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<title>
Aug. 21, 1989: The States Pay The Price
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Aug. 21, 1989 How Bush Decides
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 25
The States Pay the Price
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<p> Two government reports issued separately last week seemed
to illustrate a cause and an effect. The FBI reported that
violent crimes in the U.S. last year jumped 6% over 1987,
reaching a record of nearly 1.6 million offenses. The National
Conference of State Legislatures, meanwhile, said the largest
increase in state spending in the same period was for prisons,
which grew 14.1%.
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<p> The increase in crime included a 2.9% spurt in homicides,
to a new high of 20,675. More than half the victims either knew
or were related to their killers; only 12% were slain by
strangers. Washington had a horrendous murder rate of 59.5 per
100,000 people, more than seven times the national average.
Atlanta was the most crime-ridden city in the U.S. For all types
of crimes, including thefts and arson, Atlanta led Fort Worth,
Dallas, Seattle and St. Louis in the top five. Much maligned New
York City was 15th in its overall crime rate and tenth in the
homicide rate. No FBI figures were available for Miami, but
statistics from local police indicated that the city apparently
had the fifth highest murder rate and the fourth worst general
crime record.
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