Posts Tagged ‘crime’
New York City Crime Risk:-Is the crime rate in New York City really going down?
December 30, 2014
Table 1, which has been produced by NYPD CompStat and portrays the number of reported felonies in the past decade, depicts an overall drop from 184,652 to 106,669, indicating that the number of reported felonies in New York City has nearly halved itself in the ten-year span. However, an analysis of crime data involves the […]
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The Misconception Of Misdemeanor Crimes In New York
December 30, 2014
New York State classifies crimes such as murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny of a motor vehicle as “major felonies.” These seven major felony offenses result in more severe punishments than non-major felonies and misdemeanors. The data set creates a façade that crime in New York is decreasing because of […]
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Classifying Crime as Felony or Misdemeanor and Its Risk
December 30, 2014
New York State defines major felonies, non-major felonies, or misdemeanors. According to the Historical Comfinal data sets, felonies and misdemeanors have been classified into three specific groups: “seven major felonies,” “non-seven major felonies,” and “misdemeanors,” each containing data from 2000-2011. The data sets convey a positive image to the public: crime rates have steadily decreased […]
