NYC Homicides Drop Sharply, Again

Re:NYC Homicides Drop Sharply, Again by bluedino on Saturday June 29, 2013 @12:13PM (#5962834)

What's the drug scene like in New York these days? First you had heroin, then the rise of crack cocaine, but since then the murder rate has gone lower and lower (early 90's)

There's a very close link between the drug trade and inner-city murders.

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Re:NYC Homicides Drop Sharply, Again by wavefunction on Saturday June 29, 2013 @01:02PM (#5963002)

This is an insightful post. The numbers posted above start at 1990 which was the tail-end of the decades of heroin, cocaine and crack epidemics in NYC. It looks like crime is back down towards a rate similar to 1965:

http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/nycrime.htm

Not sure about the exactness of these statistics, just a quick google result that seems legit.

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Re:NYC Homicides Drop Sharply, Again by wavefunction on Saturday June 29, 2013 @03:23PM (#5963486)

What the hell was this zeroed for? There is absolutely nothing in this post that is factually incorrect or presented in an offensive manner.

HN really should show who's voting on posts.

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Re:NYC Homicides Drop Sharply, Again by lostlogin on Saturday June 29, 2013 @04:07PM (#5963597)

I'm with you on that. Or it should force someone to comment if your down voting, but that has notable drawbacks when a comment is just plain inflammatory.

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