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Good news on 2009 crime rates from the FBI

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this Reuters report, the FBI released some exciting data concerning crime rates for the first half of 2009.  Here are the details: Violent crime in the United States, including murder and robbery, dropped 4.4 percent in the first half of 2009 and property crime like car thefts also dropped, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Monday. The latest statistics suggest U.S. violent crime could drop for a third full year in a row, a steady decline despite the harsh economic recession that some policymakers and police groups had feared would lead to an upward spike.... The number of murders fell 10 percent compared to the same six-month period in 2008, while robbery declined 6.5 percent and forcible rape dropped 3.3 percent, according to preliminary statistics released by the FBI...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 21, 2009 (boomark / email).