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Crime in New York City
Work cited
Southall, Ashley. “Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since the 1950s.The
New York Times, 2017. Retrieved from
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/27/nyregion/new-york-city-crime-2017.html.
Summary
The article has carried out an analysis of the trend of crime in New York City. Ashley
Southall asserts that there has been a tremendous reduction of crime rates to the level that has
never been witnessed before. The article says that in 1990, there were 2,245 murders recorded by
the law enforcement authorities. However, in 2017, there were only 286 cases of crime reported
in New York City. The paper proceeds to say that crime has not reduced only in the murder
categories but also in other groups of a felony. One of the reasons for the reduced crime rates in
New York is the new approach to fighting crime that the law enforcement authorities have
adopted. Moreover, the recent reforms in the police department have made the services effective
and responsive to the security challenges in New York City.
Quotations
“One of the results is that police officers are using deadly force less often. As of Dec. 20,
police officers intentionally fired their service guns in 23 encounters, a record low, down from
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37in 2016. The Police Department said officers were relying more on stun guns, which were
used491 times through November, compared with 474 times during the same period in
2016” (Southall n.p).
“It would have seemed unbelievable in 1990, when there were 2,245 killings in New York City,
but as of Wednesday there have been just 286 in the city this year — the lowest since reliable
records have been kept” (Southall n.p).
“The continued declines are a boon to Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat elected on promises of police
reform — promises that prompted warnings of mayhem to come by his opponents in 2013”
(Southall n.p).
Evaluation
The source is essential for this study since it justifies the thesis that the reforms in the police
sector have been helpful in helping to change crime in New York City. The behavior or the
ineffectiveness of the police has always been blamed for the increase of crime in New York City.
However, the article has ascertained that the changes in the approach to crime by the police,
coupled with some structural changes in the force, have been reducing the rates of crime. In the
second quotation, the article focuses on the decreased rates of crime in a year. An example is
decreased killings to 286 in a year. ...