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We do know that poor people are more likely to get arrested. There are also studies that tie
crime to the unemployment rate and economy. In Sacramento, California on this date in 2010, violent crime is up 10%. It's common sense.
http://www.news10.net/news/story.aspx?storyid=82111&catid=2&sms_ss=facebook
Recent spike in violent crime worries Sacramento police chief
Violent crime up 10% in first four months of 2010.
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http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/04/local/la-me-kennedy4-2010feb04
Supreme Court Justice Kennedy laments the state of prisons in California
Speaking to L.A. lawyers, the Supreme Court jurist blasts the prison guard union's influence, calling it 'sick'
February 04, 2010|By Carol J. Williams
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http://ag.ca.gov/cjsc/glance/cht2.php
1952-2008
Violent crime is the lower two lines on the graph
In a state where stealing watermelonsis a felony, and people taking their own children over state lines is considered "kidnapping", the only semblance of reality is the homicide rate.
Even then not every police agency reports their crimes. There are many, many variables, but the red line for homicide and the blue line for rape remained stable through 2008.
Here are some articles about the variables in our statistics so arguments cannot be made except in cases where there is a dead body to prove it. They have also changed the dollar amounts of what constitutes varying levels of burglary. Nothing except homicides are even
close to apples to apples comparison.
http://www.1union1.com/stat2.html
GENERATING FEAR: THE POLITICS OF CRIME REPORTING
Professor William J.Chambliss and Justin Baer
The George Washington University
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