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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (191465)	7/12/2006 3:55:37 AM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"Violent crime rates declined since 1994, reaching the lowest level ever recorded in 2004." ojp.usdoj.gov ======= oldie but goodie. I suppose you want to give a Bush credit for the longterm national trend as well. Why are you shilling for these thieves? Why? "...Experts discussing the new report on violent crime said the decrease, part of a decade-long trend, is the result primarily of the strong economy in the 1990s and the prevalence of tougher sentencing laws. "Despite our perceptions, based on television or chats around the water-cooler, it is clear crime is on the decline in a significant way and has been for some years now," said Ralph Myers, a criminologist at Stanford University. "When people have jobs and poor neighborhoods improve, crime goes down," Myers said. "Crime also has been impacted by the implementation of tough sentencing laws at the end of the 1980s." Since 1993, the violent crime rate has decreased by almost 50%.." usatoday.com