Sentences with phrase «for high crime rates»

High population densities, high unemployment rates, and high poverty rates are a recipe for high crime rates, not to mention high rates of uninsured drivers.

In an inner - city Washington, D.C., neighborhood notorious for high crime rates and drug trading resides the Arts and Technology Academy Public Charter School (ATA).

Friday night, my husband and I were driving in a low income neighborhood, known for high crime rates.

Twenty years ago, it was home to East Lake Meadows a public housing project that was known as for its high crime rate, failing schools, and food desert.

For example, if the city that they are visiting is known for its high crime rate, they should get better coverage for loss of luggage, cash, and valuable belongings.

Not exact matches

In Baltimore, officers were evaluated by number of arrests — so they made many arrests, but for infractions like not having a bike light or failing to carry I.D. Meanwhile Baltimore's crime rate remained persistently high.

According to a 2005 study of criminal patterns by Statistics Canada, for example, inflation rates influence the levels of financially motivated crimes such as break - ins and car thefts, while increases in unemployment correlate with higher homicide rates.

A country where many more people believe in heaven than in hell, for example, is likely to have a much higher crime rate than one where these beliefs are about equal.

Although for a variety of reasons the per capita rate of conviction for most types of crime has been higher among the poor and the black, that alone can not explain why a tenth of the population should account for more than half of those executed.

Unemployment is a major reason for the country's very high rate of violent crime.

«A Teachable Moment,» August 17, 2008 «While it is true that for decades the children of New Orleans toiled in a substandard school system, they have also continually faced countless other obstacles to success — inadequate health care, poorly educated parents, exposure to high rates of violent crime and a popular culture that often denigrates mainstream achievement.»

Latin America has the world's highest homicide rates, making violent crime the biggest security concern for many of these countries.

Schenectady County's crime rate for 2016 was the highest of all New York counties, according to new state numbers.

Dan Levitan, spokesperson for de Blasio's campaign, responded with the same statement he gave to The Post: «Under Mayor de Blasio, Crime just hit another all - time low, jobs are at record highs, the City is building and preserving affordable housing at a record pace, while graduation rates and test scores continue to improve.

The truth is this: reoffending rates have hardly changed for a decade — and indeed those for short sentenced prisoners are unacceptably high, with almost 60 % of those sentenced to less than 12 months returning to crime within a year.

Public Housing Problem: A New York City Department of Investigation report found that the NYPD's «systematic failure» to communicate required information to the city's public housing authority, NYCHA, is partially responsible for the disproportionately high crime rates that have plagued public housing projects.

Perez Williams has called for the hiring of more police officers and the establishment of job training programs for city youth to combat high crime rates.

Don't forget that our fantastic socially liberal policies are responsible for the highest teen pregnancy rate in Europe, an explosion in youth crime and the wonderful notion that parents can be fined if their child doesn't attend school, but not have any right to know if their child is considering an abortion.

A spokesman for de Blasio's campaign said: «Under three years of Mayor de Blasio's leadership, crime is at record low levels, jobs are at record highs, graduation rates are up and New York City is building more affordable housing than ever before.

Maryland - Bob Ehrlich (R): There was a real temptation to move this one even higher — a Baltimore Sun poll done last month showed Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley (D) with a 15 - point bulge over Ehrlich — but Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan (D) has begun to bash O'Malley on crime rate statistics in Charm City — a point of potential weakness for the presumptive nominee.

In response, a spokesman for the mayor cited de Blasio's efforts to expand pre-K, raise worker wages and build affordable housing, as well as the city's record - low crime rate and record - high jobs rate.

New York's record crime rates, out - of - control spending, sky - high taxes and ballooning unemployment rate had become too much for me (and most New Yorkers).

Williams drew thunderous applause as he implored members of the City Council who might not be affected by high crime rates and poor relationships with police to understand his viewpoint and vote for the profiling bill.

Labour made a mistake by «playing tough» on crime and allowing the prison population to soar to record levels during its time in government, instead of tackling sky - high reoffending rates, the shadow justice secretary, Sadiq Khan, is to acknowledge for the first time on Monday.

«The record - high incarceration rate in the U.S. has been inflated further by federal prison sentences for people whose only crime is stepping across the border.

For example, when the heat index (a metric that uses temperature and humidity to represent human comfort) was 98 degrees, rates of violent crime were 9 percent higher compared to days when the temperature was 57 degrees.

