New York City homicide rate continues to drop

Franklin Zimring quoted in Newsday, November 28, 2012

With the national economy in trouble and incarceration rates actually falling, some experts expected homicides to increase, said Zimring. But that theory has not borne out. “Crime, instead of turning up, turned down,” said Zimring. “It may be what is going on in New York City is a bit of a tail wind of the national trend.”