WASHINGTON: Violent crime is on the rise in the US capital, where a 28-percent uptick in homicides this year has left researchers perplexed and politi...
: Violent crime is on the rise in the US capital, where a 28-percent uptick in homicides this year has left researchers perplexed and politicians pointing fingers.
Puzzling researchers is the fact that Washington's murder rate has jumped while other major metros in the United States have seen declines. Also, the number of armed carjackings in the city has more than doubled, according to police statistics.“DC is something of an outlier with respect to homicide trends,“ when compared to cities like New York, Philadelphia, Chicago or Baltimore, says Richard Rosenfeld, a criminologist at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Yet things have changed enough to alter some Washingtonians' habits, like those who now avoid going to gas stations at night, worried about carjackings. Pamela Smith, named the local police chief this summer, has called for an “all-government approach” at a moment where “there seems to be an uptick in our juveniles committing some of these crimes.”
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