Indeed, in a 2011 analysis of game sales from 2004 to 2008, A. Scott Cunningham of Baylor University, Benjamin Engelsttter of the Center for European Economic Research in Mannheim, Germany, and Michael R. Ward of the University of Texas at Arlington found that higher rates of violent game sales actually coincided with a drop in crimes, especially violent crimes.

This gruesome splatter flick directed by Antoine Fuqua trades in profanity, ethnic slurs and gratuitous violence in service of a high attrition - rate crime whodunit designed for the blood sport demo.

The study examines the impact of winning a school choice lottery on dropout rates and crime for groups of students with different propensities to commit crimes, using an index of crime risk that includes test scores, demographics, behavior, and neighborhood characteristics to identify the highest - risk group.

Yet the United States already bears costs from our broken education system, including higher crime rates, additional expenses for health - care and public - assistance programs, and lost tax revenue as well as the untold costs of telling generations of children in chronically under - resourced, low - performing schools: «You don't matter!»

Admittedly, male unemployment together with high crime and incarceration rates are bad for family life, as William Julius Wilson and his colleagues make clear in their essay.

Districts with high rates of chronic absence, out - of - school suspensions, and school drop outs will be given priority for these grants aimed at improving student outcomes by reducing truancy and supporting students who are at risk of dropping out of school or are victims of crime.

«For every dollar invested in high - quality, comprehensive programs supporting children... there is a $ 7 - $ 10 return to society in decreased need for special education services, higher graduation and employment rates, less crime, less use of the public welfare system, and better health.&raqFor every dollar invested in high - quality, comprehensive programs supporting children... there is a $ 7 - $ 10 return to society in decreased need for special education services, higher graduation and employment rates, less crime, less use of the public welfare system, and better health.&raqfor special education services, higher graduation and employment rates, less crime, less use of the public welfare system, and better health.»

Public charter schools, transit access, and violent crime rates Elementary school neighborhoods with the highest public charter school participation rates are statistically different in all categories aside from home ownership and population change, which is aligned with differences in characteristics for neighborhoods with high and low boundary participation.

These studies provided intensive interventions with high standards and showed not only immediate academic gains but also benefits into adulthood, such as reduced need for public assistance, lower crime rates, and higher earnings.

In Arizona, adopted children are eligible for education savings accounts, and children in foster care are eligible for private school scholarships (like homeless children, children in the foster care system also appear in crime and prison statistics at higher rates than their peers from intact families).

For the prekindergarten program alone, they identified $ 92,220 in present value benefits and $ 8,512 in present value costs in 2007 dollars — a benefit - cost ratio of 10.83 to 1.22 The benefits derived mainly from reduced public education expenditures due to lower grade retention and use of special education, reduced costs to the criminal justice system and victims of crime due to lower crime rates, reduced expenditures on child welfare due to less child abuse and neglect, higher projected earnings of center participants, and increased income tax revenue due to projected higher lifetime earnings of center participants.

Crime stopping features for the 2018 Ford F - 150 Police Responder include the largest passenger volume and highest payload and towing capacity of any other pursuit - rated police vehicle out there.

We docked cities with high property crime rates - but since we didn't want a bunch of thieves to ruin it for everybody, so we also gave this information half the weight of the library data.

While Miami also has a higher crime rate and ranks only 15th for getting around without a car, it does rank fourth in entertainment.

A relatively low crime rate combined with a high average wage makes Beverly an excellent choice for families and professionals.

Its high quality schools, strong safety record, low crime rate, and fantastic city parks were all noted as reasons for the city receiving this honor.

Falls Church tops our list for highest income, with the average salary topping $ 120,000 and extremely low crime rates.

According to MoneySense's data manager Phil Froats, the big reasons why Bay Roberts, Williams Lake, B.C., Port Alberni, B.C. and the rest of the sad sack lot are at the bottom is because of high unemployment, low average household income, negative population growth rates, a dismal culture industry and, for the most part, high crime.

Oklahoma has a high average of $ 245, thanks to relatively high crime rates as well as high risk for disasters such as tornadoes, storms and wildfires.

If you live in an area with a very high crime rate, you may find that your quotes for renters insurance are high.

An excellent violent crime rate accounts for the city's higher ranking and contributes to the overall quality of life enjoyed by residents.

While Nashua is second after Manchester for size, a lower crime rate and better median wages earned it a high place in our rankings.

Known for having a high level of gang activity and race riots in the 1990s, its crime rate has decreased considerably but is still higher than average.

The rate of violent crime is quite high at 5.8 incidents per 1,000 residents, but it's also a strong community for young people, with more than 23 percent of residents between 20 and 34 years old.