so let's transfer resources away to other areas," said Fox. "You don't solve the crime problem; you only control it. Without policing and crime prevention, the numbers can go back up."
At the same time, the number of murders increased in major cities in the Northeast, including Boston, New York and New Jersey's largest city Newark, which all experienced double-digit increases, the statistics showed.
Boston saw a 46 percent rise in its murder rate, with 73 homicides in 2010, followed by a 13.8 percent increase in New York City and a 12.5 percent jump in Newark.
The national murder rate fell 4.2 percent, the FBI said.
Major metropolitan areas that have had crime problems saw murder rates fall, including a 6.5 percent decline in Los Angeles and a 15 percent drop in Detroit, where there has been a big decline in population due to the economic downturn.
Good job Mr President!!!
WASHINGTON — Violent crime dropped 6 percent in 2010, marking the fourth straight year of year-to-year declines, while property crime was down for the eighth straight year, falling 2.7 percent, the FBI reported Monday.
Nationwide, there were an estimated 1.2 million violent crimes in 2010 and an estimated 9 million property crimes.
An aging population and continued high rates of imprisonment for criminals are helping to drive down crime rates, said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University.
Robbery fell 10 percent, rape dropped 5 percent, and murder, non-negligent manslaughter and aggravated assault fell more than 4 percent.
Each category of property crime offenses decreased in 2010. The largest decline, 7.4 percent, was for motor vehicle thefts.
Burglaries decreased 2 percent and larceny-thefts declined 2.4 percent.
"The last thing we should do is get complacent and say 'mission accomplished,' and so let's transfer resources away to other areas," said Fox. "You don't solve the crime problem; you only control it. Without policing and crime prevention, the numbers can go back up."
At the same time, the number of murders increased in major cities in the Northeast, including Boston, New York and New Jersey's largest city Newark, which all experienced double-digit increases, the statistics showed.
Boston saw a 46 percent rise in its murder rate, with 73 homicides in 2010, followed by a 13.8 percent increase in New York City and a 12.5 percent jump in Newark.
The national murder rate fell 4.2 percent, the FBI said.
Major metropolitan areas that have had crime problems saw murder rates fall, including a 6.5 percent decline in Los Angeles and a 15 percent drop in Detroit, where there has been a big decline in population due to the economic downturn.
