Bay Area homicide rate rises in 2012

Franklin Zimring quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, January 12, 2013

“There’s nothing in the aggregate homicide totals that citizens in those cities should find scary,” he said. “If you’re the mayor of San Francisco or San Jose, the best adjective would be ‘concerned,’ but not ‘worried.’ If you’re the mayor of Oakland or Stockton, it’s ‘worried.'”