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New Jersey Crime Up in 2008 According to Uniform Crime Report

By Lependorf & Silverstein

The Attorney General?s Office issued its annual Uniform Crime Report recently which claims that overall, crime was up 5 percent in the first six months of 2008 over the same period of time the previous year. According to an article from nj.com, the report indicated that from January through June 2008, murder in New Jersey was up 9 percent, rape increased 15 percent, and burglaries and thefts increased 7 percent. While those crimes were up over the previous year, other types of crimes declined with robberies falling by 6 percent, aggravated assaults down 3 percent, and arson and domestic violence down as well. The report also indicated that overall, crime rose in 14 of New Jersey?s 21 counties with the highest amount of crimes reported in Essex and Camden Counties...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on June 09, 2009 (boomark / email).