02-27-2012, 04:29 PM
pellaz Wrote:property crime and crimes of passion usually run a mock in post cataclysmic recessionary times. Nothing much can be done.
That's a good point. Though, you would think that with a "surge" in crimes of passion and property due to the recession, we would not be seeing crime as a whole continue to fall after 2008. Yet, what I see is only a slight uptick and then a continued decline.
You can refer to the article I posted above for 2010's data. 2011 is not out yet, perhaps we will see an uptick there. Perhaps all those arrested during the Occupy period will be enough to affect the data. Though, I am tempted to say that the police were the bigger criminals in those activities.