Author: YTRYTR Date: Nov 19, 2007 13:59
Detroit was pegged the nation's murder capital in the 1980s and has
lost nearly 1 million people since 1950. (That was all the white
people who built the city leaving.)
By DAVID N. GOODMAN, Associated Press Writer Sun Nov 18, 6:52 PM ET
DETROIT - In another blow to the Motor City's tarnished image, Detroit
pushed past St. Louis (97.74%% African American, 1.23%% White) to become
the nation's most dangerous city, according to a private research
group's controversial analysis, released Sunday, of annual FBI crime
statistics.
The study drew harsh criticism even before it came out. The American
Society of Criminology launched a pre-emptive strike Friday, issuing a
statement attacking it as "an irresponsible misuse" of crime data.
The 14th annual "City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan America"
was published by CQ Press, a unit of Congressional Quarterly Inc. It
is based on the FBI's Sept. 24 crime statistics report.
The report looked at 378 cities with at least 75,000 people based on
per-capita rates for homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault,
burglary and auto theft. Each crime category was considered separately
and weighted based on its seriousness, CQ Press said.
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