EVERYONE'S PROBLEM APATHY CANNOT FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME.(Viewpoint)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  June 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......leadership on the pressing matter of violent crime in our cities? With a record high of...Regrettably, even public discourse on violent crime lacks both thepassion and attention...affected by the problem. In the meantime, violent crime continues virtually unabated. Curiously...

FBI issues violent crime statistics

Dayton Daily News;  September 17, 2008 ;     241 words ...Violent crime, including murders, were down in the city of Dayton...compiled by the FBI, show there were 1,597 reports of violent crime in the city last year, down from 1,721 in 2006. Violent crime statistics include murders, rapes, aggravated...

Fall in North violent crime.(News)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  October 22, 2004 ;     290 words ...Violent crime is falling in the North, in contrast...last night revealed a 11pc rise in violent crime in the second quarter of this year...But in the Northumbria force area, violent crime fell by more than 9pc and overall crime...

Mukasey announces violent-crime initiative; Multiagency funding...

The Washington Times;  January 25, 2008 ;     551 words ......funding for fiscal 2009 to fight violent crime, Attorney General Michael B...cities experiencing increases in violent crime. This initiative will help communities address their specific violent-crime challenges, especially where...

ATF chief: Violent crime up as cities' funding drops\

Post-Tribune (IN);  May 13, 2008 ;     322 words ......DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Violent crime has increased in some cities in recent...Associated Press, Sullivan called battling violent crime the No. 1 priority of ATF and said...have seen an uptick with regard to violent crime -- it's coming at a time when their...

Urban Perspective: Violent Crime Statistics; Cold, Misleading

Los Angeles Sentinel;  June 11, 1997 ;     700+ words ......06-11-1997 URBAN PERSPECTIVE: Violent Crime Statistics; Cold, Misleading During...disproportionately impacted by violent crime. The following categories illuminate the scope and depth of violent crime in the United States: How much...

SHIFT SEEN IN VIOLENT CRIME FROM CITY TO TOWN

The Boston Globe;  November 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ...During the past two decades, violent crime plummeted in Boston, such a stark shift...from 1980 to 1982 and 2000 to 2002. Violent crime rates increased by nearly half in Pembroke...Marblehead. Across the state, the burden of violent crime has seesawed from the cities toward...

STRATEGIES FOR COMBATING VIOLENT CRIME:PATRICK LEAHY

Congressional Testimony;  September 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Committee turns to the critical issue of violent crime. While we saw great progress in reducing violent crime in the 1990s, that success has largely...communities are seeing resurgences in violent crime. One such community is Rutland, Vermont...

REGION'S VIOLENT CRIME RATE DROPS

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  August 3, 1996 ;     700+ words ......Bergen County, NJ) 08-03-1996 REGION'S VIOLENT CRIME RATE DROPS -- BERGEN ALSO SEES DIP...Star North Jerseyans were safer from violent crime last year than in 1994, especially...Report, which was released Friday. Violent crime dropped sharply in Hackensack and Paterson...

ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......cities designated for targeted federal violent crime task forces and announced new comprehensive...Department's expanding efforts to fight violent crime. "Keeping America's neighborhoods safe...law enforcement in the fight against violent crime. The legislation we have proposed ...

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Announces Expansion of Justice...

U.S. Newswire;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......cities designated for targeted federal violent crime task forces and announced new comprehensive...Department's expanding efforts to fight violent crime. "Keeping America's neighborhoods safe...law enforcement in the fight against violent crime. The legislation we have proposed ...

Violent crime at record low, reports say

University Wire;  May 19, 2005 ;     520 words ......Californian) (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- Violent crime in Berkeley, Calif., dropped 40 percent...last week said. The city's drop in violent crime followed a general downward trend in...a large-scale decline in the city's violent crime rate. The report surveyed four types...

Spatial dynamics of alcohol availability, neighborhood structure and...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......characteristics of neighborhoods and violent crime in the United States can be traced...density and residential instability) on violent crime rates (Sampson et al., 1997; Stark...Skogan, 1990; Wilson and Kelling, 1982). Violent crime is more likely to occur in communities...

Domestic abuse sends violent crime figures up.(News Ban Young Guns)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  October 21, 2005 ;     401 words ......DARREN DEVINE Western Mail Violent crime has increased in South Wales...In England and Wales overall violent crime has risen by 6%, but in South...the figure reached 15.2%. But violent crime in the Gwent and Dyfed-Powys...

As Suburbia Surges, Violence Tags Along Series: VULNERABLE SUBURBS: The...

The Washington Post;  April 5, 1998 ;     700+ words ......declined from its peak in the early 1990s, violent crime has become a far more common threat...pace with rapid growth, the rate of violent crime has doubled. Formerly rural Charles...declines in others. And the rate of violent crime in the suburbs does not approach that...