FBI: Crime Rates Down in 2007
Posted on Jan 13, 2008 under Main |While video games were blamed by some critics for everything from vandalism to police officer killings to the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007, new FBI statistics show that crime actually declined in the first half of the year.
Here’s what the G-men have to say about the numbers:
It’s a good start: in the first six months of 2007, crime rates dropped for the first time in two years. Nationwide, violent crime fell 1.8 percent and property crime 2.6 percent compared to the same period last year…
The downward trends were wide-ranging:
…Violent crime fell in all four regions and in each of the four offense categories. Nationally, murder and non-negligent manslaughter dropped 1.1 percent, forcible rape 6.1 percent, robbery 1.2 percent, and aggravated assault 1.7 percent.
GP: Perhaps Bully, Counter-strike, GTA and the other usual gaming suspects aren’t leading to the decline of Western Civilization after all?
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