Jamaica's murder rate takes another dip

[Lazie]

There has been another drop in the monthly murder rate with the Jamaican police crime statistics indicating a 42 per cent decrease in the number of murders recorded in August 2010 when compared to August 2009.

According to a release from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) there were 81 murders in August 2010 compared to 139 in August 2009. This is the lowest number of murders recorded in any one month since the start of 2010. The overall reduction in recorded murders for the months under consideration is 58.

More at .. http://go-jamaica.com/news/read_article.php?id=22582

[Mosiah]

YAY for SOE!

YAY for Bruce!

[Assasin]

good I can read the paper and read about something else other than Murder on the front page.

[Gamma]

it could have been even lower!

[1of1]

gunshop lock

[HL]

Murder rate in U.S. drops to lowest levels for four decades - despite the recession





U.S. law enforcement agencies are reporting a surprising drop in crime last year with murder rates in some major cities dropping to the lowest levels for four decades.

The FBI's latest nationwide figures show that violent crime for the U.S. as a whole fell 4.4 per cent in the first half of 2009, compared with the same period in 2008, led by a 10 per cent drop in murders.

Falling crime in New York, Chicago, Dallas and Los Angeles at the same time as the worst economic slump since the 1930s is challenging social theories linking lawlessness to unemployment.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...#ixzz0zdLtGlWE

[Assasin]

Dem nuh think the experts say a poverty cause crime?

Nuff was looking for crime to increase so how do you explain it?

[HL]

..............guh axx gammah nuh...

nuh him a one of de expurt...............