Chicago lowest murder rate in 50 years!

Jarod said:
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...go-on-pace-for-fewest-murders-since-1965?lite

Chicago closed out the first 11 months of 2013 with 380 murders, a drop from 474 in the same period of 2012, according to police data. That's the fewest for any year in Chicago since 1965, according to Adam Collins, the Chicago Police Department Director of News Affairs.
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The murder rate in England and Wales fell by 14% to 550 homicides in 2011-12 – the lowest level since 1983.
 
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Chicago's murder stats are practically the same as New York City's.

However, NYC has a population of 8.3 million whereas Chicago only has 2.7 million.
 
So, who or what is to credit for that decline? The roaring economic boom that took place through the second half of the '90s? The Federal Assault Weapons Ban in effect from late 1994 through 2004? The dramatic increase in incarceration rates? (A controversial 2001 paper says that legalized abortion is at least partially responsible for declining crime rates.)
 
Another interesting statistic from the study concerns gun ownership and homicide rates in the U.S. compared to the rest of the world. “Compared with other developed nations, the U.S. has a higher homicide rate and higher rates of gun ownership, but not higher rates for all other crimes,” the Pew study says.
 
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