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Is Housing Program For Poor Linked To Crime Rise in Many Cities?

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: Crime and Justice News, June 12, 2008. "Falling crime rates have been one of the great American success stories of the past 15 years, says The Atlantic. Lately, though, a new and unexpected pattern has emerged, taking criminologists by surprise. While crime rates in large cities stayed flat, homicide rates in many midsize cities began increasing, sometimes by as much as 20 percent a year. Some of the most dangerous spots are now places where Martin Scorsese would never think of stag read more

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