-San Jose Mercury News, January 1, 2011 by Sean Webby and Mark Gomez
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_16983897?nclick_check=1
The homicide rate in San Jose is “as low as American big cities ever go,” Zimring noted. “More important, it’s way down during a year when nobody had any reason to expect that.
-United Press International, January 2, 2011
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/01/02/Murder-rate-falls-in-Chicago/UPI-20571293977546/
Chicago’s murder rate for 2010 was the lowest in 45 years, with 435 recorded homicides…. “That is an astonishing and big drop,” said Franklin Zimring.