http://writingny.blsci.org/2007/04/20/crime-still-a-big-deal/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:22:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://writingny.blsci.org/2007/04/20/crime-still-a-big-deal/#comment-684 krivero Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:04:11 +0000 http://writingny.blsci.org/2007/04/20/crime-still-a-big-deal/#comment-684 When a neighborhood has been saturated with various crime activities for an extended period of time, I do not think it is an easy task to turn that place around. The demographics of the population of Washington Heights has not changed much--has it? If not, that means that the poverty rate is still high which will probably be directly related to the crime rate. When a neighborhood has been saturated with various crime activities for an extended period of time, I do not think it is an easy task to turn that place around. The demographics of the population of Washington Heights has not changed much–has it? If not, that means that the poverty rate is still high which will probably be directly related to the crime rate.

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