FBI: Number of Violent Crimes Up By 2% September 24, 2007
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The number of U.S. violent crimes increased in 2006 for the second consecutive year, with more than 17,000 murders nationwide, the FBI said on Monday.
Criminal justice experts have blamed the crime increases on gangs, youth violence, more gun crimes and fewer police on the beat. The experts have been unsure whether the numbers for 2006 represent a temporary upswing or the start of a long-term trend.
It’s circular logic to blame “the crime increases” on “more gun crimes” (i.e. violent crimes with firearms as the weapon). That’s saying that more crime causes more crime.
As far as “fewer police on the beat,” it might be wrong to think of it as fewer cops causing more crime — it might be the other way around: more crime is causing fewer police, or, in other words, crime-ridden cities are ones where seasoned cops are leaving the sinking ships like rats, and the disproportionately young and inexperienced cops they do have will leave once they find greener (and safer) pastures to hire them — we have seen that in New York and St. Louis.
The real answer to the riddle about crime increases is that the proportion of the population that is comprised of young black and Hispanic men is increasing.
“Today’s FBI report shows that violent crime continues to trouble our nation,” added Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee.
“Whether it’s the increase in violent street gangs, the scourge of illegal drugs or the dangers our children face online, crime threatens American families today,” he said.
What do the “dangers our children face online” have to do with violent crime?
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