Monday, January 10, 2005

Ups and downs in urban crime / [USA] The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan 2005

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0110/p01s03-ussc.html?s=hns
Amanda Paulson and Sara B. Miller
"Murder rates for 2004 decline in many cities, but gang violence leads to some exceptions. So what happened? Much of the decline stems from changes implemented in June 2003, says Patrick Camden, a Chicago Police Department spokesman. The police began using technology that showed crime trends as they occurred, and deployed officers to violent areas."