Crime

Crime, murder rates set to drop in 2017

By Kelly Cohen
Published September 6, 2017 8:01pm ET
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Crime, murder rates set to drop in 2017
In this Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, photo, police lift crime scene tape in unison in Chicago, after two people were shot and transported to Stroger Hospital. Chicago experienced less deadly gun violence over the Labor Day weekend than last year after the police department flooded the streets with officers and made a concerted effort to arrest those most likely to be involved in violent crime, police said Tuesday. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune via AP) | John J. Kim

A preliminary analysis by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law said the overall crime rate, the violent crime rate and the murder rate are all projected to decline in 2017, despite Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ assertion that the U.S. has a large and growing crime problem.

The overall crime rate is projected to drop by 1.8 percent from last year to 2017 — the second-lowest rate of any year since 1990.

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