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Violent Crimes Dropped 5.4% Nationwide for First Half of 2013, Showing More Positive Trends
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Violent crimes dropped by 5.4% in the first half of 2013, compared with the same period in 2013, the New York Times reports. The decline is part of a long reduction in violent crime nationwide. According to the FBI statistics, property crimes also fell. “We have had almost 25 years of a…