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Crime is down in Dallas, says police chief
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DALLAS — Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle is touting a decrease in crime in Dallas in 2007, with violent crime down by 12 percent and overall crime down by 4 percent. But some of that, says the DMN, has to do with the fact that the police department changed the way crimes are counted.
Dallas now follows the approach taken by the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, in which multiple related crimes such as car break-ins can be counted as one. Other changes made have to do with the definition of aggravated assaults versus regular assaults, and what constitutes a rape; the FBI says that rape must involve forcible sex acts between a man and a woman.
Murder, which does not have a fuzzy definition, was up by approximately 8 percent.
Posted by T.G.
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bobdon000 Anonymous
Didn't the department recently change how they report crimes? For example, under the previous system a residential breaking and entry with an automotive theft would be reported as two (or more) felony crimes. Under the new reporting system it would be counted as a single crime incident. The net effect is a "statistical" lowering of the crime rate.
Am I right about this? I seem to recall the DPD making a policy change on this matter.
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bobdon000 Anonymous
Ignore my post....I totally spaced on this one.....
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Pavel Lishin Verified
So if a man gets raped by another man, it's what? Aggravated assault with penis?
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Scott Doyle Verified
Maybe it's just criminally negligent penetration...
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Scott Doyle Verified
Seriously, though...if there's a triple-homicide, it's now only counted as one murder when pulling stats instead of three?
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Jeremy Dunck Staff
They do love to tout that lower crime rate. The fortunate error is an old story.
The larger question is what other errors are being made in the local UC reports.
I've had a pending FOIA request to the FBI, which administers the quality assurance process for UCR participants, since early November. Yes, that is far longer than allowed by law. I'm also getting the runaround on who should respond. Maybe the new law will help...
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