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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (6014)	8/19/2001 6:14:16 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

My fault, I used poor construction. What I was trying to say was that there are instances of crimes in Europe. But travelling around the Continent and England, there are not cars burning in all the streets and a state of anarachy and the overall statistics point to a more civilized society in Europe. Perhaps a specific point that would clarify it. Armed robbery doubled. From what rate? How does that compare to the armed robbery rate in Miama, FL? jttmab P.S. I expect that the US crime rate in armed robbery will be increasing this year, coinciding with the soft economy. I might even speculate that we will be able to find a locality in which the armed robbery rate will double.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (6014)	8/19/2001 5:34:05 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

concentric.net By MORGAN O. REYNOLDS Wall Street Journal 21 October 1998 The conventional wisdom is that the U.S. is the most crime-ridden of modern industrial democracies. Yet the truth is that in many respects we have less crime--and America's crime rate has been declining dramatically. Property crimes represent about nine out of 10 serious crimes. The burglary rate in Australia is 40% higher than that in the U.S., in Canada 12% higher and in England and Wales 30% higher. Sweden and the Netherlands, despite their reputations as nearly crime-free, have burglary rates 35% and 84% greater than the U.S. Only a few nations, including France and Switzerland, have lower burglary rates than the U.S. The picture is much the same for auto theft.