Tiger in Spain 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Study: Murder rate is even higherFigures make N.O. the deadliest city A new study by a Tulane University professor puts New Orleans' murder rate as the highest in the country. The study estimates the city's 2006 murder rate at 96 per every 100,000 people. Determining the exact per capita murder rate, the most popular measuring stick for overall violent crime, has largely been up for debate, falling victim to slippery estimates of the city's post-Katrina population. The new study, by demographer Mark VanLandingham, aims to fix the main flaw in previous per capita murder estimates for 2006: It takes into account the large change in New Orleans' population during the year, with far fewer people in the city at the beginning of 2006 than at the end. That change raises the murder rate substantially. For instance, using the highest static population estimate VanLandingham found in his research, 201,000, would produce a murder rate of about 80 per 100,000 people, still significantly lower than the new study's conclusion. Using the figure New Orleans Police Superintendent Warren Riley has offered -- 275,000, based on an estimate rather than research -- the murder rate would fall to just 58 per 100,000 people. VanLandingham, a professor in the international health and development department of Tulane's School of Public Health, sought to bring hard fact to a debate between the Police Department and critics who say the it has downplayed the crime problem. "It's part of this big policy debate: How bad is the murder rate?" VanLandingham said. "It was a question that could be answered. And I wanted to do it right, come up with a correct estimate." The study also shows a steadily increasing murder rate since 2004. The murder rate for 2004 was 57 per every 100,000 people. In 2005, the year Katrina hit, the rate was 65 per every 100,000 people, according to VanLandingham's study. According to his study, the 2006 murder rate was 68 percent higher than in 2004. The 2006 murder rates of other cities were exponentially lower than New Orleans' rate. Houston had a rate of about 20 per 100,000 residents, according to statistics for the first half of 2006, the most recent released by the FBI. Detroit had a rate of 41; Baltimore, 42; St. Louis, 32; Philadelphia, 25; and Newark, N.J., 36. LTFA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCTAU 3,350 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 It's funny that Houston is mentioned. I wonder what Houston's rate would have been without Katrina and her "victims?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermike 3,055 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Dude, Slink02 is not going to like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Liger 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 The damn place is more dangerous Baghdad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottomfeeder 244 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Who cares? I only have to work there. After dark I don't go out without a snake in the grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupperClub 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 This is awesome! I'm heading down to NO on Thursday. Just what I wanted to read. Now I'll know to carry my .45 and hand my wife the 9mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saniflush 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Now I'll know to carry my .45 and hand my wife the 9mm. Ya'll don't roll this way all the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottomfeeder 244 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Don't need it all of time. This is awesome! I'm heading down to NO on Thursday. Just what I wanted to read. Now I'll know to carry my .45 and hand my wife the 9mm. Don't get caught with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger in Spain 0 Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 Don't need it all of time. This is awesome! I'm heading down to NO on Thursday. Just what I wanted to read. Now I'll know to carry my .45 and hand my wife the 9mm. Don't get caught without it. Fixed. Unarmed + New Orleans = national crime statistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saniflush 0 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I believe Louisiana has reciprocal handgun permits based on you having one issued by the state of Alabama. http://www.lsp.org/handguns.html#recip If you have a Florida permit you can roll packing almost anywhere, for those of you who want to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottomfeeder 244 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Don't need it all of time. This is awesome! I'm heading down to NO on Thursday. Just what I wanted to read. Now I'll know to carry my .45 and hand my wife the 9mm. Don't get caught without it. Fixed. Unarmed + New Orleans = national crime statistic Thanks, I needed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger in Spain 0 Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 I do what I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupperClub 0 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Now I'll know to carry my .45 and hand my wife the 9mm. Ya'll don't roll this way all the time? I always roll like that, although it's usually a 9 in my right, .45 in my other hand, call me trouble man, always in trouble man, worth a couple hundred grand, Chevy's all colors man... What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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