In a message dated 8/14/02 6:47:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< <div style='background-color:'><DIV> the article claims it was an increase in the numbers of homicide from 5.1 in 100.000 in 1960 to 5,7 in 100.000 in 1999. The aggravated assault increased from 86,1 to 334, so it's almost 4 times more likely to be a victim of a aggravated assault today in USA compared to 1960. but the findings shows that it's problematic to compare murder rate over time when you analyze crime rates, </DIV> >> Crime rates rose during the 1960s and 1970s, and fell again during the 1980s and 1990s, so looking at the period as a whole reaches erroneous conclusions.
