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: Sentencing Law and Policy

Good news on the crime front

By Douglas A. Berman

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As detailed in this UPI story, "violent crime across the United States fell in 2007 for the first time since 2005, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Monday."  Here are more details:An estimated 1.4 million violent crimes were reported last year, a drop of 0.7 percent compared to 2006, the bureau's Criminal Justice Information Services Division in West Virginia reported. Overall, property crimes fell 1.4 percent in 2007, to an estimated 9.8 million, the FBI said. Larceny and theft offenses accounted for two-thirds of all property crimes, and property crime victims -- excluding arson victims -- lost an estimated $17.6 billion collectively. Fellow bloggers at C&C and at Grits are talking about this new crime data...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 15, 2008 (boomark / email).

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