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Character and culture.
IN The Public Interest's twentieth anniversary issue, an essay appeared suggesting that Americans were increasingly concerned about the question of character. After many years of worrying about economic cycles, industrial management, and the negative income tax, we were beginning to be troubled by problems that seemed to arise out of a failure of character: poor school achievement, rising welfare rolls, a tolerance for deficits, and predatory crime.
I think it is time to take account of what has happened about these matters in the last 20 years. Since I wrote that article, I take some personal responsibility for reckoning up the score. We have done pretty well in ...
- Soaring burglary rate puts focus on narcotics.
- Newspaper article from: Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) April 18, 2007 700+ words
...Auslander Apr. 18--To combat an exploding residential burglary rate, Santa Fe police plan to re-emphasize efforts to crack...s Public Safety Committee. Now, with the residential burglary rate up 91 percent in the first quarter of this year compared...
- Burglary rate falls after `pro' jailed.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) July 8, 2003 700+ words
...was described as a professional burglar by the judge, and has convictions for 65 different offences. And police say the burglary rate in his home city of Newport, has been slashed since Berry was arrested. Cardiff Crown Court heard Berry used at least five...
- Burglary rate falls.
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) July 10, 2000 700+ words
...stationed on the districts, had made a dramatic effect. He said: 'Things are a lot better than three years ago - the burglary rate is now lower than anywhere else, except in Solihull. Twenty five fewer people were broken into last month than a year earlier...
- Dallas burglary rate in: is verified response to blame?
- Magazine article from: Security Distributing & Marketing McFadden, Maggie June 1, 2006 700+ words
...had an increase and if you look at average statistics of the years while Salt Lake City has been in non-response, their burglary rate is still up." But, admits Dave Simon, senior manager of industry and public relations at Brink's Home Security Inc...
- Burglary rate falls by 41pc; Hot-spot policing cuts burglary rate.(ROP)
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) McGlown, Martin October 2, 2000 700+ words
TWO Birmingham suburbs have seen a massive drop in house burglaries, West Midlands Police revealed today. Across the force, the crime was reduced by an average of 14.4 per cent. But Kings Heath topped the success table with an astonishing 41.4 per cent fall, followed by Handsworth which recorded 32
- Burglary rate falling after summer surge.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) December 19, 2003 700+ words
THE number of burglaries in the county have gone down after a surge of break-ins over the summer. The police authority has been told that figures at the end of the year are lower than in previous quarters. Chief Constable John Burbeck said: "We had a bad three months from April to June. We had some
- Burglary rate has crashed.(News)
- Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) January 20, 2005 700+ words
Homesafe, a service which helps to protect victims of crime and the vulnerable, is celebrating its 10th birthday with the news it has helped to slash crime. Since it launched the scheme, crime prevention charity Safer Merthyr Tydfil says burglaries have been cut 'by an incredible 82 per cent'. And
- Burglary rate halved.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) April 15, 2005 700+ words
Byline: BY TONY DEELEY POLICE in Sandwell are top of the cops, after scoring a breakthrough against crime. Burglaries have fallen by more than a half in the Smethwick and Oldbury areas after the first two weeks of Operation Strikeout, officers said today. The operation was launched in the South