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YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE: ROBBERY ODDS
The odds of being a victim of a completed or attempted robbery in a year in the US are 1 in 419.1, and some assumptions about who's victimized the most are false.
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OPEN CARRY: US GUN LAWS LOOSEN UP
It is an issue that has grown along with handgun ownership. 1 in 8.33 adults owns a handgun and a long gun, and another 1 in 20 owns just a handgun. Concealed handgun laws vary by state, but are generally getting more permissive.
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RACIAL PROFILING
“Driving While Black” is a folksy term for racial profiling. But in many parts of the country it’s been replaced with “Driving While Hispanic.”
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BEHIND THE NUMBERS: CRIME IN VERNON, CA
In Vernon, California the odds a person will be the victim of a reported violent crime in a year are 1 in 1.67 (60%). Those are exactly the same odds that a person 40 – 59 years old will drink any type of coffee in a day. Given the popularity of Starbuck’s and Dunkin’ Donuts these days, those are incredible odds.
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MURDER MOST FOUL…OR MOST RARE? CRIME & WORRY
Fear of crime: it's on the rise. But violent crime is dropping. Why the disconnect?
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RAPE ON CAMPUS: A CRISIS OR IMPROVEMENT?
The statistics say that rape is a less common crime today than in the past—and that’s good news. Or is it?
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BARBIE BANDITS AND BLING RINGS: A FRESH CROP OF FEMALE CRIMINALS
There’s a new breed of stick-up artists and cat burglars prowling the country—brazen enough to match the exploits of hardened criminals, but too young to order a drink. These aren’t the Pretty Boy Floyds of old (Floyd pocketed his first stolen cash at the age of 18). These are the Pretty Girls.
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SHOPLIFTING ISN’T FREE
“How much would you have to steal,” asks Cleptomaniacs and Shoplifters Anonymous, LLC, “to finally feel satisfied or to make life fair?” The implied answer: you could never steal enough, as many shoplifting veterans could attest.
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AN UNSOLVED SERIAL KILLING
Today, the odds a person in Austin will be murdered in a year are 1 in 32,760. However, from sometime during the night of New Year’s Eve, 1884, to Christmas, 1885, the odds increased by a factor of 10, to about 1 in 3,300.
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CRUISE SHIP CRIME
Cruise ships are no strangers to crime. In fact, executives of the cruise industry told Congress that of the 26 million cruise ship passengers from 2003 to 2005, 178 in North America reported sexual assaults.
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