Bad Times Do Not Bring More Crime (if They Ever Did)
Unemployment has reached 10.3 percent in New York City, higher than it is in the state and nationally. The Bloomberg administration is weighing cuts from every city agency to help close a $4.1 billion deficit next year. Homelessness among families is at a record high, with more than 28,000 men, women and children now in the city’s shelter system. In 2009, the signs of a bad economy are like blinking neon lights on Broadway. Yet Police Department statistics show that the number of major crimes is continuing to fall this year in nearly every category, upending the common wisdom that...
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