Table 1, which has been produced by NYPD CompStat and portrays the number of reported felonies in the past decade, depicts an overall drop from 184,652 to 106,669, indicating that the number of reported felonies in New York City has nearly halved itself in the ten-year span. However, an analysis of crime data involves the consideration of both felonies and misdemeanors. Our paper investigates the statistical basis of the claim that crime in New York City as a whole has significantly decreased by considering the measurement and categorizations of both misdemeanors and felonies. We also seek to evaluate the validity and accuracy of the data presented.
http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/seminar3posters/files/gravity_forms/1-f14ea90e75361cb91bd42582a860ee01/2014/12/New-York-City-Crime-Risk-Is-the-crime-rate-in-New-York-City-really-going-down.pdf
Nicholas Lung, Josephine Guo
David Munns, Kevin Ambrose
Baruch College
risk, crime
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